. Robespierre and the French revolution. rred to as The Just. To signalize one indi-vidual in a community with such a designationseems to be a reflection on all the other citizens. After Robespierre concluded his speech, Louvetand Barbaroux attempted to continue the discus-sion, but Barere made a motion to postpone indefi-nitely further consideration of the question.^ Citizens, he said, if there existed in the Re-/public a man born with the genius of Caesar andthe boldness of Cromwell — such a man might befeared. But men of a day, paltry dabblers incommotion, who will never enter the field of
. Robespierre and the French revolution. rred to as The Just. To signalize one indi-vidual in a community with such a designationseems to be a reflection on all the other citizens. After Robespierre concluded his speech, Louvetand Barbaroux attempted to continue the discus-sion, but Barere made a motion to postpone indefi-nitely further consideration of the question.^ Citizens, he said, if there existed in the Re-/public a man born with the genius of Caesar andthe boldness of Cromwell — such a man might befeared. But men of a day, paltry dabblers incommotion, who will never enter the field of his-tory, are not made to occupy the precious timewhich we owe to the nation. He then proposed the order of the day, which was meant to showthe contempt of the Convention for any furtherconsideration of the question. His motion wascarried. That evening at the Jacobins, Robespierre wasreceived in triumph, and about a week later Lou-vet, Barbaroux, and Rebecqui were expelled fromthe club. Barere was called to account for hav-. 244 t^^^c. 15AKKRE?roiii an engravins in the collection of William J. Latta. Esq. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION ing alluded to the contestants as paltry dabblersin politics, but with his usual skill he parried theattack by declaring that he referred only to theopponents of Robespierre. Bertrand Barere, who by his motion hadbrought the dispute suddenly to an end, was, saysScott, a sort of Belial in the Convention, themeanest, yet not the least able, amongst thosefallen spirits, who with great adroitness and in-genuity as well as wit and eloquence caught op-portunities as they arose, and was eminently dex-terous in being always strong upon the strongestand safe upon the safest side. Insincere andwithout principle, he made it a point to reflectalways the views of the majority. He was of line address, oily in speech, andplausible in manner, while his real purposes attimes were hard to fathom. Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. A keen, clever politician, a
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