Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-04-16
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llFrom Temple Bar for March

nation was saturated with the free thoughts of
the encyclopedias Secret writings abound |
ed. The government could not resist. Wri- |
tiers, audacious and with power, here sprung
up on all sides Planted in London, the in.
famous MOrande launched his Gazetteer CUR
dsSe at the French kings government. Every
body who could WELD pen began to write
De Calonne tried TO buy the leaders with pen
sions, and succeeded but the purchase of the
leaders elevated second-rate famished men to
the first rank of the scribbing army. Then
there was Brissot in London, who, behind the
mask of science, directed journal that was
intended to overturn the despotism under
which his country suffered. Mirabeau's anal
ysis of English papers was a vehicle for the
enuncaton of the most daring opinions. To
cheat the government ingenious devices were
invented by the dozen.
Animal magnetism was the rage, Brissot
saw his opportunity. He would come in con.
tact with the magnetic doctors. Meeting as
scientific enthusiasts, they might safely raise
an alter to liberty. Bergasse, who appeared
before the world as the foremost of the be-
levers in magnetism, met Brissot eagerly
for Bergasse was also using magnetism as
mask. The world then believed that these
men were making scientific experiments at
the house of Kornman; while they were plot
ting the overthrow of the Bourbon. Laiay-
cite, Epremesnil, Salvador, De Clariero were
of this number. One preached a republic;
another two chambers and two kings. From
the heart of this assembly went forth the
clouds of satres and infammatory inyeetives
that fell upon the ministers heads in 1877 g.
Men of all parties, their brains stimulated
by a little speculative knowledge, burned to
show themselves in the intellectual world-to
hold their place in the whirl Of the tournament.
Thousands of pamphlets heralded the meetii
of the states general. Events were too rapid
heads were too fevered and impatient now for
books. To-day devours to morrow" The
pamphlet follows the book, the Journal the
pamphlet, and, lastly, the dead walls of Paris
are spread with the doings of an hour past
In tile provinces wonderfully excited heads
peeped over the raging crowd A Boturier in
Brittany stood forth the sentinel of the people,
and babe them quit this world, that the nobili-
ty might learn what it was to labor for them
selves. "All that passes through my Head"
is daring title of a paper, Yet, Paris, at the
dawn of the revolution, saw this title at the
head Of a journal. The priests had few COM
pliments paid to them they were rather
reminded again and agan, that the philosophers
had dragged the monks hood of, his tonsure
and had discovered all his revarences wicked
ness This daring "Ilead' bad fed on the
Evangelist of the Day." that from London,
from 1772 to 1880, sounded the tocsin OF
kings
But feeble as a flute was the voice that told
all that passed through this Head, compared
with the thunders that came from the elder
Mirabeau from Marat, Barere, Coudorcet,
Chenier Camille. Desmouins. Marat Robes
nierre and host of other demaqopues and
worsbipners of demagogueism. when. after thp
meeting of tbe states-geueral the food. gates
which had kept the people back from crown
and ministers and priests, fairly swung back,
A thousand papers appeared between May,
1889. aud Nav. 1898. The streets were noisy
with the cries of news.venders The walls
were covered with the most extrayanant ii.
flies Obscure men. suddenly able to exnress
their opinions. became uoweIiul by disseninat.
inp the most extrayaaant doctrine by tellinv
invectiye Inv pronagafing calllmpv or Nv min
inx lttle misnheyons snnsss AArIle' s-,.;,s, III.
s,,dtenly lo0sened dog, whirled and danced
about Me figure of freedom There were a
hun1rel clubs in Paris and every club had
lis oroap. AS the competition became fierce,
rival iouFnalists puzzled their brains for eccen-
trio ntles and competed in vehemence of ex
nression and audacty of principle. There
were so many journals at last that the "Devil's
Journal" and the elders Journal" and the
EIaugher's Journal" were titles that wooed
the patronage of the shouting scramblino nub.
lie of the Palais ROYAL. "Couriers." in the
same way, were multiplied. until the "Courier
of Equality peeped out. PostilIions. Messen.
SentlnpS Snppf1-
tors Observers. Mirrors. and Lanterns hurst
into the streets from all manner of dney print.
ing Offices There were Friends also: the
"Friend of the People" by Marat. first of all.
But the Revolution being in favor, Friends
multiplied, as they multiply now. and will
multiply always about success. Loustaldt led
the "Friend of Men of all Nations and all Con-
ditions." There was a Friend of the Revolu
ton and of the Eighty two Departments; and
even the unhappy Queen had a "True Friend
conducted by society of citouennes. The Rev.
olution produced a list of Enemies as we'll as
Friends, the ENEMY of the Aristocrats" and
the Enemy of Tyrants" amono the number
There was even "National Win" A mad
world, nv masters. was This Paris in which ali
these standards we've raised. When the blood
was hot: when authority was destroved
when the race was 10 the darino tho trinnnh
to the keenest dapger-then was tbe snnrop,o
oppoItmity for ienobie minds and rrn',i haor,s
to take holiday The "Listener at the Door /"
the "Spv of the Construed AntLor;,;os ;, ~,
"Patriotic Argus. called aond for blood ~
he shed Sayageaved mo-, ,r;ntnd aG 49,,
that were finger,posts. pointind ont the waal
and innocent for the tumbrii and gnillotina
Amid all this sombre Journalism flis ;nmr'
palism of the shambles. were comic nsncrs
and papers in verse. The Parisians must
have their laugh, while victims are dressing
for the guilotine. in honor of the reign If
terror. Strange children. frenzied with won
der. befure the bizarre figure of Tibartv that
they have tricked out, they must still he tickled
while thew suffer. Freedom is 81 strange IN
them they want to dress her anew and sill
anew. as children dress their dolls Yonnr
Mirabeau sends forth the "Rreakfast . or c,ean
truth then the " Dinner, or laughing truth >