Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-12-24
RoHEsPiEHHE.
By yon ). Z. ABBb4r.

4 @a0 IASASNA 1SSfoa0skOHs t0tES "A
few who stand more prominent tina
Robespierre. His first appearance WA
"a the Assembly of the States General. ;
The MOBILES and bishops refused to NEE
: with the commons. They resolved 10 NEE
In separate vote, ths lords aud bishon
having two votes, and the eommaneg ha
one, the commons thus might be outyot
: ed, though in the immenae majority
Nsre they TO meet In one assembly, th,
commons could, Of ooarsa, carry aheil
measures. The poor were in . alal,
Of terrible distress. The mobiles sent ID,
Archbishop Of AK With very pathetic
appeal, aFging the eommoHs, in behalf ol
the miseEies of the people, to proeaod Go
business by consenting TO the separation
Of the three chambers.
| Robespierre, one Of the deputies Of the
commons, then an unknown young man,
pale and slender, rose nd said: Go tai
your colleagues that We are waiting for
them here TO aid US in assuaging the aof-
rows Of the people. Tell them no longer
to reiard our WORK Tell them that our
reSolatiaa is nos be shaken by saeh q
stEatagen as this, If they have synpa-
thy for the poor, let them IN initiation Of
their master, renounes that luxury
which consumes the funds Of fndigence.
dismiss shose iRsolent laEkeys who atteEad
| them, sell their gorgeous eauippages, and
with these superHuitiss relieve the perish
ing. We wait for them hero !"
| We nszt hear of him earnestly advo-
eating the abolition Of the death penalty
DR.. Gugliotin had introduced new ma
chine, called from the Inventor, the gail
| lotlne, for the tRaiction af capital punisA-
ment, without indicting pain. 4 geuer-
al burst Of laughter was excited. in The as
sembly - tho doctor said: With my ma
chine | caa clip of youE head 10 the
twinkling of an eye, withoaE your feeling
It." II may be remarked, in passing,
| that many who then SMILED, were soon
beheaded by the keen axe.
A party arose In France called the Gi-
rondists--se called because their leaders
were from the department. af the Gironds.
They at 6rst we're in favor Of constitu-
sionaI monarchy, like that Of England
But finding from the pef6dy of the hing
and the court, this to be impossible, they
then advocated republic. There was
another party advocating the extreme
democratic license, called the Jaeobins,
Robespierre was one of the leaders Of the
latter party, He brought al exceedingly
envenomed bill Of accusation against It5e
Girondists, overwhelmed in thsix trial,
and they were all sent to the gnillotine.
Robespiarre, Canton and M&rat, the
heads Of the Jaeobin party, were now the
idols of France. Charlotte Corday soon
plunged her dagger into the bosom of Ma
rat. Herbert, at the head Of the aetheisrs
of Paris, organized formidable party.
Robespierre, at the peril Of his life,
threw himself ints the breech to OPP
pose them. "They are men" ha said
'who, under the pretext of destroying
superstition, would make q religion of
atheism. The Legislator who would adopa
the system Of atheism, is insane. Tie
national convention abhors such a sys-
tenn. aihetsn Is Gristocrasie. The idea
of a CREST being who watches over oppress-
I'd innocence, and who punishes triunl.
phant guilt, is quite popular. The peo-
pie, The unfortunate applaud me. IfGoS
dtd mol ezfst, IL ,toaE bshoue men to In
rent higR." -"
The soHiet was short and Desperate
Each party knew that the guillotine
was the doom OF the uanquished. Her.
bert and bis coadjutorst uineteen ia nun.
beEg we're on the l7sh OF March, l794, IN
five carts, conducted TO the scaEold.
Danton and RobespiHrre nov quaTsh-
ed. Robespierre again conquered 10 the
death struggle, and Danson was doomed |
to die. Before the dawning Of the mora
ing, gems faTmes entered bis chamber and |
tore him from the arms of his wife.
As he entered bis prison in the vaults |
of the Luxemburg, be said, sadly:
SAT length | perceive that in revolutions |
the supreme power ultimately rests with
che most abandoned. We are sacrificed |
10 the ambition Of q few daatardIy brig
aRds. But they will not Long enjoy the
fruits of their Fillainy. | drag Robes
pierre after me. Robespierre follows me |
10 thegrave."
As Danson, with Camille Desmouiins
and others who we're TO be executed
with him, alighted from the cart at the
seafoEd, Herault de Schelles, who was to |
suffer drst, endeavored to take leave of |
Danton in a parting embrace. The bru-
tai executioner inserposed. .. i
"Wretch," said Danton, ssyou will not
at least, prevent our beads from kissing
presently in the baskes.n As De was
bound 10 she fatal plank, he said, O, nay |
wife, my dear wife, shall / neser sea you
again 2" Then, as il ashamed of this
emotion, be added, "But Danton, no
Then, as the plank fell toj
iss plaza beneath the slidey he proudly re
marked 10 the sxeCationaF, fYeu will
show nay head the people. Il viii bc1
well worth the display
Rebespierre was now the undisputed 1
victor. Day after day be paaished his |
fees, and the gaillosiae wan red with bleed /
He was not maliciously cruel, but = thor
ough fanatic, believing that all political
opponents should be executed. The moth |
81 OF Lucilis, tbs Yoang wife of Besalou-
Inns, wrote in she following terms TO Rob. |
cspierre, who had doomed her daughter |
TO death. She and Lucille and Desmoa-
iins had formerly been Robespiers' y most |
intimate fFisnds.
fr 'sRobespierre," she wrete sit is mot |
enough 70 have assassiaatea your bass
frienhp Do you desire the blood of his |
wife, my aaughters Two hours more
and she will not be in existence. Robes
pierrs, If you are uot tiger in human |
shape, IL the blood Of Canils has nos in
sbffaGed you TO the losing oil your reason
entirely iii you racalf still our evenings
Of intiamaSy y~-is yeu recall she caresses
lavishsd on eur little Hogaea, and how
ron delighted 10 hold hin upon yous knees,
snare An innocent yscLsTn Hs1k ia fhw Ssa~ i
~ Is that Of the lion, come and lake me
also, and my daughssg Adele ana lissIs
Horace. Cosaa with hands reeking ina
the blood Of Gamiles aud les ono single
tomb unite us.
Bat Robespierre was inexerahle, and
the Joang and beautiful Lucills psrished
beaeatA she fasaa en-. RobesufesgB il one
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