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The Rhode Island American, And General Advertiser
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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London report on French revolutionary Lazare Carnot's vote for executing King Louis XVI, quoting his policy-driven justification for regicide to affirm equality and resolve.
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Carnot, like Fouche, voted for the death of that most benevolent monarch, and most amiable man, Louis XVI. because he was a tyrant !! Carnot, in his usual systematick way, proceeded to commit the crime of regicide, from motives of policy! Let us refer to the record of his avowed criminality.
"In my opinion justice wills that Louis should die; and policy wills it too. I think, that in order to prove your attachment to the laws of equality, in order to prove that the ambitious do not daunt you, you should strike with death the tyrant. I vote for death."
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carnot voted for the death of louis xvi, citing justice and policy.
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Carnot, like Fouche, voted for the death of Louis XVI, described as a benevolent monarch but called a tyrant. Carnot justified regicide from motives of policy to prove attachment to equality and fearlessness of the ambitious. Quote: 'In my opinion justice wills that Louis should die; and policy wills it too. I think, that in order to prove your attachment to the laws of equality, in order to prove that the ambitious do not daunt you, you should strike with death the tyrant. I vote for death.'