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eyils which they had instigated. 
On this ground they came to a reso- 
lution to remand, for a second 
trial, the three remaining chiefs of 
the jacobin faction, whose sentence 
of transportation they now con- 
sidered as too mild for the enormity 
of the guilt imputed to them. But 
two of them went on board the ship 
that was to carry them to Guiana, 
and it sailed the very evening before 
the orders arrived for their detention. 
Thus Collot d’Herbois, and Billaud 
Varennes, escaped, at this time, 
whatever may be their future desti- 
ny, and only Barrere was left be- 
hind. He was, pursuant to the 
resolution taken, committed to close 
confinement. 
The spirit that promoted this in- 
surrection had been more ative than 
was at first suspected; and the con- 
vention knew not the full extent of 
the danger they had escaped, until 
it was entirely overcome. Those, 
who were the chief contrivers of 
this bold attempt, had so concerted 
it, that it burst, as it were, inone 
united explosion in many places at 
thesame time. At Toulon, the resent- 
ment of the jacobins, at the im- 
prisonment of several of their party, 
excited them to assemble in such 
numbers, that they bore down all 
before them; they released the 
prisoners, and in a conflict with 
those who opposed them, slew a 
member of the convention, Brunel, 
took possession of the town, and 
detained a squadron that was on the 
point of sailing. Their numbers 
increasing, they marched to Mar. 
seilles, where they expected to be 
joined by a large body of their con. 
erates: but they were met on 
their way by a considerable force 
of troops of the line, by whom they 
were defeated with great slaughter. 
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In other parts of France the a¢t- 
vity of the jacobins had been no 
less remarkable. . As their zeal was 
inextinguishable for the revival of 
their party, and as they feared no 
danger ina cause for which their 
enthusiasm could not: be exceeded, 
they were incessantly occupied in 
the framing of plots and conspira- 
cies against their opponents, whom 
they considered as inferior to them, 
both in courage and capacity, and 
especially in their attachment to a 
democracy, on which they chiefly 
valued themselves, and looked up- 
on as a proof of the superiority of 
their understanding. Moderation 
they viewed as the mark of a feeble 
and timid mind, incapable of those 
terrific exertions necessary, in their 
opinion, for the support of a popu. 
lar system. Lenity to its enemies 
they condemned as treason to the 
cause of liberty. Hence they as. 
serted, that unless the moderates, 
as they styled them, were destroyed, 
the royalists would take advantage 
of their forbearance, which was 
founded on pusillanimity, and want 
of necessary firmness, in the punish- 
ment of delinquents. 
The argument with which they 
supported these assertions was, the 
rancour exercised by the partisans 
of those who had fallen during 
the sanguinaryreign of Roberspierre. 
Ever since his fall, the jacobins had 
experienced the revenge of the ma- 
ny individuals whose friends and 
relations had perished through his 
cruelty. .No place in France hav- 
ing escaped it, the hand of ven- 
geance was lifted on them every 
where, and numerous were the vic. 
tims sacrificed to the resentment of 
those who had lost their dearest in. 
timates and connexions. The atro. 
cities committed by Collot d’Her. 
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