Gazette Of The United States And Daily Evening Advertiser

UNITED STATES.

NORFOLK, December 1, 1794.

In the report of the debates of the Jacobin Club, those who had expressed an attachment to the Convention, were considered as unfriendly to the Club: Duhem particularly denounced those who were in the habit of making use of the exclamation "Vive la Convention!"

The Jacobins possess so much influence in the Committee of General Safety, as to obtain an order from the Committee to arrest two members of the Convention, Real and Dufourny. They seem even to consider themselves as sufficiently powerful to dictate to the Convention; and for this purpose they came to a resolution, on the 5th September, to present a strong address to the Convention.

Several events, however, have prevented the Society from obtaining much influence over the minds of the people.—The assassination on the 2d, was admitted in the 5th Tallien, who was expelled from the Jacobin Club, and this assassination has been attributed to the Jacobins. The horrible massacre of thirty-eight of the prisoners (released from the prison at Nantes) by order of the Revolutionary Committee of Nantes has drawn much odium on the Jacobin Club; for it will be recollected, that the appointment of the members of the Club possessed much influence in the Revolutionary Committees in the departments.

Merlin of Thionville, denounced the Jacobins as the continuators of the tyranny of Robespierre; and Thibault, even ventured in the presence of the Jacobins to move that the Society should be deprived of its functions. Though this motion was not carried, it was only considered as inprudent; and we venture to predict, that the extinction of the Society is an event that will speedily occur.