The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-11-23
4 Gala Day in France.

n GSlG La III { a1ISC'
There is to be a splendid pageant
in Fraacc, to which royal guests
arc to be invited. Here is tie no.
t!fcatipn:
Versailles, Oct 31.-lnvita-
tinns have been srnt to the rulers Of
the various States Gf SJut! Ger
many, 20 come forward to witness
the bombar,|ment Of Paris.
BY all means let the rul"rs come,
for SUCH aspcctacjc may not again
be seen in the ages! These rulers.
who are to 81; like the lattcrCasars
in the galleries of the Coliseum,
while Ducian and Gaul hutch@red
each other in the arena, arc God 8
own favored ministers, born to
throne and sovereignty, by God $
infinite grace endowed with majesty
and power!
They are summoned to sec q city
Of two millions Of men, women and
children, the fairest and most beau
tiful city IN AL the worll-the ne.
tropoiis Of wealth, and taste, and
courtc<y-sutiienly torn with shells
and cannon shot. Libraries as rich
as that of Alexandria are to Ire
burned. Palaces as superb as TIE
Parthenon are to become heaps Of
ruins. There never were such
magnificent and extended prepa-
rations. This is to &c 10 side show.
no blank cartridge exhibition, :Hot
mere cannonade or siege. 'tuns
are to be opened from all points
simultaneously, and the city is to
be fred in six or seven parts at
once"
Truly, such splendid scene was
never enacted on this blessed earth.
Nor will it end with the carnonad-
ing. There is to be variety in the
entertainment. After the two mil
lions of people have been bombar1-
ed by the kings and princes. there
is to be a general day of starvation,
in which, as Count Bismarck has ex-
pressed the opinion in diplomatic
note, hundreds Of thousands will
probably die of want. Wars have
been seen in these modern days Of
barbarisn. Cities have been shellcd
and women and children have been
slain in the cradle and at the hearth
stone. Men have been killed in
battle in all the lusty beauty and
promise of youth. These things,
and deeds m@re terrible, have been
done BY the armies Of kings for the
glory and pride of princes, but
never before has a Prime Minister
written a !i| lomatic note annonn-
ing that he was about to decree the
':s.aryatioa Of hundreds of thou<-
ands,' while royal msjcsty himself
sent speeding to his German bro
tiers to come to Versailles to enjoy
Tie 9pecldcle.
There is a tragedy almost to
tears in what We see to-day in
Paris. A people abandoned and be-
trayed by their Emperor; arra;es
surrendered by traitors forts esp
tured; unopposed bsitalions tread
ing France into the earth province
by province; a million Of armed
men on her soil without an army
to meet them; every day Of cccu-
patton waste OF thousands of lives
and millions Of francs; society de-
composed industry paralyzed ;
death in every shape, by cannon
and famine and fcver-and all be-
cause France will be France, and
insist upon being free!
Let it be truly a gala day in the
splendid palace of Versailles! Let
the princes come-snd ct there be
royal festivities, while cannon and
typhus ard hunger do their work
upon people who hare resolved to
be free! The day nay come when
the princes of South Germany Will
be invited to another spectacle
Kings may fire upon a people to-
day, but what Of tomorrow
-Nclc York Standard.
John Quincy Adams has been elected
to the Massachusetts, Legislature.