My intention is that you do not， for these dioceses， propose to me any exemption of service for conscripts， no nominations for scholarships， for curacies， or for canonries. You will send in a report on the dioceses which it would be well to strike with this ban." Towards the end， the Gallicism of Bossuet no longer suffices for him； he allowed it to be taught at Saint-Sulpice， and M. Emery， director of this institution， was the priest in France whom he esteemed the most and most willingly consulted； but a pupil's imprudent letter had been just intercepted， and， accordingly， the spirit of that association is a bad one. An order of expulsion of the director is issued and the installation in his place of a new one "day after to-morrow，" as well as new administrators of whom none shall be Sulpician.[90] "Take measures to have this congregation dissolved. I will have no Sulpicians in the seminary of Paris.[91] Let me know the seminaries that are served by Sulpicians in order that they too may be sent away from these seminaries."[92] - And let the seminarists who have been badly taught by their masters take heed not to practice in their own behalf the false doctrines which the State proscribes； especially， let them never undertake， as they do in Belgium， to disobey the civil power in deference to the Pope and their bishop. At Tournay，[93] all those over eighteen years of age are sent to Magdebourg； at Ghent， the very young or those not fit for military service are put in Saint-Pelagie； the rest， two hundred and thirty-six in number， including forty deacons or sub-deacons， incorporated in an artillery brigade， set out for Wesel， a country of marshes and fevers， where fifty of them soon die of epidemics and contagion. - There is ever the same terminal procedure； to Abbé d'Astros， suspected of having received and kept a letter of the Pope， Napoleon， with threats， gave him this ecclesiastical watchword：
"I have heard that the liberties of the Gallican Church are being taught： but for all that， I wear the sword， so watch out！ "So behind all his institutions one discovers the military sanction， the arbitrary punishment， physical constraint， the sword ready to strike； involuntarily， the eyes anticipates the flash of the blade， and the flesh is feels in advance the rigid incision of the steel.
VIII. Administrative Control.
Changes in the ecclesiastical hierarchy. - Motives for subordinating the lesser clergy. - The displacement of assistant priests. - Increase of episcopal authority. - Hold of Napoleon over the bishops.
Thus is a conquered country treated. He is， in relation to the Church， as in a conquered country.[94] Like Westphalia or Holland， she is a naturally independent country which he has annexed by treaty， which he has been able to include but not absorb in his empire， and which remains invincibly distinct. The temporal sovereign， in a spiritual society， especially such a sovereign as he is， - nominally Catholic， scarcely Christian， at best a deist and from time to time as it suits， - will never be other than an external suzerain and a foreign prince. To become and remain master in such an annexed country it is always advisable to exhibit the sword. Nevertheless， it would not be wise to strike incessantly； the blade， used too often， would wear out； it is better to utilize the constitution of the annex， rule over it indirectly， not by an administrative bureau (régie)， but by a protectorate， in which all indigenous authorities can be employed and be made responsible for the necessary rigors. Now， by virtue of the indigenous constitution， the governors of the Catholic annex - all designated beforehand by their suitable and indelible character， all tonsured， robed in black， celibates and speaking Latin - form two orders， unequal in dignity and in number； one inferior， comprising myriads of curés and vicars， and the other superior， comprising some dozens of prelates.
Let us turn this ready-made hierarchy to account； and， the better to use it， let us tighten the strings. In agreement with the upper clergy and the Pope， we will increase the subjection of the lower clergy； we will govern the inferiors through the superiors； whoever has the head has the body； it is much easier to handle sixty bishops and archbishops than forty thousand vicars and curés； in this particular we need not undertake to restore primitive discipline； we must not be either antiquaries or Gallicans. Let us be careful not to give back to the second-class clergy the independence and stability they enjoyed before 1789， the canonical guarantees which protected them against episcopal despotism， the institution of competition， the rights conferred by theological grades， the bestowal of the best places on the wisest， the appeal to the diocesan court in case of disgrace， the opposing plea before the officialité， the permanent tie by which the titular curé， once planted in his parish， took root there for life， and believed himself bound to his local community like Jesus Christ to the universal Church， indissolubly， through a sort of mystic marriage.