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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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