Chapter VIII: From the 2nd of June, 1793, to April, 1794

Insurrection of the departments against the 31st of May--Protracted reverses on the frontiers--Progress of the Vendéans--The _Montagnards_ decree the constitution of 1793, and immediately suspend it to maintain and strengthen the revolutionary government--_Levée en masse_; law against suspected persons--Victories of the _Montagnards_ in the interior, and on the frontiers--Death of the queen, of the twenty-two Girondists, etc.-- Committee of public safety; its power; its members--Republican calendar-- The conquerors of the 31st of May separate--The ultra-revolutionary faction of the commune, or the Hébertists, abolish the catholic religion, and establish the worship of Reason; its struggle with the committee of public safety; its defeat--The moderate faction of the _Montagnards_, or the Dantonists, wish to destroy the revolutionary dictatorship, and to establish the legal government; their fall--The committee of public safety remains alone, and triumphant.