#le bas

[asukvm]

saint just and philippe le bas appreciation!

uni starts in a week, I'm mindful of your requests and happy to draw them for u, I just need a bit more time. <3

[klara-1838]

[nesiacha]

Robespierre mené au supplice by Pierre-Antoine Demachy , 1794.

For those saddened by the deaths of the Robespierre brothers, Philippe Le Bas, Couthon, Saint-Just, Hanriot ( I have to confess i'm so sad for Hanriot one of my top 10 of the frev), etc., remember that at least they died before witnessing the social aspects of the revolution being betrayed (or at least completely betrayed), unlike Goujon, Charles-Gilbert Romme, Gracchus Babeuf, etc. Or worse yet, seeing Napoleon put an end to the revolution (I think without a doubt that Augustin would have taken it very badly) with all the consequences that entails and a greater regression. You know, there is a quote that says happy are the revolutionaries who died before seeing all their ideals betrayed (remember the despair of Pierre- Germain Gateau, a friend of Saint-Just, who died in 1815 after seeing Louis XVIII return, surely the despair of the Jacobins under Napoleon who died in deportation signed by his order without any trial). When the executed of the 10th Thermidor died, they knew that France had been saved from foreign power and that it was necessary to remain vigilant to ensure that there was no military dictator or the return of the Bourbons. Revolutionaries like Prieur de la Marne saw both happen at the same time (imagine for him months, even years, of hard work with so many others, the efforts of a people ending up in such a situation). I’m not even talking about devoted revolutionaries like Louis Delgrès who learned that despite their devotion to the revolution and to France, they had no choice but to fight to regain their freedom ,dignity or die because of the reinstatement of slavery, or other black people who saw their rights taken away.

Another point that may comfort (or sadden) you is that despite their being outlawed, look at how many people came to their aid despite all the risks of helping them and ending up on the guillotine (which will happen, the number of guillotined will be frightening the day after the 10th Thermidor). This proves that loyalty cannot be bought and must be earned (I have already said this in one of my posts). Despite all their faults, it is clear that those condemned to death know how to inspire true loyalty. Moreover, they had scruples to the end concerning the legality of their actions. Compare this attitude to the deplorable attitude of the 18th Brumaire. After his lamentable behavior in Egypt to the point that Kleber had to clean up the fiasco of Bonaparte himself, Napoleon decided to take power for himself and conspired against the deputies of the Five Hundred with the complicity of some rather dubious characters. After being caught red-handed and deservedly outlawed (if you want my opinion), he immediately unleashed the army on the deputies who were expelled, and some were even arrested. Ultimately, when Bonaparte was really in trouble, not many people came to his aid. The difference in attitude between the Robespierre brothers, Philippe Le Bas, Couthon, Saint-Just (despite all their faults and things they have to reproach themselves for) and Bonaparte regarding the reason for being outlawed and how they reacted to it speaks volumes to me (even if some will say it is unfair that the first group mentioned went to the scaffold while Napoleon and Talleyrand, in particular, came to power).

These were just the reflections of an ordinary citizeness :)

[jeskerthefool]

Thermidor? What thermidor? Look at them, they're fineeeee

[keepthyfaithandthylight]

These are the times that I wish I was better at drawing, but here is this.

Saint-Just, Le Bas and Robespierre Thermidor sadness once again.

Inspired by the painting “Courage, Anxiety and Despair: Watching the Battle” by James Sant (pictured below)

When I tell you the immense love and admiration I have for this painting, it can not be measured.

[maicenaconmate]

During the execution on July 28, 1794, Robespierre's followers were executed first, beginning with Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, Georges Couthon, and Augustin Robespierre. Then it was the turn of Maximilien Robespierre. It can be said that Maximilien Robespierre was one of the last to be executed that day.

Can you imagine the whole situation? Because I'm crying

[deathzgf]

how did saint-just get into the military/ what were his big accomplishments

MILITARY TWINK POSTING TIME

saint - just was actually involved in the military well before he was a représentant en mission ( representative on mission ) during the terror

early 1790 saw the start of his military career , with the revolution picking up the pace the traditional structure of blérancourt ( saint - just ' s home town ) , of which the notary gellé previously had unquestionable power , was reformed by saint - just ' s mates

to me , this is Crazy since saint - just wanted to marry thérèse Gellé . BUT shit happened and by 1786 thérèse had been married off to another notary . then The Silver thing happened . i ' m not gonna go into them any more , but you can read about thérèse + saint - just here

so . saint - just and the lads were like Man fuck the gellés ( which , mind you , saint - just had been trying to do ) except not really and blérancourt held its first open municipal elections ! shout out to the national constituent assembly :3

thanks to the new electoral structure , saint - just ' s friends were able to assume power instead of the gellés . examples of some of the positions they were in were mayor , secretary , head of local national guard , etc

his brother - in - law being the head of the guard is actually what started saint - just ' s military career ! he was only 23 when all of this happened , so he was unable to assume the same positions as his friends . However , since the head of the guard was who he was , he let saint - just join the guard ! yippee !

the discipline he ' s famous for was evident even in these early months , and due to this he quickly became commanding officer with the rank of lieutenant-colonel :3

throughout his time as commanding officer , there ' s this one thing i think is Crazy which is the story about the burning anti - revolutionary pamphlets at a local meeting . like . Girl . we get it you ' re into the revolution ??? you don ' t have to set pamphlets THAT YOU ARE HOLDING . IN YOUR HAND . ON FIRE ??? TO DISPLAY YOUR DEDICATION ??? LIKE ??? average teenage girl behaviour honestly . that would have hurt though like , as someone who has burnt the back of both their hands off , yowch

unrelated to military affairs , but , whilst commanding officer he also wrote  L ’ Esprit de la Revolution et de la constitution de France ( which can be read here ( fr ) ) + wrote to robespierre ( which can be read here ) for the first time

due to his position in the guard being because of his want to participate in the revolution + his revolutionary texts , he was elected to join the national assembly as a deputy in 1792

BUT ! it does not end there

10 october 1793 as well as the whole " government would be revolutionary until peace " thing , saint - just ' s proposal that deputies from the convention should directly oversee all military efforts was approved

these deputies were called représentant en mission and sent to designated areas to maintain law and order , oversee conscription , monitor local military command , etc . one of the most critical areas was Alsace , who ' s army of the rhine was collapsing . womp womp . so saint - just and le

were sent to alsace to fix shit up

which they did do ! as i mentioned , saint - just was famous for his discipline . this discipline was again evident in this mission . thanks to the law of 14 frimaire , représentants en mission were granted the freedom to impose discipline how they chose . by the way , by discipline i MEAN DISCIPLINE . girl dismissed officers left and right . and executed via firing squad MORE officers + at least one general . Girl . GIRL

whilst enemies of the revolution were repressed by saint - just no matter if they were soldier or civilian , he did Not agree with the mass executions ordered by some of the other représentants en mission ( cough cough fouché in lyon . cough cough fréron in toulon )

he also , noticing the majority of the army being barefoot , ordered 10 000 pairs of shoes to be confiscated from aristocrats in Strasbourg , which was a nearby city , to be redistributed to soldiers . Strasbourg instead sent 17 000 pairs of shoes + 21 000 pairs of shirts to the army

speaking of Strasbourg , i do believe saint - just got Eulogius Schneider arrested + executed

~ december 1793 the army of the rhine was reformed so saint - just briefly returned to paris , where his success was celebrated . saint - just , of course , did not do all this by himself . it was a group effort between both him and le bas . i do not know much on le bas ' own military accomplishments though :[ BUT i do know that le bas wrote to robespierre on behalf of them both whilst they were in alsace . something something " Saint - Just doesn ' t have time to write to you . He gives you his compliments " saint - just please make time for your girlfriend he misses you

~ january 1794 saint - just was sent back to the front lines , this time to belgium with the army of the north --- who were experiencing the same issues as the army of the rhine

saint - just began to repeat what he had done in alsace , however less than a month in he was recalled to paris by robespierre

and now i interrupt this tumblr post to show you a clip from saint - just et la forces des choses that rots and rotates in my brain 25 / 8

anyways

~ april - june 1794 he was sent back to belgium to , again , do what he had done previously with the armies of the rhine + the north . he contributed to the victory of the battle of fleurus , ordering any retreating soldiers to be shot

saint - just also intimidated Reynac into surrendering charleroi . " I don ' t want this piece of paper ( i . e . Reynac ' s note with proposed terms of surrender ) , I want the place itself " girl calm down . the french weren ' t even ready to assault charleroi , it would have taken at least another eight days , so saint - just was bluffing . BUT . it worked lol ; reynac surrendered charleroi unconditionally

the victory of fleurus was saint - just ' s last military affair . once he returned to paris , his success was once again celebrated --- however , the political side of things was declining . something something the great terror something something thermidor . womp womp

which is Crazy because saint - just ' s victory of fleurus was a major trigger for thermidor . the committee of public safety was being held together because of the threats that saint - just had now dealt with . there was , obviously , a lot more to it than that but that Definitely was Something

girls when their success leads to their failure

[montagnarde1793]

Hello, in a recent post you mentioned that we have Philippe Le Bas' passport (or just its text?) Do you maybe have a source for the full text/do you know what it said? I'd love to read the rest of the description.

Yes! Paul Coutant, alias Stéfane-Pol, published two passports for Le Bas in his Autour de Robespierre : Le Conventionnel Le Bas, and I would be surprised if there aren’t other passports for him at the National Archives as well, as a representative on mission. NB: It seems I misremembered his height. Le Bas was only 5 pieds 5 pouces; in other words, around 176 cm.

The published ones read as follows:

ÉGALITÉ, LIBERTÉ.

                       Au nom de la Nation.

           Département du Pas de Calais, district de Saint-Pol, municipalité de Saint-Pol. Laissez passer Philippe-François-Joseph Le Bas, homme de loi et député pour la Convention nationale, citoyen français, domicilié à la municipalité de Saint-Pol, district du même lieu, département du Pas-de-Calais, âgé de vingt-huit ans, taille de cinq pieds cinq pouces, cheveux et sourcils châtains, yeux gris-bleu, nez court un peu retroussé, bouche petite, menton rond, front large, visage ovale ; et prêtez-lui aide et assistance en cas de besoin.

           Délivré à la maison commune le 15 septembre 1792, l’an IV de la Liberté.

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La loi.

           Laissez passer le sieur Philippe Le Bas, français domicilié en la ville de Saint-Pol, département du Pas-de-Calais, district de Saint-Pol, âgé de vingt-huit ans, taille de cinq pieds cinq pouces, cheveux et sourcils châtains, yeux gris, nez élargi, bouche moyenne, menton long, visage ovale, front haut ; et prêtez-lui aide et secours en cas de besoin.

           Donné à Frévent, même département et district, sous notre signature et la sienne, le seize septembre mil sept cent quatre-vingt-douze, l’an quatre de la Liberté, le 1er de l’Égalité.

Which back in my LJ days, when I still did (admittedly rather mediocre) translations, I translated like this:

EQUALITY, LIBERTY.

                               In the name of the Nation.

               “Department of Pas-de-Calais, district of Saint-Pol, municipality of Saint-Pol. Let pass Philippe-François-Joseph Le Bas, man of law and deputy for the National Convention, French citizen, domiciled in the municipality of Saint-Pol, district of the same place, department of Pas-de-Calais, aged twenty-eight years, height five feet five inches, chestnut-brown [châtain] hair and eyebrows, grey-blue eyes, short- and slightly snub-nosed, small mouth, round chin, large forehead, oval face; and lend him aid and assistance in case of need.

               Delivered to the maison commune on 15 September 1792, Year IV of Liberty.

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                                                               The law.

               Let pass the sieur Philippe Le Bas, Frenchman domiciled in the city of Saint-Pol, department of Pas-de-Calais, district of Saint-Pol, aged twenty-eight years, height five feet five inches, chestnut-brown [châtain] hair and eyebrows, grey eyes, broad nose, medium-sized mouth, long chin, oval face, high forehead; and lend him aid and help in case of need.

               Given in Frévent, same department and district, under our signature and his, the sixteenth September seventeen ninety-two, year four of Liberty, the 1st of Equality.

[transrevolutions]

[filipinawritcr]

I was literally distracted on TikTok and someone just posted what day it was today, then I checked and I was like:

NO IT'S 9TH THERMIDOR!! 😭

in a high-pitched tone, and I apologize to my neighbours for this. 🥲

[klara-1838]

[nesiacha]

2 june 1793 and 18 brumaire double standarts

Good evening, everyone. This is a very short post to explain what could be seen as an inconsistency on the part of someone who advocates against double standards. And it might be regarding two events, for which you can blame me (namely the events of 18 Brumaire and the day of June 2, 1793).

I really like Momoro and Hanriot. As you may have seen, I confess to hating Bonaparte. I condemned what he did during his coup d'état against the Directory by bringing in the military and expelling the Directory's deputies (more precisely, Murat and Leclerc did this if I'm not mistaken), and the outlawing was nonetheless justified. What he did with his colleagues Sieyès and Ducos is called high treason (and he expelled all the deputies, not just half, all of them). In my eyes, what he did cannot even be justified, as he did it for power (I know the Directory was a mess, but even if by some miracle it had performed well, Napoleon would have always been ready to commit a flagrant violation of all republics). He did it to seize power in the most unlawful manner possible with extremely dubious accomplices (to put it mildly). That's how I see Bonaparte: endless thirst for power .

In comparison, Momoro, Hanriot, and Chaumette are much more honest and act really for save the revolution ( even if there are in the hebertist Hebert that I dislike and I think I don't need to explain why) . When they acted against the Girondins by brandishing cannons against the Convention, we need to consider the context. The Girondins poorly managed the situation and endangered the revolution by proposing a war project that Hébertists like Chaumette fought against with all their might. The arrest of Hébert and Isnard's speech ignited the powder keg, not to mention the internal and external situation, while the Girondins were primarily voting for the Committee of Twelve and attempting to arrest Marat. In my opinion, if this had continued, the revolution could have ended much sooner (it sounds like Girondin bashing, but in reality, they were much more complex and not as incompetent – see the post about "In Defense of Manon Roland" here). When Isnard threatened Paris with destruction and, by extension, the sans-culottes for the umpteenth time (which surprises me because Isnard wasn't that radical since he opposed Marat's arrest, I wonder why he gave such a speech), the sans-culottes acted by demanding the arrest of the Girondins and only them. They didn't ask for the Plain to be expelled, and the Montagnards supported them. When they re-invaded the Convention, it was to demand measures that proved beneficial, such as the formation of the revolutionary army and the maximum. When Momoro wanted to attempt another insurrection, we also need to consider the context of life in Paris, which was hard. Hanriot and Chaumette were against it probably out of pragmatism because they knew that the Convention could not do anything more with the current situation and perhaps that the law of Ventose was sufficient for the moment as a guarantee (even if unfortunately this law was not applied) of the "good faith" of the Convention. Which shows that they will only intervene when they deem it necessary ( I don't deny mistakes by Hebertist by the way here one of my post https://www.tumblr.com/nesiacha/744960791081631744/the-difference-in-treatment-between-the-indulgents?source=share).

Additionally, Chaumette was elected by the Commune, yes, elected and not appointed, unlike Bonaparte. Hanriot resigned after June 11 and was re-elected by universal suffrage and would have accepted defeat if he had lost.

Some say that Hanriot, during Thermidor, like some of his colleagues who were outlawed (the Robespierre brothers, Saint-Just, Le Bas, Couthon), had a certain legalistic aspect and more scruples than Bonaparte, even though their situations were harder and less justified. It's important to note that Momoro, Chaumette, and Hanriot did not use these insurrections to seize power; that was not the goal. I saw in their insurrections more the act of forcing the Convention's hand in a situation where France was in turmoil, to take the necessary measures. On the other hand, no matter how competent the Directory might have been (in any case, it really wasn't), in my opinion, Bonaparte (and others like him) would always have waited for the opportunity to seize power with the help of an unelected armed force and take power exclusively for himself. The mindset of these Hébertists when they invaded the Convention and their goals were clearly not the same as Bonaparte's, and that's why I criticize Bonaparte more (see much more severely). But it's ironic that in many films, Hanriot and his troops are portrayed as drunkards, and that day is seen as one of the darkest for the Republic (I still put my hands on my face for the horrible demonization of Hanriot in Heffron's film) while in the 2002 film "Napoleon," for example, the coup d'état is seen as something very good.

P.S.: In any case, let's acknowledge that the Sans-Culottes still committed a very serious violation of the law by forcing the arrest of elected deputies, even if it was them or the sans-culottes in a certain way. But if they had been outlawed, no matter my great affection for them, I recognize it would have been legal for them to be executed (that Bonaparte was a bigger "bastard" does not absolve them). Even if the Convention was always ambiguous about the right of insurrection... It doesn't really help.

But don't forget this is just my interpretation . So don't hesitate to contradict me :)

[balkanparamo]

Fräulein Rouilly le Bas: Ellen von Unwerth

[potatosonnet]

No context FRev and 93

[plrle]

saw a tiktok thus the idea was born

[anotherhumaninthisworld]

Which revolutionaries had earrings?

All I really know of are Éléonore Duplay, Lucile Desmoulins and Philippe Le Bas, who all wear hoop earrings in the most famous (and, in Éléonore and Philippe’ case, only) portraits presumed to be depicting them. Since these are just portraits, it’s however hard to say if they wore earrings everyday or just put them on for this specific occasion.

The common claim that Saint-Just had earrings does interestingly enough not appear to be that well backed up. There is only a single depiction where ”he” has one, and it’s not one of the four that we can be almost certain is Saint-Just. You can read more about it here: 1, 2, 3, 4.