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He, with a party of other violent republicans, called the Mountain, of whom Danton and Marat were most noted, set to work to destroy all that interfered with their plans of general equality. WITH A PARTY OF OTHER VIOLENT REPUBLICANS CALLED THE MOUNTAIN OF WHOM DANTON AND MAHA WERE MOST NOTED SET TO WORK TO DESTROY ALL THAT INTERFERED WITH THEIR PLANS OF GENERAL EQUALITY
aten, on the advance of the emigrant army on the 10th of August, 1792, a more terrible rising took place. The Tuilleries was sacked, the guards slaughtered, the unresisting king and his family deposed and imprisoned in the tower of the Temple. In terror lest the nobles in the prisons should unite with the emigrants, they were massacred by wholesale; while, with a vigour born of the excitement, the emigrant armies were repulsed and beaten. The monarchy came to an end; and France became a Republic, in which the National Convention, which followed the Legislative Assembly, was supreme. The more moderate members of this were called Girondins from the Gironde, the estuary of the Garonne, from the neighbourhood of which many of them came. They were able men, scholars and philosophers, full of schemes for reviving classical times, but wishing to stop short of the plans of the Jacobins, of whom the chief was Robespierre, a lawyer from Artois, filled with fanatical notions of the rights of man. D NO MORE THAN THREATEN ON THE ADVANCE OF THE EMIGRANT ARMY ON THE TENTH OF AUGUST SEVENTEEN NINETY TWO A MORE TERRIBLE RISING TOOK PLACE THE TULLERY WAS SACKED THE GUARDS SLAUGHTERED THE UNRESISTING KING AND HIS FAMILY DEPOSED AND IMPRISONED IN THE TOWER OF THE TEMPLE IN TERROR LEST THE NOBLES IN THE PRISONS SHOULD UNITE WITH THE EMIGRANTS THEY WERE MASSACRED BY WHOLESALE WHILE WITH A VIGOR BORN OF THE EXCITEMENT THE EMIGRANT ARMIES WERE REPULSED AND BEATEN THE MONARCHY CAME TO AN END AND FRANCE BECAME A REPUBLIC IN WHICH THE NATIONAL CONVENTION WHICH FOLLOWED THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY WAS SUPREME THE MORE MODERATE MEMBERS OF THIS WERE CALLED GIRONDIN FROM THE GIRONDE THE ESTUARY OF THE GHERN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF WHICH MANY OF THEM CAME THEY WERE ABLE MEN SCHOLARS AND PHILOSOPHERS FULL OF SCHEMES FOR REVIVING CLASSICAL TIMES BUT WISHING TO STOP SHORT OF THE PLANS OF THE JACOBIN OF WHOM THE CHIEF WAS HOBESPIERRE A LAWYER FROM ARTOIS FILLED WITH FANATICAL NOTIONS OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN
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