his position; so have all the other ministers. And who is this Minister of War? The Minister of War has thus far persecuted all patriotic soldiers, has personally conducted the massacres among the republican troops, and has given his protection to all the aristocratic officers. And who is the military committee that has been associated with the Minister of War? Among the members of the military committee are the disguised partisans of the ancien régime and the aristocracy, who unmask themselves in their deeds. The military committee that has hitherto conducted all the movements of the counter-revolution is the source of all the measures that were directed against freedom. …
I have indicted the Legislative Assembly and I now ask the Legislative Assembly to indict me.
—Speech delivered June 21, 1792, in the Club of the Jacobins.
