ItwastheCommunethatdemandedtheimprisonmentofLouisXVI。
inthetoweroftheTemple，whentheAssemblywishedtoimprisonhiminthepalaceoftheLuxembourg。ItwastheCommuneagainthatfilledtheprisonswithsuspects，andthenorderedthemtobekilled。
Weknowwithwhatrefinementsofcrueltyahandfulofsome150
bandits，paidattherateof24livresaday，anddirectedbyafewmembersoftheCommune，exterminatedsome1，200personsinfourdays。ThiscrimewasknownasthemassacreofSeptember。
ThemayorofParis，Petion，receivedthebandofassassinswithrespect，andgavethemdrink。AfewGirondistsprotestedsomewhat，buttheJacobinsweresilent。