aws
of July 23, Sept. 12, Sept. 29, 1791.--Buchez et Roux, XII. 310.]

[Footnote 2102: Bucher Ct Roux, XII. 33.--Mortimer-Ternaux, "Histoire de
la Terreur," II. 205, 348.--Sauzay, II. ch. XVIII--Albert Babeau, I. ch.
XX.]

[Footnote 2103: Lenin repeated this performance in 1917 and Stalin
attempted to do the same in the rest of the World. (SR)..]

[Footnote 2104: The following letter, by Camille Desmoulins (April 3,
1792), shows at once the time consumed by public affairs, the sort of
attraction they had, and the kind of men which they diverted from their
business. "I have gone back to my old profession of the law, to which I
give nearly all the time which my municipal or electoral functions, and
the Jacobins (club), allow me--that is to say, very little. It is very
disagreeable to me to come down to pleading bourgeois cases after having
managed interests of such importance, and the affairs of the government,
in the face of all Europe."]

[Footnote 2105: I cannot help but think of the willful proliferation of
idle functionaries, pensioners and other receivers of public funds which
today vote for the party which represents their interests. (SR.)]

[Footnote 2106: Sauzay, II. 83-89 and 123. A resolution of the
inhabitants of Chaleze, who, headed by their municipal officers, declare
themselves unanimously "non-conformists," and demand "the right of using
a temple for the exercise of their religious opinions, belonging to
them and built with their contributions" On the strength of this,
the municipal officers of Chaleze are soundly rated by the district
administration, which thus states what principles are: "Liberty,
indefinite for the private individual, must be restricted for the
public man whose opinions must conform to the law: otherwise,.. he must
renounce all public functions."]

[Footnote 2107: Archives Nationales," F7, 3,253 (letter of the
department directory, April 7, 1792). "On the 25th of January, in our
report to the National Assembly, we stated the almost general opposition
which the execution of the laws relating to the clergy has found in
this department... nine-tenths, at least, of the Catholics refusing to
recognize the sworn priests. The teachers, influenced by their old
cures or vicars, are willing to take the civic oath, but they refuse to
recognize their legitimate pastors and attend their services. We are,
therefore, obliged to remove them, and to look out for others to replace
them. The citize