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us, said he, without dooming them 
to death, cast away these monsters 
from our society, In this manner 
terminated the career of Barrere, 
Colict d’Herbois, and Billaud Var- 
yennes, 2 after having made so con- 
spicuous a figure during the two 
first years ofthe republic, Vaudier, 
their associate, had found means to 
make his escape. 
The party of the moderates re- 
solved to improve ihis opportunity 
of ridding the conventicn of seme 
of those turbulent spirits that still 
guided the motions of the remaining 
members of the mountain. ‘That 
bold and restless fa@ion, though 
subdued, was not destroyed, and 
lost no occasion of reviving and en- 
forcing its atrocious maxims. A- 
bout tw enty of the principal among 
them were put under arrest, and 
imprisoned in the castle of Ham, in 
the province formerly called Pip 
cardy. Had they acted in the same 
manner, against the government of 
Roberspierreas they had done against 
the present, no one doubted that 
they would have tosufferdeath. ‘The 
system of moderatior, against which 
they so violently de claimed, was the 
sole cause of their preservation ; 
and yet individuals arose who, with 
that philosophic ccelness which, 
however praiseworthy in its prin- 
ciple, is too prone to require the 
same regtlarity of procceding in 
tempestucus as in peaceable times, 
took upon them to describe the con- 
duét of the moderate party as de- 
serving of censure, on this occa- 
ion, for having neglected the for- 
malities of a regular trial, With. 
outentirely absolving this party, the 
universal assent of all those who 
dreaded the renovation of the jaro. 
bin system was a sufficient justifica- 
tion of the measures they took to 
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prevent it, Many of their lease 
partial friends heavily censured them 
for not having adopted a line of 
morse security, against men wha 
would have shewed them no mercy, 
and who, by the clearest laws of re- 
taliation, were entitled to no more 
Jenity than they had themselves dis. 
played, whenever the evil destiny 
of their country had thrown its go. 
vernment into their hands. 
As soon as this dangerous insur- 
rection had subsided, the convention 
decermincd to ener on the long- 
desired, though highly arduous, un- 
dertaking, of form.ng a constitu~ 
tion ihat might be acceptabe to all 
reasonable people, and thereby bid 
fair to be more permanent than the 
preceding. A committee was a 
pointed to prepare the method of 
carry ng this plan into execution. 
The resuit of its consultations was, 
that a commission of cleven mems 
bers of the convention should be au. 
thorized to draw up a system of go. 
vernment, comprebending a cir. 
cumstanual organization of aii its 
parts. All mn were invited to 
communicate their sentiments on 
these subjects. “The commissioners 
selected for ths great work were 
Sang Lareveilliere, Lepaux, 
(Thibaudeau, Boissy d’Ang'as, Le 
Sage, Larouche, Louvet, Bertier, 
Daunoh; Durand, Baadin. A pre. 
visional system af government was, 
in the mean while, “established, and 
to 1emain in force till the constitu. 
tion had been completed and ac. 
cepted. It was framed on prin- 
ciples consistent with those ot the 
moderate party; and calculated to 
Maintain a strict concord and cor- 
respondence between all the depart- 
ments of government, These pro- 
ceedings took place in the course of 
May. 
“An 
