XXIX., 178, 179. Osselin: "I demand the decree
of accusation against them all." - Amar: "The apparently negative
conduct of the minority of the Convention since the 2nd of June, was a
new plot devised by Barbaroux." Robespierre: "If there are other
criminals among those you have placed under arrest the Committee of
General Security will present to you the nomenclature of them and you
will always be at liberty to strike."
[108] Ibid., XXIX., 432, 437, 447. - Report by Amar. (this report
served as the bill of indictment against them, "cowardly satellites of
royal despotism, vile agents of foreign tyrants." - Wallon, II., 407,
409. (Letter of Fouquier-Tinville to the convention). "After the
special debates, will not each of the accused demand a general
prosecution? The trial, accordingly, will be interminable. Besides,
one may ask why should there be witnesses? The convention, all France,
accuses those on trial. The evidence of their crimes is plain;
everybody is convinced of their guilt. . . . It is the Convention
which must remove all formalities that interfere with the course
pursued by the tribunal." - Moniteur, XVII., (Session of October 28),
291.
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