It is very disagreeable to me to come down to pleading bourgeois cases after having managed interests of such importance, and the affairs of the government, in the face of all Europe."] [Footnote 2105: I cannot help but think of the willful proliferation of idle functionaries, pensioners and other receivers of public funds which today vote for the party which represents their interests.

(SR.)] [Footnote 2106: Sauzay, II.

83-89 and 123.

A resolution of the inhabitants of Chaleze, who, headed by their municipal officers, declare themselves unanimously "non-conformists," and demand "the right of using a temple for the exercise of their religious opinions, belonging to them and built with their contributions" On the strength of this, the municipal officers of Chaleze are soundly rated by the district administration, which thus states what principles are: "Liberty, indefinite for the private individual, must be restricted for the public man whose opinions must conform to the law: otherwise,..

he must renounce all public functions."] [Footnote 2107: Archives Nationales," F7, 3,253 (letter of the department directory, April 7, 1792).