In such a perilous environment, I thought it was almost impossible to organize a National Guard loyal to the republican ideals locally. But instead of rushing back to Paris, I stayed to investigate for more than forty days. When I returned to Paris, out of loyalty to the republican ideals and the duty bestowed upon me by these ideals, I compiled my observations over these days in Paris into a report titled "Vendee Notes" and submitted it to General Lafayette.
In it, I made many recommendations: for instance, to avoid discontent from the bourgeoisie, we should abandon the plan to organize the National Guard in Vendee at this stage. In addition, we should open more roads, establish communication links in the West, guard against those clergy with restoration sentiments, and cancel the annuities of certain dissenting nobility, and so on."
