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THE REIGN OF TERROR IL FRANcE.-
AIacauay, in his Review IF the Memoirs
Of BasEerc," draws the following brief but
strikis picture ofthat period Of The French
Revoiu.ion called the -'Rcign Of Terror"
when the chief power was IN the hands III
the misrreants RobesPierre, 81. JUST, Cou-
lhon, Coloi, Bilaud and Barrere.


Then came those days when the most
harbaroas Of all codes was administered
by the most barbarCus Of all tribunals;
when ~ man could greet his neighbor, or
say his prayers. or dress his hair, without
danger = committing capital crime; when
spies lr-ked in every corner; when the
gil.iloihe was lorg and hard az work every
morai., when the Iails were filed as close
as the hold OF slave ship; when the gut.
tiers ran flaming with blood into the Seine;
when il was death to be great niece of
captain oFtRe Royal Guards, or half.broih-
er oE doctor of the Sorbournc. 10 EXPRESS
. doubt whether assignats would moi fan.
TO hint that the English had been victorious
in the action on the first Of June, 10 have
copy Of one of Burlle's pamphlets locked
up IN desk, 10 laugh at Jaclbin fit ta-
king the name of Cassius of TimO.uon, or
to call the Fifth sanscull0tiiic by iis old
suPerstiiious name os II. Mathews dav.
While the daily wagon loads of victims
were carried 10 their doom through ihe
streets Of Paris, the pFoconsuls whom Ihe
sovereign committee had sent forth to lhe
departments, reyelled III an e7iravarance of
cruelty unknown even al the capital. The
kite Of the deadly machine rose and fell too
slow for their work Ot' slaughter. Long
rows Of captives were moved down with
grape shot. Holes were made in The bot
tom Of crowd d barges. Lions were tur
ned into desert. At Arras even the cruel
mercy Of a speedy death was denied to
the prisoners. Al down the Loire from
Samur 10 the sea, great flocks Of crows
and kites feasied on naked corpscs, twined
together in hideou5 embraces. No mercy
was shown TO age or sex. The number Of
young lads and girls Of seventeen who were
murdered by tha, execrable government. Is
to be reckoned by hundreds. Babies torn
from the breast We're tossed from pike ID
pike along the Jacobin ranks. One cham.
pion Of liberty had hi pockets well stuffed
with cars. Another staggered about with
the finger Of child in lii bat. X f,w
months had suifced to degrade France be-
low the level Of New Zani-ai' NJ