New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-06

M scndc,cy over public opinion with this irresistiple
peponiencc wheu hc reached sne ,nportant being
In France" IN three years, chorus y, " rnaar ses
voices, winch he formed aud LED MA rcd creed
tie hymn Of three stanlas composed ny nun ~ low low
honor and which he daily se ,aa o % RobespeTre
alone has discovered the ideal cithnn' ho1o rfoom
inys Roscsperre alone worthy of and able 10 ieaa
the Revolnon!-Cool infatuaton carried tnn. inr Is
al nins sn tbe IDEAS and the rawlings Of Marat
FIRST in mis- own eyes, he. like Marat is persecu,ea
h more sKiltny and keeping within bounds affecting
the resigned aud tender air OF an innocent
beGneshing TO mankind the imperishable souvenir OF
his virtues excite against me the seli.iove OF EYER
body sharpen against me thousand uassris "a certain
sacrifice every species OF hatred ,ays Is sersd
that my head will atone for tue truths nave ".t
"a a bopn IL IT, perhaps. Heavens will that my blood
should indicate the pathway OF my country 10 %
and freedom. With what transports l aSecp' w u,
glorious destiny" Naturally, as always wv %,,n
Marat he around hun only q. s eS5 %arSt
with him is ana dh 9e sar 10
impressons For him." says the same authority
beadway against suspicious, not tue most positive
evidence. on september L. 1892. talking Commentary
put h he ends by saying "ye NELL a aHk
that Brissot is Brunswicks side NaurS m tis
are less mprovised less grossly absurd. more slowly
worked out and more industrionsy interviewer m 20
arat NE a;pondsis are conspiring And where
demands Carat he replies IN At Paris PARIS
is plotting in the Faubourg 81 gong n ao w
among the snopkeepers ana Pei snan. The Gronde
(departmenu has for long time been potung s
ration from France TO join England the cneis vi
its deputaon are at tie head OF the plot and mean 70
carry it out any cost Gensonne makes no secret OF ~
he tells all among them %h1 b win b T
aries OF Gronde. Brissot is plotting IN ms a.
which is simply tOcsn OF CIVIL war we KNOW OF MS
going to England and why he went; we know all about
his Intimacy with that Lebrun, Minister OF FOREIGN
Affairs Ligos and creature of the Austrian house.
Brssos best friend is Clayiere and Clavlere has plotted
wherever he could breathe. Rabaut treacnerous IKE
10 conceal his correspondence with that conrtier
and traitor Montesquou; sA months ago tney "e cry
working together to open savoy ahd rranee 70 t te
Piedmontese. servan was made general OF tue ne
Pyrenean army only to give tne keys s o vanr mndT
asks Carat "Nonc, whatever" -,,.,s
such assurance equal that OF Marat Is terrible and
worse In its effect for Robespierres list OF cOnspltaors
is longer than that of Marat Political ana social u,
Marat rs nina ths s s and moral In
mind it camprehends all atheists and dishonest persons
that is to say nearly 'a nc arecons and abitaa
classifying under two opposite headings wnoevefls
side and on the bad side. common understanding
between factions of every nag and the rognes OF
and every corrupt is aristocrat; for republican
government and public morality are one anu tho sae
fhinp" Not only do cvifOers or DOth species tend
through instinct and interest 10 league together Dut
their league is already perfected One has only TO
have Matched, the rightfal system OF destruction OF
public morality" Gaade cSar h"d
no other end view: they felt tha TO destroy Der
was ne Ge 10 wtheT the ser and ece that
idea of moral beauty, which affords the only RUE TOT
pDemtes Of humanity ~fhcir heirs remain; let
those be careful. immortality is political offence; one
of materiaism or by preaching indulgence, by acting
scand alousy, by following evil courses by stock
iobbing by dining too sumptuously; by being vicious,
schemng given to exaggeration. or on the fence; by
exciting pervertlng the people y decGsng tne
the people in short when does not march straight
the prescribed path marked out by E0pespe ede
is a scoundrel traitor. Now, not counting he
nists and others already decapitated or imprisoned
according their deserts, how many traitors sun
the Representatives mission in the administrative
bodies not properly weeded out among petty tyrannlc
and in the proyincesi Outside Of about twenty
political rappists in the Convention outside OF sna
devoted group OF pure Jacobins In Paris outside OF
denartm.nts. how many Pouches. Vaders Talliens.
Bonrions olots. remain among the sooaed revolu-
onistsl many dissentients are there disguised a.
disguised rs sanscotesf Add all THIS vermin to that
which Marat seeks 70 crush ont u Is no onRer ny
hundreds OF thousands, but by millions exeam Banao
Jean Bon st. Andre and Gutiroy that tGe gly must
be counted and neais aid OWN a se, ,,po ~
He is well OF this; hostile az his intellect my DO
to precise IDEAS when alone in his closet face 70 face
with himself, sees clearly, As clearly as
chilnera first spreading out ITS wings pore us
Robospierre utterng and hobbng along reaches the
goal in its turn; IN its turn 1t demads s9nethng 10
heCns 10 calculate the voracity OF the monstrous brute
on which he is mounted. slower tan VIC otheI, tn,
one Is s;i more ravenous for, with similar claws ana
teeth IL has vaster appetite At the end OF three years
Robespierre has overaken Marat az the extreme point
reached by Marat the outset and the theOrst alOps
the policy :he aim. the means tue WORK am diih3st
the vocabulary Of the maniac armed 81 tG
Urban mob. systematic maddenng OF tne suhslhlIen
pnpulace against the bonrgsoise determination OF
the rich prescription Of opposition writers adninstIa-
| food only. Robespcrre adds vicious men TO me
ration OF his monster. by way OF extra and preferable
game Henceforh, he mag In vain abstain from action
take refuge in his rhetoric stop his chastc ears az raise
his hvpocrtica eyes 10 Heaven lie cannot AVOID seeing
or hearing under his immaculate feet the streaming gore
and the crashing In the OF Jaws or the satape
| monster which lie has fashioned and on whloh he
Frances. These open and hungry Jaws must le
daily fed with amplcr supply OF human issh; NOT
only he bound to let eat hut to furnish the ioou
often with his hands. except that he must after
ward wash them, declaring and even believing that no
content to and latter the BRUTE to excuse IT, TO let
1t go Navcrheless more thah once tenpte. y! to
opportunity he points OUT te prey anu gveS ~ tc ncl
lie is now himself starting on In quest OF nvng prey;
he casts the net OF his rhetoric around II; he iecnes
bound to the open Jaws; ne lhusts asluo WIN IN ~,
absolute air the OF fIends wives ana mothers the
enddenIy troes the struggling Victims and for fear
that they might escape, he strangies mem IN tne;
have ,grander quarries, and, accordingly, pack oil
hounds oeaters-up. and willingly or not Robesplerre
must eauip direct and them on at orange at Paris
ordering them empty the prsons and be expeditions
in doing their work Destructive instincts long
| become arou.ed. His feline physiognoniy, at hrst
that OF domestic eat. restless but mild, changes into
the men the wildcat and next 10 the ferOcios
| Inen of the tiger In the Constituent Assembly nc
speaks with whine In the Convention he Jths AZ INC
1ponfh The monotonons drone OF sf sub professor
changes into the personal accent OF furious PASSION nc
| misses and grnds his teeth sometimes on change OF
scene he affects shed tears. But MS wlidest OUT
bursts are less alarming than his affected sensDty
| The fostering grudges, corrosive cnVes anu oilter
scheI1ings Which nave accumulated In his breast are
| astonishing The gall vessels full, and the extra
yasated gall overf0ws the dead He never tires OF
re- xecntng his guOtned adversares. the Girondists
| Chaninctte Hebert and especially Danton pr0DaDly
bee Dantonwas the active agent In the REVOLUTION
of which was, simply the incapable pedagogne; nc
vents his poshnmous hatred this still warm corpse In
| ariful inspuatons and obvious MISREPRESENTATION.
Thus nwardly corroded by the venom II dislls, his
physical. machine gets out OF order, Ike that OF Mara
| INT with other symptoms. When speaking In tne
tribune his hands crisp with sort OF nervous conra1-