" That is to say, not alone priests, but
likewise nobles and the ennobled, all parliamentarians, those who are
well-off and distinguished among the bourgeoisie and former notables,
about two hundred thousand property-holders, men and women; in short,
all who still remained among those oppressed and ruined by the
Revolution.[98] - The proposal was turned down by the ex-noble Barras
and by the public out-cry "of merchants and workmen themselves," and
banishment is replaced by civic degradation. Henceforth,[99] every
noble or ennobled person, even if he has not left the territory, even
if he has constantly and punctually obeyed revolutionary laws, even if
he be not related to, or allied with, any ?migr?, finds himself
deprived of his quality as a Frenchman. The fact alone of his being
ennobled or noble before 1789, obliged him to be naturalized according
to legal forms and conditions. - As to the 150,000 gentlemen,
artisans and farmers who have emigrated or who have been accused of
emigration, if they have returned to, or remain in France, they are to
leave Paris and all communes above 20,000 souls within twenty-four
hours, and France in fifteen days. If not, they are to be arrested,
brought before the military commissions and shot on the spot;[100] in
fact, in many places, at Paris, Besan?on and Lyons, they are shot.
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