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  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:
  At Lunel; 4000 peasants and village National Guards strive to enter;
  to hang the aristocrats。  Their wives are along with them; leading
  their donkeys with 〃baskets which they hope to carry away full。〃
  (〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3523。  Letter of the municipal body of
  Lunel; November 4; 1791。)
  At Uzès it is with great difficulty that they can rid themselves of
  the peasants who came in to drive out the Catholic royalists。  In
  vain 〃were they given plenty to eat and to drink;〃 they go away 〃in
  bad humor; especially the women who led the mules and asses to carry
  away the booty; and who had not anticipated returning home with
  empty hands。〃 (De Dampmartin; I。  195。)
  In relation to the siege of Nantes by the Vendéans: 〃An old woman
  said to me; 'Oh; yes; I was there; at the siege。  My sister and
  myself had brought along our sacks。  We counted on entering at least
  as far as the Rue de la Casserie'〃 (the street of jeweler's shops)。
  (Michelet; V 211。)
  '69' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3209。  Letters of the royal
  commissioner at the tribunal of Mucidan; March 7; 1792; of the
  public prosecutor of the district of Sarlat; January。  1792。   …
  Ibid。  ; F7; 3204。  Letters of the administrators of the district of
  Tulle; April 15; 1792; of the directory of the department; April 18;
  petition of Jacques Labruc and his wife; with official statement of
  the justice of the peace; April 24。  〃All these acts of violence
  were committed under the eyes of the municipal authorities。  They
  took no steps to prevent them; although they had notice given them
  in time。〃
  '70' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3223。  Letters of M。 Brisson;
  commissioner of the naval classes of Souillac; February 2; 1792; of
  the directory of the department; March 14; 1792。   …  Petition of
  the brothers Barrié (with supporting documents); October 11; 1791。
  …  Letter of the prosecuting attorney of the department; April 4;
  1792。  Report of the commissioners sent to the district of Figeac;
  January 5; 1792。  Letter of the administrators of the department;
  May 27; 1792。
  '71' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3217。  Official reports of the
  commissioners of the department of Gard; April 1; 2; 3; and 6; 1792;
  and letter of April 6。  One land…owner is taxed 100;000 francs。   …
  Ibid。; F7; 3223。  Letter of M Dupin; prosecuting attorney of
  l'Hérault; February 17 and 26; 1792。  〃At the chateau of Pignan;
  Madame de Lostanges has not one complete piece of furniture left。
  The cause of these disturbances is religious passion。  Five or six
  nonjuring priests had retreated to the chateau;〃  …  Moniteur;
  sitting of April 16; 1792。  Letter from the directory of the
  department of Gard。   …  De Dampmartin; II; 85。  At Uzès; fifty or
  sixty men in masks invade the ducal chateau at ten o'clock in the
  evening; set fire to the archives; and the chateau is burnt。
  '72' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3196。  Official statements of Augier
  and Fabre; admi