23. -- Letter of the administrators， Sept. 20 (on Chantilly). "The vast treasures of this domain are being plundered." In the forest of Hez and in the park belonging to M. de Fitz-James， now national property， "the finest trees are sold on the spot， cut down， and carried off." - F7， 3268， Letter of the overseer of the national domains at Rambouillet， Oct. 31. Woods devastated "at a loss of more than 100，000 crowns since August 10." -- "The agitators who preach liberty to citizens in the rural districts are the very ones who excite the disorders with which the country is menaced. They provoke the demand for a partition of property， with all the accompanying threats."[78] Albert Babeau， I.504 (Aug.20).
[79] Mortimer-Ternaux， III. 322 (Sept 4).
[80] Mortimer-Ternaux， III.325. -"Archives Nationales，" F7， 3239.
Official report of the municipality of Rheims， Sept 6.
[81] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 4394. Correspondence of the ministers in 1792 and 1793. Lists presented by Roland to the convention， on the part of various districts and departments， containing the names of priests demanding passports to go abroad， those who have gone without passports， and of sick or aged priests in the department asylums.
[82] Albert Babeau， I. 515-517. Guillon de Montléon， I. 120. At Lyons after the 10th of August the unsworn conceal themselves； the municipality offers them passports； many who come for them are incarcerated； others receive a passport with a mark on it which serves for their recognition on the road， and which excites against them the fury of the volunteers. "A majority of the soldiers filled the air with their cries of 'Death to kings and priests！' " -- Sauzay， III.
ch. IX.， and especially p. 193： "M. Pescheu； while running along the road from Belfort to Porentruy， is seen by a captain of the volunteers， riding along the same road with other officers； demanding his gun， he aimed at M. Pescheur and shot him."[83] "Histoire de Chalons-sur-Marne et de ses monuments，" by L.
Barbat， pp. 420， 425
[84] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3207. Letter of the directory of the C？te d'Or， Aug. 28 and Sept. 26. Address of the Beaune municipality， Sept. 2. Letter of M. Jean Sallier， Oct. 9： "Allow me to appeal to you for justice and to interest yourself in behalf of my brother， myself， and five servants， who on the 14th of September last， at the order of the municipality of La Roche-en-Bressy， where we have lived for three years， were arrested by the national guard of Saulieu， and， first imprisoned here in this town， were on the 18th transferred to Semur， no reason for our detention being given， and where we have in vain demanded a trial from the directory of the district， which body， making no examination or inquiry into our case， sent us on the 25th， at great expense， to Dijon， where the department has imprisoned us again without， as before， giving any reason therefore." -- The directory of the department writes "the communes of the towns and of the country arrest persons suspected by them， and instead of caring for these themselves， send them to the district" -- Such arbitrary imprisonment multiply towards the end of 1792 and early in 1793. The commissaries of the convention arrest at Sedan 55 persons in one day：
at Nancy， 104 in three weeks； at Arras， more than 1，000 in two months；in the Jura， 4，000 in two months. At Lons-le-Saulnier all the nobles with their domestics， at Aix all the inhabitants of one quarter without exception are put in prison. (De Sybel， II. 305.)[85]"Archives Nationales，" F7， 3276. Letters of the administrators of the Yonne， Aug. 20 and 21 .-Ibid.， F7， 3255. Letter of the commissary， Bonnemant， Sept. 22. -- Mortimer-Ternaux， III. 338. --Lavalette， "Mémoires，" I.100.
[86] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3，255. Letter of the district administrator of Roanne， Aug. 18. Fourteen volunteers of the canton of Néronde betake themselves to Chenevoux， a mansion belonging to M.
Dulieu， a supposed émigré. They exact 200 francs from the keeper of'
the funds of the house under penalty of death， which he gives them. --Letter of the same. Sept. 1. "Every day repressive means are non-existent. Juges-de-paix before whom complaints are made dare not report them， nor try citizens who cause themselves to be feared.
Witnesses dare not give testimony for fear of being maltreated or pillaged by the criminals." -- Letter of the same， Aug. 22. --Official report of the municipality of Charlieu， Sept. 9， on the destruction of the land registry books. "We replied that not having the force with which to oppose them， since they themselves were the force， we would abstain." -- Letter of an officer of the gendarmerie， Sept.9， etc.
[87] "Lettres autographes de Madame Roland，" published by Madame Bancal des Issarts， p. 5 (June 2， 1790)[88] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3245. -- Letter of the mayor and municipal officers of Lyons， Aug. 2. -- Letter of the deputy procureur of the commune， Aug. 29. -- Copy of a letter by Dodieu， Aug. 27.
(Roland replies with consternation and says that there must be a prosecution.) -- Official report of the 9th of September， and letter of the municipality， Sept. 11. -- Memorandum of the officers of the Royal-Pologne regiment， Sept. 7. -- Letter of M. Perigny， father-in-law of one of the officers slain， Sept. 19. -- Mortimer-Ternaux， III.
342. - Guillon de Montléon， I. 124. - Balleyder， "Histoire du peuple de Lyon，" 91.
[89] "Archives Nationales，" Letter of Danton， Oct. 3.
[90] Decius， Roman emperor from 248 to 251 famous for having persecuted the Christians. He was unable to tolerate their refusal to join in communal corporate pagan observances. He insisted that they do so and once they had done it， a Certificate of Sacrifice (libellus)， was issued. (SR).
[91] "Etude sur Madame Roland，" by Dauban， 82. Letter of Madame Roland to Bosc， July 26， 1798. "You busy yourselves with a municipality and allow heads to escape which will devise new horrors.