The History of Jacobinism, Its Crimes, Cruelties and Perfidies: Comprising an Inquiry Into the Manner of Disseminating Under the Appearance of Philosophy and Virtue, Religion, Liberty and Happiness
The History of Jacobinism, Its Crimes, Cruelties and Perfidies: Comprising an Inquiry Into the Manner of Disseminating Under the Appearance of Philosophy and Virtue, Religion, Liberty and Happiness
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1795 Excerpt: ...the vanity ef bankers, and burgesses, and the bankers and burgesses were more humiliated than ever by being obliged to cringe to the off-lcourings of the nation.-f-. Commercial men had been pillaged that the poor might have plenty, and the poor were in greater want than ever of every necessary of life. The duty on-the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1795 Excerpt: ...the vanity ef bankers, and burgesses, and the bankers and burgesses were more humiliated than ever by being obliged to cringe to the off-lcourings of the nation.-f-. Commercial men had been pillaged that the poor might have plenty, and the poor were in greater want than ever of every necessary of life. The duty on-the entrance of towns had been taken off commodities to render them cheap, and they had become dearer than before..' The power The assignats already ilTued amounted to more than the wjiole value of the church lands; and the annual sum which the nation was bound to pay as salaries to the clergy, was about five millions sterling, or rather more. f In private transactions the bold and violent reduced the respectable citizen to silence; and in every public assembly the advantage in point of numbers was so great in favour of the former, that the latter were fain to conceal their inferiority by keeping themselves away. .."-" J In Paris the articles of life were dearer than ever; wine that used only to cost ten sols cost now fourteen or fifteen; and according to the expectation before the duties were taken off, "it ought to have been reduced to five 6e six sols; other article were in the 'fame proportion. The reason was, that assignats and anarchy were so great enemies to industry, that the consumption of every neceslafy of life-exceeded the produce. AU of os arbitrary imprisonment had been snatched from' tfiie: bands of one monarch, and it was now exercised' by forty-seven thousand municipal officers The liberty of the press had been granted to all By a deare-, but every word written or spoken against J the general will was a crime of the deepest die, and never was liberty of opinion less enjoyed..All religions had been permitte...
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