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Article MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF ROBERSPIERRE. ← Page 7 of 10 →
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Memoirs Of The Life Of Roberspierre.
things blamed in it had been proposed by himself ; that he arraigned the system of Finance because it had deprived persons whom he thought fit to protect , ofthe means of making fortunes at the public expence ; that he had often protected men from punishment when they were really guilty , and denounced the same men when they had committed no crime but that of incurring his displeasure ; that the Committee of Public Safety , when they came to a resolution contrary
to his opinion , had often found that the execution of it was rendered impossible by his influence ; that municipal officers appointed by him had intercepted supplies of ammunition on their way to the armies ; that he had set spies upon individual members of the Committee of Public Safety , preparing the victories of the Republic . — After a long debate , the order for printing and distributing Roberspierre ' s speech , which had been passed in the first instance , was revoked .
On the 27 th , St . Just came to the Convention with a speech to the same purport with that of Roberspierre the clay before ; but , as he began by stating , that he spoke in his own name , and not in the name of the Committee of Public Safety , the Convention refused to hear him . It was stated , that the other members of the Committee of Public Safety knew of his speech , that they had remonstrated with St . Just upon it , that he had promised to submit it to their consideration , and correct such errors as they mi ght point out ; and that now he came to deliver it without having done either-. Billaud Varennes and Tallien denounced Roberspierre , who
attempted to speak , but the Convention refused to hear him , and called upon Barrere . — Barrere , in the name of the Committee of Public Safety , corroborated the charge , and stated the measures taken for the defence ofthe Convention . Couthon ,. Roberspierre the younger , and Le Bas , on their owif motion , were successively included in the decree of accusation and arrest , as was also St . Just . Roberspierre himself , far from beinodismayed at finding every voice in the Convention raised against hint and his four associates , in repeated attempts to obtain a hearing , made use ofthe most coarse and insulting expressions .
In . the evening Roberspierre , and all those wno had been arrested as his accomplices or agents , were rescued . The Jacobins , the Mayor , and Commune of Paris , declared in his favour . The greater part of the armed force , especially the cannoneers , by the influence of Henriot , the commander in chief , were induced , in the first instance , to take the same side . Merlin of Thionville was taken prisoner by Henriot as he was going to the Convention , btit released on
stating the case to the guard in whose custody he was left . Other members were stopped by municipal ollicers , and a plan seemed to have' beerr formed to prevent their assembling . Henriot , as he was running about and calling to arms , was taken into custody , but soon after rescued , and carried off' in triumph . The Committee of General Safety was surrounded , and the doors forced open ; but the Members happened to be all in the Convention . C 9-3
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Memoirs Of The Life Of Roberspierre.
things blamed in it had been proposed by himself ; that he arraigned the system of Finance because it had deprived persons whom he thought fit to protect , ofthe means of making fortunes at the public expence ; that he had often protected men from punishment when they were really guilty , and denounced the same men when they had committed no crime but that of incurring his displeasure ; that the Committee of Public Safety , when they came to a resolution contrary
to his opinion , had often found that the execution of it was rendered impossible by his influence ; that municipal officers appointed by him had intercepted supplies of ammunition on their way to the armies ; that he had set spies upon individual members of the Committee of Public Safety , preparing the victories of the Republic . — After a long debate , the order for printing and distributing Roberspierre ' s speech , which had been passed in the first instance , was revoked .
On the 27 th , St . Just came to the Convention with a speech to the same purport with that of Roberspierre the clay before ; but , as he began by stating , that he spoke in his own name , and not in the name of the Committee of Public Safety , the Convention refused to hear him . It was stated , that the other members of the Committee of Public Safety knew of his speech , that they had remonstrated with St . Just upon it , that he had promised to submit it to their consideration , and correct such errors as they mi ght point out ; and that now he came to deliver it without having done either-. Billaud Varennes and Tallien denounced Roberspierre , who
attempted to speak , but the Convention refused to hear him , and called upon Barrere . — Barrere , in the name of the Committee of Public Safety , corroborated the charge , and stated the measures taken for the defence ofthe Convention . Couthon ,. Roberspierre the younger , and Le Bas , on their owif motion , were successively included in the decree of accusation and arrest , as was also St . Just . Roberspierre himself , far from beinodismayed at finding every voice in the Convention raised against hint and his four associates , in repeated attempts to obtain a hearing , made use ofthe most coarse and insulting expressions .
In . the evening Roberspierre , and all those wno had been arrested as his accomplices or agents , were rescued . The Jacobins , the Mayor , and Commune of Paris , declared in his favour . The greater part of the armed force , especially the cannoneers , by the influence of Henriot , the commander in chief , were induced , in the first instance , to take the same side . Merlin of Thionville was taken prisoner by Henriot as he was going to the Convention , btit released on
stating the case to the guard in whose custody he was left . Other members were stopped by municipal ollicers , and a plan seemed to have' beerr formed to prevent their assembling . Henriot , as he was running about and calling to arms , was taken into custody , but soon after rescued , and carried off' in triumph . The Committee of General Safety was surrounded , and the doors forced open ; but the Members happened to be all in the Convention . C 9-3