, 1880-12-15
The FRENCH REVOLUTION,
Paper Read Before the Historical
Society by the Hon. E. D.
Waehburne.
4 Vivid description u the Events OF
That Exciting Era.
The Heroes and Horatnes oi Revolutionary
Fsance-Thoir Doods and Deaths.

Ing by mc.nf,ers Ut tho Soclnty md tahors who
came IL listen 10 Il paper tsy tho Hon. f. u.
WRslllIirnH on "Tilc French lsovoltiton." AttUr
H0rnn routine l.lslncss hnd .cn disposed at, Mr..
WAshhllrne ctn,c fOrwntrt and rcl.t his lupcr,of
which tho following Is n rill h',strnrt:
Mr. W,Mhh'.rne l,cgnn hy auyIng that tho his
tory of the French Revolution recorded tho great
est nn1 tho tntst trngIu. tho tnt,st terrible, and
tlrtltnat succession OF cvn,lts ever spt dawn tn
tho Hb1lnls at tue world. It WINS, OF co.irsc ttn-
possible III tho sc0pc Of Il single pnper to 10
Jistsco 10 snbIcet which appalled, ont ty its
vary magnitude. Tho lonNcst life, wholly tln-
voted To tho subject, wO.ilu bo utterly luadc-
titinto to fully mnstcr tho history hf that great
rphcnvnl Of III thu blind Iissions uf II mighty
md ,natl'lrf,r,l pvoplc, which left III It's
pathway OF terror and b,1nd, 70 tnuch
soctul ,lIsorgnn!zutinn, r1,ln,. dissolution. and
misery. Three Thousand volumes ttAd nj.
w.: wsft .sE aM every Ssnr Tto im;srsst , f.
~. mil today 1t excited tclrol'l moro atten.
lion than II lid my years g1slu by. ~ TINT
wnu!d !,a 10 ptvu Il passns gancc it some ot Tho
mist striking inc!,lGnts md features Of that
irlHl,tful ertch which t1ad iar ilcarly century
Intelligent circles in tho, civ'lizrh world. lilo
bud In ma,'y Instances followed the tltsrrllton
Fl ,'1fne 9yss a' %,, "s oors Exs ny Louis '""s
the re9a or Ls,uIs XIV, tho Grand Mni,arsli,
fss Sr Lpex Ls!s exv %Ssa "es Ss,sn sS't as - h s
snhibly linked to Tint ce!ghrnt.d wansn,I, Nine.
poM.li'ln!tr; liG also touslsd t'i,un tho great
dlsts whose works nc refurrcti 10 III constituting
te I!tsrry x'ory r rr!se sna sInks par,!e,!:
tnss, WHO sIIps.i thS fosir.in.ious of Cl,rstn,t-
tngs!tshcd tur their unrtvn!e,, hcauty tsty!o us
y q % rsia!o With 'nado ''' iho hamaa bun 'f faco
laugh at Itself.
IT WAS IN TIE nEt0A
fnynl,,t;n, irnks rtrut.~thn ,vsur iS.rur.s mr.
nW,,.1.n' nj n Nmerc,It,s w.a,iI t rt,,uoner ws
Era,!,,ds tiat 4 w..s at t'iis tlu,e tlMt Fn,les
nu,Irt mr. ia t'ion an trI,s;,r.. lt wi,tnr In
ffcfrnsa Of tfclr lItcrt,cs, Thv French sul..,cr
e. @ sae y f1s H d tn9 fo1 ef'er ns5es sqcr a
gici Win tho Mi Of the coii,try it,ey hsInri 10
sayG. "And to.dNy,S continued tho s.eukcr,
hrrsns win njfrrtion md rrgtif,,.it.. Atrv iho
turf ever graw grcet md tho viii tiower r. ever
hIossotrl over iholr unknown and unts,n-
MIr. Washbi,ruo thon progcrf1ed to describe the
nu1i,ornDo eecnes init,lctIIttcty preceding tiio
opening OF the States Gr1lurnt at Versailles on
Ereat iationui aud religious i0tewtsc,:lcl clraiotl.
II wns ono Of the Rrs.1t days nf Frol,ch history.
Twslyc hundred Dep,lt!ns tso King ana Queen,
Notr. DAslo ~ nttund tho cclphrs!uom Of
mus. The mnltlt,l.e WIS c,prtn9s!s. Al rnrls
wins theFr. Iho willlsusss ahh fbMta Wetc 1siietl
with oxpcctant s!ght, srrrs.. Tho ba:c0nlos woro
Grnrrfrs NM, ,iccktI o,t WITH tho trt,st Ueu,iti-
iii womc,, Uf Fi1nca in tho conlicr and bizarre
costumes of the times
Ii uilsslt,x, Mr. Wlybt,l,yuo drew MI admirable
Is ,,eycr isav!nr been n,a;iu f,r Il KlnE@a IIs
boy. cMrctesly brought ul,, and runrrsei! ut tho
h,1 fyf, ,1t1li Though fnttIt tnl n MT In tnnlsn,l