. Robespierre and the French revolution. on his way to the scaffold. To expedite the executions, Fouquier had theguillotine erected in the hall of the tribunal, andhad the accused arraigned and tried in wholesale and summary method of slaugh-ter seemed to offend, or at least to meet with thedisapproval of, even some of the most sangui-nary members of the Convention. What! cried Collot dHerbois in an apparent transportof indignation, Wouldst thou then demoralizedeath itself ? The trial of prisoners enmasse was soon abandoned and the scaffoldwas removed from the court-room. Next to the
. Robespierre and the French revolution. on his way to the scaffold. To expedite the executions, Fouquier had theguillotine erected in the hall of the tribunal, andhad the accused arraigned and tried in wholesale and summary method of slaugh-ter seemed to offend, or at least to meet with thedisapproval of, even some of the most sangui-nary members of the Convention. What! cried Collot dHerbois in an apparent transportof indignation, Wouldst thou then demoralizedeath itself ? The trial of prisoners enmasse was soon abandoned and the scaffoldwas removed from the court-room. Next to the hall of the tribunal a printingoffice was located, and as the prisoners werefound guilty their names were handed througha hole in the wall and after the adjournment ofthe court the list was published for the informa-tion of the public. Newsboys sold the Bulle-tin of the Tribunal under the very windowsof the prisons, crying out: Here are thenames of those who have gained the prizes in thelottery of Sainte Guillotine. It can easily be346. FOUgUIER TIXVILLETrom an engraving in the collection of William J. Latta, Esq. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION imagined with what eagerness the prisonersbought the papers and with what sohcitude theyscanned the hsts. In all this time of blood, the centre of attrac-tion was the guillotine. It must be borne inmind that this bloody instrument stood open tothe public view in busy and crowded sections ofthe city. Originally it occupied the Carrousel;afterwards it was removed to the Place LouisXV, where it stood close to a great statue ofLiberty; subsequently it was erected in the fau-bourg Saint Antoine near the ruins of the Bas-tile; after remaining here for a short time itwas set up in an open space in the neighborhoodof the Barriere du Trone; and finally it wasbrought back to the Place Louis XV, where itremained during the closing scenes of the Revo-lution. The community had grown so pitiless, theirsensibilities deadened, no doubt, by becomingaccustomed to
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