The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05
discourse Of Victor Hugo at this Tomb Of
Louise Julien, q French Exile.

OF hrs companions IN exile, who dled on
she, island Of Jersey, where, sheltered by
luglish power, so many French citizens
await, within sight Of the shores Of France,
the hour when . pew birthor liberty shall
sopen 10 them all The entrance afaFl'
live country. We now lay aslql 10
American poblic another disccur zach
M same brilliant o'a'or celebrates The VIZ
sues Of a woman who had also been driven
fran France BY the agents Of Bnnaparle,
aid had closed in dead the sufrrlngs Of
.banishmenL We have lalely had occasion
rappubIish many funeral e%ulngies, bu, none
~'lose elevate ii OF ideas and %eloquenre Of
a.rling have surpassed that we suejoin:
"Citizens:
"1'hree ceGids in four monIhs.
"Deaih haslens, and God delivers us one
Wy n 9
I'VE do not reprooch thee, we thank
thee, all Powerful Gpl, who re.oPenest up
on US, exiles, the gates Of an eternal home!
"'Tlis time the ~illeless and precious be-
ing whom we betrtothe tomb is a woman.
"On The 2lst Of January last. a woman
was arrested al her house by BjudrUi, The
Coinmissary of,Pnlice aIparis. This wo
mau, still young, being ltirly.6ve years Of
age, but crippled and infrm. was sent TO
tie Prefecture and confined in what is call
ell the trial csR. This cell, a sort Of cage,
about seven or eight feet square, without
liIhl or air. tie unhappy prisoner has
painted il in q worl-she called THE tomb
ceH. She says--l eioleher own word
Ii ia in ihis.iOmb cell that crippled and i'll,
passed lwenly-unc diys, pressing my lips
Iron hour to hour against Ihc grating 10
breathe a little vital air. and moi die Al
fir end OF twenty one days, on the IAN Of
February, the Government Of December,
took the womln out aud bautshed her, II
r,st her al oue9 out Of prison and out Of
her country The prescribed left the trial
danseon wrh the germs of consumption.
Sic Quilted France and reached Belgium.
Her destination forced hrto travel, with a
cor. h, splitting blood, with diseased Lungs,
in ITh8lh OF a Northern winter. in rain
Rk Mn one Of lhose GriehflI open
az Which are a disgrace 10 the weak
ihy~&E Id coDIlaies. Sha arrives al
0ncnA. Sic WAS d:i,rn from France;
Bel ism nav drives her away. She p 'ss.
rs over to England. Scarcely landed al
London, she takes to her bed. The dis
else contracted in prison, aggravated by
tie forced journey Of an oXilr, hrromes
alarming. The proscribrd-l should say
the condemned to deaih-kpcps her BID Tor
two months and 4 hall. Then, Lcpiag a
lrlle from spring and fine weather, size
comes to Jersey. We sill remember see.
ing her arrive, OIL a cold. rainy morning.
in the raidsl Of the sea logs, with rafting
aud slivrring under her lin gar
70 MS, wet IN The skin. 4 few days afrr
her arrival, she was confaed To her bed,
which she never rose.
"Three days sinrs she d OIL.
"You ask me. what wis his woman,
'ndwha, she had done 10 be thus treated!
will tell YOU. !
This woRla, by p%urip,ic sones, BY
'ynp,rhsie and cocdiA words. by kind l
and public spirited act', has Signaiz.d in
HE hubourJs OF Paris Tive name ol Lrnise
] Julien, BY which she sas known and s,ld
ted by The people. Oie OF me working
class. she had anr.'d hes sick mother; she
care u her ani m,inl,ihed her
for Ten years. Diriug he d,ys nf the civ;
ii ,p,r ahp m,Is Inn. aud thnuyh Lama and
dragged herself about with dih'ul'y, she
went 10 ibc dmJVidR'tS' ana aided the
wounded oil all parties. TINS nma Of
paePle was a paa'i lhi' "np IN ot the
ran2I' ~nag2h'n';s ~ s,nI he R.pahilc
i'ved thsdi; sls "TI'H'II c
I've approaching hrFh'rinni Of al ~
and OF all men; shn poured en'ar III
asa vase in'n iiie souls Of TIE Hr!<I"
noble 'Ara' ihE "a love 1nd i'i'h. {
What us WOMAN I'D. D1n1parle J
his Killed heT' I
"hM such a iomh is not dumb. Its I
fl Cd w'h so1s' anu gf"an'' and c'irs |
'Ctz.nS, he p""fle III ne i'sl'ml'e I
pride o! their SUE poTsr aud Of their ri!ht q
roasu nc, W't' gtaoir aod mir''r, sound :
rdihces- m1Jra'ie ]shtileS, sih'in" ar. [
from h hrsNl ut ~"rh speak lhrlr :
Tom lha htilh'"i %'del are pnnr 3
ed N o ihe sooi Che 'lrh'N inspirations OF
roi'nsri pt1sr-s'' 'l' h.'rIy; r'P'n' I
lie mig'ne 'hllthry need olly b'sVt"i{1
a. ne lay'er10!e, 1-iryr 'h't lA~"e c'iadel'
Of speech these sacr'd inrrrSs's Of hum ~ t
nee and OF clyl'z'im are uo'p
Ir'acidble andim?regaa !e-'nd say her
Is lndeslruc ibje. They ler,ise d
ihemsrlyps-these lrihuUes can be nvpr [.