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In all this there is no intention to spare in Paris the chiefs of the insurrection or of the party, either deputies or ministers; on the contrary, the object is to complete the subjection of the Convention, to stifle the murmurs of the "Right," to impose silence on Ducos, Boyer-Fonfrede, Vernier, and Couhey, who still speak and protest.
Couhey, indeed, was sent to the Abbaye for applauding a Federalist speech. Cf. on these three months. Mortimer-Ternaux, vol. Osselin: "I demand the decree of accusation against them all." Amar: "The apparently negative conduct of the minority of the Convention since the 2nd of June, was a new plot devised by Barbaroux." Report by Amar. Wallon, II., 407, 409.
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