194 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1794. 



narrow to contain two classes of 

 people so opposite in their princi- 

 ples and manners. There will be 

 no peace among us until there shall 

 be but one party in the rcpubhc — 

 that of equahty, liberty, indepen- 

 dence, and fraternity : until the 

 enemies of the people shall be for 

 ever prevented from revolting 

 against them. 



The experience of what has 

 passed ought to instruct youi How 

 has it been contrived, that at va- 

 rious times the momentary successes 

 of the friends of liberty were soon 

 followed by great miscarriages ? — 

 that the transitory checks of aristo- 

 cracy were the fore-runners of the 

 most signal successes on their side ? 

 It is because the friends of liberty 

 were so simple as to think that the 

 exacting of laws was sufficient for 

 their security. What is it that has 

 propped the criminal audacity with 

 which aristocracy has unceasingly 

 renewed its pretensions and its en- 

 terprizes ? — Impunity, and the cle- 

 mency of the people, which has 

 encouraged their enemies to defy, 

 to combat, and to make a sport of 

 them. You must have perceived, 

 revolutionary citizens, that aristo- 

 ^cracy needed a lesson which it should 

 never cease to remember ; that it 

 should be for ever sickened from a 

 repetition of its criminal projects. 

 It is for the accompHshment of this 

 aim that you have established a re- 

 volutionary tribunal, cliarfred to 

 make an example, as well of the 

 chief aristocrats who wish to found 

 their supremacy on the degradation 

 of their fellow-citi/.ens, as of the 

 subaltern aVistocrats who have de- 

 graded their qualities of man and 

 .citizen, by becoming the servile 

 tools of the upper aristocracy. 



By this terrible measure we must 



begin ; but it will not be sufRciertt 

 to complete the revolution. There 

 are still greater additional plans to 

 be adopted to consolidate its suc- 

 cess, to purify the air of our coun- 

 try of every aristocratic infection, 

 and to obtain for the country a sa- 

 tisfaction for all the damages and 

 wrongs it has sustained from its per- 

 verse children. It is to be our task 

 to accomplish a revolution of prin - 

 ciples and manners, to regenerate 

 the public mind, and to found, 

 without any delay, institutions cal- 

 culated to ensure the prosperity of 

 the people, to form true citizens, 

 and to bestow happiness on all. 

 The revolutionary tribunal, en- 

 gaged in the trial of prisoners, can- 

 not efficaciously attend to these ob- 

 jects. It is, notwithstanding, ur- 

 gent to provide for them ; and this 

 tribunal ought therefore to be so 

 organized, as to facilitate its la- 

 bours, and to procure the means of 

 reaching its high destination with 

 celerity and regularity. We, in 

 consequence, offer for your consi- 

 deration and discussion the follow- 

 ing plan : 



I. There shall be added to the 

 HI members of the revolutionary 

 tribunal, 11 other members to 

 be named by the revolutionary 

 clubs, 



II. These 32 citizens, in con- 

 junction, shall instantly chuse 1 1 of 

 their own body to form a I'evolu- 

 tionary committee. 



HI. The remaining 21 members 

 shall compose the revolutionary 

 tribunal, properly so called, to be 

 altojrether engaged in the trials. 



IV. The revolutionary commit- 

 tee shall be charged — 



I. To regulate the mode and 

 maximum of the confiscations and 

 indemmties towards the republic. 



2. To 



