The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-31
Origin Of the MaFseilIaise.

From Roahy Times and Messenger. ''S ~
One day, in the last week Of April, 1892,
q. dinner. party -Was, giVenrbys the Mayor Of
StrasbouFg, Monsieur de Dietrich The
great war, which Was % laBtlhiree and
twenty years, and 20 cost tleworld mil.
lions Of men and hundreds Of millions OF
money, bad been proclaimed -I few'days
before, All hearts in, France were beat
Ing with hope brs anger, and the tAlk at
this evohtlul banquet was Of the war'and
It's prospects, ~ Where ,it was asked lis
a TyrtGus who viii give words % the en-.
thuslasm Of the people?" ! Their Tyrtdeus
was among them1a young: ofeer of etgi.
neers, i thfrty.tyo years Of. age, called
RoGget de T. Isle, musician, poet and soldier.
At the close of the evening hc went homo
agitated and unable to sleep. Taking his
violin he impovised the first verse and tho
air Of the national war song. He worked
at it the whole night long, and in the
morning lie tOokit finished, TO his friends.
Il was welcomed with delight Copies
were made and CIRCULATED among the
military bands 6f Strasbolrg, and the
ragged and half starved troops marched
70 the frontier d, the music Of this new
hymn. Il was called the Giant dc 4ArIne6
dU R9in. Published in a little Stras6ourg
paperI It soon EotWiidely known. But 1t
hal no real popularity: tillitwaSad6ptgu
blythe troops, and shouted by them al tho
way from Marseilles 10 Paris. Tile
astonfshedears ofthe Parisians heartltLen,
tOrthe first timeI from the thoarSe throNts
of their fierce visitors, the terrible words,
"all0ns! eNtans d. Ia patrie."J They. called
It first the "HymHe deS MGratitlaEs,s@ and
subsequently, The " ARrOsillgise,0 ItsJauthor
was ptt into prison and deprived Of his
military rank for refusing his adhesion TO
the changes brought about by the 10th OF
August, He had supplied tie torch TO
fuel, which, when handled, came near
upon consuming himself as we'll us the
tbanded kings" across the frontier. But
Rob8perre fell, and the poet got opt !ol
jail, Ssingfng another Hymn, composed III
his cell. Il Is hardly given, however, TO
any man to touch >In6reI th6n2onGG the
deepest heart Of nation, and the later
songs Of Rouget do rIsle arc now forgot
ten. He rejoined the army, was wound
ed at Quiberon in 1905, and obliged To
retire from military service Att he
lived f6f six.ahd forty years longer, calm
and blameless existence, - ,y.,
N h4hs .harssiliaiss Hymn. az
70 sons Of freedom, wake to glory,
HaEk, bark. what myriadg bid y09 rise,
Your children, wiyGs and grqndSIrcS hoary;
Behold thCIt tears and hear their cries
s6al! hateful tyrsnts, nlsshISt breeding,
Alright aud desOlate the land,
ViSi 10 anna I'd brdYe I 5EG5l GiiilIll
| ~ TIL avenging sword unsheathcl
| March on March onl 70
All hearts resolved On Victory or DEATH
Now, now the dangerous storm Il rolling, -:
| Which treAehdfohS Kings confederate ral8es
And ipA our walls and cities blaze ~ 4
| And shall we bAsely view tho ruin, "
While lawlcss force, with guilty stride,
Spread dcsolation far and wide,
| With crimes and blood bis hand embracing Il
To arms. 10 arms, ye braVGl h.'AIL
Tn avCnging sword u0Shcathcl
March on March onl
All hearts resolved on Victory Or death tn.
with luxury and pride surrounded, h'.a
| Tho vile InBatiate despotS dare,
| Their thirst Of gold and power ll4opnded,,
To metz and Ygnd tho Light and allT -
Like beasts OF burden would they load US,
| Like Gods, would bid their slaves adore;
Bpt map II mani and Who t4mOpnI & y n OIL
| Then Shall they Iohgcr lash and gOad usl
| To arms, to arms, yc brave
| Tn AvGnging sword uneheathes
| -.,.. March on March on! Z, .lilgy.,s i,
AllhCA!ssts resolved on Victory or dsathl -
oLibsttyl car, man fcsign thee ..,... 4 u
n Ones having feltthy gehcroua dGmG KIM
u Can dungeons, bolts and bafs. conane thde,
Or Whips Thy noble spirit t1ne! - (, /
TOD long the world has Ttpti beNailnS I.,ii,
4 But Freedom 10 our sword and Shield, h,
And all their arts arc unafGiltng
| To arms, to arms, 70 hrayeI l.sT n
| I, Fh' aYClSing sword .uhsheAth0l - ~
| March on March ont
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