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upon by a desTot without consistency of
principle they espouse The cause Of what.
ever government may exis. in France.
They would do the same were il under the
government Cfthe Day Of Aigiers.
The operations which were begun by
Danton, were continued by Mr. Taileyrand,
who was then in this country Sscretai,e de
Legation with Mr.. Chanseln, and conae-
quen,ly for the time projected b. The law
of nations after his fupcsions Rad ceased
in this country, The faae line of conduct
was pursued. ny other tgents u Il commit
tee of public safety, and by the directory,
and continued by the CT depdnr RcpubIcan
Genera BonoPdrts, now The Emperor NapO-
leon.
It always appeared to me enigmatical
thai no attempt was made 10 save the King,
either to carry him of by force, or to make
proper representation TO some Of the lead
ers III The Convention. All that l have
been able TO collect from Barrere, Talien,
Csrnot, &c. was that they received anony-
nous letters containing threats, &c. but,
that no attempt 10 save MIN was made either
direct or indirect. Santerre told me that
he tIembled the day on which the King was
C.
and never, said ne, " was The destruction Of
the convention SO near as it was that day,
tor bad one man shouted vive lie Roi, when
the King was or the way to the place of ex-
ecution, or at the place, all would have been
over 20
Hundreds Of members voted, from fear
alone, for the Kings death. Some Of the
4 binets not nj war with France, wished to
save the King.
No sooner had the King suffered, than
the JacObIns planted the destruction of their
opponents The BTISs0fins Ii was now that
the eloquent Vergniaud said I" Tbs French
Revolution is like Saturn, for she deVours
her own Children"
A Deput%Iion Of tie Sections Of Paris ap.
pesred at the Bar Of the Convention, on the
memorable 3lst Of May, 1898, OF which so
MUCK has been said-This Deputaton de-
mandcd the heads Of % members without
naming them. II was left to Msrst to make
out tie list. Amongst others he named
two who were not Brissotins. Some Of the
members observed that those two accused
by Marat were Staunch sGas Gaiotes upon
which he land his hands upon the shoulders
Ct two members who were sitting on The
bench before him, not even knowing who
they were, " la that case then, said Msrst
| accuse these two citiEens Of having con.
spIred against the safety and iadiyislbIlity
OF the hvpuDhs."
What took place at the trial of Brissot,
&c. deserves particular notice, as it proves
what ideas those worthy republicans had
Of laws and Of Liberty IT. the course of that
mack trial, an objection was taken by some
of the accused, 10 the reading of letters
which had been addressed TO them, and
were found IN their possession. The presi-
dent, however, overrued the objection by
observing that the letters must be read in
evidence, because they contain the same
principles as the accused profess (! This
was the law Of Robespierre, and is now ke
law Of that great legislator Napoleon, as
the same doctrine was held at the trial Of
General Moreau, sc. which will be hereaf-
ter taken notice of
On the day preceding their final hearing,
the Attorney General Fouquier TirViHr Gan
exPimp Of the Connie d'Atois )wrote to the
Convention complaining Of the long duration
OF the trial, concluding thus " What
I need OF witnesses wdat need Of pleading
All France accuses those whose trials are
going on, the proofs Of their crimes are evil
dent, it belongs to the Convention TO break
down all the tormaiIties that impede its
measures ! ~ 70 be continued.