The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-01-04
That Vendome Column!
picAGo, Dec. 22, 1872

~. Nehdome Column thrown IN TIA 1us,b,,
IN Fans tommuu. during is late upru,ny
m struggle and w restore il IA sn,b n,n-
He or with such material thSt il mi,,lt h.
'"i'iiered lmposslbir tor Al anticipated f,ture
." '"une t. again destroy IT,
TOWN up and grown old in ne mid. Of
obi notions, ideas, conditions. and circ,n,-
4 St'i'e> have not permitted myself to
4 'o' n'' mentally ensl've.i by such surround
ing lor by often blind and bouvbtl.~
III ru''i' opinion but | have made I nv habit
I" l"'N upon things Al 4 events a. Il bebo,y.s
Sifr'uAn' man y free and Independent
th"u- ri; ant T. that uabt still adhere Ana
nave "ecome. therel, not only ur,len.nJent
n thought, but tadcI ON supdr, spbi.cts
An' nay heart mast confess is delighted
ut seeing ropal' thnl,s promotive Of evil.
pllled up 10y the root and laid low Tins
also d" ""t thlnk-ss Ito the many that
The Communists have done anything - yerv
wrong iu regard to that column DESTROYED II,
them. AMI ''R ssea-k ri,ht u re.t..r,. \ .
80 II TX that. if restored, il ought u IL
Again Eud low and do believe that. II not
Ah"th'r Commune, yet future. a more
christian gen ration. one imbned with the
ppm "t Peace On earth. and good will to
4man, "l use to undo the work now in
Intended ~ that semi -bariarous Government
~ France, So long wAllowiug in the blood Of
the ovefrowered. captured COMMUNISTS
Ill Ihe Pr Communists. consisting mainly o.
" lah ing the industrious rLasses. who
se Z" reclaim and procure for France
epu"I. at time when the aristocratic
fment- 4 that country were wavering and
onEly iehued toward Royal or Imperial
+overnmynt; who rose to procure for Pans.
PAnd the ther large cities of that country.
ommuna form of Governments somewhat
lllar {. that Of our own cities while thus
th"se cities had been kept continuously
ter M airy rule. and rose ID procure for
laborag q ,ssvs il general such rights and
- ~ hal been denied them by their
Nnier9, tue arstocrat and tile wealthy Of
Huce, .lese poor Communists have. bv
eIr mig ", muuarchstic, aristocratic, And
#Weai th -q'--d antagonists, (Whu commenced
the var a. tInsJ tteD,J, been presented before
tn nation, IN the wGst hight imaginable
; and republican and democratic America
an very 'rry to saI has, thoughtlessly.
generally iued IL thEt hue ana cry uf the
oprrr-~ors against the oppressed, although
tbs Very ,iuuiuuists, with their grievances
hal risen thor couhtry freedom, aud tor
tL,Ir rights, about a did Americans one
hundred y,Ars ago!
Nhue ", ma, not A,prove Of ali that has
b,sudoue b, Pars Comsunists during that de-
ttnelye warfare, We nuA not forget that their
MI Hess 'i'd olo"d'hirs masters OF Old their
''o '''''ihs 'ri'SciA'i' 'oe' a. 'er-
sa0le'' Ds Their 7, steiletic actions q cruelty
against ''nnumsts succeeded N exaslerat-
M some GLOW "'n"anls - As % make
tn'w Apply 'n tler w Individual RESPONSE
biity' ami without - authority OF the
Commune As body tnAt Scupturai Law 50
generally and daily pncticed, even IN the
midst of pe,.e, and by llch A. 90 under the
name and style OF anstans, the law AN
e,e tnr al eye and Oh for a tooth I" and
~ vr ""-h' I" Aeep n mig that the Commune
t'S'"' 'S lose su"tiei loeS' 80 deem Sys-
''''ll5 'vhed' AM iho'''s s ana actions
'Ns'neu az le''e'''" anu 'i"''
l"ho 4he ''uAieefhs CLASSES ana
a '"'' >''serVis pres "a AnN'O"'iy echoed
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VI superb c0lnmte ehu h i e'''Ve" ~ 'i'e guy
F" tnr frenchf"y
This is the nesti N Are TO be answered /;
and % is sn4vred, trsa y, Gy asking why
n ,a.II the Ctdrrh to, I'd iestry the idols of
the nations , fhe CnrS didso, We know,
because it thaght th' torld would be the
" brt-.. Withhold those DDS. But 50, also,
thought the Farls 'on' Ialh' WITH regard %
tHe column Destroyed by q iaIn- And why
hat vendsDe Column huge pedestal
~ tne statue q BonApAte' TIE Emperor and
warrior -w'-s % VaIn-5ssy I''l o most Of
the people Of france. hO'ony neipeu 70
keen up a strong desire All Imperial form
Of Government, md tho to Irevent the es-
adjustment Of Rspub9 bt 1t nourl'hed
the war spirit in that mad IN, AID leSi the mind
Of its people away from pc pcfsuIss and TIL
unphs Of peace IL my norN " - ~
European nations ina bfh y ni~Ae iAiSs
standing armies, thereof Necessary On that
continent. lat present ~ ns limOsf q more
than i've and half NJ ion aen , and to
daughter. Of toll in that md over lands, even
daring the times of psaCs.