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[57] Decree of September 17, 1793, on "Suspects." Ordinance of the
Paris Commune, October 10, 1793, extending it so as to include "those
who, having done nothing against the Revolution, do nothing for it." -
Cf. "Papers seized in Robespierre's apartments," II., 370, letter of
Payan. "Every man who has not been for the Revolution has been
against it, for he has done nothing for the country. . . . In
popular commissions, individual humanity, the moderation which assumes
the veil of justice, is criminal."
[58] Mortimer-Ternaux, VIII., 394, and following pages; 414 and
following pages, (on the successive members of the two Committees).
[59] Wallon, "Histoire du Tribunal R?volutionaire," III., 129-131.
H?rault de Sechelles, allied with Danton, and accused of being
indulgent, had just given guarantees, however, and applied the
revolutionary regime in Alsace with a severity worthy of Billaud.
(Archives des Affaires ?trang?res, vol. V., 141.) "Instructions for
civil commissioners by H?rault, representative of the people,"
(Colmar, Frimaire 2, year II.,) with suggestions as to the categories
of persons that are to be "sought for, arrested and immediately put in
jail," probably embracing nineteen-twentieths of the inhabitants.
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