We are the Society of the Friends of the Constitution and we want a war. We are mostly middle class lawyers and intellectuals. We firmly support the acts of the sans-culottes while also promoting the revolution through pamphleteers and newspaper editors who agreed to promote our cause. Our ultimate goal is to work on advancing our republic and over throwing the monarchy. We were always somewhat threatened by the danger of the moderate and political official who just wanted peace and did not care for change. During late summer began the September Massacres. These were explosions of mob violence overtaking Paris to prove a point in a very violent manner. On August 10, 1792, the night before we were suppose to attack the Tuileries, we overthrew the Paris Commune and we made the decision that there was to be a new revolutionary Commune governed by transitional authorities. This new Commune that we created helped France take tremendous leaps to democratizing and taking control of the Revolution. We new that this was the beginning of a blood shedding war that would leave its prints on history forever. "It is with regret that I pronounce the fatal truth: Louis ought to perish rather than a hundred thousand virtuous citizens; Louis must die that the country may live." -Maximilien François Robespierre, Jacobin.
I couldn't agree more with this fellow Jacobin's opinion. As she stated we knew there would be blood shed, but it is all to benefit the people of France for the future generations. With the support of Jacobin's like this, we can push for a new republic and make dramatic steps in revolutionizing our government. She states that we can leave our prints on history forever and I know we are the saviors of France and the republic. These movements are radical, but they will forever shape the future and with Jacobin's role in government, it can only get better from here.
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Jacobin (Grace Fitch)
ReplyDeleteAlthough we know better than anybody that power becomes destruction, we still need a ruling government. Who better to be selected for that government than the ones born from sufferage. Since we know the means of being in a lower class, and the menas of being poor we will be able to rule with a fair hand. With our experiences, we could never go wrong. The wronging is those ignorant to our ways of survival. That is why the September massacres were carried through, so that the ignorant cannot harm us anymore. Now, we can have the power to do great things.