1797
Influenceofthe18thFructidoronthenegotiations—Bonaparte'ssuspicionofBottot—Hiscomplaintsrespectingthenon-erasureofBourrienne—Bourrienne'sconversationwiththeMarquisofGallo— BottotwritesfromParistoBonaparteonthepartoftheDirectoryAgentsoftheDirectoryemployedtowatchBonaparte—Influenceoftheweatherontheconclusionofpeace—RemarkableobservationofBonaparte—Conclusionofthetreaty—TheDirectorydissatisfiedwiththetermsofthepeace—Bonaparte'spredilectionforrepresentativegovernment—OpiniononBonaparte.
Afterthe18thFructidorBonapartewasmorepowerful, , withVenice, inexchangeforMayence, , andtoaddMantuatotheItalianRepublic, , therefore, , whichhasbeenalreadygiven, thatthemajorityoftheDirectorythenlookeduponapeacesuchasBonaparteafterwardsmadeasinfamous.
ButBonaparte, fromthemomenttheVenetianinsurrectionbrokeout, , whowasconvincedthat, inordertobringmatterstoanissue, VeniceandtheterritorybeyondtheAdigemustfallbeneaththeHapsburgsceptre, wrotetotheDirectorythathecouldnotcommenceoperations, advantageously, beforetheendofMarch, 1798; butthatiftheobjectionstogivingVenicetotheEmperorofAustriawerepersistedin, hostilitieswouldcertainlyberesumedinthemonthofOctober, , asthearmyofItaly, ifitcouldmakeheadagainsttheArchdukeCharles, ; itwasevenseriouslyconsideredinwhatformtheruptureshouldbenotified.
TowardstheendofSeptemberBottot, Barras' secretary, , comeonasecretmission, ; butBonaparteneverhad, asSirWalterScottasserts, .