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lice, andhumat&y^^€ n^p}at|
of proceedings &ey haj adopwc^ J
particularly Comfeehmng tfieif
prompt attention to the fufferings
of thofirotThdridW^
whom the tyranny of the late, con^
fpi ratoisluddnag^J^
declaring themselves ever devoted
to th’e Reprefcntativesof the nation
th at the Con ven tio A wa s their on
ly point of ralliment, and desiring
them to remain M their posts, dor* (
ing the Revolution.
k mdft be noted that a number
of the Members of the Convention
were also members of this society
of Jacobins* and these forming a
parry in the Convention, had de-. I
nominated themselves rhe Moun
tain. Robespie-rre was the head
of this party, and the Jacobin so
ciety it's supporters 'and byway of
derision they called the rest of the
Convention, the frogs of the mud
puddle, or of the morass; so much
were they below the Mountain.- 4 **
The fall of Robespierre had re
versed the feene and this oppress
ed part of the National Assembly,
became the most powerful —and #
in order to harmonfje the mem
bers among themselves, the Con
vention decreed their should be
no distinction of parties in xhefr
body, and that the name of Moun
tain Ihould not hereafter be men
tioned.' The Jacobins however
began to railv round the mountain
which they were determined Ihould
not so be crulhed —-and Hill ridi
culed the other party^ under : the
name of the frogs- who they said
were railing their heads above the
mud,but itWisonly that they might
be the easier cut off. Barr ere,
and Collot D 1 Herbas were fuf
peded of being partieOthe late
conspiracy, and feveralhints had
been thrown out against them in
the Convention—at last La Coin
tre, de Verfaille% publickly ac*
cufed them, and brought forward
an a6t of denunciation against
then?, with. four other members
bf the Convention, BjctAbb VA*
reNNes, Vadier. Amar, and
David—his accusation contained
27 articles ; none of which the
Convention thought were lupport
cd, and these members were at*
quitted, and the accusation de
creed calumnious.
About the firft-of September,
the Jacobins expelled Tallten,
(one of the National Assembly,
and the principal one in* denounc
ing Robespierre) from-thtir so
ciety, and a night or two after,
this member was assaulted in the
ft reel by an affaflln, whodifeharg
cd a pistol at and wounded him in
the (boulder ; the wound proved
not desperate, and it was not long
‘before he was able to take his feat
in the Convention again. Tie
Jacobins were accused of being
at the bottom of this, and they did
not fee fit to deny it •, but rather
made sport of the event, and cast
Several occasional sarcasms on the
Vbuhded member, These two
bbdies now came to open war.
The Jacobins declared that the |
Convention favoured and prbtedL
*ed Aristocrats and Royalists, aW ’
fuffered thefeto oppress the true
* Patriots ; they invited the other
Popular societies to proreft agaihft
r thefe proceedings, and to withdraw'
1 their confidence from ill who
* blindly acquiesced in them. Arid
they re^ed to bold no farther
’ corrcfpondence' with any society,
j whX
I ,Thiiproduc«^ Jew mpvem&t
* ifi we National AfiembTy f~—
Merlin, de Thionville, denounc
- gejous aod nArbu|eut' bpdy, ^c
though they.had assisted in over
turringthe throne,noW when there
wav no throne to deft toy , were
endeavouring to destroy the Re
presentative body of the nation.
He denounced them as reeking
with the blood of innocent victims
which had been Sacrificed under
the late tyrant, and as desiring to
bring back the feign of terror
which the Convention had io hap
pily difperied. The Convention
decreed, chat a report should be
madv rripeftjng.chis focicry, whe*
iher they were regenerated, or
conripued the fame party
which had, taken part with the
CQUipirators, on the night of the
goth July. This Spirited step in
the AUembly, in some meafore
cooled the. ardour of these flaming
patriots—they saw that the people
at large approved of the proceed*
ingsof.the Convention, and were
ready to fupporc them against any
power that ihould let up in oppo
sition ,to them ; they therefore
prudently drew f\om the field un
til their forces should be more e
qual to the combat.
Whoever Th all hereafter read
the hiftory of the French Revolu
tion, will chill with horror as the
different feenes of blood and hav- -
ock of the human race, which
mark the several stages of its pro
gress. During the iway of Ro
bespierre, almost every part of
the Republic Was covered with*
mourning ; but at Nantetf, par
ticularly, this system of cruelty
was carried to the ftioft fhockmg
pitch of barbarity ; the inhabit
ants of this devoted city were car
ried by boat loadSi and funk to
gether in rhe river; and fo i:yom
mo-n was this feene that they had
large boars conftrudedon purpose,
with a valve or trap door in the
bottom, to spring and let them
down—-from an hundred and fifty
to two hundred vidims to this new
invention weffe facrifrced at a load
—-among which were crouded, in
diferiminately, old and youngf
women and children, and, in manjf
inftanees, women with child
numbers were likewise bound and
pushed from a rock like vidims
of ancient Rome, into the rivers
to perifti near their own dwellings-;
and so unfeeling were the authors
of this brutality, that they made ^
to themselves sport on thefe'* 00
cafibns—a man and woman Were
ft ripped naked, tied together, and
thrust into the sea ; and this they
called a republican marriage.! At :
Other times, to clear the prisons,
and make room for new vidims,
numbers were takea out atrnnte,
canted into the fields and (hot like
dogs. Just before Robespierre
. was denouoded, one hundred-and
i thirty-two of the accused inhabit
ants of thh city were fenl for to i
Paris-—they were difpatchcd with
1 •if guard, who Jiad Orders to (boot
P fhem by the way, 94 of them
reached Pariy, and wereimprifoo
ed; the rest met the fate deftirwd
them onthe road. Thefe^were
I now brought among the rest of the
prifobtrs liberated for trial, they
were acquitted, and their tmdiaid
open the tragedy which had been
* a member of the Con^n|ioji, who.
~ refidea at 'Nadres in epafity of’ 5 /
Representative, or million, was
accused of betn'^rhe auriTur-of this :
blood and cwige-^h^. wis/ine
of thejacobin party and^the warm
est advpcate in that, society, 7or~
continuing the system of terror,
and the firft and principal hand to
urge this society to protest against
the moderate measures which' had
b<*en adopted by the Convention.
In October a Tribunal was eftab
liflied, to investigate these horrid
proceedings at Nantes, to whose
bar Carrier, together with the
Revolutionary Committee of
Names, were arraigned co answer
for their conduit in this affair.
The liberty of the press was for
some time afubjeilof difeufiion,
both,in the National .Convention
andJn the Jacobin society. The 1
most violent Jacobins wer£, op- •
poffd to tl>e unlimited establish- •
menl of this .privilege, whilst the
, Revolution was still progreflivei :
In the Convention many of the
leading me gibers were strong ad
vocates for it; and the Assembly
finally agreed, that the constitution
having provided for this eflential
right of citizens ; that as they had
never invaded this right, a decree
of theirs was not necessary to es-.
tablift} it—*and that if it had been
Checked by the tyranny of the late
tadion, it would revive of itfelf
now the influence of that fadion
was dtftroyecU
During all these evils, conspi
racies, fadions, cabals of parties,
and diffentrons at home—the arms
of the Republic abroad were eve
ry where iucceisful ; never was a ;
more gloridus campaign in the an
nals of blood, than this has been
to the French nation ; a train of
; uninterrupted successes has crown-,
•ed their armies through the whole
course of in Barrerr,in,a report
to the Convention takes this (bort,
but comprehensive view of the
vidories from the 19th May, to
the middle of July only, viz:—
“2d Prairial—in the firft battle
near the woodtof Good-Hope, 1500
Oaves were killed or taken. sth
Prairial^t lhe battle of the Ab
bey de PObbe, 15c© more* 7th
Prairial-4at the attack ofMontbg,
iooo vagabonds—from 71 h to the
15th, at the beg nomg.of the in*
veftmept of Charleroyi 2000
AuftriarW—in the brilliant iaffair
of the 28th, under the walls of this
place, 6000 of their accomplices-^
joth the chapelle of d’Herlayen
ment,faw’aoo perifti. 7th Meftdor,
atTrefigne, 800 bit the dust. Bth
—at the cetebrated battle of Fiau
rius, by the fudcefllve reports
from defetters, the fate of the ene
my was i^jooq» We reckon in
this part of the frontiers, 6qo de*
fetters from the imper ia 1 ftaadards,
anchiM^y j®h to these, the gar
rif^MK'harleroy, which furren
dereOr discretion 30QQ Oaves—
total 31,600.” . ।
These were but preludes to future
i fucceffes,and theconqueft of Liege,
; fbrt Ltlio, isle Cadvant, Anfrers, I
Landrecies, Quefnoy, Valencien
nes, the important post of Sluys,
i on the frontiers of Holland»Coride,
• Bois le-Duei Worms, Frankental,
i fort St; Andrew, Benhettby- Cob-
I and Venlob, bythe
Northern Armies > «&d Belgrade,
ind Sts ^ibaftians, by the South
. ern, followed in quick succession 1
”—and .the Spaniards were driven
s On tbe^i|and ihe combined
- armiesA>n 1 -Uie-<)ther,-*from every
part of the Republic.*
Extract 6f a kiitr [num Efiniara^
bia % dated .
“ The French forces increa/e
every day in Biicay. The inhabi
tants of that province partake in
a manner, of the apathy of the
Spanillj government, which does
not seem to take the least /fotje
of the prefect invasion. It is in
vain that <he priests try to rai!e
the religious zeal of the people bv
telling us that the republicans
make preparations to pulh their
conquests into Gallicia where the
treasure of Sc. Jago de Cotppo
tella (one of the richest churches
in the world>might bec®meca»prev
• to (hern. .This misforrOd^^bo*
fufficiehtly fofefeen, does not leem
i to affedt our inhabitants in the
least.:. They,fee with jqdj^drenve
a. body of 60,000 French.mj/ch
towards Bilboap and threaten this
port with a speedy intafioof ^Tf
i we may believe the reports in cir
culation a second French army ; is
besieging Pampeluna, and we are
not sure but'what rht republicans
by the way of East Pyrennecs,
may penetrate into Catalonia, tfb
that, che dismemberment df the
Spanilh monarchy is conduced
with incredible order. *
What are these, fay our old po
liticians, the admiable consequen
ces which our niinifter promises
himfelt from our connection with
G r eat Britain ? This power takes
away our veffeb, ouf men, and
our treafures,whilft the leaves our
ports as well as our provinces co
che mercy of the French^ Whacf
does our court do to t;hi? double
calamity ? We are assured that ic
has given itfejf up to the deepest
repentance is as fiocere as it ought
to be, why do they not hasten to
realize the reports whh h have
been circulated for some lime that
they arc .tp join the French Re
public ? This report has been so
accredited in all Navarra, Biscay,
both the Auftrias and. GaHicia,
that it is to this, that that species
of fatisfa^ion' has been afcri bed
to, where with we receive ’the
French Republicans.” < / '
*By iue/day s Mail,
^g-» t ; J ' -
Late European Intelligence.
By-anarriualaf Cba'kjiQn^ C f )
)
J 'C. LONDON, orir, 2^.
, YES IER DA Y morning two
messengers, Messrs. Lauzau and
Slater arrived.at the Secretary of
States offkq wi^h difnatches, the
fdrmer from Earl^SpEiicar *at Vi
enna, the latter from the Duke of
Yo r k.
Mr. Slater left the army on the
evening of the 16th at which time
we undetftand no new movements
of importance had occured.
The accounts received by the
Dutch Mail, fe rv « only co tell
I tiac ptitber at Leyden, thq Hague
I qor Amftcrdam, can any regular
intelligence be obtained of the op
erations on the Lower Rhine, dr
even on che Dutch front^rs. They
. mention, as maW report, that
the Fren b h*ave crowed the Meute
at Batehburgon the irth, GraVe 1
on the Meuse, and Emmerick on
the Rhine, are both takeh r ;' tlie