Œuvres complètes de Maximilien
Robespierre, volume III, Paris 1967, p. 87f.
You who supports the tottering
country against the torrent of despotism and intrigue, you whom I only know,
like God, through his wonders; I speak to you, sir, to ask you to unite with me
in order to save my sad country. The city of Gouci has relocated (this rumour
goes around here) the free markets from the town of Blérancourt. Why do the cities
devour the privileges of the countryside? Will there remain no more
of them to the latter than size and taxes? Support, please, with all your
talent, an address that I make for the same letter, in which I request the
reunion of my heritage with the national areas of the canton, so that
one lets to my country a privilege without which it has to die of hunger. I do
not know you, but you are a great man. You are not only the deputy of a
province; you are one of humanity and of the Republic. Please, make it
that my request be not despised. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most
humble, most obedient servant.
St Just, constituent of the
department of Aisne.
To Monsieur de Robespierre in
the National Assembly in Paris.
Blérancourt, near Noyon,
August 19, 1790.
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