conformity therewith; Prairial 22; year II。) 〃The revolutionary
tribunal is organised for the punishment of the people's enemies 。 。
。 。 The penalty for all offences within its jurisdiction is death。
Those are held to be enemies of the people who shall have misled the
people; or the representatives of the people; into measures opposed to
the interests of liberty; those who shall have sought to create
discouragement by favoring the undertakings of tyrants leagued against
the Republic; those who shall have spread false reports to divide or
disturb the people; those who shall have sought to misdirect opinion
and impede popular instruction; produce depravity and corrupt the
public conscience; diminish the energy and purity of revolutionary and
republican principles; or stay their progress Those who; charged
with public functions; abuse them to serve the enemies of the
Revolution; vex patriots; oppress the people; etc。〃
'138' Buchez et Roux; XXXV。; 290。 (〃 Institutions;〃 by Saint…Just。)
〃The Revolution is chilled。 Principles have lost their vigor。
Nothing remains but red…caps worn by intrigue。〃 … Report by Courtois;
〃Pièces justificatives〃 No。20。 (Letter of Pays and Rompillon;
president and secretary of the committee of Surveillance of Saint…
Calais; to Robespierre; Niv?se 15; year II。) 〃The Mountain here is
composed of only a dozen or fifteen men on whom you can rely as on
yourself; the rest are either deceived; seduced; corrupted or enticed
away。 Public opinion is debauched by the gold and intrigues of honest
folks。〃
'139' Report by Courtois; N。 43。 … Cf。 Hamel; III。; 43; 71。 … (The
following important document is on file in the Archives Nationales; F
7; 4446; and consists of two notes written by Robespierre in June and
July; 1793): 〃Who are our enemies? The vicious and the rich。 。 。 。
How may the civil war be stopped? Punish traitors and conspirators;
especially guilty deputies and administrators 。 。 。 。 make
terrible examples 。 。 。 。 proscribe perfidious writers and anti…
revolutionaries 。 。 。 。 Internal danger comes from the bourgeois;
to overcome the bourgeois; rally the people。 The present insurrection
must be kept up 。 。 。 。 The insurrection should gradually continue
to spread out 。 。 。 The sans…culottes should be paid and remain in
the towns。 They ought to be armed; worked up; taught。〃
'140' The committee of Public Safety; and Robespierre especially; knew
of and commanded the drownings of Nantes; as well as the principal
massacres by Carrier; Turreau; etc。 (De Martel; 〃Etude sur Fouché;〃
257…265。) … Ibid。; (〃Types revolutionnaires;〃 41…49。) … Buchez et
Roux; XXXIII。; 101 (May 26; 1794。) Report by Barère and decree of the
convention ordering that 〃No English prisoners should be taken。〃
Robespierre afterwards speaks in the same sense。 Ibid。; 458。 After
the capture of Newport; where they took five thousand English
prisoners; the French soldiers were unwilling to execute the
convention's decree; on which Robespierre (speech of Thermidor 8)
said: 〃I warn you that your decree against the English has constantly
been violated; England; so ill…treated in our speeches; is spared by
our arms。〃
'141' On the Girondists; Cf。 〃The Revolution;〃 II。; 216。
'142' Buchez et Roux; XXX。; 157。 Sketch of a speech on the Fabre
d'Eglantine factim。 … Ibid。; 336; Speech at the Jacobin Club against
Clootz。 … XXXII。; abstract of a report on the Chabot affair; 18。…
Ibid。; 69; Speech on maintaining Danton's arrest。
'143' Ibid。; XXX。; 378。 (Dec。10; 1793。) With respect to the women who
crowd the Convention in order to secure the liberty of their husbands:
〃Should the repubican women forget their virtues as citizens whenever
they remembering that they are wives?〃
'144' Hamel; III。; 196。 … Michelet; V。; 394; abstract of the judicial
debates on the disposition of the Girondists: 〃The minutes of this
decree are found in Robespierre's handwriting。〃
'145' De Martel; 〃Types revolutionnaires;〃 44。 The instructions sent
to the Revolutionary Tribunal at Orange are in Robespierre's
handwriting。 … (Archives Nationales; F7 4439。)
'146' Merlin de Thionville。
'147' Buchez et Roux; XXXII。; 71。 (On Danton。) 〃Before the day is
over we shall see whether the convention will shatter an idol a long
time rotten。 。 。 。 In what respect is Danton superior to his
fellow…citizens? 。 。 。 。 I say that the man who now hesitates is
guilty。 。 。 。 。 The debate; just begun; is a danger to the
country。〃 … Also the speech in full; against Clootz。
'148' Ibid。; XXX。; 338。 〃Alas; suffering patriots; what can we do;
surrounded by enemies fighting in our own ranks! 。 。 。 Let us
watch; for the fall of our country is not far off;〃 etc。 … These
cantatas; with the accompaniments of the celestial harp; are terrible
if we consider the circumstances。 For instance; on the 3rd of
September; 1792; in the electoral assembly while the massacres are
going on: 〃M。 Robespierre climbs up on the tribune and declares that
he will calmly face the steel of the enemies of public good; and carry
with him to his grave the satisfaction of having served his country;
the certainty of France having preserved its liberty〃。 … (Archives
Nationales; C。 II。; 58…76。)
'149' Buchez et Roux; XXXII。; 360; 371。 (Speech of May 7; 1794。)
〃Danton1 the most dangerous; if he had not been the most cowardly; of
the enemies of his country 。 。 。 。 Danton; the coldest; the most
indifferent; during his country's greatest peril。〃
'150' Ibid。; XXXIV。; Cf。 the description of him by Fievée; who saw
him in the tribune at the Jacobin Club。
'151' Merlin de Thionville 〃A vague; painful anxiety; due to his
temperament; was the sole source of his activity。〃
'152' Barère; 〃 Mémoires。〃 〃He wanted to rule France influentially
rather than directly。〃 … Buchez et Roux; XIV。; 188。 (Article by
Marat。) During the early sessions of the Legislative Assembly; Marat
saw Robespierre on one occasion; and explained to him his plans for
exciting popular outbreaks; and for his purifying massacres。
〃Robespierre listened to me with dismay; turned pale and kept silent
for some moments。 This interview confirmed me in the idea I always
had of him; that he combined the enlightenment of a wise senator with
the uprightness of a genuine good man and the zeal of a true patriot;
but that he equally lacked the views and boldness of a statesman。〃 …
Thibaudeau; 〃Mémoires;〃 58。 … He was the only member of the committee
of Public Safety who did not join the department missions。
'153' Someone is 〃grandisonian〃 when he is like the novelist
Richardson's hero; Sir Walter Grandison; beneficient; polite and
chivalrous。 (SR)。
'154' Buchez et Roux XX。; 198。 (Speech of Robespierre in the
Convention; November 5; 1792。)
'155' All these statements by Robespierre are opposed to the truth。 …
(〃Procés…verbaux des Séances de la Commune de Paris。〃) Sep。 1; 1792;
Robespierre speaks twice at the evening session。 … The testimony of
two persons; both agreeing; indicate; moreover; that he spoke at the
morning session; the names of the speakers not being given。 〃The
question;〃 says Pétion (Buchez et Roux; XXI。; 103); 〃was the decree
opening the barriers。〃 This decree is under discussion at the Commune
at the morning session of September 1: 〃Robespierre; on this question;
spoke in the most animated manner; wandering off in sombre flights of
imagination; he saw precipices at his feet and plots of liberticides;
he designated the pretended conspirators。〃… Louvet (ibid。; 130);
assigns the same date; (except that he takes the evening for the
morning session); for Robespierre's first denunciation of the
Girondists: 〃Nobody; then;〃 says Robespierre; 〃dare name the traitors?
Very well; I denounce them。 I denounce them for the security of the
people。 I denounce the liberticide Brissot; the Girondist faction;
the villainous committee of twenty…one in the National Assembly。 I
denounce them for having sold France to Brunswick and for having
received pay in advance for their baseness。〃 … Sep。 2; (〃Procès
verbaux de la Commune;〃 evening session); 〃MM。 Billaud…Varennes and
Robespierre; in developing their civic sentiments; 。 。 denounce to
the Conseil…Général the conspirators in favor of the Duke of
Brunswick; whom a powerful party want to put on the throne of France。〃
… September 3; at 6 o'clock in the morning; (Buchez et Roux; 16; 132;
letter of Louvet); commissioners of the Commune present themselves at
Brissot's house with an order to inspect his papers; one of them says
to Brissot that he has eight similar orders against the Gironde
deputies and that he is to begin with Guadet。 (Letter of Brissot
complaining of this visit; Monitur; Sep。 7; 1792。) This same day;
Sep。 31 Robespierre presides at the Commune。 (Granier de Cassagnac;
〃Les Girondins〃 II。; 63。) It is here that a deputation of the
Mauconseil section comes to find him; and he is charged by the
〃Conseil〃 with a commission at the Temple。 … Sept。 4 (Buchez et
Roux; XXI。; 106; Speech of Petion); the Commune issues a warrant of
arrest against Roland; Danton comes to the Mayoralty with Robespierre
and has the warrant revoked; Robespierre ends by telling Petion: 〃 I
believe that Brissot belongs to Brunswick。〃 … Ibid。; 506。
〃Robespierre (before Sept。 2); took the lead in the Conseil〃… Ibid。;
107。 〃 Robespierre;〃 I said; 〃you are making a good deal of mischief。
Your denunciations; your fears; hatreds and suspicions; excite the
people。〃
'156' Garat; 86。…Cf。 Hamel; I。; 264。 (Speech; June 9; 1791。)
'157' 〃The Revolution;〃 II。; 338; 339。 (Speech。 Aug。 3; 1792。)
'158' Buchez et Roux; XXXIII。; 420。 (Speech; Thermidor 8。)
'159' Ibid。; XXXII。; 71。 (Speech against Danton。) 〃What have you done
that you have not done freely?〃
'160' Ibid。; X
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