Volume 4 (of 6) by Hippolyte A. Taine]@TWC D-Link book Volume 4 (of 6) 69/88 The national Convention has struck the blow. Virtuous indigence had to recover the property which crime had encroached upon. A general list of all prisoners should be sent to the Committee of General Security, charged with deciding on their fate. The Committee of Public Safety will receive the statement of the indigent in each commune so as to regulate what is due to them. Both these proceedings demand the utmost dispatch and should go together. |