It is necessary that terror and justice be brought to bear on all
points at once. The Revolution is the work of the people and it is
time they should have the benefit of it."
[69] Moniteur, XX., 449. (Report by Bar?re, Flor?al 22, year II.)
[70] Decree of April 2-5, 1793.
[71] Moniteur, XVIII., 505. (Orders of Fouch? and Collet d'Herbois,
dated at Lyons and communicated to the commune of Paris, Frimaire 3,
year II.) - De Martel, "Etude sur Fouch?," 132. Orders of Fouch? on
his mission in the Nievre, Sept. 19, 1793. "There shall be
established in each district town a Committee of Philanthropy,
authorized to levy on the rich a tax proportionate to the number of
the indigent."
[72] Decree of April 2-5, 1793. "There shall be organized in each
large commune a guard of citizens selected from the least fortunate.
These citizens shall be armed and paid at the expense of the
Republic."
[73] Moniteur, XX., 449. (Report of Bar?re, Flor?al 22, year II.)
[74] Ibid., XIX., 689. (Report by Saint-Just, Vent?se 23, year II.)
"We spoke of happiness. It is not the happiness of Persepolis we
have offered to you. It is that of Sparta or Athens in their best
days, the happiness of virtue, that of comfort and moderation, the
happiness which springs from the enjoyment of the necessary without
the superfluous, the luxury of a cabin and of a field fertilized by
your own hands.
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