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their rights; it abolition will be secured。 Elsewhere; smuggling is
openly carried on by force; the people favor it; while the National
Guards refuse to act against the nation。 In other places hatred is
excited; and divisions between the troops and the overseers at the
toll…houses: the latter are massacred; the bureaus are pillaged; and
the prisons are forced open。〃 … Memorandum from M。 Necker to the
National Assembly; July 21; 1790。
'45' Decrees of March 21 and 22; 1790; applicable April 21
following。 … Decrees of February 19 and March 2; 1791; applicable
May 1 following。
'46' De Goncourt; 〃La Societé Fran?aise pendant la Révolution;〃 204。
… Maxime Du Camp; 〃Paris; sa vie et ses organes;〃 VI。 11。
'47' 〃Compte des Revenus et Dépenses au 1er Mai; 1789。〃 …
Memorandum of M。 Necker; July 21; 1790。 … Memoranda presented by
M。 de Montesquiou; September 9; 1791。 … Comptes…rendus by the
minister; Clavières; October 5; 1792; February 1; 1792。 … Report
of Cambon; February; 1793。
'48' Boivin…Champeaux; 231。
'49' Mercure de France; May 28; 1791。 (Sitting of May 22。) …
Speech of M。 d'Allarde: 〃Burgundy has paid nothing belonging to
1790。〃
'50' Moniteur; sitting of June 1; 1790。 Speech by M。 Freteau。 …
Mercure de France。 November 26; 1791。 Report by Lafont…Ladebat。
'51' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 H; 2453。 correspondence of M。 de
Bercheny; June 5; 1790; etc。 … F7; 3226。 Letters of Chenantin;
cultivator; November 7; 1792; also of the prosecuting attorney ;
November 6。 … F7; 3269。 Minutes of the meeting of the
municipality of Clugnac; August 5th; 1792。 … F7; 3202。 Letter of
the Minister of Justice; Duport; January 3; 1792。 〃The utter
absence of public force in the district of Montargis renders every
operation of the Government and all execution of the laws
impossible。 The arrears of taxes to be collected is here very
considerable; while all proceedings of constraint are dangerous and
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。