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Rh system of the Brissotines. The result of a long debate was, that Robespierre was apparently victorious, and his speech was ordered to be printed. But, on the 27th, the Convention appeared ripe for a change: St Just, a member of the Committee of Public Safety, in attempting to defend Robespierre, was repeatedly interrupted; and Billaud Varennes enumerated the crimes, and proclaimed the tyranny, of Robespierre. The speech was received with bursts of applause. Robespierre in vain attempted to defend himself; he was silenced by shouts of exceration from every part of the hall. Tallien seconded the former speaker in his accusation. The sitting was declared permanent, and a decree of arrest was passed against Robespierre and his younger brother, along with St Just, Couthon, and Lebas. These men left the Convention, and found security in the hall of the Commune of Paris; where the municipal officers agreed to protect and stand by them. The tocsin was sounded; the armed force was under their command; an insurrection was therefore attempted against the Convention: but the sections of Paris refused their support. Very few of the troops could be collected, and these were not firm; the late tyranny had become odious. The hall of the Commune was therefore speedily surrendered; and about three o'clock AM of the 28th, Robespierre and his associates were made prisoners. They had been outlawed by the Convention, on account of their resistance.

On the morning of the 10th Thermidor, (July 28, 1794,) he was led to execution amidst the excerations of the people, with one eye hanging out of the socket, and his lower jaw attached