The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-03-06
MADAM Roland.

Il. ba-
iny a ske.ch of the life of this distinguished and
unfortunate woman by John 5. &. Abbott Ii
any thing could conquer our repugnahce to the IN
reference of the gentle sex in the affairs OF is
rough world, 1t would be the example o' tiau
her husband in craftsmanship; and of Madame
Talien. who, from the prison which Robesperre
had consigned her. never ceased to conjure her
affianced husband to "strike the tyrant;' and
whose holy influence reclaimed hlm from the
abyss OF Jacobinism. If the 9th oil Iherndor is
an epoch in French history, the credit is due to
Mdle. Cabarras, the daughter OF the banker OF
Cadiz the prisoner at Bordeaux and Paris, and tire
wife, at last, of Tallien.
We know not how we can more interest our
readers, than by more extended notice OF this
work than we are usually able to give to new pub
locations. Jane Phippon was born in Paris, in
1854 the daughter of an engraver. While scarcely
eleven years of age, she gave indications OF those
talents which raised her to the pinnacle of re-
nown and of that detes,ation of oppression and
violence which was finally rewarded with the
scafold While her husband was Minister of the
Interior, the saloons of Madame Roland were the
resort of the leading members of the National
Assembly.
A. the gentlemen assembled in the retired parlor
he rce where her husband and his friends were dl.
eqs.ng yer R96esterre at such umes
The day his companions would smile the efontery
%n w ~iGn b en- gvs bp m % IN @ e & not m
hal gsnered from the e1nbssn dcon Of his eloquent in.
him. and every ear attentive as he gave ueanee 10 s5me
oty senfmehi ] IN mpas,oned lsnguase which had been
n ms 0''''e '0ue'' "oin "''e per'ua'Ne Nps'
W,d,me r ,,as ,hs soul of ,ba ,,.r,,, f .b
Ciironde She drew nm its ablest state naners and
ota tho snosobas of j.. ,,os, oloa,,a,,, a.a,o.a
,ula,a,o. H.. ,,,,f.,,,.,,. s,i, l;t
,,,rosa NTH g. ,a.oI,,o ,.t,.o,.a- :. -
i,.sir - ras.,i, I,,los. ,,;oIouoo 49,, ..,,.ok to
,o,e,ts or blood eo,,, fo,, ,ho ,,,iao,,a 49,.
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:, ,,,s M,d,,na RoI,,d ,,h, uc,.a,, iato :, ,ho o
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br o,yr nohIa natn,a .nd h.,. ,,,,s tho ,b,;llin,
0' ~ " was ~ va
pdue, hefVeu IL 10 uie cohIlct IN which IL Peflsheu'
On one occasion, in the midst of that revolution
ary excitement when
' France got drunk with blood to vomit crime"
she repaired with her husband at midnight to the
hiding place oil hobespierre, and through her well
directed exertons succeeded in saving his life
Lamartine remarks that " beneath the dungeons
of tbs Conciergerie Madame Roland remembered
that night with satisfaction Ii Robesperre recalled
:, il, he no,yer ,bis roe,no,y ,nnst have f,IIsr
oIer ,,non hi. heart than the xa of the headsman
R,h,roir ,ar,,a.l,.d @ f,f all tho r,er of r,od.rn
,;,os Ros,d seens 10 ,,s most y, ,esapbIs Cato,
,,,st ha o,,,,a,, :. 70 bis ,fa that bis
ID ,alaa.a ara dro,, RI, 10 return N
III ,La f,l1 - D
our author lie tells US that AFTER the idil o no
t.,I big ,,,ea ,yas
I"''' n'a WIG was , .-,.-- ,,-
" 50 uy aware OF her peril and each ngh was burdeqed
WIN such afocts hat ne placed oaueu psos unuei ne
f, of 70 wbGeb the Revolution afSred So many examples
We pass over the often-tod tale of the last sad
scene in the history of the noble Girondins. They
had evoked spirit from the d" Vastly deep" Of Pa.
r,sian corruption. that would not down - al
their bidding. They parished, and with them al
that was most vrtuous and noble in France. Pc
lion and Buzot alone escaped the guilIotne hu
.'Ther fate is involved in mystery. None can tell wha
e wefs when ng e, @ ba that OF God could Sc
hem some peasants found amons the EN- mountains ~ an w whe %
wolves, s The tatered gaTmens were scattered aIount
Al length Nine. X, was consigned 10 q dungeon