; whether they mount guard or see it regularly done,
whether they have made a loyal declaration for the forced loan. You
will find that they have not. . . . The Commune issues
certificates of civism to its satellites and refuses them to the best
citizens."
The monopoly is obvious; they make no attempt to conceal it; six weeks
later,[13] it becomes official: several revolutionary committees
decide not to grant certificates of civism to citizens who are not
members of a popular club." And strict exclusion goes on increasing
from month to month. Old certificates are canceled and new ones
imposed, which new certificates have new formalities added to them, a
larger number of endorsers being required and certain kinds of
guarantees being rejected; there is greater strictness in relation to
the requisite securities and qualifications; the candidate is put off
until fuller information can be obtained about him; he is rejected at
the slightest suspicion:[14] he is only too fortunate if he is
tolerated in the Republic as a passive subject, if he is content to be
taxed and taxed when they please, and if he is not sent to join the
"suspects" in prison; whoever does not belong to the band does not
belong to the community.
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