155 ANNUAL HfiGIStERj 1194-, 



containpd, of the necessity of pla- 

 cing the Parisian miUtary on a fbot- 

 ingof subordination fothe Conven- 

 tional authority, and of pre\'enting 

 its becoming the insirument of a 

 faction, it was decreed that all 

 ranks superior to that ot chief of 

 a legion, shonld besupprcssedj and 

 that, conformably to the original 

 organization of the national guards 

 of the m. tropolis, every chief of a 

 leoion should take his turn in the 



command of the whole body. Tlii:» 

 mayor of Paris, and the commandef 

 inchief of the military, were strictly 

 enjoined to watch over the safety 

 of the Conveiitiofij and Were to an- 

 swer with their lives for neglect Iri 

 preventing or suppressing commo- 

 tions. Banere then seconded the 

 specchiss made against Robespierre, 

 by adducing a variety of circum- 

 stances in proof of his" crimi- 

 nality. 



CHAP. iX. 



Rol'esp'ierre\<! Parti/ rises in his Support. Hs is outlawed hy the Convention. 

 Further Measures tohnn against his Parfi/. The Majority of the People, 

 especially the OetterSort, declare against hint.' Robespierre and his Party 

 are overcome. He ii seized, condeimicd to die, aid is executed ivith 

 his principal AccompUies. His Character. SaiiiJ'jclionexpressedby the 

 Populace at his Fall. JVeiv Arri-.nigemer.ts mcde by the Convention . 

 Satisfaction of all Ranks «"/ People nl liis Death. System of Moderation 

 adapted. Measures pi'of used in the Nation at lar^.;e, and resolved upon in 

 the Convention, to prevent the Return ofFyranny, Provisional Systein 

 vf Government framed by Barrere, and adopted iy the Convention. Sen- 

 timents of Furopc on the Pniver of Robespierre. Affairs relating to 

 France and America, Dijisentions in the Convention, and Accusation of 

 several of its Members. They are honourably acquitted. Attempts to 

 assassinate Tallien. Imputed to t.'ic Jacobin Club. Reasons assigned 

 fur this Mea.<t/re. Punishment of Carrier and his Accomplices, for 

 their Cm e' ties in La Vendee and Nantes. Terms ojfercd to the Insur- 

 gents. Members of the Convention, imprisoned during Robespierre's Ad- 

 7ninislralio?i, liberated aiid restored to their Seats. Repeal of the Edict 

 fhr giving no Quarter to the English. 



ROBESPIERPvE, deeply sen- 

 sible of his danger, endea- 

 voured to obtain a hearing, and 

 had mounted the tribuiie for that 

 purpose : but as soon as he was per- 

 ceived the e, he was universally as- 

 sailed with the cry of Down with 

 him ! You shall not speak, said a 

 member to him : — the blood of 

 Danton is upon yotu" head ; it flows 

 into your throat; itchoaksyou. Is 

 it Danton then ? exclaimed Robes- 

 pierie, bewildered with lage. Over- 



whelmed at last by the denuncia- 

 tions of his i^anifold iniquities 

 poured upon liim without mercy 

 from every quarter, — Lead methen, 

 he cried, in the voice of despair, to 

 immediate death. Execrable mon- 

 ster! a memberexclaimed, thou hast 

 deserved it an hundred times. In 

 this horrible state he had tiie con" 

 solalion, if he was capsble of any, 

 of seting his two intimates, Lcbas 

 and Couthon, preserve their attach- 

 ment to him, and courageously de- 

 * raandi 



