Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-05-22


move of the liberty Of thought @
"One only Of the guests had not taken d
part in all the joyousness Of this con. !
versation, and had even gently and
checrluly checked our splendid en'hnsi'
asm. This was Gazette, an amiable
and original man, but unhappily inratu.
a,ed with the revcries Of the illuminate.
He spoke, and with the most serious
tone. "GentIcmen," said he, "be sat. !
isGed; you will all see this great and
sublime revolution, which you so much
admire. You know that am little
inclined TO prophecy : repeat, you will
see it," He was answered by the COM
mon rcjoinJer, Zone need no, be con-
Juror to see that" "Be it so but per-
haps one must be lltle moro than 4
conuror, for what remains for. me 10 tell
YOU. Do you know what will be the
consequence Of this revolution-what,
will be the consequences to all oil you
and what will be the immediate result
the vel established e0ect-the thor.
oushly recognised consequences TO al OF
you who arc here present y "Ah J!
said Condorcet, with his insolent ana
halrsuppressed smile, "let US hear-a
philosopher is not afraid TO encounter
prophet" "You, Monsieur de Condor
cct' you will yield up your lsst breath
on tho floor OF dungeon ; you Will die
from poison, which you have taken, in
order to escape cxecution-from poison,
which the happiness Of that time viii
oblige you to carry about your person.
"At first, astonshment was most
marked, but it was soon recalled that
the good Gazette is liable TO dreaming
though apparently wide awake and a
hearty laugh is the consequence mon
sieur Gazette, the relation you give is
not so agreeable as your Dlablc Amour
+; eux"-(a novel OF Cazotte's.)
"But what diable has put into your
head this prison and this poison, and
these executioners VIVA! can all these
have in common with philosophy and
the reign of reason ?'' This is exactly
what say to you: it is in the name OF
pbilosophy-of humanity of liberty =
It is under the reign Of reason, that it
will happen to you thus to end your ca,
recr and it will indeed be the fcgln OF
reason. for then she will have her tenn.
ples, and indeed, at that time, there will
t, be no other temples in France than the
temples OF reason" "By my truth
said Chamlort, with sarcastic smile,
"you will not be one of tho priests o
Il, those temples" 81 do not hope it
'e but YOU, Monsieur do Chamlor!, you
will bo ono, and most worthy to be so
von will open your veins with twenty
he two cuts of razor, and yet you vii
not die till some months afterwards. -
They looked al each other and laushet
again. "You, Monster Vicq d'Azlr
= you will not open your own veIns' oo
YOU will cause yourself to bo bled sl'
. times in one day, during paroxysm Q
Le. the gout, in order to make more sure Q
~ your crd, and you will die in the night
0' You. Monsieur de Nicola, you will dl
upon the scaffold;-you, M. Baily, o
tie, the scaTold;- Monsieur de Male
at sherbcs. on the scaffold." "Ah, God b
, ,c thanked" exclaimed Roucher, sit seem
M -. Monsieur has no eye, but for the Acadt
30 my;--of it he has just made terror
lch execution, and I, thank Heaven" You
Of YOU will also die upon the scaffold.-
by "Oh, what an admirable guesser." We
utteted on all sides; "he has sworn
exterminate us ALL" "No, it is not
me who have sworn it." "But shall v
. then be conquered by the Turks or Ia
78, tars? Yet again" "Not at all; ha'
Mt. already told you, you will then be go
erned only by philosophy--only by re
son. They who will thus treat you', wi
our be all philosophers--~ill always ha
on. upon their lips the self'same Phras'
,m' which you have been putting forth
d the last hour-will repeat all your ma
- ims--and will quote, as you have dor
n a the verses Of Diderot, and from La +
the celle." They then whispered amo
ad. themselves--"Yo ou see that he has go
sort mad".--for he preserved all this time
tful most serious and solemn manner. 81
orld YOU not SEQ that he is joking? and y
per- know that in the character Of his ]ok
am there is always much OF the marvellou
ious eyes," replied Cham(ort, "but his m
reat vellousness is not cheerful--lt savors
re- much of the gibbet;--and when will
50 this happen?' "Six years shall not hi
One passed over before all that have S
All. to YOU shall be accomplished"
es Of "Here are some astonishing miracle
(and this time it was myself who sPol
"but you have not included me in
list.p "But you will be there, as
A equally extraordinary miracle; you
! his then be a.Christian."
I am excitement EXPLANATIONS on all 81
sure "Ah." replied Chamfort,"l am coml
ruth, ed; il we perish only when La HI
The shall be a Christian, we are immort
ious Gas for that" then observed Mad
n the la Duchess de Grammont, 1--WE wor
,eted, we are happy to be counted for not
first in these revolutions: whom l say
ed 3 nothing, it is not that we DO not all
to his mix ourselves up with them little
cham. it is received maxim, that they
om.- no notice OF us, and Of our SEX"
burst. sex, ladies, will not protect you
resser. time; and you had far better meddle
aid To- nothing, for you will be treated en-
housh as men, without any difference
l have ever" "But what, then, are you l
.her 2" falling usSof Monsieur Gazette?