How shall we be looked upon?
No! we must avenge ourselves, or become the opprobrium of all the other nations.

We must avenge ourselves by destroying these herds of _brigands_, or consent to behold faction, conspiracy, and rebellion perpetuated, and the insolence of the aristocrats greater than ever.

They rely on the army at Coblentz,--in that they put their trust.

If you would at one blow destroy the aristocracy, destroy Coblentz, and the chief of the nation will be compelled to reign, according to the Constitution, with us and through us." These words, pronounced by the statesman of the Gironde, awakened an echo in the breast of every man, from the Jacobin Club to the extremity of the country.

The vehement applause of the tribunes was merely the expression of that impatience to know the final decision that pervaded all parties.