The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1854-12-06

OF this reyolu,ion-what will happen +
II you all? DO you know what will be tn
Immediate practical effect, the recognize,
consequence 'Ah, tell u.s., said Con
: dorcet with his dece,ful and innocent look
: "a philosopher is not sorry to encounter
, prophet For you Monsieur de Condor
, Get, you will die stretched on the floor O
a dungeon; you will die of the toison ,ha
you will take in order to avoid the block
of the poison which the happiness of tina
time will oblige you 10 carry about will
4 YOU
H cat first much surprise was exhibited
butthey presently recollecied that the eooe
Gazette was subject to waking dreams ant
they laughed..h hea eartily: Monsieur Gazette
the tale You have told is Lot so good a.
your Diable Amoreux. But what devil ha.
put this dungeon and poison and xecuiior
into your head? What can that have tc
do with philosophy and the reign of rea
son? That is exactly what am telling
you; it is in the nome philosophy, o
humanity and liberty and under the reiyr
of reason, that you will meet with this fate
and well may it be called the reign of rel
son, for she will then occupy all the
churches, and there will not then be in all
France any other temples than those ded.
icated TO the Goddess of Reason .By
my iaith.' said Chamfort, with a sarcastic
! laugh, you will not be a priest in those
temples!' Il hope not; but you Monsieur
de Chamfort, who will be one, and wor.
thy one. will open your veins with twenty.
two razor cuts and yet you will lot die for
some months They looked at each
other and laughed again. You Monsieur
Vicq, d'Azyr, will not open your own
veins, but you will have them opened six
times in one day, in an attack OF the gout,
in order to be sure of your fate, and YOU
will die in the night. Yos Monsieur de
Nicolai, will die on the scaffold; you Mon
sieur Bailly on the scsffold; you Monsie ur
de Malesherbes on the scafold' .Ah,
Heaven be thanked said Roucher, this
gentleman, it seems, only wants the aca-
demiclsns; he has made great slaughter.
And myself for mercy's sake?' You! you
also will die on the scaffold.' oh, he has
made bet, he has sworn to exterminate
all of u.s. No it is not who have sworn >
But shall We then be conquered by Tar
tars and Turksl' No no, at all. Ihave
already told you, that you will be govern
ed by philosophy and reason alone Those
who will thus treat you, will all be philos.
ephers; will have at the time on their
tongues the same phrases that you have
uttered during the last hour; will repea,
all your maxims, and like you. will reci,e
the verses of Diderot and La PuceIl.'
" Everybody was whispering You see
he is mad, for he was perfectly serious
II is easy to see that he is joking, and he
always introduces the marvellous into his
Jesis.' Yes replied Chamfort. but his
marvellous is not gay, it savors too much
OF the gallows. But when is all this to
happen 2 six years will not have passed
before all that say will be accomplished
: on talk OF miracles, land now it was
who spoke. } and do go fer nothing 81
I on will then be miracle no less won
derful, for you will be a Christian All
this there were many explanations Of sur.
prise. 'Ah,' said Chamfort; Il am re.
lieved If we shall only perish when La |
Harpe becomes Christian, we shall be
immortal AS for US, then said Madame |
la Duchesse de Grammont, women are
very happy TO rank for nothing in revolu.
lions; when | say for nothing. | do not
mean TO say that we do not meddle a little:
but our sexis exempt your sex. Mad
anne, will not serve you, this time meddle
how you will. you will all be treated as
men without the least difference But
what do you mean, Monsieur Gazette /?
ou are reaching TO us the end of the
world. i know nothing about that; but
what do know, Duchess, is that you will
be taken to the scafold; you and many
other ladies with you, in the executioner's
cart, with your hands tied behind your
backs 'Ah! hope that in that case |
shall at least have carriage hung with
black. No, Madame. ladies of higher
rank than yourself, will like you, go in a
cart with their hands bound behind them.
or higher rank! What! Princesses Of
he blood 2 OF still higher rank Al,
his the company began to be asitated,
and the brow Of the host grew dark All
began TO feel that the joke grew serious.
In order to dispel the cloud, Madame de
drammont instead OF noticing this reply.
said. in livsly tone, You see he will not
sven let me have a confessor.' Ne Mad
ame, neither you nor any one else will
iave one. The last OF, the condemned,
Who will have one, as a special favor, will
'e -- he hesitated. Nv ell, who is the
lappy mortal that will enjoy this privileged
| is the last that will remain to him il
will be the King of France
1.-The master Of the house hurrledIy a.
ose and all was confusion. Approaching
VI. Gazette, he said 10 him impressively
My dear Monsieur Gazette, we have had
enough OF this mournful farce. You carry
too far. and will not only compromise
'ourself but the whole company 'Cazol,e
made no reply. but prepared to depart.
when Madame de Grammont. who was al.
ways merry, turned towards him and said:
Sir Prophet. you have told as all our ood
ortunes, but you have said nothing OF your
'wn.' He mused for some time with his
yes cast down. Madame, have you read
he siege of Jerusalem by Josephus ~
Oh. certainly, who has not But tell il
ne as though had not read it, We'll,
Madame. during the siege. there was
nan, who. for seven days and nights.
walked the ramparts necessarily in the
light OF the besieged and besiegers, shout
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