s knees on the stage and ask pardon for having made incendiary
speeches at some previous period in the decadal temple. The public, not
deeming his apology sufficient, drove him out of the theater. He now
combines with his function of departmental administrator the post of
cashier for the actors, which thus brings him in 1200 francs... The
municipal councilors are not charged with lack of probity: but they are
derived from too law a class and have too little regard for themselves
to obtain consideration from the public... The commune of Toulouse is
very impatient at being governed by weak, ignorant men, formerly mixed
in with the crowd, and whom, probably, it is urgent to send back to
it.... It is remarkable that, in a city of such importance, which
provides so large a number of worthy citizens of our sort of capacity
and education, only men are selected for public duties who, with respect
to instruction, attainments, and breeding, offer no guarantee whatever
to the government and no inducement to win public consideration."]

[Footnote 4129: "Correspondance de Napoleon," No.4474, note dictated to
Lucien, minister of the interior, year VIII.]

[Footnote 4130: Cf. "Proces-verbaux des conseil generaux" of the year
VIII, and especially of the year IX. "Many of the cross roads have
entirely disappeared at the hands of the neighboring owners of the land.
The paved roads are so much booty." (for example, Vosges, p.429, year
IX.) "The roads of the department are in such a bad state that the
landowners alongside carry off the stones to build their houses and wall
in their inheritance. They encroach on the roads daily; the ditches are
cultivated by them the same as their own property."]

[Footnote 4131: Laws of February 29--March 9, 1804 And February
28--March 10, 1805.]

[Footnote 4132: Laws of July 23, 1802, and of February 27, 1811.]

[Footnote 4133: "Correspondance de Napoleon," No. 4474 (note dictated to
Lucien).]

[Footnote 4134: Decree of March 1, 1808: "Are counts by right, all
ministers, senators, councilors of state for life, presidents of the
corps Legislatif, and archbishops. Are barons by right, all bishops.
May become barons, after ten years of service, all first presidents and
attorney generals, the mayors of the thirty-six principal towns. (In
1811, instead of 36, there are 52 principal towns.) May also become
barons, the presidents and members of the department electoral colleges
who have attended three sess