Duranthon, minister of justice, April 22; petition of M. Lorus,
municipal officer of Aurillac. - Letter of M. Duranthon, June 9,
1792. "I am just informed by the royal commissioner of the district
of Saint-Flour that, since the departure of the troops, the
magistrates dare no longer exercise their functions in the midst of
the brigands who surround them."
[67] "Archives Nationales," F7,, 3219. Letters of M. Niel,
administrator of the department of Haute-Garonne, February 27, 1792;
of M. Sainfal, March 4; of the directory of the department, March 1;
of the royal commissioner, tribunal of Castelsarrasin, March 13.
[68] The following are some examples of these rustic desires:
At Lunel, 4000 peasants and village National Guards strive to enter,
to hang the aristocrats. Their wives are along with them, leading
their donkeys with "baskets which they hope to carry away full."
("Archives Nationales," F7, 3523. Letter of the municipal body of
Lunel, November 4, 1791.)
At Uz?s it is with great difficulty that they can rid themselves of
the peasants who came in to drive out the Catholic royalists.
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