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Paganel；　Toulouse；　Brumaire　12；　year　II。）　〃The　day　has　arrived　when

apathy　is　an　insult　to　patriotism；　and　indifference　a　crime。　　We　no

longer　reply　to　the　objections　of　avarice；　we　will　force　the　rich　to

fulfill　the　duties　of　fraternity　which　they　have　abjured。〃　…　Ibid。

（Extract　from　the　minutes　of　the　meetings　of　the　Central　committee　of

Montauban；　April　II；　1793；　with　the　approval　of　the　representative；

Jeanbon…Saint…André。）　〃The　moment　has　at　length　come　when　moderatism；

royalism　and　pusillanimity；　and　all　other　traitorous　or　useless　sects

to　the　country；　should　disappear　from　the　soil　of　Liberty。〃　All

opinions　opposed　to　those　of　sans…culotterie　are　blamable　and　merit

punishment。



＇110＇　Archives　Nationales；　F。7；　2471。　　（Minutes　of　the　Revolutionary

Committee　of　the　Tuileries　section；　meeting　of　September　17；　1793。）

List　of　seventy…four　persons　put　under　arrest　and　among　them；　M。　de

Noailles；　with　the　following　note　opposite　his　name：　〃The　entire

family　to　be　arrested；　including　their　heir　Guy；　and　Hervet；　their　old

intendant；　rue　St。　　Honoré。〃



＇111＇　Archives　des　Affaires　étrangères；　vol。　　322。　　（Letters　of

Ladonay；　Chalons；　September　17　and　20；　1792。）　〃At　Meaux；　the　brigands

have　cut　the　throats　of　fifteen　prisoners；　seven　of　whom　are　priests

whose　relations　belong　to　the　town　or　its　environs。　　Hence　an　immense

number　of　malcontents。〃　…　Sauzay；　I。；　97。　　〃The　country　curés　are

generally　recruited　from　among　the　rural　bourgeoisie　and　the　most

respected　farmers'　families。〃



＇112＇　Sauzay；　passim；　especially　vols。　　3；　4；　5；　and　6。



＇113＇　Archives　Nationales；　F。7；　4437。　　Address　of　the　popular　club　of

Clavisson　（Gard。）；　Messidor　7；　year　II。　　…　Rodolphe　Reuss；　〃Séligman

Alexandre；　sur　les　Tribulations　d'un　Israelite　Strasbourgeois　Pendant

la　Terreur；〃　p。　　37。　　Order　issued　by　General　Diéche　to　Coppin；　in

command　of　the　〃Seminaire〃　prison。　　〃Strive　with　the　utmost　zeal　to

suppress　the　cackle　of　aristocrats。〃　Such　is　the　sum　of　the

instructions　to　jail　keepers。



＇114＇　Archives　Nationales；　AF。；　II。；　88。　　（Edict　issued　by

Representative　Milhaud；　Narbonne；　Vent？se　9；　year　II。）　Article　II。

〃The　patriotic　donation　will　be　doubled　if；　in　three　days；　all　boats

are　not　unloaded　and　all　carts　loaded　as　fast　as　they　arrive。〃　Article

IV。　　〃The　municipality　is　charged；　on　personal　responsibility；　to

proportion　the　allotment　on　the　richest　citizens　of　Narbonne。〃　Article

VII。　　〃If　this　order　is　not　executed　within　twenty…four　hours；　the

municipality　will　designate　to　the　commandant　of　the　post　the　rich

egoists　who　may　have　refused　to　furnish　their　contingent；　etc。〃

Article　VIII。　　〃The　commandant　is　specially　charged　to　report　（the

arrests　of　the　refractory　rich）　to　the　representative　of　the　people

within　twenty…four　hours；　he　being　responsible　on　his　head　for　the

punctual　execution　of　the　present　order。〃　…　Ibid。；　AF。；　II。　　135。

（Orders　of　Saint…Just　and　Lebas；　Strasbourg；　Brumaire　10；　year　II。）

The　following　is　equally　ironical；　the　rich　of　Strasbourg　are

represented　as　〃soliciting　a　loan　on　opulent　persons　and　severe

measures〃　against　refractory　egoists。



＇115＇　Archives　Nationales；　AF。；　II。；　92。　　Orders　of　Representative

Taillefer；　Villefranche；　Aveyron；　Brumaire　3；　year　II。；　and　of　his

delegate；　Deitheil；　Brumaire　11；　year　II。



＇116＇　This　is　the　case　in　Lyons；　Bordeaux；　Marseilles；　and　at　Paris；

as　we　see　in　the　signatures　of　the　petition　of　the　eight　thousand；　or

that　of　the　twenty　thousand；　and　for　members　of　the　Feuillants　clubs；

etc。



＇117＇　Archives　Nationales；　AF。；　II。；　116。　　（Minutes　of　the　public

session　of　Vent？se　20；　year　II。；　held　at　Montargis；　in　the　Temple　of

Reason；　by　Benon；　〃national　agent　of　the　commune　and　special　agent　of

the　people's　representative。〃　Previous　and　subsequent　orders；　by

Representative　Lefert。）　Eighty…six　persons　signed；　subject　to　public

penance；　among　them　twenty…four　wives　or　widows；　which；　with　the　four

names　sent　to　the　Paris　tribunal　and　the　thirty…two　imprisoned；　makes

one　hundred　and　twenty…two。　　It　is　probable　that　the　one　hundred　and

six　who　are　wanting　to　complete　the　list　of　two　hundred　and　twenty…

eight　had　emigrated；　or　been　banished　in　the　interval　as　unsworn

priests。　　…　Ibid。；　D。S。；　I。；　10。　　（Orders　by　Delacroix；　Bouchet　and

Legendre；　Conches；　Frimaire　8　and　9；　year　II。）　The　incarceration　of

the　municipal　officers　of　Conches　for　an　analogous　petition　and　other

marks　of　Feuillantism。



＇118＇　The　real　sentiments　and　purposes　of　the　Jacobins　are　well　shown

at　Strasbourg。　　（〃Recueil　de　Pieces；　etc。；〃　I。；　77。　　Public　meeting　of

the　municipal　body；　and　speech　by　Bierlyn；　Prairial　25；　year　II。）　〃

How　can　the　insipid　arrogance　of　these　（Strasbourg）　people　be

represented　to　you；　their　senseless　attachment　to　the　patrician

families　in　their　midst；　the　absurd　feuil1antism　of　some　and　the　vile

sycophancy　of　others？　How　is　it；　they　say；　that　moneyless　interlopers；

scarcely　ever　heard　of　before；　dare　assume　to　have　credit　in　a　town　of

sensible　inhabitants　and　honest　families；　from　father　to　son；

accustomed　to　governing　and　renowned　for　centuries？〃　…　Ibid。；　113。

（Speech　of　the　mayor　Mouet；　Floréal　21；　year　II。）　〃Moral　purification

（in　Strasbourg）　has　become　less　difficult　through　the　reduction　of

fortunes　and　the　salutary　terror　excited　among　those　covetous　men　。　　。

。　　Civilization　has　encountered　mighty　obstacles　in　this　great　number

of　well…to…do　families　who　have　nourished　souvenirs　of；　and　who　regret

the　privileges　enjoyed　by；　these　families　under　the　Emperors；　they

have　formed　a　caste　apart　from　the　State　carefully　preserving　the

gothic　pictures　of　their　ancestors　they　were　united　only　amongst

themselves。　　They　are　excluded　from　all　public　functions。　　Honest

artisans；　now　taken　from　all　pursuits；　impel　the　revolutionary　cart

with　a　vigorous　hand。〃



＇119＇　Archives　des　Affaires　étrangères；　vol。　　1411。　　（Instructions　for

the　civil　commissioners　by　Hérault；　representative　of　the　people；

Colmar；　Frimaire　2；　year　II。）　He　enumerates　the　diverse　categories　of

persons　who　were　to　be　arrested；　which　categories　are　so　large　and

numerous　as　to　include　nine　out　of　ten　of　the　inhabitants。



＇120＇　Dauban；　〃Paris　en　1794；〃　p。264。　　（Report　of　Pourveyeur；　Vent？se

29。）　〃They　remark　（sic）　that　one　is　not　（sic）　a　patriot　with　twenty…

thousand　livres　（sic）　income；　and　especially　a　former　advocate…

general。〃



＇121＇　De　Martel；　〃Fouché；〃　p。226；　228。　　For　instance；　at　Nevers；　a　man

of　sixty…two　years　of　age；　is　confined　〃as　rich；　egoist；　fanatic；

doing　nothing　for　the　Revolution；　a　proprietor；　and　having　five

hundred　livres　revenue。〃



＇122＇　Buchez　et　Roux；　XXVI。；　'77。　　（Speech　by　Cambon；　April　27；　1793。）



＇123＇　〃Who　are　our　enemies？　The　vicious　and　the　rich。〃　…　〃　All　the

rich　are　vicious；　in　opposition　to　the　Revolution。〃　（Notes　made　by

Robespierre　in　June　and　July；　1793；　and　speech　by　him　in　the　Jacobin

club；　May　10；　1793。）



＇124＇　Guillon；　II。；　355。　　（Ins