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The Causes of the French Revolution Volume 6 download book

The Causes of the French Revolution Volume 6 download book

The Causes of the French Revolution Volume 6. John Russell Russell

The Causes of the French Revolution Volume 6
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Author: John Russell Russell
Number of Pages: 52 pages
Published Date: 12 Sep 2013
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781230247625
File Name: The.Causes.of.the.French.Revolution.Volume.6.pdf
Download Link: The Causes of the French Revolution Volume 6
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1832 edition. Excerpt: ... tiers of the kingdom, to judge of offences relative to the customs. They pointed out two very grievous effects of this system: "on the one hand, the terror which these irregular tribunals spread among the people; and, on the other, the great number of sanguinary executions which have been made under their authority since their creation. The necessity of putting a stop to smuggling has been the pretence for these formidable establishments. Let us judge, from recent instances, whether this practice is put a stop to, or even decreased, in your dominions." Next to the direct taxes comes the gabelle, or salt tax. The regulations by which the collection of this tax was levied were arbitrary and oppressive in the extreme. All persons, even the poorest, were obliged to buy a certain quantity of salt, amounting to 7 lbs. a head per annum: they were not allowed to receive any more, even as a gift, under penalties that amounted to total ruin. The person who dealt in the article was forbidden to sell it out of certain limits; every family was obliged to employ their salt in cookery, and the daily consumption of the kitchen, unless by special permission. If the cultivator happened to have too much salt, he was not allowed to dispose of it as he pleased: in Normandy only eight salines were allowed to be at work on the same day, and the quantity of salt in each was limited. The herring fishery was altogether ruined by these provisions. The execution of the law was still worse than its enactments: the rich generally bought an exemption; parishes were made responsible for the conduct of their inhabitants, and in some, the quantity of salt allowed to be consumed in the parish was arbitrarily fixed; the most dreadful punishments were enacted in order to...

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