G. H. I. J. K. Demagogues.
L. A popular leader of superior ingenuity, who becomes ultimately supreme ruler under the title of Dictator, Consul, Emperor, King, President, or some other.
Soldiers, Senators, Executioners, and other functionaries, Citizens, Fishwomen, &c.
Scene, Paris.
(1.) The first Act of one of these dramas represents a monarchy, somewhat troubled by murmurs of disaffection, suspicions of conspiracy, &c.
(2.) Second Act, a rebellion; in which ultimately the government is overthrown.
(3.) Act the third, a provisional government established, on principles of liberty, equality, fraternity, &c.
(4.) Act the fourth, struggles of various parties for power, carried on with sundry intrigues, and sanguinary conflicts.
(5.) Act the fifth, the re-establishment of some form of absolute monarchy.
And from this point we start afresh, and begin the same business over again, with sundry fresh interludes.