Historical Epochs of the French Revolution: With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France; And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His DeathGoudemetz, Henry
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Historical Epochs of the French Revolution: With The Judgment And Execution Of Louis XVI., King Of France; And A List Of The Members Of The National Convention, Who Voted For And Against His Death
Goudemetz, Henry
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799; Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
defence.
Decreed, that every member of the convention shall
make a declaration of his fortune before, and since
the revolution.
Joubert, representative of the people, writes to
the convention, that the French, since their
passage of the Rhine, have taken 371 pieces of
cannon, 331,000 pounds of powder, and other stores.
Decreed, that Belgium and all the countries which
are, or shall be, conquered from the House of
Austria, shall be incorporated with the French
republic.
The section of Le Pelletier writes severe truths to
the convention.
The salaries settled by the constitution upon the
750 members of the next legislature, amount to 174
millions of livres a year. The salary of the five
members of the executive directory amounts to
20,400,000 livres.
According to the new organization, Belgium and the
county of Liege form nine departments, of which,
the chief towns are Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp,
Brussels, Liege, Maestricht, Mons, Namur, and
Luxemburg.
A funeral ceremony in honour of the victims of
decemviral tyranny.
A famous resolution of 33 sections of Paris is the
cause of a terrible explosion hereafter.
Proclamation of the convention on the danger which
threatens.
An afflicting picture given of the state of the
Southern provinces of France, by a representative
of the people who was an eye witness of it.
The primary and permanent assemblies of Paris
demand of the convention the re-imprisonment of the
terrorists, and enquiry into the conduct of the
committees of government.
_Oct_. 5. An extraordinary fermentation agitates all Paris.
A civil war is ready to break out. The clashing of
arms, the general beating of drums, and the cannon,
are heard on all sides. Several bloody engagements
take place between the sections and
conventionalists. Two thousand dead bodies lie in
the streets. The party of the convention, by the
aid of the troops of the line and of a formidable
artillery, defeats the insurgents.
Execution and proscription of the chiefs and movers
of the insurrection.
Tallien renews his motion to transport all those
who did not like a republican government.
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