the origins of contemporary france-2-第101章
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impossible to execute; owing to the fears of the bailiffs; who dare
not perform their duties; and the violence of the tax…payers; on
whom there is no check。〃
'52' Report of the Committee on Finances; by Ramel; 19th Floréal;
year II (The Constituent Assembly had fixed the real tax of a house
at one…sixth of its letting value。)
'53' Mercure de France; December 12; 1789。 … 〃Archives
Nationales;〃 F7; 3268。 Memorandum from the officers in command of
the detachment of the Paris National Guard stationed at Conflans…
Sainte…Honorine (April; 1790)。 Certificate of the Municipal
Officers of Poissy; March 31。
'54' Mercure de France; March 12 and 26; 1791。 … 〃Archives
Nationales;〃 H; 1453。 Letter of the police…lieutenant of Blois;
April 22; 1790。 … Mercure de France; July 24; 1790。 Two of the
murderers exclaimed to those who tried to save one of the keepers;
〃Hanging is well done at Paris! Bah; you are aristocrats! We shall
be talked about in the gazettes of Paris。〃 (Deposition of
witnesses。) … Decrees and proclamations regarding the protection
of the forests; November 3 and December 11; 1789。 … Another in
October; 1790。 … Another June 29; 1791。
'55' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3219。 Letter of the bailli de
Virieu; January 26; 1792。
'56' Mercure de France; December 3; 1791。 (Letter from Sarreluis;
November 15; 1791。) … 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3223。 Letter of
the Municipal Officers of Montargis。 January 8; 1792。
'57' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3268。 Letter of the overseer of the
national domains at Rambouillet; October 31; 1792。 … Report of
the minister Clavières; February 1。 1793。
'58' Decrees of August 14; 1792; June 10; 1793。 … 〃 Archives
Nationales;〃 Missions des Représentants; D; § 7。 (Deliberation of
the district of Troyes; 2 Ventose; an。 III。) … At Thunelières;
the drawing took place on the 10th Fructidor; year II; and was done
over again in behalf of a servant of Billy; an influential municipal
officer who 〃was the soul of his colleagues。〃 … Ibid。 Abstract of
operations in the district of Arcis…sur…Aube; 30 Pluviose; year III。
〃Two…thirds of the communes hold this kind of property。 Most of
them have voted on and effected the partition; or are actually
engaged on it。
'59' Mercure de France; January 7; 1790。 (Chateau of Auxon in
Haute…Saone。) … 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3255。 (Letter of the
minister to the Directory of Rhone…et…Loire; July 2; 1790。) …
Mercure de France; July 17; 1790。 (Report of M。 de Broglie; July
13; and decree of July 13…18。) … 〃Archives Nationales;〃 H; 1453。
(Correspondence of M。 de Bercheny; July 21; 1790。)
'60' Mercure de France; March 19; 1790。 Letter from Amien; February
28。 (Mallet du Pan publishes in the Mercure only letters which are
signed and authentic。)
'61' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 KK; 1105。 (Correspondence of M。 de
Thiard; letters of Chevalier de Bévy; December 26; 1789; and others
up to April 5; 1790。) … Moniteur; sitting of February 9; 1790。 …
Mercure de France; February 6 and March 6; 1790 (list of chateaux)。
'62' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 KK; 1105。 (correspondence of M。 de
Thiard。) Letters of the Mayor of Nantes; February 16; !790; of the
Municipality of Redon; February 19; etc。
'63' Mercure de France; February 6 and 27; 1790。 (Speech of M。 de
Foucault; sittings of February 2 and 5) … Moniteur (same dates)。
(Report of Grégoire; February 9; speeches by MM。 Sallé de Chaux and
de Noailles; February 9。) … Memorandum of the deputies of the town
of Tulle; drawn up by the Abbé Morellet (from the deliberations and
addresses of eighty…three boroughs and cities in the province)。
'64' In allusion to the feudal custom of paying seignorial dues on
the first of May around a maypole。 See further on。 'TR'
'65' Criminal Courts without appeal。…'TR。)
'66' Moniteur; sitting of March 4; 1790。 … Duvergier; decrees of
March 6; 1790; and August 6…10 1790
'67' The address is dated February 11; 1793。 This singularly comic
document would alone suffice to make the history of the Revolution
perfectly comprehensible。
'68' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3203。 (Letters of the royal
commissioner; April 30 and May 9; 1790。) … Letter of the Duc de
Maillé; May 6。 … Report from the administrators of the
department; November 12; 1790。 … Moniteur VI。 515。
'69' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3225。 Letter of the Directory from
Ille…et…Vilaine; January 30; 1791; and letter from Dinan; January 29
… Mercure de France; April 2 and 16; 1791。 Letters from Rennes;
March 20th; from Redon; March 12。
'70' So expressed in the minutes of the meeting。
'71' Moniteur; sitting of December 15; 1790。 (Address of the
department of Lot; December 7。) … Sitting of December 20 (Speech
by M。 de Foucault。) … Mercure de France; December 18; 1790。
(Letter from Belves; in Perigord; December 7。) … Ibid。; January
22; 29; 1791。 (Letter from M。 de Clarac; January 18。)
'72' December 17; 1790。
'73' January 7; 1791。
'74' Revolutionary archives of the department of Creuse; by Duval。
(Letter of the administrators of the department; March 31; 1791。) …
〃 Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3209。 (Deliberation of the Directory of
the Department; May 12; 1791 … Minutes of the meeting of the
municipality of La Souterraine; August 23; 1791。)
'75' 〃Archives Nationales〃; F7; 3269。 … Order of the directory of
the district of Ribérac; August 5; 1791; and requisitions of the
prosecuting attorney of the department; August 24; and September 11。
… Letter of the king's commissioner; August 22。
'76' A sort of export duty。…'TR。'
'77' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 P7; 3204。 … Letter; from the
Directory of the Department; June 2; 1791; September 8 and 22。 …
Letter from the Minister of Justice; May 15; 1791。 … Letter from
M。 de Lentilhac; September 2。 … Letter from M。 Melon…Padon; Royal
Commissioner; September。 … Mercure de France; May 14; 1791。
(Letter of an eye…witness; M。de Loyac; April 25; 1791。)
'78' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7。 3204。 Letters from M。 de Saint…
Victour; September 25; October 2 and 10; 1791。 … Letter from the
steward of his estate; September 18。
CHAPTER III。 Development of the ruling Passion。
I。 Attitude of the nobles。 Their moderate resistance。
IF popular passion ended in murder it was not because resistance was
great or violent。 On the contrary; never did an aristocracy undergo
dispossession with so much patience; or employ less force in the
defense of its prerogatives; or even of its property。 To speak with
exactness; the class in question receives blows without returning
them; and when it does take up arms; it is always with the bourgeois
and the National Guard; at the request of the magistrates; in
conformity with the law; and for the protection of persons and
property。 The nobles try to avoid being either killed or robbed;
nothing more: for nearly three years they raise no political banner。
In the towns where they exert the most influence and which are
denounced as rebellious; for ex…ample in Mende and Arles; their
opposition is limited to the suppression of riots; the restraining
of the common people; and ensuring respect for the law; It is not
the new order of things against which they conspire; but against
brutal disorder。 … At Mende;〃 says the municipal body;'1' 〃we had
the honor of being the first to furnish the contributions of 1790。
We supplied the place of our bishop and installed his successor
without disturbance; and without the assistance of any foreign force
。 。 。 。 We dispersed the members of a cathedral body to which we
were attached by the ties of blood and friendship; we dismissed all;
from the bishop down to the children of the choir。 We had but three
communities of mendicant monks; and all three have been suppressed。
We have sold all national posses