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Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893

"The French Revolution - Volume 3"

"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 ?trang?res, vol.329. (Letter of Brutus,
October 3, 1793.)
[135] Ibid., vol.329. (Letter of Charles Duvivier, Lille, Vend?miaire
15, year II.)
[136] Speech by Bar?re, Vent?se 17, year II.
[137] Archives des Affaires ?trang?res, vol. 331. Letter by
Darbault, political agent, Tarbes, Frimaire II, year II. (Project for
doing away with middle men in trade, brokers and bankers.) "The
profession of a banker is abolished. All holders of public funds are
forbidden to sell them under a year and one day after the date of
their purchase. No one must be at the same time wholesale and retail
dealer, etc." Projects of this sort are numerous. As to the
establishment of a purely agricultural and military Republic, see the
papers of Saint-Just, and the correspondence of the Lyons Terrorists.
According to them the new France needs no silk-weavers.


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