tor, It was Roberspierre that 
_ dragged that monster from the 
den inwhich he was concealed, 
into public notice. It was Ro- 
berspierre and Marat, who pol- 
luted with frightful bills all 
the walls of the capital ; and 
when the latter excited the 
people to mafsacre all the mi- 
nisters, he excepted none but 
Danton, who will find it a dif- 
ficult matter, on account of 
this exception, to justify him- 
self in the eye of posterity. It 
Was these men who were the 
authors of that dreadful con- 
sternation into which Paris 
was thrown for so long time. 
It was they who came to re- 
quest that the people might be 
prevented from committing 
murders.— Heavens! prayers 
were vain: and whena mo- 
ther supplicated for the life of 
a beloved son—a wife for that 
of a fond husband, both were 
inhumanly butchered. These 
bloody men withed to satiate 
‘their cruel eyes with the 
fhocking spectacle of 28,0c0 
_ bodies sacrificed to their fury ! 
Roberspierre [ accuse you of 
having long calumniated the best 
patriots, --- calumniated them 
when your calumnies were sen- 
tences of death.. I accuse you 
of having dispersed and perse- 
cuted the Legislative AfSem- 
bly; of having exhibited 
yourself as an object of idola- 
tty; of having aimed at su- 
préme power,---and in this ac- 
cusation your own conduct will. 
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historical chronicle. 
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speak more strongly than my: 
words. 
“ Citizens, Legislators, 
there is another man among you 
whom we must denounce. It 
is Marat, since J must here ad- 
drefs him by his name ;. that 
man who declared to you that 
he wifhed to see 260,000. 
heads fall at his feet. I move 
that you will pafs a decree of 
accusation agaigst him; and 
that you will order-your Com- 
mittee of Legislation to ex- 
amine the conduct of Rober- 
spierre.”” 
This speech was ordered to 
be printed.. | 
M. Lacroix having, obser- 
ved that the Committee of Le- 
gislation were employed on 
different accusations against 
Marat, the Convention pre- 
ceeded to the order of the 
day. 
Roberspierre having te- 
quested that the Convention 
would aliow him till Mouday 
to prepare to answer to the 
charges made against him, his 
request was granted. 
The Sitting rose at five 
o’clock in the evening. 
Roberspierre was ordered to 
give in his defence on Mon- 
day, which he did. After hear- 
irg which, on the motion of 
Barrere, they adopted this sin- 
gular decree : 
“ The National Convention 
considering that it fhould only 
occupy itself with the interests 
