Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-05

/ soon Ulere DurSb lOrGn tAe CTlSS VI
F." Vice Ia Republique" Then came the cry
of ITO arms" Then came the sound Of
guns barricades rose up in every di-
! reetion, and the cloister of Saint Merri
flowed with blood. The Empire remem-
/ bered what a coffin would contain, and
when Lamennais died the journals were
| forbidden to announce the day of the
| funeral. In the morning the Prefet OF
Police went to inspect the house Of mourn
ing the body could not be accompanied
either to church or TO the cemetery except
| by memoirs of the family and trustees of
the will-fve persons in all. The process
sion, composed of the hearse for the poor
and two carriages, started out, when some
workmen wished to join it, but were pre-
vented by the sergents de vile, who cut
up the procession three different times.
At the cemetery no one was allowed to en-
ter but the five persons authorized, and
even Beranger could not succeed in pass
ing. On the nights of Pere la Chaise were
two regiments, and the grave was sur
rounded by troops. Orders Were given to
the journals to remain silent after as before.
The terror of the Empire recommended with
the death Of BeTanger, when this time, in
stead of stealing the corpse, the authorities
stamped it. The Empress went TO see the
dying man the official journal informed
the public that the expenses of the funeral
would be at the charge OF the Civil List.
All read placards pasted on the walls tlat
the Emperor wished to render public honors
to the poet whose songs had aided in per-
petuating in the hearts of the people the
souvenirs of imperial glory. And when all
that was done the fears of the Empire were
not vet quieted. 1t decreed that the pro-
cesson would be exclusively composed Of
the official deputations and of persons pos
sessed OF letters of invitation.
BIANQUI WAS BURIED
From his residence, Boulevard d'Italie 25.
He was very poor, and dwelt in small
room on the fifth floor, which con-
tanned scarcely any other furniture than
an iron bed, chairs and table. Long be.
fore the hour for carrying the corpse away,
the crowd lad gathered before the house,
whose porte-cochere was decorated with
black cloth, edged with white and decor
atei with the initial B. At half-past 10
delegates from the different Socialist COM
rnittees OF France commenced to arrive,
WIFI IUGiI ICll bduHGlS SpISdl IlIRn III tllS
air, and immense wreaths-one of which
was so large that it had to be placed on a
hand-barrow, ornamented with black and
red drapery, and carried by four men.
Most everyone of the wreaths or couron-
mes were of red immortelles, and con-
tanned the inscription, aside from the cities
from which they were sent, "To the mar.
tyr of liberty to the great citizen Blanqui
to the Republican veteran to our verltable
representative, and other such notices.
There were ten banners, all of a bright
red, and the majority of them of
an immense size. Six red couronnes orna-
mented the covering of the hearse. 1t Is
stated that at the moment of departure
from the house, some members OF the COM
mittees wished to cover the hearse with
red cloth, but the director advanced and
informed them that it was expressly for
hidden by the police statues to place other
than black or white cloths Oh the hearse.
The members yielded without protestation
and a black cloth was used, which imme-
diately disappeared under mass of flowers
and couronnes. The procession was to pass
near my residence and I concluded to 90 as
far as the Boulevard de rHopital to have q
view of it, Blanqui's residence was at
one end of the city, and although the pro-
cession LETT the house at half.past 10, it was
half.past II before the immense crowd Of
people collected On the sidewalks Of the
boulevard saw them coming.
WHAT SIGHT
Never shall I forget 1.-THE picture the
procession presented as It slowly wound
down the rather steep declivity. There
came a vast sea of people like great black
ocean wave, then doomed forth the hearse
covered with its numerous red courornes
surmounted by the driver with his three
cornered hat, holding back the two horses
draped in black; then the banners of fam
ing red and courounes as well held high in
air, all red, red until the sky seemed on
fire. Before the procession arrived, the
street was a scene of great animation, for
crowds Were continually coming to meet
and Join their friends In the march nu-
merous merchants .of yellow immortelles
were offering lunches for two sous to the
passers-by, who all purchased of them
men and women were crying out the
life of Blanqui with three portraits,
for sale at two sous, and it was
only when each person was furnished with
the printed sheet and had bunch of i'm.
mortelles attached to his buttonhole that
all rushed to climb on the benches under
the naked trees, or the mounds of earth
scattered here and there, and watch the
procession advance. There came first
twelve gardens de la pai.r, who cleared
the space before them then some twenty
newspaper reporters, forming an irregular
band, all with books and pencils in their
hands, and the majority scribbling away
as they walked After came the hearse,
and Immediately followed compact crowd
with some friends, but the dense crowd
coming after left US no room to stand, and
the only method Of safety was to immedi.
ately join the procession. We had but
IN the side when young man on
the sidewalk cried out give Rochefort,"
and attempted to join him just in front OF
us, but gendarme who formed one of the
outside lines for short distance, grasped
him by the coat collar and shook him and
thrust him back on the sidewalk with I'M
called for brutality. This incident caused
the crowd around to come to standstill,
while those behind pressed on, and | felt
myself being compressed with such force
that I could scarcely breathe, and l confess
that l was never SO frightened in my life,
for my knees gave way and l felt that
WAS GOING TO FAINT.
My friends guided me as fast as possible
to the other end of the line, where we con-
tinued our march. The young man who
had been SO roughly and unjastly attacked
made no response or resistance. But the
halt had thrown many off Of their feet who
were trampled upon; howevelaihe crowd
around cried our, "Order Order - and
soon order was restored and the march |
continued. My nervousness resulted as
much from Indignation toward the gems
darme as from fright, but my friends m
sisted that he must be in the right, Tor ne |
himself was Of the people and would not
unnecessarily Cypress them but was iot
convinced, and the words Of Isabella wonid |
come to my mind But man, proud! man,
dressed in q little brief authority. On !
reaching the bridge d'Austerlitz we gained
the sidewalk, since it scarcely seemed |
safe to cross with that INN nse crowd,
and we stood and watched the entire pro.
cession pass. There were ten thousand
persons, and the effect was most imposing |
too much SO. for the red seen everywhere |