Prev | Current Page 988 | Next

Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893

"The French Revolution - Volume 3"

" The soul sinks[89] on daily perusing
the executions of conscripts and ?migr?s, and on seeing those
condemned to transportation constantly passing by. . . . All who
displease the government are set down on these lists of the dead, so-
called ?migr?s, this or that cur? who is notoriously known not to have
left the department." It is impossible for honest people to vote at
the primary assemblies; consequently, "the elections are frightful.
The "brothers" and their friends loudly proclaim that neither nobles,
priests, proprietors, merchants, nor justice are wanted; everything is
to be given up to pillage." Let France perish rather than accept their
domination. "The wretches have announced that they will not give up
their places without overthrowing all, destroying palaces and setting
Paris on fire."
VII. Enforcement of Pure Jacobinism.
Application and aggravation of the laws of the reign of Terror. -
Measures taken to impose civic religion. - Arrest, transportation,
and execution of Priests. - Ostracism proposed against the entire
anti-Jacobin class. - The nobles or the ennobled, not ?migr?s, are
declared foreigners. - Decrees against ?migr?s of every class.


Pages:
976 977 978 979 980 981 982 983 984 985 986 987 988 989 990 991 992 993 994 995 996 997 998 999 1000