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religion of Socrates； of Marcus Aurelius and Cicero will be the
religion of the whole world。〃
＇39＇ Moniteur； XVI。； 646。 （The King's trial。） Speech by Robespierre：
〃the right of punishing the tyrant and of dethroning him is one and
the same thing。〃 … Speech by Saint…Just： 〃Royalty is an eternal crime；
against which every man has the right of taking up arms 。 。 。 To
reign innocently is impossible！〃
＇40＇ Epigraph of Marat's journal： Ute readapt miseries； abet Fortuna
superb is。
＇41＇ Buchez et Roux； XXXII。； 323。 （Report of Saint…Just； Germinal 21；
year II。； and a decree of Germinal 26…29； Art。 4； 13； 15。） … Ibid。；
315。
＇42＇ Buchez et Roux； （Report of Saint…Just； October 10； 1793。） 〃That
would be the only good they could do their country。 。 。 。 It would
be no more than just for the people to reign over its oppressors in
its turn； and that their pride should be bathed in the sweat of their
brows。〃
＇43＇ Ibid。； XXXI。； 309。 （Report of Saint…Just； Vent？se 8； year II。）
＇44＇ Ibid。； XXVI。 435。 （Speech by Robespierre on the constitution；
May 10； 1793。） 〃What were our usages and pretended laws other than a
code of impertinence and baseness； where contempt of men was subject
to a sort of tariff； and graduated according to regulations as odd as
they were numerous？ To despise and be despised； to cringe in order to
rule； slaves and tyrants in turn； now kneeling before a master； now
trampling the people under foot … such was the ambition of all of us；
so long as we were men of birth or well educated men； whether common
folks or fashionable folks； lawyers or financiers； pettifoggers or
wearing swords。〃 … Archives Nationales； F7； 31167。 （Report of the
observatory Chaumont； Niv？se 10； year II。） … 〃Boolean's effigy； placed
in the college of Lisle； has been lowered to the statues of the
saints； the latter being taken out of their niches。 There is now no
kind of distinction。 Saints and authors are of the same class。〃
＇45＇ Buchez et Roux。； 296。 （〃Institutions〃 by Saint…Just。） … Meillan；
〃Mémoires；〃 p。 17。 … Anne Plumptre； 〃A narrative of three years'
residence in France； from 1802 to 1805；〃 II。； 96。 At Marseilles： 〃The
two great crimes charged on those who doomed to destruction； were here
as elsewhere； wealth and aristocracy。 。 。 It had been decreed by
the Terrorists that no person could have occasion for more than two
hundred livres a year； and that no income should be permitted to
exceed that sum。〃
＇46＇ Archives Nationales； F7； 4437。 （Address of the people's club of
Caisson （Gard）； Messidor 7； year II。） 〃The Bourgeoisie； the
merchants； the large land…owners have all the pretension of the ex…
nobles。 The law provides no means for opening the eyes of the common
people in relation to these new tyrants。 The club desires that the
revolutionary tribunal should be empowered to condemn this proud class
of individuals to a prompt partial confinement。 The people would then
see that they had committed a misdemeanor and would withdraw that sort
of respect in which they hold them。〃 A note in the hand…writing of
Couthon： 〃Left to the decision of popular commissions。〃
＇47＇ Gouvernor Morris； in a letter of January 4； 1796； says that
French capitalists have been financially ruined by assignats； and
physically by the guillotine。 … Buchez et Roux； XXX。； 26。 （Notes
written by Robespierre in June； 1793。） 〃Internal dangers come from the
bourgeois。 。 。 who are our enemies？ The vicious and the rich。〃
＇48＇ Narrative by M。 Sylvester de Sacy （May 23； 1873）： His father
owned a farm bringing in four thousand francs per annum； the farmer
offered him four thousand francs in assignats or a hog； M。 de Sacy
took the hog。
＇49＇ Buchez et Roux； XXXI。； 441。 （Report by Cambon on the institution
of the grand livre of public debt； August 15； 1793。）
＇50＇ Ibid。； XXXI。； 311。 Report by Saint…Just； February 26； 1794； and
decree in accordance therewith； unanimously adopted。 See； in
particular； article 2。 … Moniteur； 12 Vent？se； year II。 （meeting of
the Jacobin club； speech by Collot d'Herbois）。 〃The Convention has
declared that prisoners must prove that they were patriots from the
1st of May 1789。 When the patriots and enemies of the Revolution
shall be fully known； then the property of the former shall be
inviolable and held sacred； while that of the latter will be
confiscated for the benefit of the republic。〃
＇51＇ Buchez et Roux； XXVI。； 455 （Session of the Jacobin Club； May 10；
1793； speech by Robespierre。） … Ibid。； （Report by Saint…Just； Feb。
26； 1794。） 〃He who has shown himself an enemy of his country cannot be
one of its proprietors。 Only he has patrimonial rights who has helped
to free it。〃
＇52＇ Buchez et Roux； XXXI。； 93 and 130。 （Speech by Robespierre on
property； and the declaration of rights adopted by the Jacobin club。）
Decree of Sept。 3； 1793 （articles 13 and 14）。
＇53＇ Moniteur； XXII。； 719。 （Report by Cambon； Frimaire 6； year III。）
At Bordeaux Raba has been sentenced to pay a fine of 1；200；000 francs；
Pechotte to pay 500；000 francs； Martin…Martin to 300；000 francs。〃 …
Cf。 Rodolphe Reuss； 〃Séligmann Alexandre ou les Tribulations d'un
israélite de Strasbourg。〃
＇54＇ Ibid。； XVIII。； 486。 （Report by Cambon； Frimaire 1； year II。）
〃The egotists who； some time ago； found it difficult to pay for the
national domains they had acquired from the Republic； even in
assignats； now bring us their gold 。 。 。 Collectors of the revenue
who had buried their gold have come and offered to pay what they owe
the nation in ingots of gold and silver。 These have been refused； the
Assembly having decreed the confiscation of these objects。〃
＇55＇ Decree of Brumaire 23； year II。 On taxes and confiscations in
the provinces see M。 de Martel； 〃Etude sur Fouché et Pieces
authentiques servant à l'histoire de la revolution à Strasbourg。〃 And
further on the details of this operation at Troyes。 … Meillan； 90：
〃At Bordeaux； merchants were heavily taxed； not on account of their
incivism； but on account of their wealth。〃
＇56＇ Decree of March 7…11； 1793。
＇57＇ Moniteur； XVIII。； 274； decrees of Brumaire 4； and ibid； 305；
decree of Brumaire 9； year II。； establishing equal partition of
inheritances with retroactive effect to July 14； 1789。 Adulterous
bastards are excepted。 The reporter of the bill； Cambacèrés； laments
this regrettable exception。
＇58＇ Rights of inheritance allowed to the descendants of a deceased
person who never enjoyed these rights； but who might have enjoyed them
had he been living when they fell to him。 … Tr。
＇59＇ Fenet； 〃Travaux du Code civil。〃 （Report by Cambacèrés on the Code
civil； August 9； 1793）。 The spokesman for the committee that had
framed the bill makes excuses for not having deprived the father of
all the disposable portion。 〃The committee believed that such a
clause would seriously violate our customs without being of any
benefit to