New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-06

homage to the author Of Nature. while y ontns.
agow with the ardOr Of battle simultaneously c r
fathers Sharing in the enthusiasm OF their SON. 'e
transported old embrace them anu pes, .J tpc
,ne anG around the Field Of Reunion sing IN
e rnsd nS s e Field of Reanon unison
OF each other sentiments in grand iraerna, e "
drums I'm the presence OF moral symbols and colorcd
pasteboard divnites, what could better peso , the
erfeit moralist unable to distinguish the ,ise lu raJ
true and whose skn-dccp senshility Is n" hs
from sentimental auhorsi For me MI nho UNI 1.-THE en-,
phraseology: Behold" he exclaims that wlc here
assembled o. Nature how Sublime, how exquisite Is
thy powers How tyrants must quail az ne de11nr
ornament Was not he unanimously CHOSEN W Js he
over the Convention and conduct the on
not the founder OF the cult the only pure ga
the face of the earth approved Of by morality ana
Wearing the uniform Of Representative naH Lat
holding in his hand bouquet OF flowers aud gram NC
marches at head OF the Convention ana in from
view the idol representing Atheism and suddenly;
through ingenious contryance the n,pcSSD ses the
crowd over and over again. exhorting apssbropasnsi
preaching, eeyang his soul to tue
with what oratorca combinations! Whas a sree
swell of bombastc cadenccs strung together 10 eiVoe
rive and substantlyei From these faded rhetorical
flowers, arranged If for prize odor
al Grafton, exhaes sanetmonlSus hich inoxicates
him AZ his moment he must certainly be in earnes there
is no hesitation or reserve IN ms and great orator
but great statesman and great ciiZen: us H., toot
philosophc conscience awards him only praise.-D i'm
underneath, rather wait moment olgns VI o tn
patience and antipathy appear behind MS aud
ire has braved h openly numerous insults o hnu n
worse than these sarcasns reach his ears On suca M
occasion. and In such place Agalnst VIC NV dare
they Silent and pale he suppresses MS rag, ,, an
losing his balance closing his eyes, he pluhges ats
on the path Of MURDER cost what 1t WILL the ,
must perish and without loss OF time. TO expeal.e
matters, he get their heads OIL quietly anu az
TO this time things been managed u,
the Commitee o1 Public Safety he, alone with Couthon,
two days after, without informing his cocaghe rrhIe
up brings To the Convention and has passed lhe %
net of PARTIAL which places cverybodys life at MS 9s
posal-In his crafty. laundering haste nc nas
for himself; he Is compelled to back out, 10 protest
that misunderstood, admit that represen'h has
excepted. and accordingly. 10 sheathe tnc o, ~ s
already applied to his adversdres throas But ne s sun
holds IL in his grasp. He watches them, anu, PmSd is
mis- corner waiting until they discredt them item
selves so as 10 sprnS or e discriminating machine
he set up the 22d Of Prairial Is IN tner ma na
1t has TO work as he planned IT, ths oSi1m Of blind
sweeping massacre rests with them ne not onS nm,
opposition to this, but while PG,en 'ne prvate Office
OF his secret police, he orders arrest. ne ro' -
principal bloodhound iermnn ne tS' smppSsed
dispatches the resolution By whicn u, - ~, CON
that there consprators among those III ta en- IN
hnement and which, authorizing spies vi pa pau ,a,
formers ia TO provide the guillOtine with those 'hs
patches which "purge and clean prisons OUT III !. NJ
" not rcSpOnslDc, ne states i"t'i
lack of mower TO do any good TO arrest the ev oresu
me for more than six weeks TO abandon my p1st VI IN
Committee of Public Safety" To ruin MS adNersa,ics
by murders committed By him. ~ those which NC HAAS
them and which he imputes TO tnein, 70 ,rnre
wash himself ind backcn them with tue same SUI
OF the brush what intense delight! tno
natural conscience mtrmurs IN ""is dpnse,once
moments the acquired superposed cohsclcnopp
Immediately imposes silence, conccaIing persoini'
haircds under pubic preteIs the gnio,inoi ;h Io
were aristocrats aud whoever comes under the guo
tine is immoral. Thus. the means are GOOD anu lne Sn
the end, the function Is sacerdotal. -
such is the scenic exterior of tho keVolulioi ~ FL
cinns m,sk with a hideous yisage beneath IT, under the
reign of q nominal Humanitarian theory, covering o'
the effective dictatorship Of evil ana low passions; III
C., tan, rs In itself fcrOcty issu
ing from philanthropy, and from the euSe inc eNce'