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* Roberspierre——“ I request 
that the Convention’ will fix a 
day for difscufsing the different 
subjects contained in the me- 
morial of this minister. A 
member of the afsembly has 
promised to bring an accusa- 
tion against me. = I .request 
that he may keep his promise, 
but at the same time that I 
may be permitted to reply, 
and that I may not be inter- 
rupted.” 
Danton—“ It is time to: put 
an end to mistrust, and that the 
guilty fhould be punifhed as 
soon as they are discovered. | 
declare to the Convention, to 
ithe whole Republic, that I de- 
test Marat. I have experien- 
ced his temper, and I declare 
that it is volcanic, peevith, and 
unsociable; but there exists 
no faction, nor can any exist 
in a republican state. I will 
not deny that private re- 
venge may have had a fhare 
in the mafsacres committed at 
the priscns, but it is  ab- 
solutely false that these mur- 
ders were in consequence of 
any plot. I move that the dis- 
cufsion of this melancholy sub- 
ject may be adjourned till Mon- 
day.” 
After a long and violent de- 
spate, the Convention decreed, 
“that the memorial only fhould 
be printed. 
Louvet-—“ I request silence, 
that I may be enabled to un- 
historical chronicles 
veil the deepest plots. I have 
narrowly watched the conduct of 
Roberspierre, especially since 
the month of January last. Du-. 
ring that month, a set of people: 
were admitted into the -Jaco- 
bin Club, who had never been: 
seen there before. These people 
formed a system of ambition, 
which they concealed under 
the mask of extravagant popu- 
larity, and they endeavoured to: 
calumniate the best  patriots,. 
and to render them odious by 
the speeches which they delive-. 
red in the club, These men 
wilhed to afscribe to them- 
selves the whole honour of the: 
Revolution of the roth of Au- 
gust, though it was not accom- 
plifhed by them. It was they 
who planned and directed the 
‘execution of those dreadful: 
scenes which made the streets of 
Paris run with blood during” 
the first week of September,. 
and which still excite horror 
in the most distant Depart- 
ments. [t was they who despi-- 
sed, and vilified, and persecu- 
ted the Legislative Afsembly. 
It was they who came to the: 
bar to demand decrees, and’ 
who. threatened they ‘would 
cause the alarm bell to be 
sounded in Paris if their re- 
quest was refused. It was.Ro- 
berspierre who introduced in- 
to the Electorate Afsembly of 
Paris, that Marat, whose name 
I cannot pronounce without hor- 
