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selred to maintain at all events, and 

 to cement it with the blood of 

 every one that opposed him, or 

 even approved of what they knew 

 must offend him. Conformably to 

 this inhuman determinatiion, which 

 his conduct clearly evinced he must 

 have taken, he proceeded, imme- 

 diately after the death of Danton, 

 to exercise his rancour upon those 

 who had applauded his behaviour, 

 and that of his fellow prisoners, be- 

 fore the revolutionary tribunal. 



Among the many unfortunate 

 individuals confined in the prisons 

 of Paris, were Simon, a member of 

 the Convention ; and General Ar- 

 thur Dillon, who had tlie command 

 of a division of the French army 

 when the Prussians were repulsed in 

 their attack of it in the forest of 

 Argonnc. He was connected with 

 Camille Desmoulins ; and upon 

 hearing that the people present at 

 his trial had testified their approba- 

 tion of the demand he and Danton, 

 with the other prisoners, had made, 

 that they should be confronted with 

 their accusers, he also approved it 

 with warmth ; and expressed a wibh 

 that the Parisians would insist upon 

 its being complied with, and employ 

 force, if necesi^ary, to cotnpel an 

 acquiescence ; this he did in pre- 

 sence of another prisoner, whose 

 name was La Flotte, and wlio had 

 been agent of the republic at the 

 court of Florence. The General 

 had also, in discoursing with Simon 

 about Danton and tlie other pri- 

 sonerson trial, confcsEed,in presence 

 of La Flotte, his fervent hope of 

 their deliverance. In expectation 

 of obtaining mercy, La Flotte in- 

 formed the committee of public 

 safety of the words spoken by Ge- 

 neral Dillon ; who was, on this 

 information^ brought before the re- 



volutionary tribunal, by nHiich he 

 was condemned to death on this 

 charge, and for having seflt a let- 

 ter to the wife of Gamille Desmou- 

 linsj inclosing an order for 1000 

 Crowns, with which he was accused 

 of intending to hire a mob for the 

 purpose of overa^ving the rcvolu* 

 tionary tribunal. This unhappy 

 woman never received the letter : 

 but she was, nevertheless, con- y 

 demned as accessary to this inten- ^ 

 tion, and executed, together with 

 General Dillon and the door-keeper ■ 

 of the prison ; who suffered with | 

 them for having neglected to in- I 

 form the committee of public safety T 

 of this fatal letter. They were ac- 

 companied on the scaffohl by Chau- l 

 mctte, Gobat, and General Bayssur, 

 charged with treasonable practices 

 while at the head of the forces em- 

 ployed against the insurgents of 

 La Vendee. The two former were 

 implicated in the charges against 

 Fabre D'Eglantine. The wife of 

 Hebert was also a sufferer on this 

 occasion. She and the wife of 

 Desmoulins, a very beautiful wo- 

 man, were the only persons wlio 

 excited the commiseration of the 

 public. General Dillon leftadoubt- 

 ful character} he was strongly sus- 

 pected of intended treachery in the 

 affair of Argonnc : and the advan- 

 tage gained over the Prussians on 

 that occasion, was powerfully claim- 

 ed by another officer. These exe- 

 cutions took place two days after 

 that of Danton. 



Tiie peculations and corrupt 

 practices laid to the charge of se- 

 veral members of the Convention 

 at these trials, occasioned a decree 

 to be passed on the 6th of April, 

 that every deputy should be ob- 

 liged, on pain of death, to give an 

 account of big revenue before and 



since 



