Paris. The deputies are admitted to the Convention.

Meanwhile the Montagnards were beginning to see clearly the infamous part the colonial party was playing in France. Thuriot had just exposed to the nation all the machinations of these red-capped royalists against the liberty of the Black people. Barrère, indignant at having himself been deceived by Page and Brulley, called them colonist princes in an interview he had with them. Those of the men of color arrived in Paris who had not been imprisoned posted up in the streets letters written by Page and Brulley in favor of the monarchy before the 10th of August. For their part the deputies of Saint-Domingue sent to the National Convention on 14 Pluviôse, Year 2 (2 February 1794), a vigorous address against the base intrigues of the colonial party. The next day they were set at liberty, and that same day they presented themselves at the Convention. It was 15 Pluviôse, Year 2 (3 February 1794); Vadier was presiding over the National Convention. One of the deputies, N. . . . . , rose: “In the name of the Committee of Decrees. Citizens, your Committee of Decrees has verified the credentials given by the colony of Saint-Domingue to its deputies to the national representation; it has found them in order. I propose that you admit them into the Convention.”