Employing absurd, inflated and sinister
terms he decrees the extermination of heretics: not only shall their
monuments, dwellings and persons be destroyed, but every vestige of
them shall be eradicated and their names lost to the memory of
man.[102]
"The name of Toulon shall be abolished; that commune shall henceforth
bear the name of Port-la-Montagne." - "The name of Lyons shall be
stricken off the list of towns belonging to the Republic; the
remaining collection of houses shall henceforth bear the name of
Ville-Affranchie. A column shall be erected on the ruins of Lyons
bearing this inscription: 'Lyons made war on Liberty! Lyons is no
more!'"
X.
Destruction of the Girondin party. -- Proscription of the Deputies of
the "Right". -- Imprisonment of the 73. -- Execution of the 21. --
Execution, suicide, or flight of the rest.
In all this there is no intention to spare in Paris the chiefs of the
insurrection or of the party, either deputies or ministers; on the
contrary, the object is to complete the subjection of the Convention,
to stifle the murmurs of the "Right," to impose silence on Ducos,
Boyer-Fonfr?de, Vernier, and Couhey, who still speak and protest.
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