All this is not enough； the two cities that dared maintain a siege must disappear from the French soil. The Convention decrees that "the city of Lyons shall be destroyed： every house occupied by a rich man shall be demolished； only the dwellings of the poor shall remain， with edifices specially devoted to industry， and monuments consecrated to humanity and public education."[99] The same at Toulon： "the houses within the town shall be demolished； only the buildings that are essential for army and navy purposes， for stores and munitions， shall be preserved."[100] Consequently， a requisition is made in Var and the neighboring departments for twelve thousand masons to level Toulon to the ground. -- At Lyons， fourteen thousand laborers pull down the Chateau Pierre-Encize； also the superb houses on Place Bellecour， those of the Quai St.-Clair， those of the Rues de Flandre and de Bourgneuf， and many others； the cost of all this amounts to four hundred thousand livres per decade； in six months the Republic expends fifteen millions in destroying property valued at three or four hundred millions， all belonging to the Republic.[101] Since the Mongols of the fifth and thirteenth centuries， no such vast and irrational waste had been seen -- such frenzy against the most profitable fruits of industry and human civilization. -- Again， one can understand how the Mongols， who were nomads， desired to convert the soil into one vast steppe. But， to demolish a town whose arsenal and harbor is maintained by it， to destroy the leaders of manufacturing interests and their dwellings in a city where its workmen and factories are preserved， to keep up a fountain and stop the stream which flows from it， or the stream without the fountain， is so absurd that the idea could only enter the head of a Jacobin. His imagination has run so wild and his prevision become so limited that he is no longer aware of contradictions； the ferocious stupidity of the barbarian and the fixed idea of the inquisition meet on common ground； the earth is not big enough for any but himself and the orthodox of his species. Employing absurd， inflated and sinister terms he decrees the extermination of heretics： not only shall their monuments， dwellings and persons be destroyed， but every vestige of them shall be eradicated and their names lost to the memory of man.[102]
"The name of Toulon shall be abolished； that commune shall henceforth bear the name of Port-la-Montagne." - "The name of Lyons shall be stricken off the list of towns belonging to the Republic； the remaining collection of houses shall henceforth bear the name of Ville-Affranchie. A column shall be erected on the ruins of Lyons bearing this inscription： 'Lyons made war on Liberty！ Lyons is no more！'"X.
Destruction of the Girondin party. -- Proscription of the Deputies of the "Right". -- Imprisonment of the 73. -- Execution of the 21. --Execution， suicide， or flight of the rest.
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-Fonfrède， Vernier， and Couhey， who still speak and protest.[103]
Hence the decrees of arrest or death， launched weekly from the top of the "Mountain，" fall on the majority like guns fired into a crowd.
Decrees of accusation follow： on the 15th of June， against Duchatel， on the 17th against Barbaroux， on the 23rd against Brissot， on the 8th of July against Devérité and Condorcet， on the 14th against Lauze-Deperret and Fauchet， on the 30th against Duprat Jr.， Valée and Mainvielle， on the 2nd of August against Rouyer， Brunel and Carra；Carra， Lauze-Deperret and Fauchet， present during the session， are seized on the spot， which is plain physical warning： none is more effective to check the unruly. -- Decrees are passed on the 18th of July accusing Coustard， on the 28th of July against Gensonné， La Source， Vergniaud， Mollevaut， Gardien， Grangeneuve， Fauchet， Boilleau， Valazé， Cussy， Meillan； each being aware that the tribunal before which he must appear is the waiting room to the guillotine. --Decrees of condemnation are passed on the 12th of July against Birotteau， the 28 of July against Buzot， Barbaroux， Gorsas， Lanjuniais， Salles， Louvet， Bergoeing， Pétion， Guadet， Chasset， Chambon， Lidon， Valady， Defermon， Kervelégen， Larivière， Rabaut-Saint-étienne， and Lesage； pronounced outlaws and traitors， they are to be led to the scaffold without trial as soon as they can be got hold of.
