I've been really fixated on Isser Woloch's Jacobin Legacy: The Democratic Movement Under the Directory and one thing he believes is that, aside from the Jacobins, or in this case, democrats, not being as dead as previously believed, he also states that they were in the process of forming a true party. He even quotes Vatar, saying that while factions are bad as they are attacking the constitution, parties can actually be good as they are merely against the men in power.
Yet, he also states that the formation of a stable party, or just the nucleus of it, it was disrupted by the Floreal coup against the Jacobins, not letting them take their seats and igniting some old and new hatreds.
So, do you guys think that there really could have been a possibility of a party forming under the Directory? Not just a label thrown at outsiders, but legitimate parties like the Whigs, or the Federalists or Democrats?
Yet, he also states that the formation of a stable party, or just the nucleus of it, it was disrupted by the Floreal coup against the Jacobins, not letting them take their seats and igniting some old and new hatreds.
So, do you guys think that there really could have been a possibility of a party forming under the Directory? Not just a label thrown at outsiders, but legitimate parties like the Whigs, or the Federalists or Democrats?