...After a stormy debate of nearly a month the alienating decree was passed. Its terms were these : " All the property of the clergy is at the disposal...francs, not including lodging and the use of a garden." Such was their decision of the gravest question with which the Revolution had to deal. How unwise it...

...them at auction to the amount of 400,000,000, on condition that the State should provide in a suitable manner for the expenses of worship, the maintenance of its ministers, and the support of the poor, which was done. The lands of the crown, the property of the Emigres, confiscated...

...them at auction to the amount of 400,000,000, on condition that the State should provide in a suitable manner for the expenses of worship, the maintenance of its ministers, and the support of the poor, which was done. The lands of the crown, the property of the Emigre's, confiscated...