the origins of contemporary france-2-第120章
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disturber of the public peace; although several had been accused。〃
… Moniteur May 6; 1792。 (Report of Fran?ais de Nantes) 〃Not one
has been punished for thirty months。〃
'53' On these spontaneous brutal acts of the Catholic peasants; cf。
〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3236 (Lozère; July…November; 1791)。
Deliberation of the district of Florac; July 6; 1791; and the
official statement of the commissioner of the department on the
disturbances in Espagnac。 On the 5th of July; Richard; a
constitutional curé; calls upon the municipality to proceed to his
installation。 〃The ceremony could not take place; owing to the
hooting; of the women and children; and the threats of various
persons who exclaimed: 'Kill him! strangle him; he is a Protestant;
is married; and has children;' and owing to the impossibility of
entering the church; the doors of which were obstructed by the large
number of women standing in front of them:〃… On the 6th of July; he
is installed; but with difficulty。 〃Inside the church a crowd of
women uttered loud cries and bemoaned the removal of their old curé
On returning; in the streets; a large number of women; unsettled by
the sight of the constitutional cure; turned their faces aside 。 。
。 and contented themselves with uttering disjointed words 。 …
without doing anything more than cover their faces with their
bonnets; casting themselves on the ground。〃 … July 15。 The clerk
will no longer serve at the mass nor ring the bells; the curé;
Richard; attempting to ring them himself; the people threaten him
with ill…treatment if he runs the risk。 … September 8; 1791。
Letter from the curé of Fau; district of Saint…Chély。 〃That night I
was on the brink of death through a troop of bandits who took my
parsonage away from me; after having broken in the doors and
windows。〃 … December 30; 1791。 Another curé who goes to take
possession of his parsonage is assailed with stones by sixty women;
and thus pursued beyond the limits of the parish 。 … August 5;
1791。 Petition of the constitutional bishop of Mende and his four
vicars。 〃Not a day passes that we are not insulted in the
performance of our duties。 We cannot take a step without
encountering hooting。 If we go out we are threatened with cowardly
assassination; and with being beaten with clubs。〃… F7; 3235 (Bas…
Rhin; letter from the Directory of the Department; April 9; 1792):
〃Ten out of eleven; at least; of the Catholics refuse to recognize
sworn priests。〃
'54' Duvergier; decrees (not sanctioned) of November 29 and May 27;
1792。 … Decree of August 26; 1792; after the fall of the throne。
… Moniteur; XII。 200 (sitting of April 23; 1793)。 Report of the
Minister of the Interior。
'55' Lallier; 〃Le District de Machecoul;〃 p。261; 263。 … 〃Archives
Nationales;〃 F7; 3234。 Demand of the prosecuting attorney of the
commune of Tonneins (December 21; 1791) for the arrest or expulsion
of eight priests 〃at the slightest act of internal or external
hostility。〃 … Ibid。; F7; 3264。 Act of the Council…general of
Corrèze (July 16; 17; 18; 1792) to place in arrest all nonjuring
priests。 … Between these two dates; act; of various kinds and of
increasing severity are found in nearly all the departments against
the non…jurors。
'56' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3250。 Official statement by the
directory of the department; March 18; 1791; with all the documents
in relation thereto。 … F7; 3200。 Letter of the Directory of
Calvados; June 13; 1792; with the interrogations。 The damages are
estimated at 15;000 livres。
'57' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3234。 An Act of the Directory of
Lot; February 24; 1792; on the disturbances at Marmande。 … F7;
3239; official statement of the municipal body of Rheims; November
5; 6; 7; 1791。 The two workmen are a harness…maker and a wool…
carder。 The priest who administered the baptism is put in prison as
a disturber of the public peace。 … F7; 3219。 Letter of the royal
commissioner at the tribunal of Castelsarrasin; March 5; 1792。 …
F7; 3203。 Letter of the directory of the district of La Rochelle;
June 1; 1792。 〃The armed force; a witness of these crimes and
summoned to arrest these persons in the act; refused to obey。〃
'58' Memorandum by Camille Jourdan (Sainte…Beuve; 〃Causeries du
Lundi;〃 XII。 250)。 The guard refuses to give any assistance;
coming too late and merely 〃to witness the disorder; never to
repress it。〃
'59' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3217。 Letters of the curé of Uzès;
January 29; 1792; of the curé of Alais; April 5; 1792; of the
administrators of Gard; July28; 1792; of the prosecuting attorney ;
M。 Griolet; July 2; 1792 ; of Castanet; former gendarme; August 25;
1792; of M。 Griolet; September 28; 1792。 … Ibid。 ; F7; 3223。
Petition by M。M。 Thueri and Devès in the name of the oppressed of
Montpellier; November 17; 1791; letter of the same to the minister;
October28; 1791; letter of M。 Dupin; prosecuting attorney ; August
23; 1791; Act of the Department; August 9; 1791; Petition of the
inhabitants of Courmonterral; August 25; 1791
'60' Moniteur; XII。 16; sitting of April 1; 1792。 Speech by M。
Laureau。 〃Behold the provinces in flames; insurrection in nineteen
departments; and revolt everywhere declaring itself 。 。 。 The
only liberty is that of brigandage; we have no taxation; no order;
no government。〃 Mercure de France; April 7; 1792。 〃More than twenty
departments are now participating in the horrors of anarchy and in a
more or less destructive insurrection。〃
'61' Moniteur; XII。 30。 Speech by M。 Caillasson。 The total amount
of property sold up to November 1; 1791; is 1;526 millions; the
remainder for sale amounts to 669 millions。
'62' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3225。 Letter of the Directory of
Ille…et…Vilaine; March 24; 1792。 〃The National Guards of the
district purposely expel all nonjuring priests; who have not been
replaced; under the pretext of the trouble they would not fail to
cause at Easter。〃
'63' Moniteur; XI。 420。 (Sitting of February 18; 1792。) Report by
M。 Cahier; Minister of the Interior。
'64' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3250。 Deposition of the municipal
officers of Gosnay and Hesdiguel (district of Béthune); May 18;
1792。 Six parishes took part in this expedition; the mayor's wife
had a rope around her neck; and came near being hung。 … Moniteur;
XII; 154; April 15; 1792。 … 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3225。
Letter of the Directory of Ile…et…Vilaine; March 24; 1792; and
official statement of the commissioners for the district of Vitré;
letter of the same directory; April 21; 1792; and report of the
commissioners sent to Acigné; April 6。
'65' Moniteur; XII。 200。 Report of M。 Cahier; April 23; 1792。 The
directories of these four departments refuse to cancel their illegal
acts; alleging that 〃their armed National Guards pursue refractory
priests。〃
'66' Mercure de France; April 7; 1792。 Letters written from
Aurillac。 … 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3202。 … Letter of the
directory of the district of Aurillac; March 27; 1792 (with seven
official statements); of the directory of the district of Saint…
Flour; March 19 (with the report of its commissioners); of M。
Duranthon; minister of justice; April 22; petition of M。 Lorus;
municipal officer of Aurillac。 … Letter of M。 Duranthon; June 9;
1792。 〃I am just informed by the royal commissioner of the district
of Saint…Flour that; since the departure of the troops; the
magistrates dare no longer exercise their functions in the midst of
the brigands who surround them。〃
'67' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7;; 3219。 Letters of M。 Niel;
administrator of the department of Haute…Garonne; February 27; 1792;
of M。 Sainfal; March 4; of the directory of the department; March 1;
of the royal commissioner; tribunal of Castelsarrasin; March 13。
'68' The following are some examples of these rustic desires:
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