. Robespierre and the French revolution. zens on,the Champ de Mars that intensified the bitternessand more clearly defined the issues, and it wasthis unfortunate episode that was made the ex-cuse for many of the subsequent excesses of theRevolution. It was some time before the radicals recoveredfrom their surprise and repulse, and it did lookfor a while as if they were finally suppressed,but the fires were only smothered, not extin-guished. Notwithstanding the many interruptions thatmarked the course of the French Revolution, itsprogress can be clearly traced step by step. Thereactions were bu
. Robespierre and the French revolution. zens on,the Champ de Mars that intensified the bitternessand more clearly defined the issues, and it wasthis unfortunate episode that was made the ex-cuse for many of the subsequent excesses of theRevolution. It was some time before the radicals recoveredfrom their surprise and repulse, and it did lookfor a while as if they were finally suppressed,but the fires were only smothered, not extin-guished. Notwithstanding the many interruptions thatmarked the course of the French Revolution, itsprogress can be clearly traced step by step. Thereactions were but intervals; they delayed itsmarch only temporarily; they were merely breath-ing spells, for after each one the Revolutionseemed to take on a fresh impulse, until at lastits momentum made it irresistible and it sweptto destruction everything in opposition to itsprogress. It was while Robespierre was hurrying fromthe Champ de Mars, after the massacre, that hefound refuge in the dwelling of the carpenter,Duplay, in the rue St. Honore. 182. BARNAVEFrom an engraving in the collection of William J. Latta, Esq. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION Robespierres sister Charlotte, in referring tothis incident, says that while her brother was onhis way home from the Field of Mars he wasrecognized and cheered by a crowd of enthusiasticadmirers in front of the Church of the Assump-tion ; that at this moment Duplay came out of hisshop, and, seeing the embarrassment of Robes-pierre, invited him to take shelter in his invitation was accepted and the hospitalityof a night resulted in making this temporary ref-uge a permanent residence. It is said that Madame Roland and her husbandhad so great an interest in Robespierres welfarethat they went to his lodgings in the Marais ateleven oclock at night, to offer their house as anasylum. The Assembly honored La Fayette with a voteof thanks and endorsed the action of the authori-ties. The instigators of the meeting were pur-sued with warrants of arrest. Mara
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