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A Committee of Public Safety was appointed by the Convention, and endeavoured to sweep away every being who either seemed adverse to equality, or who might inherit any claim to rank. A COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY WAS APPOINTED BY THE CONVENTION AND ENDEAVORED TO SWEEP AWAY EVERY BEING WHO EITHER SEEMED ADVERSE TO EQUALITY OR WHO MIGHT INHERIT ANY CLAIM TO RANK
d 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. 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. The guillotine, a recently invented machine for beheading, was set in all the chief market-places, and hundreds were put to death on the charge of "conspiring against the nation." Louis XVI. was executed early in 1793; and it was enough to have any sort of birthright to be thought dangerous and put to death. 5. The Reign of Terror.--Horror at the bloodshed perpetrated by the Mountain led a young girl, named Charlotte Corday, to assassinate Marat, whom she supposed to be the chief cause of the cruelties that were taking place; but his death only added to the dread of reaction. RS 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 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 THE GUILLOTINE A RECENTLY INVENTED MACHINE FOR BEHEADING WAS SET IN ALL THE CHIEF MARKET PLACES AND HUNDREDS WERE PUT TO DEATH ON THE CHARGE OF CONSPIRING AGAINST THE NATION LOUIS THE SIXTEENTH WAS EXECUTED EARLY IN SEVENTEEN NINETY THREE AND IT WAS ENOUGH TO HAVE ANY SORT OF BIRTHRIGHT TO BE THOUGHT DANGEROUS AND PUT TO DEATH FIVE THE REIGN OF TERROR HORROR AT THE BLOODSHED PERPETRATED BY THE MOUNTAIN LED A YOUNG GIRL NAMED CHARLOTTE CODY TO ASSASSINATE MAHA WHOM SHE SUPPOSED TO BE THE CHIEF CAUSE OF THE CRUELTIES THAT WERE TAKING PLACE BUT HIS DEATH ONLY ADDED TO THE DREAD OF REACTION
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