d elevated Duke of Rovigo by
Napoleon. SR.)]
[Footnote 3143: Madame de Stael, "Considerations sur la revolution
francaise" and "Dix ans d'exil." Exile of Madame de Balbi, of Madame de
Chevreuse, of Madame de Duras, of Madame d'Aveaux, of Madame de Stael,
of Madame de Recamier, etc.--Duc de Rovigo, Ibid., IV., 389: "The first
exiles dated from 1805; I think there were fourteen."]
[Footnote 3144: Roederer, III., 472. (Report on the Senatorerie of Caen,
1803.) The nobles "have no social relations either with citizens or
with the public functionaries, except with the prefect of Caen and the
general in command.... Their association with the prefect intimates
their belief that they might need him. All pay their respects to the
general of division; his mantelpiece is strewed with visiting-cards."]
[Footnote 3145: Madame de la Rochejaquelein, "Memoires," 423: "We lived
exposed to a tyranny which left us neither calm nor contentment. At
one time a spy was placed amongst our servants, at another some of our
relations would be exiled far from their homes, accused of exercising
a charity which secured them too much affection from their neighbors.
Sometimes, my husband would be obliged to go to Paris to explain his
conduct. Again, a hunting-party would be represented as a meeting of
Vendeans. Occasionally, we were blamed for going into Poitou because our
influence was regarded as too dangerous; again, we were reproached
for not living there and not exercising our influence in behalf of
the conscription."--Her brother-in-law, Auguste de la Rochejaquelein,
invited to take service in the army comes to Paris to present his
objections. He is arrested, and at the end of two months "the minister
signifies to him that he must remain a prisoner so long as he refuses to
be a second-lieutenant."]
[Footnote 3146: Senatus-consulte of April 26, 1802: "Considering that
this measure is merely one of pardon to the large number who are always
more led astray than criminal... the amnestied will remain for ten years
under a special government surveillance." It may oblige each one "to
leave his usual residence and go to a distance of twenty leagues, and
even farther if circumstances demand it."]
[Footnote 3147: Thiers, X., 41. (Letter to Fouche, Dec.31, 1808, not
inserted in the correspondence.)--"The Modern Regime," book I., ch.II.]
[Footnote 3148: Rocquain, "Etat de la France au 18 brumaire," pp.33,
189, 190. (Reports of Francais de Nantes
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