 Le Républicain lasted for just over a month, framed by two events: Louis XVI’s attempted escape from France, and the Champ de Mars Massacre. The aim of Le Républicain stated in its opening article, “Avis aux Français,” was to promote the ideal of republicanism, attempting to make it more respectable and better understood than it was at the time: “to enlighten minds on the subject of republicanism, which is slandered because it is misunderstood”. (Condorcet and Paine 1792, p.5