The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-26
TIE FRENCH COMMUNISTS.
How tho Ezilos from New Caledonia Behave
sinoe They Have Been Home.
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\ practical comment on the expedleney of
| tho pleuary amnesty, lhe agitation In favor OF
4 which has been strength. ned by the powerful
support of tho Rcpubi1ne ttnnraiae. Is
afforded by communist demonstration
Which took place on the eighth ultlmn, On the
occasion 0f the funeral Of ono of the amnes-
tird soldiers III tho inalrrcetlnn. This lnnn
whose rlatne was Gras, was In inrm health
whcn he landed. aud after lingering for u few
| weeks died at the Hospital of la t'iie md the
ARTISANS of the Commune mustered mt his
| funeral In very largo numbers, not SO much
rs q mark uf sympathy toward him. ahys the
Paris correspondent of tho London Standard
but for tho express purpose of defying the
governments and tho Inv, and declaring open
war against society. crowd Of 1000 mon
| and women, among whom were several sol
diers In uniform. followed his remains to the
cemetery Of Ivry, shouting give Ia Repnb-
| lilue' and ''Yive / Amnistlo plenlere" q
demonstration significant enough. but which,
aftor all might be passed over had Il gone no
further. It's renl character was made nppar-
| ent by the speeches delivered over tho grave.
which aro reported by tho Figaro and tho
Wuraeihntar, tho tone and matter OF which
arc calculated to induce President Grevy to
consider whether his principle. tout lasser
dire" can he safely extended to revolutionary
agitators One OF tho speakers claimed the
general amnesty In the following terms:
"fThe mon who r,e over us have sworn
from the parliamentary tribune that there
should be no general amnesty. We swear
from this mound Of earth. which lB 81 far
moro sacred tribune, ms 1t covers the remains
It, because II Ia due TO u.s. and that We shall
have II because we will have IT,
This was cheered to the echo, but far greater
enthusiasm was oliolted by tho next orator,
who said:
I'VE have the Republic In spite Of the SOL
diors Of Napoleon LII, In spite Of the corrupt
and eowar,Iy mnrshals Of the Empire. In
spite Of the moLarchieal Assembly OF YER
saiIes, In spite of the turpitude and infamy
nf q man to whom thoy have dared TO raise n
statue mt Nancy. Wo have achieved tho Ro-
public in spite Of all these traitors. and now
that we desire tho amnesty as ardently MS we
desired the Republic, who dares TO shy We
shall not obtain IT. When the people have
said, j Will show mo tho man who Will dare
to say, i will not 4"
The honors of tho day were, however, for
Gitoyen Humbcrt, the former editor Of iere
DuchenC. whom the clemcncy of the govern
mcnt has restored to the en- joyment Of his
civic rights. Gitoycn Humbert is u canddate
for the municipal council in the ward of JaveI.
IN giving his speech, tho WUaciifaiae ex-
presses M regret ut not being able to print it
In full and do Justice to . La parole ptisaniHc
u cotorcc ID notrc ami" The orntory Of the
citoyen was SO forclblc that 1t Is somewhat
embarrassing To translate 1t into decent
English. He described himself and his
ncoiytes as "CeHh FW ont ctr marques
"a front par ceur prostitute qai oaaH
s'nppflrr IN .insticr," and he claimed tho
penary amnesty as repnration due by the
Republic to her most devoted champions.
IIo rejected with scorn the boon Of pity re-
luctantly granted by IN shameless md heart
less oligarchy," and added much inllamIna-
tory stuff which proves that Citoyen Hum
bert has II certain command of strong Ian
guage Tho most miscellaneous speech was
that OF Citoyen Delaborde, who described
ceased as "this fresh victim sacrificed to the
atrocious revenge of bourgeois cowardee.'
He boldly asserted that he and the proleta-
rian brotherhood wanted their share of the
soil and of the good things OF this world,
and wound up with shouting. :. We ie
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