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History of the Girondists, Volume I

BOOK VI
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"Yes," he said, "look at the point to which impunity conducts us! It is always the source of great crimes, and is now the sole cause of the disorganised state into which society is plunged.

The plans of toleration proposed to you are very well for tranquil times; but can we tolerate those who will neither tolerate the constitution nor the laws?
Will it be when French blood has at last stained the waves of the sea, that you will become sensible of the dangers of indulgence?
It is time that every thing is submitted to the will of the nation; that tiaras, diadems, and censers should yield to the sceptre of the laws.

The facts you have just heard are but the prelude of what is about to occur in the rest of the kingdom.

Consider the circumstances of these troubles, and you will see that they have the effect of a disorganised system contemporary with the constitution.

This system was born there! (the orator pointed to the right) it is sanctioned at the court of Rome.


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