Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . ench people toutter a loud cry to which all other peoples on earthwould respond, with the result that the earth willbe covered with combatants and all the enemies ofLiberty effaced from the lists of free men. It may have been, then, this firm belief that thetyrants would really tremble on their thrones ofclay, that the fire of Liberty armed with the swordof reason and eloquence would and must prevail,that so inflamed the Girondists for war at any sole calamity to be dreaded, cried Brissot onDecember 29th, is not to have war ; and again,at t
Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . ench people toutter a loud cry to which all other peoples on earthwould respond, with the result that the earth willbe covered with combatants and all the enemies ofLiberty effaced from the lists of free men. It may have been, then, this firm belief that thetyrants would really tremble on their thrones ofclay, that the fire of Liberty armed with the swordof reason and eloquence would and must prevail,that so inflamed the Girondists for war at any sole calamity to be dreaded, cried Brissot onDecember 29th, is not to have war ; and again,at the Jacobin Club: I have but one fear, that weshall not be betrayed. We need some treason; itwill be our salvation! ^ On January 9th, there was a passage at arms Aulard, Eloquence, ii., 72. ^ lb., i., 249. Downfall 223 between Louvet, the Girondist, and Robespierre,head of the enrages, that is characteristic of themutual attitude of the two parties. Louvetconcluded a speech with a dramatic appeal tomarch against Leopold! There was tremendous. A1NS3 VA MON-nF/JJpde a /ou/ re ^u/ re,r/c t/e Jrmccj- e/^, t/eI^o^e/j/^a/jm-^^/r - ^ a? Je mrrm,! fi-Xe Pa/>(> r/,v,r i///ti7!/i7}//^ /i,n/ iiit/iure ?70 /i^.r//iW.,- 1. /.(/7//>e7 /-eine </e //•? J^Fir ope ? •rp7/P /re/H Plate 98. A cartoon showing the political situation at the end of the year 1791. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, curiously enough, are stemming the course of invasion which Sweden, Denmark, Russia and the emigres are furthering. enthusiasm, hats were swung in the air, and voicesrepeated in chorus, March against Leopold!But Robespierre the next day admonished hishearers roundly, first to subdue the enemies athome, first to follow up conspirators and put downdespotism, and then—but not until then—^tomarch against Leopold. »Aulard, E/ogwewce, ii., 11-12. 224 The French Revolution With the sympathies of the Emperor Leopoldbeing worked upon in favour of his
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