The sentiments manifested by the federates equally disquieted him.
"Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I"
Pierre Antoine Edouard Fleury de Chaboulon
Perhaps there were men among the federates, whose principles might be dangerous, and their intentions criminal: but in general they consisted of pure patriots, who had taken up arms to defend the imperial government, and not to overturn it.
"Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I"
Pierre Antoine Edouard Fleury de Chaboulon
The sight of the federates who paraded the faubourgs and the boulevards, vociferating, "The Republic for ever!"
"The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte"
Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton