correspondant, "1882, on the religious state of
France in November, 1800, and particularly on, the condition of the
constitutional church, the latter being very poor, disunited, with no
credit and no future.) The writer estimates the number of active priests
at 8000, of which 2000 are constitutionnels and 6000 orthodox."]

[Footnote 5130: Thibaudeau, p.152.]

[Footnote 5131: Thibaudeau, p. 154 (words of the First consul) "What
makes the government liked is its respect for worship.... The priests
must be connected with the government."]

[Footnote 5132: Ibid., p.154: "Is it not better to organize worship and
discipline the priests rather than let things go on as they are?"]

[Footnote 5133: La Fayette, "Memoires, II.", 200. ("Mes rapports avec le
Premier consul.")]

[Footnote 5134: D'Haussonville, "l'Eglise romaine et la Premier Empire,"
II.. 78 and 101. Napoleon's letters to Cardinal Fesch, Jan. 7, 1806;
to the Pope, Feb.22, 1806 and to cardinal Fesch, of the same date. "His
Holiness will have the same consideration for me in temporal matters
as I have for him in spiritual matters.... My enemies will be his
enemies."--"Tell people (in Rome) that I am Charlemagne, the sword of
the church, their emperor; that I must be treated the same; that they
should not know that there was a Russian empire.... If the Pope does
not accept my conditions, I shall reduce him to the condition he was in
before Charlemagne."]

[Footnote 5135: Decree, May 17, 1809. "Whereas, when Charlemagne,
emperor of the French, and out august predecessor, donated several
counties to the bishops of Rome, he gave them only under the title of
fiefs and for the welfare of his own states, and as by the said donation
Rome did not thereby cease to form part of his empire,... the states of
the Pope are now reunited to the French empire."]

[Footnote 5136: Senatus-consulte, Feb. 17, 1810, title II., article
XII. "Any foreign sovereignty is incompatible with the exercise of any
spiritual sovereignty within the empire."]

[Footnote 5137: D'Haussonville, ibid., IV.,344. (Decree of the National
Council, Aug. 5, 1811.--Concordat of Fontainebleau, Jan. 25, 1813,
article 14.--Decree on the execution of this Concordat, March 23, 1813,
art. 4.)]

[Footnote 5138: Senatus-consulte, Feb.17, 1810, articles 13 and 14.]

[Footnote 5139: Memorial, Aug.17, 1816.]

[Footnote 5140: Senatus-consulte, Feb.17, 1810.]

[Footnote 5141: Notes by Napoleon on the "Les Quatre