Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-27
BATON ROUGE LA, TUESDAY, JULY a. 1880

uny ho forever AAAOCihLOH tnU Iutl VI vuo
Bastillc with Tho fall Of deSpotiSm. aud
consequently with tho birthday Of free
dom.
f0KMKH CELEBRATIONS.
Aiter what hns boon said II will not
be wondered at that tho lath Of July
should have boon singled out VI tho
most appropriate day on which, 10 hold
u national foto aud 10 rejoice over tho
SUCCESS Of tho Republic, = third time os-
tabllshed, aud thls time oonsoIidsted by
ton years growing prosperity, u IL im'
porlant, however, TO hoar In MUD that,
although II passed Into comparative
neglect, amid tho blackneSs and dark
uess which Oloudcd tho fair promise Of
tho ilrst days Of tho Revolution, and
amid tho succeeding shadows aud splsh-
tloru Of ~ First Empire, aud uader tho
restored Monarchy, and under tho Soc
ond Empire, II WAS never wholly forgot
ton. Ever and anon, ~ opportunity
oiIorod, " has cometo tho memory Of
tho Fronch people and II has received
such attention aud consideration Nv
leave nv no room 10 doubt that by largo
numbers OF Intelligent l'rencl,mcn II is
regarded an n whito day In their co'in-
try'u history. II was made tho occasion
Of a grand fostive demonstration IN tho
yoar 1890. Such q demonstration In
Franco was perhaps never witnessed bo.
fore or einco. In tho presence Of some
four hundred thousand people, for whom
seats has been provided on tho Champ
do Mars, and AZ tho foot Of great altar
erected after tho manner Of tho ancientS
In tho middle ofthe plain, tho eloctorS'
tho representatives Of tho municipality,
Tho presidents Of tho districts, tho Ma
tioual Guard, tho deputies Of tho army
and Of tho departments, having marched
from tho side Of tho iiastiilo mot tho
| King and tho National Assembly. Tho
| ceremonial WIS most imposing. Talley'
| rand, bishop Of Autun, assisted by 400
priests, celebrated high mass. Military
| music filed tho air, nnd banners innu-
| merabIc, bcnring patriotic inscriptions,
| Noated in tho breeze. MasH being ended
| 1.afaycttc, mounted Oh q superb white
| charger, advanced and took tho oath,
swearing TO be faithful TO tho now CON
stitution. Tho President Of tho National
| Assembly foiiowd1; tlon tho King, then
tho Queen, who aitorward liftod up Tho
Dauphin and pledged herself for his ad'
horencp to tho same sentiments. TWAS
| u holiday throughout France. In tho
ovonlng thoro waS ball on tho slte OF
tho Bastille. Similar demonstrations
were roponted, although not ON 80 grand
Il scale, In Tho two following years
Thop camo tho Roign Of Terror In July
| 1889, there were three severedayS' fight
ing on tho ground oncc occupied by tht
Bastillo, and large numbers Of patr'ot'
were killed. Ton yoars later u mngnlil
cont foto was given In Paris In honor OF
those three glorious days. On that day
July 25, lS40, the bones ofsome Ave hun
drcd and four persons who had persisted
in tho struggle Of 1890 were deposited
in catacombS on tho Place do Bastillo
Ovor these catacombs Il magnificent
bronze monumental column haS since
boon erected in COmm0moratiOn equally
Of Tho patriots Of 1889 md Of 1850. Oh
tho column aro inscribed tho names 0
tho 65A men who were mainly instru
mental in tho capture Of tho famon
prison.