"shall be masters of the world, with which we will
"share our fortune and our liberty."
Tallien prophesies, that before three months a
counter-revolution will be effected; and he
therefore advises his colleagues to make their
political testament.
Thibadeau immediately accuses Tallien of all the
calamities of the revolution.
Clairfait and Wurmser compel the French to repass
the Rhine precipitately, and obtain great
advantages over them.
Baudin, the organ of the committees of government,
proposes to the convention to adopt a plan of a
general amnesty for any act regarding the
revolution, excepting always the banished priests,
the emigrants, the fabricators of forged assignats,
and the assassins of the South.
As to the punishment of death, it is not to be
abolished till peace be established.
24. Rewbell pretends that the new government cannot
establish itself but by calling in the assignats,
and substituting an augmentation of taxes.
The convention, having proclaimed an amnesty,
declares its sittings at an end; and to make up the
500 members who are to remain, it constitutes
itself into an electoral body.
Le Bon is condemned to death by the criminal
tribunal of Amiens.
The colonists of St. Domingo, who are at Paris,
nominate their deputies to the new legislature.
26. From the 12th to the end of this month the
Austrians continue without ceasing to pursue the
French, and to destroy them in great numbers.

CHAPTER IV.

THE new legislature, or fourth assembly of the
French, enters upon its office. It is composed of
a legislative body of 500 members; of a council of
ancients 250; of an executive directory of 5
members; and of 6 ministers, viz. for the interior
department, for the war, for justice, for the
admiralty, for foreign affairs, and