As the French Republic became faced with a crisis situation, the National convention became divided about the future course of the Revolution. On one side there were moderate who believed that the Revolutionary had gone far enough (or too far) and that wealth and private property needed to be protected from attacks from angry mobs. They usually sat on the right side of the convention hall. On the opposite side sat the radicals who believed that all internal and external enermies of the Revolution had to be destroyed. As 1793 continued, they were able to arrest the leading moderate leaders and establish control over the Convention.