Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-06-06

! weakness, linen, aS tho PiohN 800
its Mace beneath the slide, he proudly
remarked to the executioner, "1ou VIII
show any head to the people, 1t will be
well worth the display
Robespierre was now the uhdiSputed
victor, Day after day he punished hl'
foes. and the guiloline ran red with
blood. lie was not maliciously cruel,
but thorough fanatic, believing that all
political opponents should be executed
The mother Of Lucille, the young vile
of Desmoulins, wrote in the following
terms to Robespierre, who had doomed
her daughter to death. She and Lucille
and Desmoulins had formerly been ko-
bespierre's most intimate friends.
@Robespierre, she wrote, us 1t not
enough to have assassnated your best
friend? Do you desire the blood OF bis
wife, my daughter' Two hours more
and she will not be in existence Ro-
bespierre, if you are not a tiger in human
shane. if the blood Of Camille has not
iaebriated you to the losing Of your rea-
son entirely,-if you recall still our eve
nings Of intimacy,-iG you recall the ca.
resses you avished on our little Horace,
and bow you delighted to bold him upon
your knees, spare an innocent victim.
But if thy fury is that of the lion, come
and take me also, and my daughter
Adele aud little Horace. Come with
= lands rocking in the blood Of Camille,
y nd let one single tomb re-unite us"
But Robespierre was ineXoraJIe, and
1t the young and beautiful Lucille persisted
l beneath the fatal axe. RobesPierre is
one of the most incxpIicable Of men. His
moral character was irreproachabe. Nc
brides could corrupt him. He sinceraly
eudeavorcd to establish republic upon
the basis Of popular liberty and virtue
J. Selfaggrandizement was no part OF IN
y plan. Blu. he was as merciIess rs the
d side of the guIlotne. At times, indeed
" he seemed weary Of blood. On one &c
H. ca,ion he remarked, death, Away
T. death, and the scoundrels throw all thu
'e responsibility on me. What memor,
y shall leave behind me if this last. Lii
II IS burden to me-"
's A young girl, Cecile Regnonlt, bu
al seventeen years Of age, was accused
G. plotting the assassination Of Robes
pierre. She and her friends perishe'
- On the scaiIold, and eight carts were fill
y ed with victims TO avenge this crime
But the tickle populace at last began t
suspect their idol Of being unlriendly t
u he revolution, and of Wishing to ARE,
y ts torrent of blood. In six months tw
thousand three hundred aud seventy fiv
had persisted upon the scaii'oil in Par
10 alone. Robespierre, weary OF bloo'
" attcmpted TO check their senseless atroc
=. ties. A conspiracy of very enefgeti
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Ell ,hr,ncb tho streets A detachment
m. soldiers yea. sent bv the convention
vs. arrest Robe.nierre AGAIN. lie was :
on ,;no calmly at the table awaiting his ra
- One Of The soldiers DISCHARGED pistol
t q him
'ed The boll entered his check break
ant his law, and producing terrible wour
the His head dropped upon the table, deli
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