(Tarn, canton of Vielmur, Germinal 10, year IV.) "The ignorant now regard patriot and brigand as synonymous."] [Footnote 3181: Archives nationales, F7, 7108.

(Doubs, canton of Vercel, Pluviose 20, year IV.) "Under the law of Prairial II, the unsworn priests were all recalled by their former parishioners.

Their hold on the people is so strong that there is no sacrifice that they will not make, no ruse nor measures that they will not employ to keep them and elude the rigor of the laws bearing on them"-- (Ibid., canton of Pontarlier, Pluviose 3, year IV.) "In the primary assemblies, the aristocracy, together with spite, have induced the ignorant people not to accept the constitution except on condition of the recall of their transported or emigrant priests for the exercise of their worship."-- (Ibid., canton of Labergement, Pluviose 14, year IV.) "The cultivators adore them....

I am the only citizen of my canton who, along with my family, offers up prayers to the Eternal without any intermediary."-- F7, 7127.

(Cote-d'Or, canton of Beaune, Ventose 5, year IV.) "Fanaticism is a power of great influence."-- (Ibid., canton of Frolois, Pluviose 9, year IV.) "Two unsworn priests returned eighteen months ago; they are hidden away and hold nocturnal meetings.