书城公版The Origins of Contemporary France
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[137] Archives des Affaires étrangères, vol. 331. Letter by Darbault, political agent, Tarbes, Frimaire II, year II. (Project for doing away with middle men in trade, brokers and bankers.) "The profession of a banker is abolished. All holders of public funds are forbidden to sell them under a year and one day after the date of their purchase. No one must be at the same time wholesale and retail dealer, etc." Projects of this sort are numerous. As to the establishment of a purely agricultural and military Republic, see the papers of Saint-Just, and the correspondence of the Lyons Terrorists.

According to them the new France needs no silk-weavers. The definite formulas of the system are always found among the Babeuvists. "Let the arts perish, if it must be so, provided real Equality remains."(Sylvain Maréchal," Maniféste des Egaux.")[138] "Revue Historique," November, 1878. (Letter of M. Falk, Paris, Oct.19, 1795.)[139] "Etude sur l'histoire de Grenoble Pendant la Terreur," by Paul Thibault. (List of notorious "suspects" and of ordinary "suspects"for each district in the Isere, April and May, 1793.) - Cf. the various lists of Doubs in Sauzay, and of Troyes, in Albert Babeau.

[140] "Recueil de Pièces, etc.," I., 19, and the second letter of Frederic Burger, Thermidor 25. - Archives Nationales, AF., II.,111.(Order of Representatives Merlincourt and Amar, Grenoble, April 27, 1793.) "The persons charged with the actual government of and instruction in the public establishments known in this town under the titles of, 1st, Orphelines; 2nd Presentins; 3rd Capuchins; 4th , Le Propagation; 5th , Hospice for female servants. . . . are put under arrest and are forbidden to take any part whatever in the functions relating to teaching, education or instruction."[141] Moniteur, XXI., 645. (Session of the Convention, Fructidor 14, year II.) - "Bibliotèque nationale," LB41, 1802, (Denounciation of the six sections of the commune of Dijon), 3: "Woe betide those are seen in any way, either due to an honest affluence, a good education, an elegant dress or some talent or other, as being different from their fellow citizens! They are likely to be persecuted or to be killed."[142] Perhaps there is a connection with Mao Zedong and the Chinese Cultural Revolution. (SR.)[143] Moniteur, XVIII., 51. (Letter by Carrier, Brumaire 17, year II.) - Berryat Saint-Prix, pp.36 and 38.

[144] Berriat-Saint-Prix, 240 (The imprisoned at Brest.) -Duchaltelier ("Brest pendant la Terreur," 205). Of the 975 prisoners, 106 were former nobles, 239 female nobles, 174 priests or monks, 206nuns, 111 seamstresses, female workers etc, 56 were farmers, 46artisans or workers, 17 merchants, 3 with a liberal profession. One is imprisoned for having secret opinions" a girl, "for being witty and laughing at the patriots."[145] Mallet-Dupan, "Correspondance Politique." Introduction, p.

VIII. (Hamburg, 1796.)

[146] Portalis, "De la Révision des Jugements," 1795. (Saint-Beuve, "Causeries du Lundi," V., 452.) - Moniteur. XXII, 86 (Report of Grégoire, 14 Fructidor, year II): "Dumas said that all clever men (les hommes d'esprit) should be sent to the guillotine. . . Henriot proposed to burn the National Library. . . . and his proposal is repeated in Marseille. . . The systematic persecution of talented persons was organized. . . . " Shouts had been heard in the sections: "Beware of that man as he as written a book."[147] "Tableau des Prisons de Toulouse" by Pescayre, prisoner, year III, p. 317 ( Messidor 22nd, year II). Pinson, secretary of the reception, indoctrinated as follows the old duke de Lesparre: