" Thousands of the inhabitants, accordingly, demand their
passports and leave the town. The rural Catholics, meanwhile, on
their side, massacre six Protestants in the environs - an old man
of eighty-two years, a youth of fifteen, and a husband and his wife
in their farm-house. In order to put a stop to the murderous acts,
the National Guard of Montpellier have to be summoned. But the
restoration of order is for the benefit of the victorious party.
Three-fifths of the electors have fled; one-third of the district
and departmental administrators have been appointed in their
absence, and the majority of the new directories is taken from the
club of patriots. It is for this reason that the prisoners are
prejudged as guilty. "No bailiff of the court dares give them the
benefit of his services; they are not allowed to bring forward
justifying facts in evidence, while everybody knows that the judges
are not impartial."[9]
Thus do the violent measures of political and religious discord come
to an end.
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