He was always opposed to its excesses, and had the chance, during the Reign of Terror, to find refuge in the camps against the ban, successively filling the functions of chief agent of food supply, in the army of Kellermann and that of Schérer, in Italy.
This conduct, denounced to the dislike of Jacobins by the Journal des Hommes libres, forced Berrier to leave office.
Later, under Napoleon, he worked for the Deventeaux Maubreuil food company, but having been denounced as having taken part in some royalist intrigues, he was arrested and remained in prison for several months.
From 1820 to 1822, he could add to this obscure work the salary of a small employment in the prefecture offices, a job he got by protecting his friend Morin, a former military employee like him, and who was then head of division to the general direction of Police.
He left two son, one of which, distinguished poet known as Constant Berrier, became chief clerk at the Ministry of Education.