Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-11-02

Iced Ms approach. As rode home,
lmeditating upow this scene Of wretch
tedneas. and thinkiag, tba1 this was on
jly one aauese thessaads, silently ne
solved, that I would no longer feast up
lon the luxusies Of life while 50 many
were desfitdte Of its comforts.
ADVERSELY.
Scarcely any thing Can be net With
in books more Interesting than the stor-
les Of those changes Of fortune which
have happened 10 Perssos q great rank
and consequence.
Among these the history Of the last
Queen Of France, Marie .anSotsefte,
the wife Of Louis Sixteenth, il mosl
lremarkable; and indeed che may pro.
perry Be mentioned - one Of the few
wbonay really have been unlessssaie |;
that's, ofsuch ~ having once enjoyed ~
the happiness that the best state of hu-
man life can give, have withost any
guilt on their part, fallen into the lew
est condition Of misery. Such was
her lot. She was the daughter Of an
Emperor Of Austria, oae Of the most
powerful monapcl,s on easth; she was
singulasiy beautiful, Of surpnsing
sweet disposition, very charitable and
ltender-hearted: aud 50 innocent and
humble in her thoughts aud Behaviour
that not only all the princes, lords, aud
noble ladies who surrounded her loved
her hike a sister, but the common sol
oilers, and tho poor hard working peo-
pie q France did nearly The sans.
She was also at the same time Queen
|of the fice country, where the people
were then celebrated for the respect
they paid to women ofeyery class; and
they Of course showed the utmost to
the young and lovely wife oftheir King
who was himself a person of great
goodness, and mild and gentle IN his
manner Of governing. The laws, how
ever, Of his country we're very bad |;
those Of the Inhabitants who we're CAL
led nobility Or gentry could do almost
any thing they pleased; they could
take the little he had from poor man,
or even take away his life without be-
ing punished for such . csime, whsle
all the poor were slaves to the ricn,
and forced to labor for their advan-
tage.
This state Of affairs could not last
amy longer: the people 6osad out that
the poo. had a right to live a. well ~
tac rich: aud in fact, a better right
than they, because they perform al the
while the rich were idtx.
and seemed to live for pleasure only.
So, some among the poor began toI
make complaints; more soon joined
them, and at length all Of them agreed|
to destroy their rules and great nobility
and to make good laws in place of their
bad ones.
In short time the soldiers Of France
the people in their plans, aud
then it became an easy matter Iur them
to Go whatsoever they chose: they
murd< red their king and many Of his |
MOBILES and took their palaces, ine cas-
Ties and lands for their own use, and |
grew SO overjoyed at their success, that
they absolutely went mad; mistakingl
wrong Tor right and imaginlng wicked
ness 70 be virtve. But they were more
to be pitied than blamed for all this
As they were driven out Of their senses
BY their sufIerings, and no longer knew
what they were about. Il 10 there
lore no wonder that they should have
fallen into the dreadful mistake which
J am now to relate. They had most
snjustiy killed the king, a. they saPpos-
ed him the head ofthe government, and
The chief cause Of all the wrongs they
endured. Under q still greater mis-
lake they kept their beautiful and in
nocsnt queen in q prison; lorgettingt
that BY the laws Of france she could
have no power over them; for = wo-
man was not allowed in France to gov
rrn at all; as in England she may
Besides, as the queen could not make,
nor in any way meddle With the laws
il was most unfair and cruel to treat
her as il abe had been one Of thel
governors and law-nakers o( their
country.
She was nevertheless, not enly put
into vile, dark unwholesome Jail, but
kept there friendless and hope
less; her dear children, whom she pas
,ionately loved, were taken from hcr
she had hardly e.sossh bad food . eat