Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-04-12

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century. Fertile of curses, and itself the
Doisonous fruit of the knsvery Of q few
who lead, using the passions and folles
Of the many who follow, it first attained
sunreme dominion in France, in 1913,
when that National Convention gov
erned. in which DANTON and ROBES
prFRRE were leaders, which established
the Revolutionary Tribunal, and which
the Congress Of part Of the United states
ia seduIously initiating.
Now, as then, the despotism of organ
lied r~ascality pretends to an e~xtraordl-
nary zeal for human liberty and the well
fare OF the people. In the address OF
thu National Convention to the French,
on the subject Of the coalition OF the
KipVs against the Republic, written by
IsvARD. and adopted by the Conven-
ton on the sd Of February, 1898, these
Qualifications preceded anarchy, scoun-
drelism dominant, and the succeeding
Consulate snd Empire:
"If you conquer, there is an end OF
tvrsuts; the peoples embrace each other,
and ashamed Of their long error, extin-
Uuisb forever the torch Of war you are
proeIsimed the Saviours Of the country,
the Founders Of the Republic, the Re
generators Of the Universe the Nation,
owing everything to you, loads you with
blessings.
And you who may die on the field Of
honour. nothing shall equal your glory !
The grateful country will take care Of
your families, will engrave your names
on brass, will cut them in marble or,
rather. they viii be lastiDgly en-
graved on the frontispiece Of the grand
edifce Of the liberty Of the world. The
generations, reading them, will say
Here sec those French heroes rho broke
the chains Of the human race, and
7qBo1red for our good before 1Ce lCere
born!
Fortunate France! Such are the
lofty destinies that open before thee
Far from being astonished at their
grandeur, fulfill them heroically let
History find in its annals nothing re-
sembling thy triumphs; efface at a blow
aIl the glories of the Republics Of Greece
and Rome; effect more in one year under
the reign Of liberty than thou hast done
in fourteen centuries under the rule of
Kingsl Let the foreigner speak Of thy
Republic only with respect, and the
French citizen only with sdmirOtion!
" For Us, firm st our post, we promise
to set the example Of civism, Of courage,
Of d~evotedness we will initiate, if Heed
be, those Roman Senators who awaited
death on the curale chairs. You are told
that we are divided. Do net believe it!
If our opinions differ, our sentiments are
the same; differing as TO the means, we
aim at the same end. Our deliberations
are fervid. How can We
help being animated, in discussing inter-
ests 30 great! 1t is u passions for the
Good that so agitate US but once the
decree is rendered, the noise ends, and
the law remains"
The events Of succeeding years were a
sufficient commentary upon these glori-
hcations, so similar to those of Radical
ism over the emancipation Of the ne
groes and the crushing out Of political
liberty in the South.
On the sth Of February, 1898, petition
from these predecessors Of American
Radicslism, " the Society Of the Defend
ers Of the Republic, sitting at the Jaco-
bins Of the Street Saint-Honore, to the
National Convention, demanded the
Liberation Of certain patriots Of Meaux
who bad assassinated a number Of arts
toCrats. Such events" they said,
Il" would be deplorable in peaceful times
but in the bosom of a stormy
revolution, as the sequel of a bloody
instruction, may they not be excused ?
II morality condemns them, policy
juStJfss them and so it will always be,
when instead Of acting for, action is had
against the people, which in its first ven
geance may err; and, as one Of your
members, IsNARD, has said, popular
TeUeHges are a supplement Of the silence
Of the lGEs. . We ought to obey the
law, no doubt but If the law is wrong,
we have the right Of reclamation against
It, and IN invoke the supreme law.
which is the safety of the people" 1t is
the same plea that now justi6es the vio-
latiOn Of the Constitution and the estab-
lishment Of Military Despotism. with
how much more reason" said JAMBoN
SAINT ANDRE, in the debate on this pc
tidon, ought you not 70 pardon men
whose hands are, 1t is true, stained with
blood, but whose Intentions were pure
Aye pure as the intentions Of Tennes-
see Radicalism, in preparing the instru-
ments Of assassination by the organiza-
ton Of q standiHg army Of m~ereenaries 4,
black and white, to whom Congress votes
arms! Ii
L~ANJUTNAIs, a Conservative or Gi. I
rondist, said, "You have heard read
from your Tribune the horrible letter oil /,
the Committee Of surveillance Of Pari, ,
20 the municipalities, aletter which /, a. G
a municipal officer, received, and which Z
meant, XII zoe hare Killed. massncre. .
1gs hare massaered. You have heard I
two members Of this assembly avow !
this letter, aud proclaim themselves the 4
heroes or Assassins OF September" =
The Convention decreed the suspension Q
Of sl prosecutions against the authors of Z
the massacres Of September. 1t was in I
reality 10 annul them but the Conyen- 2
ton had yet too much respect for appear
ances to directly decree absolution and
immunity 70 assassins, as the Congress OF +
the United States has done. ID
A few days after, the National Con- Il
declared itself en- p~eru1anenee. {
aud, on the popular demand, CARRIER Z,
and LEvAssEUR moved the creation oil
extraordinary tribunal" to try n
without appeal traitors, o~onspirators and B
Observation-Disclosures It was to estab- e
lish such a tribunal as each OF five Brig q
Generals is now authorized TO Gre d
in the enslAved Provinces Of the il
United States. LAYJUNAIs denounced "
IL as "horrible for the circumstance q
surround US horrible by it's viola a
ton Of all principles; horrible BY the Z
abominable i~rregularity OF suppression
appeal in criminal matters.D +.
In the debate on this proposition. the .,
OF Radioalism was distinctly ex- Il
,onnded. CA0rBAoEREs, afterward A rcb. J;
chancellor Of the Empire, said to the
National Convention, Gan the powers "a
y government have been entrusted to b,
,ou YOU ought to exercise them all tn
mere ought 10 be no separation between b,