Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-08-21

was over. The flags distributed
Yesterday were TO have been given
out in NJ. Theirs time, but he was
deposed before favorable opportu-
nifty occurred and now, by a happy
inspiration, the government has
married the ceremony to this initial
celebration of the Bastile day. The
colonies and color-bearers, with an
attendant delegation of picked men
from every regiment in the French
army, were present yesterday and
as the various delegations marched
past, after receiving their banners,
the crowds cheered or murmured,
the sight of the veterans now awak-
ening sad and now joyful memories.
There was rousing shout when
the delegation of the Twentieth
Line regiment passed, for an officer
of that organization swan the Meuse
after Sedan, and, disguised as beg
gar, brought the regimental colors
in safety to Paris. The review was
very much like all reviews in
France. The st. Cyr battalliOns
ELECTED much praise for their admi-
rable marching; the artillery man
euvred in excellent fashion, and
there were the usual number of sun
strokes. The flashing of the sun on
the cuirasses, the glitter of the sa-
| bres as they were raised to salute
the president, the crash of drums
and the braying of bugles, and the
solemn refrain of old Valerien's
cannon, which brought to many of
us memories of those dread days OF
1901; the exquisite foliage; the
murmur of the cascade mingling
with the murmur Of the people; the
| picturesque groupings of soldiers and
citiZens-all these formed q scene OF
pleasing surprises for the eye and
ear which cannot soon be forgotten.
A large number of people confined
their cries to ViUe Ia F57Tlce! rather
than ViUe LG Repatbliqtte! but in
course of time these good folk will,
/ suspect, rally to the only govern
ment which, as M. Theirs so well
said "divides all classes of French
men the least"
NM. Grevy, Gambetta and Leon
Say stood all the time that the
troops were passing and returned
the salutes of the officers. 1t was g
proud day for this worthy triumvi
rate, proudest of all for M. Gambet
ia. He had brought his father and
mother up to share his glory on the
national day. M. Gambetta, senior
is a noble-looking old man with 6
classical profile and crown of white
hair, and the celebrated orator ano
statesman is very proud of him.
The festival in other cities appear;
to have been as.brilliant, in proper
. ton, as in Paris. The illumina
lions and fireworks here last even
ing were very impressive. There
were not so many people from the
foubOurgs Of Belleville and La Val
Iette in the fashionable quarters a:
there were on the Both of June il
1873, when half a million of work
men and Workwomen marched vi
the Champs Elysees apd through
the Bots. The enthusiasm yeSter
day was, however, deeper, the sat
isfactiOn greater than on that june
day two years ago. The masses
thoroughly understood that they
were celebrating the anniversary o
their independence-an independ
ence secured by their own effort
and in spite Of the terrible weigh
of hundreds of years of crushing
authority upon their heads.
Meantime the bourgeois CONTINUES
to assert that the legalized commune
is only a little way ahead. His stu
pid fear is so great that he viii no
listen to argument. He tremble;
and does not sleep o. nights.
One of the last discussions in the
chamber before adjournment day
was on the education bill. The
Catholic deputies, and especially
those who are ultramontaine in thei
tendencies, are doing everything
that they can to prevent the adop
ton of measures for gratuitous arit
compulsory instruction. But there
are evidences that this measure vii
be successful next session. If sucl
bill be passed we may indeed
have hopes of the complete enlight
eminent and the permanent prosper
ity of France. 1t is said that NJ
Gambetta will make an important
speech in the summer vacation, il
which he will give his views on the
subject of public instruction.