(this report served as the bill of indictment against them, "cowardly satellites of royal despotism, vile agents of foreign tyrants."-- Wallon, II., 407, 409.

(Letter of Fouquier-Tinville to the convention).

"After the special debates, will not each of the accused demand a general prosecution?
The trial, accordingly, will be interminable.

Besides, one may ask why should there be witnesses?
The convention, all France, accuses those on trial.

The evidence of their crimes is plain; everybody is convinced of their guilt....