Robespierre | Document signed, also signed by three others, warning of counter-Revolutionary activity, 27 December 1793

Maximilien Robespierre

Document signed, also signed by Carnot, Buillaud-Varenne and Barere, to Joseph-Francois Laignelot ("Laignelot Representant du Peuple dans la Charente Infèrieure")z

warning of the possibility of a counter-revolution and cautioning that the traitors are still at large, one page, folio, Paris, 'le 7e nivose de l'an 2', [27 December 1793], spotting

"LA TRAHISON, LE FEDERALISME ET LA CONTREVOLUTION"

This letter follows Robespierre's speech on the 25 December that defined the Revolutionary values, insisting upon the importance of terror as a means to ensure control, and asserting that only death was deserved by the enemies of the regime. This letter runs along a similar vein, appealing to Laignelot, "On cherche à exciter une emeute en faveur des autres et à livrer ou bruler le port. La fanatisme se mêle a tout cela. Il faut de la prudence avec le fanatisme. de la severité et de l'energie avec les traitres et les Royalistes". As well as Robespierre, the document is signed by other members of the Comité de Salut Public, Lazare Carnot, Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne and Bertrand Barère.