History of Madame Roland . ren of your country, come !The day of glory dawns on high. In the midst of the exultant tones, the ax glidedon its bloody mission, and those lips, which hadguided the storm of revolution, and whose patri-otic appeals had thrilled upon the ear of France,were silent in death. Thus perished the Gi-rondists, the founders of the Republic and itsvictims. Their votes consigned Louis and Ma-ria to the guillotine, and they were the first tofollow them. One cart conveyed the twenty-one bodies away, and they were thrown intoone pit, by the side of the grave of Louis co
History of Madame Roland . ren of your country, come !The day of glory dawns on high. In the midst of the exultant tones, the ax glidedon its bloody mission, and those lips, which hadguided the storm of revolution, and whose patri-otic appeals had thrilled upon the ear of France,were silent in death. Thus perished the Gi-rondists, the founders of the Republic and itsvictims. Their votes consigned Louis and Ma-ria to the guillotine, and they were the first tofollow them. One cart conveyed the twenty-one bodies away, and they were thrown intoone pit, by the side of the grave of Louis committed many errors. Few mindscould discern distinctly the path of truth andduty through the clouds and vapors of thosestormy times. But they were most sincerelydevoted to the liberties of France. They over-threw the monarchy, and established the Re-public. They died because they refused to openthose sluice-ways of blood which the people de-manded. A few of the Girondists had madetheir escape. Petion, Buzot, Barbaroux, and. 1793.] Fate of the Girondists. 249 Escape of Gaudet and others. The Jacobins clamor for more blood. Gaudet wandered in disguise, and hid them-selves in the caves of wild and unfrequentedmountains. La Fayette, who was one of themost noble and illustrious apostles of this creed,was saved from the guillotine by weary yearsof imprisonment in the dungeons of Roland lingered in her cell, strivingto maintain serenity, while her soul was tor-tured with the tidings of carnage and woe whichevery mornings dawn brought to her ears. The Jacobins were now more and more clam-orous for blood. They strove to tear La Fay-ette from his dungeon, that they might triumphin his death. They pursued, with implacablevigilance, the Girondists who had escaped fromtheir fury. They trained blood-hounds to scentthem out in their wild retreats, where they weresuffering, from cold and starvation, all that hu-man nature can possibly endure. For a time,five of them lived togethe
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