Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-31

~ " CosufOu VI human passion. 81. just on
1at occasion besought some one 10 kill him;
Couthon tried TO cheat the Ak, but 20 no pur.
pces The fellow triumvirs must have en-.
vtsd LebaA DR.. Guillotin described the ma
chine be was 10 anxious 10 Introduce as abso-
htsly painless, cxtinguishing life and con.
sctcunen In an instant TheJ0rench, never
thslos, appear to have dreaded H. When its
oaa1e shone In their eyes, they chose, II they
bod half chance, to elude II by self inflicted
qutetua Many Of US seem TO feel n bitter
ottsfaction In writing fms TO our own lives
rnther than leaving the job TO tho cxecu-
etcncr. But what matters who writes itf Tho
yrouch rcvolutionists cherished a most puts.
emit passion for dying.
b. Just was one OF tho youngest Of the
Ieading revoluti0nists- "a at the close
and one OF the most remarkable. A fanatic
Tor freedom, cruelty conscientious and con-
ecieutiously cruel, the uprising Of tho Parisi.
aus 0rsd his heart. and filled his mind with
ecutatic visions OF liberty. lover Of let
Nm, an intense admirer Of tho early Greek
vspublics, born In the province Of Nivcrnais,
- rcss TO eminence In his native commune,
wns elected lieutenant colonel Of the National
Guard and sent 10 Paris, tho year following
tAs outbreak, TO take part In the fetc Of the
Federation. He was chosen deputy to tho con-
vsntion by the electors of Aisne. Voting for
TIE death OF the king, he delivered strong,
intensely democratic speech, furnishing his
reasons therefor, and the speech gave him
celsbrity. He shared In most Of the burning
debates of that day, and also manifested ex-
tracrdinary administrative talents.
During the civil war he was pitiless in his
s6orts to suppress the royalists as well as tho
conservative and timid republicans. He
found In Robespierre congenial spirit--they
were alike in their severe logic, in their aus
toFv morality--and they almost never differed
b their views or policy Tho younger man
vas more decided, more audacious, moro un-
relenting. He was ever ready 10 sustain his
conclusions BY Determined and immediate
action. The notion that he was under the
domination Of his senior Is incorrect. Full
Of individuality and energy, he is said TO have
taken the initiative In many Of the events Of
the Terror, and he never shrank from conse-
Qusncea He made no assumption Of feeling
o. tsnderncss for those he considered the enc
mics Of his country. They deserved TO be
treated with the greatest rigor; he could
not, or would not, see any side but his own.
Enttrely honest, sincere, disinterested, he
was inexorable In executing his decisions
Ihess very qualities made him tremendous
1orcA
(. Chosen president OF the convention, he drew
up the report which led TO the guillotining OF
Hilbert, Danton and their associates, and
thus became odious to all their followers,
many Of whom accounted him an exagger-
atsd and stronger Robespierre. He had, from
ths outsst, insisted ON the Reign Of Terror for
ths safety Of France, maintaining that they
who are moderate In making revolutions
merely dig their own graves He light have
added that they who go to extremes dig their
own graves also, as was illustrated in his case.
He delivered u powerful speech ON the day OF
The trial; but he and his associates were borne
down by the public wrath. After his con-
dsmnation, he kept silence. dying with per-
feet composure, convinced, TO the very last,
of the justice Of the cause and the rectitude Of
his behavior. The stuff OF martyrs was
eepiously in him. ST. Just had, like Heart,
eeetkingly handsome face, tall, graceful,
ampostng figure. His manners were severe,
Als dmplicity Spartan
xue CITY having been captured after con.
a1srshls resistance, great many Of the in
habitants were put 10 death. Albeit repre-
G1uted - having instigated divers atrocities
b. b now said TO have done his utmost TO pre-
vent than, and thus TO have incurred the
odium Of his party. His subsequent appear
snes In the convention was marked by vari.
ous Incorporate speeches and propositions
He advocated, for instance, the impeach.
unaut u al the sovereigns of the world, and
declared Great Britain an arch traitor TO hu-
Hnuitv Devoted To the nrincirles and meas-