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other　object　but　to　rule　over　captives　and　the　dead。



But　this　is　precisely　the　Jacobin　aim；　for；　he　is　not　satisfied　with

less　than　absolute　submission　；　he　must　rule　at　any　cost；　just　as　he

pleases；　by　fair　means　or　foul；　no　matter　over　what　ruins。　　A　despot

by　instinct　and　installation；　his　dogma　has　consecrated　him　King　；　he

is　King　by　natural　and　divine　right；　in　the　name　of　eternal　verity；

the　same　as　Philip　II。；　enthroned　by　his　religious　system　and　blessed

by　his　Holy　Office。　　Hence　he　can　abandon　no　jot　or　title　of　his

authority　without　a　sacrifice　of　principle；　nor　treat　with　rebels；

unless　they　surrender　at　discretion；　simply　for　having　risen　against

legitimate　authority；　they　are　traitors　and　villains。　　And　who　are

greater　rascals　the　renegades　who；　after　three　years　of　patient

effort；　just　as　the　sect　finally　reaches　its　goal；　oppose　its

accession　to　power！＇81＇　At　N？mes；　Toulouse；　Bordeaux；　Toulon；　and

Lyons；　not　only　have　they　interfered　with　or　arrested　the　blow　which

Paris　struck；　but　they　have　put　down　the　aggressors；　closed　the　club；

disarmed　the　fanatical　and　imprisoned　the　leading　Maratists；　and　worse

still；　at　Lyons　and　at　Toulon；　five　or　six　massacreurs；　or　promoters

of　massacre；　Chalier　and　Riard；　Jassaud；　Sylvestre　and　Lemaille；

brought　before　the　courts；　have　been　condemned　and　executed　after　a

trial　in　which　all　the　forms　were　strictly　adhered　to。　　　That　is　the

inexpiable　crime；　for；　in　this　trial；　the　〃Mountain〃　is　involved；　the

principles　of　Sylvestre　and　Chalier　are　its　principles；　what　is

accomplished　in　Paris；　they　have　attempted　in　the　provinces；　if　they

are　guilty；　it　is　also　guilty；　it　cannot　tolerate　their　punishment

without　assenting　to　its　own　punishment。　　Accordingly；



*　it　must　proclaim　them　heroes　and　martyrs；



*　it　must　canonize　their　memory；＇82＇



*　it　must　avenge　their　tortures；



*　it　must　resume　and　complete　their　assaults；



*　it　must　restore　their　accomplices　to　their　places；



*　it　must　render　them　omnipotent；



*　it　must　force　each　rebel　city　to　accept　the　rule　of　its　rabble　and

villains。



It　matters　little　whether　the　Jacobins　be　a　minority；　whether　at

Bordeaux；　they　have　but　four　out　of　twenty…eight　sections　on　their

side；　at　Marseilles　five　out　of　thirty…two；　whether　at　Lyons　they　can

count　up　only　fifteen　hundred　devoted　adherents。＇83＇　　Suffrages　are

not　reckoned；　but　weighed；　for　legality　is　founded；　not　on　numbers；

but　on　patriotism；　the　sovereign　people　being　composed　wholly　of　sans…

culottes。　　So　much　the　worse　for　towns　where　the　anti…revolutionary

majority　is　so　great；　they　are　only　more　dangerous；　under　the

republican　demonstrations　is　concealed　the　hostility　of　old　parties

and　of　the　〃suspect〃　classes；　the　Moderates；　the　Feuillants　and

Royalists；　merchants；　men　of　the　legal　profession；　property…owners　and

muscadins。＇84＇　These　towns　are　nests　of　reptiles　and　must　be　crushed

out。







IX。



Destruction　of　Rebel　Cities。　　　Bordeaux。　　　Marseilles。　　　Lyons。…

…　Toulon。



Consequently；　obedient　or　disobedient；　they　are　crushed　out。　　They　are

declared　traitors　to　the　country；　not　merely　the　members　of　the

departmental　committees；　but；　at　Bordeaux；　all　who　have　〃aided　or

abetted　the　Committee　of　Public　Safety；〃　at　Lyons；　all　administrators；

functionaries；　military　or　civil　officers　who　〃convoked　or　tolerated

the　Rh？ne…et…Loire　congress；〃　and　furthermore；　〃every　individual　whose

son；　clerk；　servant；　or　even　day…laborer；　may　have　borne　arms　or

contributed　the　means　of　resistance；〃　that　is　to　say；　the　entire

National　Guard　who　took　up　arms；　and　nearly　all　the　population　which

gave　its　money　or　voted　in　the　sections。＇85＇　　By　virtue　of　this

decree；　all　are　〃outlaws；〃　or；　in　other　words　subject　to　the

guillotine　just　on　the　establishment　of　their　identity；　and　their

property　confiscated。　　Consequently；　at　Bordeaux；　where　not　a　gun　had

been　fired；　the　mayor　Saige；　and　principal　author　of　the　submission；

is　at　once　led　to　the　scaffold　without　any　form　of　trial；＇86＇　while

eight　hundred　and　eighty…one　others　succeed　him　amidst　the　solemn

silence　of　a　dismayed　population。＇87＇　　Two　hundred　prominent　merchants

are　arrested　in　one　night；　more　than　fifteen　hundred　persons　are

imprisoned；　all　who　are　well　off　are　ransomed；　even　those　against　who

no　political　charge　could　be　made；　nine　millions　of　fines　are　levied

against　〃rich　egoists。〃　One　of　these；＇88＇　accused　of　〃indifference　and

moderatism；〃　pays　twenty　thousand　francs　〃not　to　be　harnessed　to　the

car　of　the　Revolution；〃　another　〃convicted　of　having　shown　contempt

for　his　section　and　for　the　poor　by　giving　thirty　livres　per　months；〃

is　taxed　at　one　million　two　hundred　thousand　livres；　while　the　new

authorities；　a　crooked　mayor　and　twelve　knaves　composing　the

Revolutionary　Committee；　traffic　in　lives　and　property。89　At

Marseilles；　says　Danton；＇90＇　the　object　is　〃to　give　the　commercial

aristocracy　an　important　lesson；〃　we　must　〃show　ourselves　as　terrible

to　traders　as　to　nobles　and　priests；〃　consequently；　twelve　thousand　of

them　are　proscribed　and　their　possessions　sold。＇91＇　From　the　first　day

the　guillotine　works　as　fast　as　possible；　nevertheless；　it　does　not

work　fast　enough　for　Representative　Fréron　who　finds　the　means　for

making　it　work　faster。



　〃The　military　commission　we　have　established　in　place　of　the

revolutionary　tribunal；〃　he　writes；　〃works　frightfully　fast　against

the　conspirators。　　。　　。　　。　　They　fall　like　hail　under　the　sword　of　the

law。　　Fourteen　have　already　paid　for　their　infamous　treachery　with

their　heads。　　To…morrow；　sixteen　more　are　to　be　guillotined；　all

chiefs　of　the　legion；　notaries；　sectionists；　members　of　the　popular

tribunal；　to…morrow；　also；　three　merchants　will　dance　the　carmagnole；

and　they　are　the　ones　we　are　after。〃＇92＇



Men　and　things；　all　must　perish；　he　wishes　to　demolish　the　city　and

proposes　to　fill　up　the　harbor。　　Restrained　with　great　difficulty；

Fréron　contents　himself　with　a　destruction　of　〃the　haunts〃　of　the

aristocracy；　two　churches；　the　concert…hall；　the　houses　around　it；　and

twenty…three　buildings　in　which　the　rebel　sections　had　held　their

meetings。



At　Lyons；　to　increase　the　booty；　the　representatives　had　taken　pains

to　encourage　the　manufacturers　and　merchants　with　vague　promises；

these　opened　their　shops　and　brought　their　valuable　goods；　books　and

papers　out　of　their　hiding…places。　　No　time　is　lost　in　seizing　the

plunder；　〃a　list　of　all　property　belonging　to　the　rich　and　to　anti…

revolutionaries〃　is　drawn　up；　which　is　〃confiscated　for　the　benefit　of

the　patriots　of　the　city；〃　in　addition　to　this　a　tax　of　six　millions

is　imposed；　payable　in　eight　days；　by　those　whom　the　confiscation　may

have　still　spared；＇93＇　it　is　proclaimed；　according　to　principle；　that

the　surplus　of　each　individual　belongs　by　right　to　the　sans…culottes；

and　whatever　may　have　been　retained　beyond　the　strictly　necessary；　is

a　robbery　by　the　individual　to　the　detrim