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History of the Girondists, Volume I

BOOK II
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To whom does it intrust the safety of the people?
To a minister of foreign affairs, under the inspection of diplomatic committee.

Who is the minister?
A traitor whom I have unceasingly denounced to you, the persecutor of the patriot soldiers, the upholder of the aristocrat officers.

What is the committee?
A committee of traitors composed of all our enemies beneath the garb of patriots.

And the minister for foreign affairs, who is he?
A traitor, a Montmorin, who but a short month ago declared a perfidious _adoration_ of the constitution.

And Delissart, who is he?
A traitor, to whom Necker has bequeathed his mantle to cover his plots and conspiracies.
"Do you not see the coalition of these men with the king, and the king with the European league?
That will crush us! In an instant you will see all the men of 1789--mayor, general, ministers, orators,--enter this room.


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