They're governors, or intendants you call them in France.

这些官员被称为总督 法语里叫作intendant。

The more severe government of France assesses upon each generality a certain sum, which the intendant must find as he can.

法国较为严苛的政府对每个普遍性征税一定数额，总督必须尽可能找到这笔数额。

In France, under the administration of the intendants, the application is not always more judicious, and the exaction is frequently the most cruel and oppressive.

在法国，在总督的管理下，申请并不总是更明智，而勒索往往是最残忍和压迫性的。

The application is pretty much regulated according to the discretion of the intendant of the generality, and must, therefore, be in a great measure arbitrary.

该应用程序几乎是根据一般性管理者的自由裁量权来规范的， 因此必须在很大程度上是任意的。

In France, the great easily submit to a considerable degree of inequality in a tax which, so far as it affects them, is not a very heavy one; but could not brook the arbitrary assessment of an intendant.

在法国，大人物很容易接受一种税收的相当程度的不平等，就其影响而言，这种税收并不是很重；但不能容忍一名主管的武断评估。

The most distinct and best connected account of this doctrine is to be found in a little book written by Mr. Mercier de la Riviere, some time intendant of Martinico, entitled, The natural and essential Order of Political Societies.

对这一学说最清楚和最相关的描述可以在 Mercier de la Riviere 先生写的一本小书中找到，他曾是 Martinico 的一名主管，题为《政治社会的自然和基本秩序》。