[117] Archives Nationales， AF.， II.， 116. (Minutes of the public session of Vent？se 20， year II.， held at Montargis， in the Temple of Reason， by Benon， "national agent of the commune and special agent of the people's representative." Previous and subsequent orders， by Representative Lefert.) Eighty-six persons signed， subject to public penance， among them twenty-four wives or widows， which， with the four names sent to the Paris tribunal and the thirty-two imprisoned， makes one hundred and twenty-two. It is probable that the one hundred and six who are wanting to complete the list of two hundred and twenty-eight had emigrated， or been banished in the interval as unsworn priests. - Ibid.， D.S.， I.， 10. (Orders by Delacroix， Bouchet and Legendre， Conches， Frimaire 8 and 9， year II.) The incarceration of the municipal officers of Conches for an analogous petition and other marks of Feuillantism.
[118] The real sentiments and purposes of the Jacobins are well shown at Strasbourg. ("Recueil de Pieces， etc.，" I.， 77. Public meeting of the municipal body， and speech by Bierlyn， Prairial 25， year II.) "How can the insipid arrogance of these (Strasbourg) people be represented to you， their senseless attachment to the patrician families in their midst， the absurd feuil1antism of some and the vile sycophancy of others？ How is it， they say， that moneyless interlopers， scarcely ever heard of before， dare assume to have credit in a town of sensible inhabitants and honest families， from father to son， accustomed to governing and renowned for centuries？" - Ibid.， 113.
(Speech of the mayor Mouet， Floréal 21， year II.) "Moral purification (in Strasbourg) has become less difficult through the reduction of fortunes and the salutary terror excited among those covetous men . .
. Civilization has encountered mighty obstacles in this great number of well-to-do families who have nourished souvenirs of， and who regret the privileges enjoyed by， these families under the Emperors； they have formed a caste apart from the State carefully preserving the gothic pictures of their ancestors they were united only amongst themselves. They are excluded from all public functions. Honest artisans， now taken from all pursuits， impel the revolutionary cart with a vigorous hand."[119] Archives des Affaires étrangères， vol. 1411. (Instructions for the civil commissioners by Hérault， representative of the people， Colmar， Frimaire 2， year II.) He enumerates the diverse categories of persons who were to be arrested， which categories are so large and numerous as to include nine out of ten of the inhabitants.
[120] Dauban， "Paris en 1794，" p.264. (Report of Pourveyeur， Vent？se 29.) "They remark (sic) that one is not (sic) a patriot with twenty-thousand livres (sic) income， and especially a former advocate-general."[121] De Martel， "Fouché，" p.226， 228. For instance， at Nevers， a man of sixty-two years of age， is confined "as rich， egoist， fanatic， doing nothing for the Revolution， a proprietor， and having five hundred livres revenue."[122] Buchez et Roux， XXVI.， '77. (Speech by Cambon， April 27， 1793.)[123] "Who are our enemies？ The vicious and the rich." - " All the rich are vicious， in opposition to the Revolution." (Notes made by Robespierre in June and July， 1793， and speech by him in the Jacobin club， May 10， 1793.)[124] Guillon， II.， 355. (Instructions furnished by Collot d'Herbois and Fouché， Brumaire 26， year II.)[125] De Martel， 171， 181. (Orders of Fouché， Nevers， August 25 and October 8， 1793.)[126] Guillon.-Archives des Affaires étrangères， F. 1411. Reports by observers at Paris， Aug. 12 and 13， 1793. "The rich man is the sworn enemy of the Revolution."[127] Archives Nationales， AF.， II.， 135. (Orders of Saint-Just and Lebas， Strasbourg， Brumaire 10， year II.， with the list of names of one hundred and ninety-three persons taxed， together with their respective amounts of taxation.) - Among others， "a widow Franck， banker， two hundred thousand livres." - Ibid.， AF.， II.， 49.
(Documents relating to the revolutionary tax at Belfort.) "Vieillard， Moderate and egoist， ten thousand francs； Keller， rich egoist， seven thousand； as aristocrats， of whom the elder and younger brother are imprisoned， Barthélémy the younger ten thousand， Barthélémy senior， three thousand five hundred， Barthelemy junior seven thousand， citoyenne Barthélémy， mother， seven thousand， etc."[128] "Recueil de Pièces， etc.，" I.， 22. (Letter of the Strasbourg authorities.) De Martel， p. 288. (Letter of the authorities of Allier.) "Citizens Sainay， Balome， Heulard and Lavaleisse were exposed on the scaffold in the most rigorous season for six hours (at Moulins)with this inscription - "bad citizen who has given nothing to the charity-box."[129] "Recueil de Pièces， etc.，" I.， 16.
[130] Ibid.， I.， 159. (Orders of Brumaire 15， year II.)[131] Archives Nationales， F.7， 2475. (Minutes of the Revolutionary committee of the Piques section.) September 9， 1793， at 3 o'clock in the morning， the committee declares that， for its part， "it has arrested twenty-one persons of the category below stated." October 8， it places two sans-culottes as guards in the houses of all those named below， in the quarter， even those who could not be arrested on account of absence. "It is time to take steps to make sure of all whose indifference (sic) and moderatism is ruining the country."[132] Berryat Saint-Prix， pp.36， 38. carrier declares suspect "merchants and the rich."[133] Moniteur， XVIII.， 641. (Letter of the representatives imprisoned at Bordeaux， Frimaire 10， year II.)[134] Archives des Affaires étrangères， vol.329. (Letter of Brutus， October 3， 1793.)[135] Ibid.， vol.329. (Letter of Charles Duvivier， Lille， Vendémiaire 15， year II.)[136] Speech by Barère， Vent？se 17， year II.