Monthly Discussion Point:: Saint-Just

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

This month's discussion point is Saint-Just.

Thought we'd change it up a bit and discuss a person instead of an event. ;) Feel free to discuss any aspect of his life, what effect he had on the revolution, your Personal Thoughts on Saint-Just(tm) (the FrenchRevvie's version of Thoughts on Yaoi(tm)! Now with 20% more crazy poetry!), anything.

Comments

[morgan-wang.livejournal.com]

Thats a good point, but couldn't Saint-Just convince himself that the convention has been distorted and they arn't "citizens" and therefore it doesn't matter if they have to be purged. Thats what he did with Danton, even though Danton was part of the Convention.

I think Saint-Just was definatly Robespierre's colleague (See letter) when they were on the CPS, but they Robespierre probably started off as SJ's patron.

Okay, the letter from Robespierre to Saint-Just and LeBas (Taken from Curtis):
My friends, the commitee has taken all measures dependent on it at the moment to second your zeal. It charges me to write to you to explain the motives of its dispositions. It has thought that the priniple cause of the late reserve was the lack of skilled generals; it will send you such patriotic and instructed soldiers as it may discover...for the rest it relies on your energy and you wisdom. Greetings and friendship.

Now, this letter sounds more like a colleage than a superior. Lastly, on 6 Prairial, The Committee sent a letter to SJ asking him to come back to Paris due to poltical termoil. Robespierre wrote the letter, 5 members signed it. SJ went back, decided he was needed at the army more, and went back with even more power. It comes across as SJ almost becoming the master.