Consequently， in default of an orthodox clergy， there must no longer be an orthodox worship； the most dangerous of the two manufactories of superstition is shut down. That the sale of this poisonous food may be more surely stopped we punish those who ask for it the same as those who provide it， and we prosecute not only the pastors， but， again， the fanatics of the flock； if these are not the authors of the ecclesiastical rebellion they are its promoters and accomplices. Now， thanks to the schism among them， we already know who they are， and， in each commune， the list is made out. We style as fanatics all who reject the ministry of the sworn priests， the bourgeois who calls him an interloper， all the nuns who do not confess to him， all the peasants who stay away from his mass， all the old women who do not kiss his paten， and all the relations of an infant who do not wish him to baptize it. All these people and those who associate with them， whether allied， close relatives， friends， guests or visitors， of whatever class， either men or women， are seditious at heart， and， therefore， "suspects." We deprive them of their electoral rights， we withdraw their pensions， we impose on them special taxation， we confine them to their dwellings， we imprison them by thousands， and guillotine them by hundreds； the rest will gradually become discouraged and abandon an impracticable cult.[31] - The lukewarm remain， the sheep-like crowd which holds on to its rites： the Constituent Assembly will seize them wherever it finds them， and， as they are the same in the authorized as in the refractory church， instead of seeking them with the priest who does not submit， it will seek them with the one who does. But it will proceed without zeal， without confidence， often even with distrust， questioning itself whether these rites， being administered by one who is excommunicated， are not of doubtful quality. Such a church is not sound， and we have only to give it a push to knock it down. We will do all we can to discredit constitutional priests： we will prohibit them from wearing the ecclesiastical costume， and force them by law to bestow the nuptial benediction on their apostate brethren； we will employ terror and imprisonment to constrain them to marry； we will given them no respite until they return to civil life， some admitting themselves to be impostors， many by surrendering their priestly credentials， and most of them by resigning their places.[32] Deprived of leaders by these voluntary or forced desertions， the Catholic flock will allow itself to be easily led out of the fold， while， to remove all temptation to go back， we will tear the enclosure down. In the communes in which we are masters we will make the Jacobins of the place demand the abolition of worship， while， in other communes， we will get rid of this authoritatively through our missionary representatives. We will close the churches， demolish the steeples， melt down the bells， send all sacred vessels to the Mint， smash the images of the saints， desecrate relics， prohibit religious burials， impose the civil burial， prescribe rest during the décadi[33] and labor on Sundays. No exception whatever. Since all positive religions deal in error， we will outlaw them all： we will exact from Protestant clergymen a public abjuration； we will not let the Jews practice their ceremonies； we will have "an 'auto-da-fé，' of all the books and symbols of the faith of Moses."[34] But， of all these various juggling machines， the worst is the Catholic， the most hostile to nature due to the celibacy of its priesthood， the most opposed to reason in the absurdity of its dogmas， the most opposed to democracy， since its powers are delegated from above downwards， the best protected from civil authority because its head is outside of France.[35] Accordingly， we must be most furious against it； even after Thermidor，[36] we will keep up constant persecution， great and small； up to the Consulate， we will deport and shoot the priests， we will revive against fanatics the laws of the Reign of Terror， we will hamper their movements， we will exhaust their patience； we will keep them anxious during the day and restless at night； we will not give them a moment's repose.[37] We will restrict the population to the decadal cult only； we will change the market-days， so that no believer shall be able to buy fish on a fast-day.[38] - We have nothing more at heart than this war against Catholicism； no article on our program will be carried out with more determination and perseverance. The question involved is truth. We are its guardians， its champions， its ministers， and never did the servants of truth apply force with such minute detail and such effect to the extirpation of error.
V. Equality and Inequality.
Social inequality. - Malice of the aristocratic race. - Measures against the King and Nobles. - Malice of the aristocracy of wealth.
- Measures against landowners， capitalists and people with incomes. -Destruction of large fortunes. - Measures taken to prevent the large fortunes in reconstituting themselves.
Next to superstition there is another monster to be destroyed， and， also here it was the Constituent Assembly that had begun the assault.
But it had also， through lack of courage or of logic， it stopped， after two or three feeble blows：
* Banning of heraldic insignia， titles of nobility and territorial names；* abolition， without indemnity， of all the dues belonging to the seigneur by right of his former proprietorship over persons；* abolition of the permission to purchase other feudal rights at a price agreed upon， * limitation of royal power.
This was little enough. When it concerns usurpers and tyrants they must be treated in another fashion； for their privilege is， of itself， an outrage on the rights of man. Consequently，* we (the Jacobins) have dethroned the King and cut off his head；[39]
