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selytes loudly disapproved of all 
ostentation in the functionaries of 
the state, who were bound, io their 
opinion, to set the example in plain- 
ness of living, and to avoid all spe- 
cies of gaudiness in their appear- 
ance, especially as-it could not be 
indulged without putting the public 
to expence, which, in the present 
_ circumstances of the republic, would 
be unpardonable in its principal re. 
presentatives, who ought, in the 
spirit of true republicanism, to glory 
in the contempt of superfluit‘es, and 
be the first to inculcate bo.h the 
lessons and the practice of frugality. 
‘These maxims had been embraced 
by multitudes, particularly of the 
lower sort, who complained in the 
bitterest terms of the costliness of 
the new government. Their dis- 
contents on this head were not to 
be slighted; they constituted that 
* formidable mass which had over- 
turned the monarchy, and had over- 
awed those forms of government 
that had been ere@ed on its ruins. 
it was with difficulty their repeated 
insurrections had been suppressed ; : 
and, though of late kept in some 
subjettion, they were ready at a 
moment’s warning to break loose 
on the first opportunity. ‘The pe- 
riod was extremely critical, Though 
the new constitution met with the 
general approkation, it was chiefly 
ot that class of society which was 
inclined to peace, and would, for 
the sake of a quiet life, have sub- 
mitted to almost any system that 
seemed likely to procure it; but 
the violent in all parts cf the coun- 
try were numerous, and were still 
as obstinately wedded io their own 
system as ever; they began to re- 
new their meetings and their ac- 
tivity. An objeét on which their 
attention wes princivally turned, 
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was the liberation of those of their 
party who were still detained in 
prison, in consequence of the two 
insurrections in the month of April 
and May ; to effect this deliverance 
had been the great aim of those in 
the convention, who'had procured 
the passing of an act of general am. 
nesty ; and who were themselves 
strongly, though not avowedly, cen- 
netted with ‘that’ party. Nothing 
could more effectually prove this 
connexion, than the formal ex- 
ception; from this amnesty, of the 
Parisian insurgents, on the fifth of 
Otober. The real or pretended 
dread of these being aétuated by 
the agents of royalism, prevented 
the moderate party from succeeding 
in their endeavours to procure their 
inclusionin thisa¢t. ‘Lhus the ter. 
rorists were again released, and re- 
assumed immediately their primary 
desizns in their fullestextent. They 
met in large numbers, and held con. 
sultationsevidently hostile tothe new 
constitution. ‘lheir intentions were 
clearly tosubvert it, and restore the 
revolutionary government, asitstood 
under Roberspierre, of whom they 
scrupled not to speak m terms of 
applause. Their audacity increased 
to such a degree, that they now 
formally assembled in a house se- 
le¢ted for that purpose, and situated 
in ore of the most public places 
in Paris. As it was contigusus to 
the Pantheon, those who held their 
meetings in that house were called 
the seciety of the Pantheon. Con. 
fiding in their powerful friends, in 
the new legislature, they now ven- 
tured tc resume their long-prohibit- 
ed correspondence with their pro- 
vincial a sociates; which, however, 
was carried on with so much art, 
as to appear, to is A cect 
legal. , 
Alarmed 
