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FRANCE.
N AT lONAL CONVENTION.
in a lata number we gave the proceeding! of the
Gun-vention of A"£ufl 29, in which
Lpcoinise of Versailles, in conceM with Talli
*», Dubois C»a-<ce, and a Few otl-eri, produced nn
occufacirvn ajjainft seven members of the Committee
of Poblic and General Safety, hamdv, Batten,
Billaup de Vi*snnfs, Co'lLit dl/minou, Va
diir, Amah, Voulanu, and David. This pro—'
duced a violent commotion in the Convention • and,
after a very warm »Jebr.te, it wa« decreed, by a great
majority, that the charges .vere unfounded; and that
the Aflembly fhmld pass 10 the order of the day.
During the evejiin!s and the following night, the
m uter Was agitated in the Clubs and Societies of
Paris, andfUteni|>ts were made to represent the above
decree as an artifice of the majority 10 get rid of an
•ccul'auon which they were afraid to meet.
13 FRUCTIDOR, AVOUST 30*
MERMW, OF THIONVILLI, riEIIBf VT.
The decree above-mentioned being read,
Roux—" Citizens, the tempest which yesterday
agitated the Convention did hot permit u* te come to
any resolution that r.otitd fin the opinion-os the peo
ple, i*-uh respect to the accufatlon agatnft the Com
mittee of Public and Genera) Safery. A genera!
lcntimentof indignation it hearing charges without
fitt'ng. But thai which was fuffici?nt to convince
;mpie'i:ons u'hich evil-disposed prrfofts are endea
vouring to make upon the minds of the people, and
in which they are afTrfted by fomc of the jomrilils.
A new reading of the pretended aecufatica. a folemti
discussion of rhe charges and the proofs, if there b<
a r '>;> afld aft opportunity aiven to every Member tr
deliver h:» opinion, can alone fatisfv the people, (ha
the parties accused are n-n afraid of accounting t<
the nation for their conduct. They call for thci
discussion; and you are bound in '"JUtice to hear them
as you have heard their accuser."
Duhtrr.—" The only motion that can be now math
is, that we hear both the accusers and the accused
I move that the fitting do not terminate till we havt
foleinn determination, I move also, tha
tiePrefident call upon those who mean to fuppor
t'-e accusation to speak out ; for, be aflured, that Le
e »intre. has not undertaken this builnefs v.ithou
til iporters. Ther r:re other persons to whom h
only as a blind."
Tin- f. cjiJeui— '< My duty is fn Ml th
whether or not the Convention adheres tc
pal'Vd yefterdav | }':
Il'.i.rJvi of Oifc.—" I del! re to be heard ugainft th
Prcfidenr, with refpeti to his condurt both vefterday
and to-day. I blame not his intentions : an emotion
of ft nlibifity may have induced him to terminate the
fitting veflerday as the only means of putting an end
to the disorder that p evailed; but, on his clonduct to
day 1 must remark, that no Preiident has a right to
deliver his opinion while in the Chair. The decree
of yefterdav w; ; > an aft of sentiment rather than of
ir.fticc. The A.Tembly, .indignant at feeing, that,
under pretext of acciriing seven of its Members, the
N'ation i! Reprefentatien itfelf was attacked (Mnr
imirsV—Yes, Citizens, the accnfation against fevert
Members for 110; ha\ ing sooner d. Iroyed the tyrant
i a dircrt attack upon th Convution.' Now that we
are recovered from our firft emotions, let us aitend
i" : ijuftiee. 1 support the proportions of Du
Lecointrt—" Citizen Colleagues, yon vefterday
pa i'cd to the uixlerjl the day, on charged mace again,!
several Representatives of the People. The man
wha made those charges submitted to your decree,
and was silent. lam now called upon to read the'
charges and the proofs. 1 have left them at home :
1 will go rind fetch them. Citizens, 1 am, if I may
be allowed to fay so, one of the fathers ot the Revo
lution—(Murmurs)—l beg pardon: I was going to
speak of myfelf."
Tali it*—" I aid not expert that the debate of ve
fterday would be resumed. I was in hopes that the
division attempted to He t>wn among us had been
fupprclFed."
A Member.—" It is you that sow division."
TaHUn—" 1 will firft speak to principles, and then
tn palfions. If there are men who wish to ruin the
public interest by personalities and reproaches, I wajn
them that they will find those here who will combat
•htm, even to death. It is rime for us to know whatj
we are: whether we are worthy to re pre fern the peo
ple > whether we arc sent hither to labour for tfcefP
good, or to fight with one another, like gladiators in
an amphitheatre? You yesterday passed a decree
which you are now called 'HW rejrr-rf.—trtrpi^-
pol'ed that the Convention ffeould transform itfelf in
to a Court of Justice. It was yesterday said, that Lc
coinrre ought to be obliged to name the persons who
had put him upon that buiinefs; and fevernl of the
Journals held the fame language. Such language
can only serve to revive personal animosities, and to
sharpen the daggers of Aristocracy. We now declare,
that we expert with calmness every thing that caii be
done agaimt us ; but we declare also, that we will
combat all thole who attach themselves to men in-"
ft.-ad of principles. You passed yesterday to the or
der of the day, on the deminciation that was mad'-
to you; you might then extinguish this dilptite, and
futfer your country to respire. But, if the difputc
must be renewed—if difiord uncealing must rein
here, we ftiall inlift upon reading the papers and ex
amining witnesses; we lhall infill: upon a full expla
nation of every thing, and the people will fee who
are the true friends of Ljberty, and who would sub
stitute terror tor justice. I conjure you to forget this
dispute, and to bury all the documents of it in obli
vion— (Murmurs).—! move, that the decree of ye
sterday be maintained; or, if the debate must be re
newed, that it be continued solemnly. W<- will ap
pear at the Tribune; and, though in a minority, we
will contend for principles. W« stall, perhaps, en
danger our country tor a moment.' —He was inter
rupted by the cries of" No! No!" from all parts of
the hall. r
Lto -NDRE.—' The nation which afttr having made a
revolution has looked back, has never attained its object.
After the fall of the Baftile the people (lumbered for ao in
ftaut, and the revolution was retarded. But since the loth
of Angull the people have not heen retrogade. They have
imitated their ilcf i.ders, who have carried death anww
their enemies. When will the Convention cease to paf t
decrees one <t»y, »hd repeal them the next ? T knew that
Lecoinwv w»i jroing to aiake a denunciation : 1 told him
that the firfl thing to he examined vu whether it would
conduce to the general interell? and I proved to him rhat
it v Mid not 1 cointr.- gave me his word of honour that
li«M irid be filer, t, i.nd that protniXe he has not kept. But
let us avoid an enquiry whieh c*n only lead to mifchief
Btfcß. —Tefterd»y an emorionpf fcnfibiiity made (
mc prefer death to your decree of pji ng to the order of :
the day. You have reje&ed with h»ror the idea that we
could be guilty of the crimes imputedv us. I declare be
fore ail France, in the name of all mycolleagues, one on
ly excepted, with whom we had beenjoined by ah ex*tfs
of perfidy, that the accusation is a mKI atroCirfus calum
ny.
Billaud-Varennes.—The 3ccufaifc>n is againftus all,
and mud be answered by us all.
Vudi*r.—A meant not to make any exception of myfelf.
If those who are fcccufed with mc be guilty, so am I. 1
declare I disavow ail *ith David, bu; with none
of the reft. If reprallng the decree of yesterday will be
injurious to our country. I am willing to be the facrifice.
" ho, no," exclaimed a number of members,* 4 you tpuft
be allowed to clear you Helves from this unworthy
charge."
Turreau said he also h d requeued Lecointre not to make
the charge; but beiiig made, it must be examined-
Bill aud Varenncs.—The grand argument relied upon yes
terday, was that our a-cuier was n,t permitted to prodttce
his proofs. 1 move that all he has may be produced and
read.
Goujon.—Before readiog the papers let us fee whether
this be really an accusation. It is said, for inftancc, that
the parries accused terrified the Convention. How is this
to be proved ? .Are we now to be told that we never voted
but as we were bid?—-The third charge is equally fa He ; for
wi o will prove to us that the committee of public lafety
never proposed cha- gingthe members of it ?
J Bar re re.—-I appeal to every man who hears mc whether
! did not propose every month changing th« members of
the c >mmittee.
A Member.—T have often heard Barrere fay, after an
nouncing victories that he had forgotten to propose re
newing the powers of the committee of public (afety. I
have Ten him mount the tribune to repair this omiflion,
but never in an imj>crative manner, as Lecointre as
serts.
Thuriot.—Do you not perceive that the system of calum
ny agbict with the proportion for convoking the primary
uud ele&oral aflemblies. Lecointre calls himselF the Fa
ther of the Revolution; but he is an unnatural father who
would poignard his child. What are the heads of thp ac
cusation ? Things done in execution of the laws; and even
if there had been some departure from Ariel law for the
public good, would you fend men to the fcafiold for facing
their country ?
Mat Lieu propoied appointing a cornraiflion to examine
political questions, and to adjourn all difcuilions refpedUng
individuals.
Thibaucbt said it was necessary, it was essential to the
I character of the national reptefentation, that the charge
fhotild be fully and publicly examined.
Breard.— 44 The parties accused wish to juftify them
selves. I hope they will succeed. But they ought not to
content themselves with an oral defence: their defence
ought to be printed. Already the ariltocrats arc rejoicing.
1 have seen mixing among good citizen®, the very men
who formerly diforgariized our armien; Counts, Marquii
es, and people who idolized Robespierre the day before
hit, fali, and the day after came to congratulate you upon it
as a glorious event. I have seen tbefe men busy in'the
Se&ions; and I know that at fonie veryexpenfive dinners,
they £hid we had facrificed Robefperre, The people wHr
loon be informed of their intrigues; and although nations
have some times adored idofo, th y have always concluded
by breaking!them.
The Convention decided that the accusation and the
proofs (hould be read.
Billaud'Varetwes.— we have to defend ourselves
agairtft those who are attempting a counter-revolution we
mutt rot put into theii u.vrfd* the means of butchering the
Convention. Yesterday in the groups that fuflounded
this place, men who are out-lawed, ci-devant Marqufes
and were preaching up royalty.—[This is true,
cried Several Members.]-*-! shall prove that 1 do not speak
vaguely, for at the door of the hali. was the ci-devant
Marquis de 'Filly, a known conspirator and an out
law*
3u6arntm,—l)c Tilly obtained his liberty a few days age
by an §rder of the Committee t»f General Safety.
BjUazJ-yatenrfh.—De Tilly is convi&edof having head
ed ;l:e knights of the Poignard. Robespierre had brought
hither ten thoufund of these ruflians. and at the moment
when our armies are in fight of the enemy, when a decree
forbids military men to be abfen? from their posts, there
arc more than 4000 officers- at Paris. These proceedings
are so openly Counter-revolutionary, that royalty has been
preached aloud in one ©f tho galleries of the Journal
ills.
£ v
' <)o«ftion 3
he decree
Moifebayle moved, that aftei* reading the charge# and
the proofs, the partk* accused (hould be heard, and that
the Convention fhouid not adjourn without coming to a de
cilion.— Dtfcrecd.
Lrcuttrt.—-W4>at I have said i> a simple czpoCtien of
by proofi. I have f*id only,
tat UI Y colleagues rcpreticrifihle, and thi« it still
TT_ .v 1 .i _ r* n _• « f •
t>p»fcion. He th*n read the firft arricle of chafgt
Nf L.„ __ i a.*
g'. Of having put under conliraintldgxerror all the Citi
sos the Rcpuhlie, hy signing andTßßflftg to be eiecufrc
llrary orders of imprifonmcnt witffinit *BJ information
inft the part id, any motive of fufpicioa, or any proof
the offencesfet for;h in the Uw of the 17th September,
caJletl upon 'jar the proofs in iiipport of this
charge. Cambon asked, the seven member*
attofed thw article app ied ? HeWaa&fitous to fey whether
h&Jttd any proofs or not ? _
Lxointre.—When 1 wilhed to enlighten the confcicnce
of the Convention with the torch that enlightened my own,
I thought the fa<Ss of public notoriety!—[Murders]—'
Have compaflion for my errors. If this charge be well
founded, it applies to all the Members of the two Commit
tees.
Curvy, Canton, and Duboncbtt, desired the Convention to
remark, that it was Lecointre.'s avowed intention to attack
all the Members of the two committee*, although he had
named only feveu.
Ltcantrc.—The firft charge may apply to all the Members
of the committee of General Safety", for you have decreed,
that all persons imprifonrd on ground* not included in th;
law of tfe- 17th of September, Audi be released. To
prov* that your decree was wifelv passed, allow me to go
to the committee of General Safety, wh«re I (hall find
proofs of persons rtleafed, who had been unjustly impri
soned. If I do that, J make good my firft charge.
RcurUn of Oife.—" Lecomtre would have you be
lieve that the Committee -of General Safety impri
loned all the persons not included in the law nf the
17th of September, while all the world knows that
they were imprisoned by Robefplerre's system of ge
neral police. You ought alfj to be informed that
Lecomtre appUcd for the rdeafc of the Coumefi of
■Ademar, a known Aristocrat, and one of the old
conrt.
The frcund article was read.
11. Of having extended the system of oppression and
terror to the members of the National Convention, by
ninermg and countenancing by an affected the
rumour that the Committee of Public Safety had a
lilt of 3c> Members us the National Convention mark
ed out tor execution.
The proofs were called for.
Lnimtrt—« Tins is the proof: Lacofte declared
hete that there \\as such a lift. The proof is in your
ears, your hearts, is your ~
u T h j Pre4ldint o ca,le ' 3 on Leeointre to fav whether
he had a*y j>roof or not ojwhe second article }
V^OfOifc—" I *ill fnrtiift him with one: it
is St. Just's plan of a decree, in which he demanded
the head* of three of his colleagues in the Committee
of Public Safety, and they are the three wnum Le
cointre' now accufts." „
111. Of having never proposed filling up the va
cancies in the Committee of Public Safety ; of hav
ing perpetuated themselves exclulivcly in the exen*
cife of their functions by the ccrnftraint in which they
held the Convention—Barrere, the reporter, never
failing, after announcing /ome victory or success, to
propose imperatively the continuation of the powers
of the Committees. . .
Several Members cried out that thu wasfalft, and
called for the process.
Uct*ntrt.—>« 1 taVe the proof from th- words ot
those who said that they did not propose lling up the
vacancies in the Committee, becauie tfity, dreaded
the introduction of new conspirators into it. '
IV. Of having, in concert with Kobefplerre, an
nihilated the freedom of opinion, even in the con
vention, by not permitting any of the laws presented
by the committee of public fafety to be difcufied.
Several members —'• the proofs !"
' Ltcomtre.—" The proofs ? they are in your own pro
ceedings, in the constraint in which you were held—
(Murmurs.) —Citizens, the greater you think you.-1
means against me, the more patiently oughi you to,
hear me. 1 have laid that you were not mailers of]
your opinions, and that these committees, to whom
you had given a right of life and death over you."—
(Interrupted by murmurs.)
Camb-M—« They would make the people believe
thai every- thing done: the nomination of the
two committees has been the effect of terror. I again
aik Lecointre for what reason he lias brought his
tharges against seven members only, instead of all
the members of those committees. I move that the
convention declare every article on Which he brings
no proof fall'e and calumnious."
■A member.—'' As all France was in a ftateof op
prehion, as well as the convention, JLecointre ought
to accuse the whole people for not having declared
themselves in ailate of ini'urreCtion."
Tallitn delired to be heard.
Duhem.—" Hear Tallieu, who, four days ago, ©r
ganiafcd a ioth Fruetidor at the Jacobin club."
V. Of having obtained the repeal of all the laws
favoarable to liberty j and repressive of the arbitrary
acts exercised in the name of the committees, with
as much injustice as inhumanity.
Lectintib.— <l The proof is the repeal of your decree
of the 27th of the firft mottth."
BavrH'm of OiCt.—" You fee that the fyftepi was to
vilify fhc convention in the eyes of Europe. You
1 have not fold your country, Lecointre!"
VI. Of having lturounded themselves with a croud
of agents, fomc of ruined character, and others cov
ered with c:mes ; of having given them powers un
limited ; of havyjg rcprelled none of their vexations,
but "oil the contrary, supported them.
Lecnixtrt',—" The proofs are the decrees parted
against Her in and others, which decrees were aftev
ward* repealed."
Bourdon of Oile.—" Every body knows that Robes
pierre obtained the repeal of the decree againlt Heron,
wnich decree 1 myfelf moved.
1 Vtl. Of having rejected and left unanswered an
infinite number of coipplaints and memorials kgainft
their opprelllve cgcnts ; cr having defended those
agents, Specially Heron, Senard, aitj others: of
baring pruifed them in the convention, and obtained
the repeal of decrees juftlv puffed against them ; and
of having thereby delivered to the vengeance of these
monsters U«e citizens who had the courage to de
nounce them.
Brut:f,cn of Oife.— cc This charge applies to Couthon ■
and $\. Jiut. Sue lam not fupprifed to fee this man
n his delirium, in hi , rage for defamation, accufe 1
our colleagues of primes committed by men who <
now no more. He who has the couragc tl» pro-' 1
auce, a month after the death of the tyrant, an a<c
cillation which, if the tyrant had lived, he would
kept in his pocket."
VIII. Of having covered France with prisons, with
a thouiond Uaftile*; of having filled the whole re
public with mourning by the unjust imprisonment of
50,000 citizens, l'ome of them infirm, some eighty
years of age, some defenders of their country*
Bourdon of Oife—" How ridiculous is all this, eve
ry body knows that by far the greater part of the ar
rests were made by the revolutionary committees : 1
now it is attempted to throw the odium upon men
who have done great service to their country.
(rtupiHeault is worthy remark how accurate
Lecointre is in his facts. The prisoners were yefler
dav 100,000, to-cfay they at : only 50,000."
Camion. <c Lecointre will extend his accusation to
all the members who were commifllonef? *1 the de
partments, for every one of them was obliged to or
der arrests."
G u nitr of Saints— J« This r.rtiele is more treach
erous than any of the reft. VBlie# the banditti of
a V endee were threatening tIK- neighbouring depart
ments, could my colleague* anil I have favt;.i our
country, if we h*d 00: imprisoned those v. ho were
acting in concert with them ?"
Ejjichajjtritux —« Ihis article of accusation is >a
lei'ted word for word in one of the London papers. 1
have rcsd it riiyfelf." ~ T —~ 1
IX. Of having milled their colleagues by circulat
ing i! rumour after the eruel law of the 22 l'rairial
that this law was the word of Robespierre alone, who
had communicated it only to Couthon, although they
had been informed by members of the revolutionary
tribnnal, even before it paifed, of the ineonvenien
cies that would result from it.
Leeointre offered to support this by a declaration
of rouquier Tainville, formerly public accuser be
fore the revolutionary tribunal.
several members affirmed, that tn their knowledge
there Was a private between Lecointre
and rouquier, and that any declaration of the latter
a man covered with guilt and obloquy, deter ved no'
X.Of having opposed printing this law and ad
jounung the difcuflion when it was prefenied to the
convention ; of having some of them ftvon«!v fuo
ported it, andothcrs given reason to believe, from
their hit.ice, that it was the wor!: of the two cora
mittees : what proves itill more dearly that the law
of the 22d Prainal was the work of the whole com
mittee of public fafety : s , that an order of that com
mittee, containing all the articles c£ that law, was
lent to one of the departments a month before
-n , — da y s after law was palled I
met Bayle and Amar : we talked of Robefmerre: I
laid, that if there were fifty men like myi'elf in the
convents, (he toraw ,vouJd be no more; and I
tlulT A l "' 7 ? ° c Ck L l th s P a P er ■ vl,ich 1 ha ve since
pnbhlhed. One of them said the committee of Ge
neral fafety was against this law, because it was Ty
rannical : they added that the committee had propof
rr^ r ° rS . f0 , r li ; e evolutionary tribunal,
and that Robeip.erre had rejected them all, admiuin
only his own creatures. I then said alltw o >e £
mount the tribune to-morrow, and declare that this
law is the work of Kobefpierre alone : they laid the
time was not yet come: I answered that thef- delavs
would serve only to bring a greater number of citizens
to the guillotine.
Bwrdtn of Oife.—f You call an aft of prudence a
crime." If Robespierre had been attacked fifteen
days sooner, liberty and the convention would have
been butchered together,"
*-vwuiirw 5 Owl| Confcienr^
if he thinks that Robespierre could have been attarkA
with advantage before that fitting of the Jacobin cluh
which afforded evidence of his deiigns > I aik Le •
tre where he was on the critical night when ill h J!£
were scarcely fufficient to overthrow the tvrant >»
Lecointn.—" I admit that we were in a ftcteofe
ftraint; but let ten or twenty of my coli ca2UP ,r*
alked whether I did not make to them the prooofitin
I have just mentioned ; and whether their answer »
not that it was ill-timed ?" 34
A member—" 1 am just come from dinin- at fh«
bouse of Venua. I saw there two aristocratic ?ook>-
men, whom I had seen the day before. 1 meruit*.-
the capture of Conde. Every body was delist* '
with the news except those two men, who Cll £ c y~-
to me, and laid, " How goes Lecointre's bnlmels'
that is much more important?" "Very ill f O . Lecoin
tre," said 1. " Xefterdayhe promised material proofs"
whole truth, ordered him to produce them to-dav
He is now at his tenth charge, and has not produced
a lingle proof." They told me this could not be true A
for they had seen his proofs. They then asked if T vi
("even members accused were put under arrest >
concluded With telling me, that the convention m'uft
take cars not to meddle with Lecointre. for thev were
sure that he was in the right.' 1
Dtthein. — u This is the loth Fru&idor, which was
promised by Dubols-Crance, Tallien, and Freron
Carter.— <■< This agrees well with the io,ojo nisa ns
brought hither by Robejjyerre, with the 4,000 officers
now in Paris, and with the notice given the other dav
at the Jacobin club, of a 10th Fruftidor, which as* -
faflius would be employed to effect. Let these uflafl
lins come : if they have none but Tallien at their
head, he will do as he did at La Vendee, where he
iemain'ed eonftantly at Tours."
LrvaJJeur of La Sarthe.—" I was not here on the
memorableday of the 10th Thernrd'or, but I remem
ber being at the committee of public fafetv a month
before : I was a witness that those who are now ac
cused were charging Robespierre with illuming the
tone of a dictator. He put himfelf into a prodigious
fury, which the other members of the committee
treated With contempt. St. Just went out with him •
and with relpeft to him, Imuft tell you that he came
to the army, trying by all means to bring on a battle
from the issue of which, whether fuecefsfu! or other
wise, he would have found a pretext to accuse the
committee of public fafety. I disconcerted Uis.plans
and difmifled the four generals on whom he depended!
I ask then if it is credible, that the members of that
committee, qow accused, were the partiiaus of Ro
bespierre ?"
A member.—" Freron has said, that if it was ne
ceilliry to draw his sword in the hall of the conven
tion, he would do it."
Frercn.—" I know very well I said at the Jacobin
club, not publicly, but in converlation with Tallica,
and Dubois-Crance, that if there existed a party in
the conventioniioftile to liberty, that would raise the
lword of death over the reprefentatiyes of the peu
ple, and revive the system of Robespierre ; I would
devote myft-lf for the people and my country."
Several members.—" You are that party."
XI. Of having in the affair of Hebert,
and others, flopped an order of arrest, ifl'ued again®
Pache, who was to have been appointed grand judge
by thai faction; of having intimated to Foutpiier
the public r.ccuier, not only not to'cxecute the order
of arrest, but not to fuller Pache ta be spoken
the confequencc ps whic'i that witneU'cs wha
attempted to speak of Pache •bits stopped, and per
sons on their trial, when they <allrd for his appear
ance.
Lecointre.—" The proofs of this artiele are to be found
in the papers on which-Fouquier's memoir is founded.
It has Deen inferred f't»m l'oaie of my exprcllious in
the acciifation, that I was acquainted with'Dantan's
faction. I declare thai I have no knowledge of that
faction but from the papers.
Legcnder.—v I was one day with Pache, when
Roniin and Vincent were prefeut. I told them if
they persisted in their libeiticide plans, that they
would loft- their heads in a month. Pache seconded
what I had said, and when Vincent and his accom
plices were condemned, congratulated rtie on my
energy. If { wes ci. ceived by Pache, lam not there
fore to be supposed his accomplice,"—No, no, cried
feverai members.
Camkos.—" This article also applies t® all the
committee, I was one evening with Hebert wher
Pache was also; lean teftify that Collot d'Herboij
and Billaud severely reproached Hebert, and the
next day he was arrested."
BillauJVarmnes.—" This article of charge maybe
found in the speech of St. Just, who accused us of
having annihilated the municipality in the perfoo
of Pache."
Turrenu.—" The two aristocrats lately mentioned
as having dined at the house of Vanua, are arrcfted."
XII. Of having with the fame views of injustice
and in order to save the guilty, prevented orders of
arrest from being iilued a gain ft Henriot, Mathew,
Their, and Go'.aut, all implicated in the affair of
Hebert; although there were heavy charges against
them, Comim.mcatcd 111 writing to the committee
of public fafety, in consequence of which witneffej
and pcrfons accused were stopped when they attempt
ed to ipeak of theft individuals.
XIII.. Of not having communicated to the Convention,
the letter written by Fauquier, on the 15th Germinal, in
which he listed that the persons accused desired that sixteen
deputies should be examined, whole (eftiraony would prove
the falfity of the charges against them, and that they ap
pealed to the people if this was refufed; and of having hib
ilituted for this letter -. falfc report, from the Committeet,
representing the accused as in rebellion against the law, in
confequrece of which the decree Was palled declaring that
all persons on trial, who ihajl refill or Insult the justice of
the tribunal, shall be condemned without farthef bearing.
Lecointre.—The proof of these articles is furniflied by
Fouquier. We have found a copy of the letter which he
wrote to the Convention.
MtlUui-Virtimet. —' To recompence Fouquier for the
proofs fce has furnilhed, ha is already remnved fro® the
Conciergerie to St. without the orders of the>
committee."
Legendre.—" Fouquier, was connected with the keeper
of the Concierm;ric, and was removed to another prison, at
a measure of precaution." , '
f.icointrt" The following is Fouquier's evidence. lam
reproached with tire prosecution ;.f Danton, Lacroiii and _
others. I wrote to inform tiw Convention, thut the accused
desired, that lixreen of their Colleagues ihould be examin
ed, asd in cafe of refufal that they appealed to the .people.
I could not t'orefee that by ai. unfaithful report the werd«
and the meaning of my letter would be changed, and that
St. Just would declare to the Convention, that the accused
were in a state of open rebellion.
A Member.—You only repeat what Fouquier has said
in his own defence. '
Lecointre.—St. Just's report was made in the name of
the committee of public fafety, and never diiavovred by ths
committee.
XIV. Of having [Amarand Vouland] en bringing the
abovemcntioned decree, and delivering it to Fouquier,
said, here is wherewithal to put you at your eafc, and bring
all thole mutineers to reason.
Lecointre—The paper which proves this it not figned--
I Ceneril murmurs.] —I am going to tell yea the wiu>efl»
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