As was to be expected,, an oath taken under compulsion by such a man was little binding; and the French troops were compelled to witness, with helpless indignation, the orgy of cruel reaction which immediately began under the protection of their bayonets.

There followed an orgy of crime and corruption.

of the 4th of August was but an orgy, giving the people an immense theoretical liberty while not assisting them to practical freedom, and overthrowing the old regime before a new one could be constituted.

In the orgy of persecution, outrages were committed on British and French subjects; and a French squadron retaliated by seizing D.

A law of February 1790 suppressed the of the religious orders not engaged in education or in works of c orgy.