The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-12-10
ROYAL WRITINGS.
Documentary Tributes from Historical
PersOnaSes.

EersOnaSess
Sc Olivia" writes to the Philadelphia
Press from Washington 'The awful
archives of the government, which have
been handed down from the days of
Louis XVI to the present republican
dynasty, are being carefully laid out IN
boxes and bags prior to their removal
to the grand msusoieum prepared for
them by the great architect MulIett, of
public building fame. A royal dust
ascends from the crumbliDg manuscripts
upon which kings, princes, and pOten-
tates have stamped their naughty seals.
On q long, broad sheet of paper, the
color of a diaty meerschaum, the i'll
fated husband of Marie Antoinette sign
ed his name IN a bold, round, school
boy hand. Very precious to the Ameri-
can heart is this fast crumbling bit of
sllken tissue. Not because a royal hand
has pressed it. It came to the bare
footed boys Of Valley Forge, the first of
the great powers of the earth to recog-
nlze the ragged regiments of the wilder
ness, accrediting the first foreign minis
ter to the republic struggling for exist
ence In the far-off western world, Then
follow his letters telling rs about the
births, marriages, and deaths in his own
family. Martyred Louis CaPet, whose
blood was necessary to expiate the sins
OF generations This fast Wondering
paper viii become a pinch of dust; but
so long as kings and princes are remem-
bered by the American people, Louis
the Sixteenth of France will stand fore
most on the list. The head of Louis
has rolled from the block, and here is q
paper signed by Siezes, president of the
national assembly. Only a few words
pass 1t by quicsly, for the eye has
caught sight of a paper signed by all
the members of the so called committee
OF public safety. It bears the awful
autographs of Robespierre, Carnot, Bu-
rere, and all the others. The faded ink
has a strong resemblance to the tracings
of blood. Is the handwriting an index
of character? Robespierre writes In
fine cramped characters, but there is no
trembling of the fingers that yielded
that pen. It is placed off to the right
alone by itself, as if his solitary nature
colored the smallest actions of his life.
To the left, the clean open writing Of
Carnot and to judge from his signature
/ he must have been frank and fearless,
with viii moulded and tempered like
steel. In the pictured flame of imagin-
alton he stands superbly royal as a man,
| This is the handwriting of Burere. It is
flung upon the paper with a lightning
| dash of the pen. It represents the high.
est force below the infinite. Power ar
rogated and subiugated from Almighty
| God. Blood Blood Blood Stand
upon your feet In one sense you are
in the presence of Napoleon the First
This is letter from the great emperor
short, sharp. and direct to the point
as one of his own musket balls. Instead
OF writing his name in the usual par
allel way, he turns the paper sidewayi
and writes almost lengthwise the ont
single name Napoleon" and his sigma
tUre is as hard to read as that of the latt
Horace Greeley, or that of the absen
John w. FOrney. The most interesting
communication of the group is where b,
announces his marriage with the Arch
duchess Marie Louise of Austria. How
hard he bears on the pen, and when b,
finishes he makes a stroke underneath
his name, as though the instrument il
bis hand had suddenly become a sword
Now follows the news of the birth o
the king of Rome. This is done afte
the form Of ali such royal announce
ments. This autograph loses the fierce
ness of its predecessor. It seems to sa,
have q successor now there is moth
ing more to be desired And here i
one from the kingly jerome, otherWis
known as the American Bonaparte. H
writes to us, but makes not the slightes
allusion to the beautiful Miss Patterson
of Baltimore. He says he has ascende,
the throne of Westphalia, and he want
his good friends In the distant republi
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