We do not enjoy one hour of repose; not a night that we are certain to pass through without trouble.

Our persons are given up to the vilest outrages, our dwellings to an inquisition of armed tyrants; we are robbed of our rentals with impunity, and our property is openly attacked.

We, being now the only people to pay imposts, are unfairly taxed; in various places our entire incomes would not suffice to pay the quota which crushes us.

We can make no complaint without incurring the risk of being massacred.

The tribunals and the administrative bodies, the tools of the multitude, daily sacrifice us to its attacks.
Even the Government seems afraid of compromising itself by claiming the protection of the laws on our behalf.