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24 all was bustle and noise; all accused each other. There was no longer any leader, and there was no formed party. The former system of terror was declared at an end, and a new system of moderatism succeeded. This was carried to as great a height as the system of terror had formerly been; and all means were taken to render popular the fall of their late tyrant. The committees were organized anew, and their members ordered to bo frequently changed. The correspondence between the affiliated Jacobin Clubs was prohibited, and at last the Jacobin Club itself was abolished. This last event was accomplished with case; and that society, which had been the great engine of the Revolution, was itself, without resistance, overturned: 71 deputies of the Girondist party, who had been imprisoned since the 31st of May 1793, were set at liberty.