Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-24
FRANCE AND IT'S CAPITAL.
French WOrkmen as Compared with
Ameriean-LOuise Michel's First Lieu
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FRANCE AND IFS CAPITAL.
French WOrkmen as Compared with
American-Louise Michel's First Lieu
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CorresDoadence Of the Morning Neaes.
PARIS, March 5.-There would appear
to be some truth in the remark, that
to be a Republic France only needs Re-
publicans. The Municipal Council OF
this city sent over to the Boston Exhibi-
ton a select delegation of artizans to in
quire into and report upon the technical
sections Of the show as affecting their
trades, and the condition in general of
the latter industries. The delegates
apparently placed the aims of their mis-
sion only IN the second rank of their
thoughts. SOcialistic politics formed
their objective.
since their return the delegates have
given spasmOdic accounts of their stew
ardshlp, and the meetings called revealed
| only Deggarly account of empty boxes.
But little interest was felt in their notes
of travel. Republican. leaning 10 Com
munism as were the delegates, they are
not favorably impressed with the great
sister Republic. One member was
1 shocked that the policemen when spoken
/ to did not raise their hats and remove
plug Of tobacco out Of their mouths before
/ answering. Another found fault with
the equality reigning in the matter of
railway carriages; blames the guards for
not understanding French, and accuses
passengers for stretching their legs on the
seats-a calamity to be witnessed even
in Ia belle France.
The municipality Of Boston stood
lunch to the delegates, but instead of seat
ing them in Louis QuartOZe fautuils be-
fore ormOlu tables, the meal, neither per-
pendicular nor horizontal, was served
the guests sitting on stools, with a plate,
knife and fork in their laps, to tunnel at
the cheer passed round. The American
factories are behind France in turning
out locomotives and marine engines, but
they are good at pumps. Man being an
eNpectOring animal, explains why each
workman has spittOOn at his side. The
schools at Boston, it seems, are good, but
the delegates were Mortified to find God
was made known in them. Another del
egate observed that instead of the NUM-
cipality sending them "fOreign countries
for to see,' home trades would reap more
advantages by visiting tine departments
of France.
The moral then is, that French work
men have nothing to learn from the Unit
ed States, and are better Off in their
native land. There, capitalists are as
blOated as here; no one that possesses
property, or earns superior wages, feels
disposed to hand il over to those who have
none, or to share with comrades who gain
less salary. The American workman is
behind the age in the matter OF a univer-
sal federation OF peoples and of cOsmO-
pOlitan brotherhood. The tinsmith dele
gate spoke to fellow craftsman on the
doctrines OF equality and fraternity and
c0llectiyism, who replied: ~ don't think
we make anything in that line of goods,
but in any case inquire of the boss
AS THE THOROUGH BREAK DOWN
Of English administration in Egypt is the
cOnsummatlon deYOutly to be wished by
the French, and that they follow more
eagerly than their once Fabian move
ments in TOnquin. the brilliant victory at
Teb has not led them either to light tar
barrels or Venetian lanterns. They al
Jude to the triumph in gingerly way,
and fly off to the terrible progress of Rus
STA at Merry. within knocking at-the-dOOr
distance Of Calcutta. a statue is at last
to be raised to Duplex, who, from being
monarch of all he surveyed in India, died
a beggar and forgotten in France. The
only statue or bust erected to him was by
the English. and who placed that testi-
mOnial to their valiant enemy in the gov
eminent house at Calcutta. A drama is
being rehearsed in five acts-''The Officer
Of Fortune'-where Duplex is the hero.
He was man that well experienced for
tunes Bullets and rewards.
The Anarchists keep as lively as ever;
they shut oil steam every Sunday at pub
lie meetings. Recently a well-fed orator,
suggesting Falstatf in rOtundity, sug-
gested that since the government would
not provide them with work and food,
they ought to cast lots to see who ought
to die first and be eaten to support his
comrades. 4 spectator created a terrible
scandal by recommending that he, plump
Jack. ought to sacrifice himself. and so
enable half a dozen families to live on
him as their tVq grdS Tor week. He
accused the interrupter as being a bOur-
geOis, and warned him to take care, as the
day for settling accounts with the middle
classes was nigh. The reign Of terror
would be the Anarchists millennium.
These amiable predictions at another
moment would have produced a stampede
or an emigration" for safety's sake. In
1883, before the Reign of Terror, there was
an ugly rush to cross the frontier. 1t
cost 1000 pounds to obtain passport
and as much more to secure a safe pas
sage. Then the peasantry seized the land
the aristocracy abandoned kept it,
just what the Anarchists desire to do now
towards the workshops. But cruelty,
sayagery, frequently accompanied such
seizures. NJ. de Bauas was cut up in
mOrsels before his wife. Madame de
MOntessU and her guests were tortured
during eight hours before being drowned
in pond. At Mans the pOpulace burned
the old Count Della FalcOnniere alive.
Near CahOrs, Gambetta's birthplace, one
of the brothers Bellud was beheaded. and
his blood daubed on the lips Ofhis brother.
NJ. GuillOu was roasted and eaten under
the eyes of his wife. Barbarism is only
two steps from civilization and prOWls
ever round it.
THOSE WHO SOUGHT SAFETY IN FLIGHT
had to endure great misery. They ar
rived in unknown lands penniless, ana
those who had personal effects saw them
soon exhausted. The Princess de Condo
wandered about for food and shelter: she
was glad when able to sleep on a bare,
wooden floor, and to obtain a few potatoes
and water. Louis NV, when a minor,
fled from Paris with his mother to Saint
German; his bed was shake-down on
few bundles of straw, and the diamonds
of the crown were taken, as if IN ROj en-
eci, and disposed of to buy food. The
great King never, in all his later glory,
forgot that pang of sharp misery. Driven
into exile by the revOlutiOnists, Mile.
de MOntmOrenCy, once court pet, be-
came a bakers servant: others became
W
Section set up as dancing master, the
Baron de POntgibaud as a porter.
At London Mile. de GOntaut worked
knitted articles by which she gained one
penny an hour. Chateaubriand washed
his own linen IN the Thames While plan
ming the Genius of Christianity and in
his garnet he made use of the table for
a blanket. Others became housemaids,
singers and fishwOmen. Those in France
who sent money to relatives abroad were
liable to be guillOtined; such was the fate
Of NJ. de Barbattan. who forwarded 1,200
francs to his son. England expended thou
sands of pounds in reliefOf the emigreS, and
one Of the nOblest incidents of that terrible
period was that the French priests, refU-
gees, were exclusively supported by the
Protestant clergy. The Reign of Terror
over there were balls given TO raise funds
for those in exile. Such were called balls
ID rictimeS, and those who had lost rela-
tives by the guillOtine wore Il small, red
ribbon round the neck.
tits a very hard time for the pOOr-winter
ever is so, but there is no panic misery.
Begging or Yagrancy is a trade, and has
its good and bad seasons, its lean and fat
years, like other professions. There are
more insolent, sturdy Migrants abroad
than ever The time iS still distant when