The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-04-13
PARIS LETTER.
Regular Correspondence
PARIS, FRANCE, March 10, 1880.

PARIS, FRANCE, March 10, 1880.
\ grand revolutionary, socialist, and commu-
1.-;ic banquet was held yesterday, under the
-uEpioes Of the Radical newspaper .LEgaGte, in
fsiebrsiion Of the anniversary of March 49, The
faJ-er appeared on this occasion printed in red
Ak. Al the elite Of the ultra.Radical world
IGNORED the banquet with their presence, about
go guests in all sitting down-including Ger
rlans SpaniaTds. Italians and Russian Nihilists,
mae and female Dinner having passed off
asieily. the company resolved itself into meet
M bot in order more fully 10 keep up the equal
~ Il Tie idea. no president was elected. Nj
i8erous inhammatOry kilograms, from different
paris Of France and Europe, announcing the
sel being Of the cause IN their respective neigh
s9rbOOds, and cOngratulating the French Social
i-is Oh their banquet, were read amid great ap-
pizuse probably due TO the fact that among the
bulk # those present a substantial dinner is in
iced matter for congrstulaiion, and the COM
ANY, % whom the champaign began TO tell,
p1ned II deaiening cries of Vive la Commune"
TIE Rel Flag having been sung a collection
made for the support of the wOrkmen on
nike and in aid Of future Revolutions; but as
IKE amount raised only reached something un-
~ 80, DO immediate fear Of France being Civ
fu Up % Revolution need be entertained.
Yesterday being March IS, the day on which
-ile Commune began just nine years ago, the sin
Ter event was commemorsted by q monster
meeting, held AZ the Sale des Ecoles, in the Rue
q Arras The hall was hung with red, plaster
tnsi q the Republic adorned the back of the
platform. and above it appeared scroll with
fbe single word, "Amnestie inscribed thereon
10 letters Of gold Round the hall were suspend
ID Venetian lamps Of ruddy hue, which threw
a lurid glare upon the 2 500 molly heads congre-
gated belox. Bl0odred banners foated here
and there, and near the door was fixed placard
which had already done duty on previous oc-
rasion, and which ran thus Strike for the uni
Fersal Commune. Rehabilitated is our cause
Avenged il viii be. Glorihed it will remain
Sinih anniversary Of the Revolution of March
=. ls7i." Close BY stood another banner, upon
which famed the words, Vive la Commune ~
Aller some preliminaries had been gone through
lie Cheyenne Rouzsde, great star among the
Socialists. appeared al the tribune and made the
-I,eech Of The evening. The 4" Cheyenne" wo
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VAS clad in black dress Of the most severe sim
Iliciiy, but her hat was relieved with tricolouI
ribbon. and huge diamond sparkIed on her
hand She met, need hardly add, with an en-
fhusiasiic reception, and then, In cold dry tones
he sei 10 work 10 denounce the clergy and the
governing classes" Nature, she said, has made
no one q master among US. Deprive the general
Il hif uniform the eure of his soutane the
Judge Of his robes, turn them all into bathing
ATTIRE. and then Try and recognize them Brutal
force and theft have been the point of departure
n the frzt rich men and Of the first masters.
Even the Bourgeois cannot deny this. With
more 10 the same strain, which all loundly ap-
plE1ded At The conclusion of the address the
audience arose 10 their feet and made the hall
ring again with cries of" ViveP Amnestiel Vive
le Socialisme. HiTe Ia Communei"