Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . he laws of September, 1793, should be at onceset at liberty and that the reasons for their arrestshould be furnished to those still detained or totheir relatives and friends. In October a check wasput on the reckless denunciations in the Conventionthat had caused that body to lose so many of itsmembers. The Convention was still chary of stirring upthe question of the ownership of property confis-cated during the Terror, and as late as December,1794, declared formally that it would admit nodemands for reversal of judgments in this in June,
Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . he laws of September, 1793, should be at onceset at liberty and that the reasons for their arrestshould be furnished to those still detained or totheir relatives and friends. In October a check wasput on the reckless denunciations in the Conventionthat had caused that body to lose so many of itsmembers. The Convention was still chary of stirring upthe question of the ownership of property confis-cated during the Terror, and as late as December,1794, declared formally that it would admit nodemands for reversal of judgments in this in June, 1795, all confiscations of propertymade since March, 1793, were annulled, and withcertain exceptions, restitution was made eitherto the owners or their heirs. The Revolutionary Tribunal still continued inexistence for a while, but with many modificationsin the severity of the procedure; the accused wereallowed not only to call witnesses but also toconfront them one with another. In May, 1795,the whole institution was abolished and a return. Plate 170. An allegorical representation of Equality triumphing over Robespierre and his adherents. The workmanship looks like that of David who so recently had glorified Robespierre. 437 438 The French Revolution made to the state of affairs in September February 21, 1795, freedom of worship wasdecreed, but within proper bounds. There wasto be no state-reHgion, no salaried clergy, no flaunt-ing of religious emblems. The penalties against the emigres continued inforce, but in April it was decreed that their rela-tives and friends should be free from molestation.\ Women, as we have seen, had played a verygreat part throughout the Revolution. But in amovement where so much harm was done by thefrequent giving way to the excitement of themoment, their influence had been particularlybaneful. This the National Convention fullyrecognized. On May 23, 1795, it had the courage-—for it takes courage to oppose a whole sex anddeprive it of rig
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