The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-11-15

EnHxA1M H9E2xNNo@ NBf t1o M@eUs
xhe eAiss4 eazind a.ne A. assa
thas y set BY Il MAY BE- considered
a. consptcuors among the curiosfies of
public life In England The Swords of
Justice and Of Mercy, the scepteg, the.
ora. the Crown ITSELF are al easily
ncmprehensibAe symbols Of royal JUS
slee or roya1 authority and prerogntiye:
Bat why mace should b held 20 b.
md iealeusly preserved as an emblem
Of corporate Jurisdiction and sway has
pumElea many 0f theas longest-headed
students Of the past, and may equally
peFplex those Of the present day. What
u maeef Il was originally weapon
Of war, and one o. very formidak&e u
NATURE which was used in EuropeAe.
warfare % late as the aixteenth centurTs
The weapon, however, from which our
parliamentary, mnnicipal and acadenns
icaI mAces sprang was without doubt,
staff Of wood shout iivo feet long, with
heavy metal head frequently in the
fUrm 81 spiked bat II was d favorite
? ~ instrument with medieval priests a A
belliaose turn of mind; for, although y
canon Of the church specially forbade
to clerIca the use Of tho eWord nothing
WAS said 70 preveRh ecclesiastical
person, when Of n mood. from.
shifting his anfa4 the sconesz
N Wv ~ ' IL mass iSIis and lseisIa.
Tvs liz lsss is 5IIsnI|ve spikes and be-
ss9e M hftpz El stair u silver or
Isa d6pb1E t6 Is borne before mas
Nj and ofla 6rsOns in AnthSEis
1sver bee . !, precision a. asc Or
that @ha norm# uhe Of mace wasNk
sehal #Mn with lit. The
lLsiI40 S0l h46s IS lslazza, ~ and its
sAs vGuhssaon ~ fieallsc pointed oh9in
- - o'th< verb u - feaE' or
49, ~ n ~ Az
~ Awosah n. srd, ifayul, Of hpnega. hit Wat
$50 III 0ver tAaf ff&11llkd ~ SRithfeld,
as5e alSsF hiea re raqtiqpa EiskhnChEsF.'
dIshogailak, telled NE frostrste
-. Hsl .sA sls Is FEVH shil historic \. e i.
81 i As shafs swsss slbt nFoblnNim |the 4
eaSusolesnl for D mabe ~ wt1lsds d In
ger. 70 ehe poai&rd only was RiFef h6fs
~. a Rldio Rcklonb while the mace 1as
y nyqr thereafter. carried BY lone Of jig
officers q tho Lord Mayors household,
nokseAly IS IN. emblemo f authority, buh
ii memorial ~ WI ~ sprowess
against tke aedikIotis Iyier..s This as
81 a1uptlnms however, 10 mot beEMe est by
the circumstance that ~ least b century
before the time 81 our Richard III. Cons
Aimentni Kings and Princes were not
ulily preceded bat surrounded BY mace
bearers. and that the reason 8iveeefar
their being attended BY such 8 sh&iiai
guard was the widely spread fear 81 Tie
AaHAsSlue ap4#bheG from syria by the
Old Man a. the Mountain to murder
conspicuous FsAhk9 Afho had haen
marked down tor destruction. Whan
the sect ps The assas6il6 died but the
military mace-hearer IS guards .sta
cro@med hends were aHpefs8 ia bys dad.
berdieEs. 0f Whnsn We may sea the t1oda
serMA1nsFiY9ls Ia our qaainslyclad Bsef-
enseks ana sEoW w faens: and iRtihe
partisan beading NegA sBody-guard,
formerly kn0Nnx a 'se1hflemen-at-
aKfnn" HHd mGenklenaeR p6hai0nera;' .
WhlE8 Instead q fke maeeshenrers who
1urnaHsy Ae0onemAled tho Judges whoa
riding IA elfoAsIE thSS escorted ~
sinF6lln mfn = oIleerg aFh0 still form q
pert a weacrdsssd judicial aCpss
tl,s On IT. Qn'f BE- ~ ss8lze tqNri
and fqr Ne II ting ID 1krdf ids q sufficient
coHfi19SnK ~ aucN ieRulln men i High
Sheeif lL1sh Ouf own genereal0d
beam koay fined By g Judge. As
fQg mae the last Vestige ofsit A a
rail- ~ Rq<f y observable IN
3uNk Fet AT kAa Nn&k at M hich iron or
leAd1ns bell) 1s1ped With spikes were
sfsnsd. carried until
AlasNl thes sIpsks 900 NV Inv the pioneer
.aaraRang e the ri bands or city mills
flss isnnriQns a note that tlie older
ah fNp 81 sure1 IL GulldhAlls
erTonoouelY called Gpg and MaRogs ~
el1Aa q 201lAf 4R Gsia 0ofznseus, which