)
On appearing before the committee of Public Safety, Robespierre
defended him and he was sent back to the army and promoted to a higher
rank; I was obliged to sign in spite of my opposition."
[43] Carnot, "M?moires," I., 572. (Speech by Carnot, Germinal 2, year
III.)
[44] S?nart, "M?moires," 145, 153. (Details on the members of the two
Committees.)
[45] Reports by Billaud on the organization of the revolutionary
government, November 18, 1793 and on the theory of democratic
government, April 20, 1794. - Reports by Robespierre on the political
situation of the Republic, November 17, 1793; and on the principles of
revolutionary government, December 5, 1793. - Information on the
genius of revolutionary laws, signed principally by Robespierre and
Billaud, November 29, 1793. - Reports by Robespierre on the
principles of political morality which ought to govern the Convention,
February 5, 1794; and on the relationship between religious and moral
ideas and republican principles, May 7, 1794.
[46] Billaud no longer goes on mission after he becomes one of the
Committee of Public Safety. Robespierre never went. Bar?re, who is
of daily service, is likewise retained at Paris.
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