Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-09-18
FALLS TRIBUNE.
II ~GIRONDISTS.
Written fer TIE Tft5uae:

ed with i@n0lnlny. the pureSt anu the hest'
but history constantly reyerSes their de-
eis!on and renders honor to whom honor
is due. MANY names there are which go
down 70 inf:eny, amid the misfostunes OF
great crises, to reappear in the clear light
Of the future, b~ealning with glory. u
none is this more notably true than Of the
Girondists. Their aga condemned them
to death, but time las pardoned and
sIoritied them.
Hurled by iata into the very center Of
the greatest drama Of modern timas, their
lines and political aats form the nucleus
Of the French resolution. They came not
from the nolilty-not FROM the neasantry,
bnt from That great Iniddle-ciass. whic3. n
tive bone AND siH2a 81 4 nation. Above
them was Il proliigate and im1eaile court,
supported II 1 mobility destitute q every
thing bit arrogance ana crime. Below
tnem were 91.Goa,00o OF people, grooming
rpder the accumulated wrongs O cen
turtles. d~espoilnd Of individual liberty and
private rights. oppressed by their govern
lnent. forsalzeu by their church and almost
forgotten by thair Goo. The nations
credit WI rvined. her industry crippled
and her prostrated. Here was
Il field presenting possibilities most sublime
for the Genius, the eloquence. the virtue
and the homo. of that band of noble young
faen who had consecrsted their live, heir
fortunes and their talents 70 the freedom
Ct their nativc land. They were the dis
ciples q Rousseau, with few of his "tol'tnn
ideas. they were the wo-siin2ers Of Vol
t.jre. with bnt little Of hi slEapticis,n. The
storms and diSa.ter5 ~ rae revolution
brought them to prominence and
In their nlid=t T3s = woman, whose ar&lsnt
and pure mind was worthy i, become tl2
focus If III TIA rays ot the ncW truth
which w@s to ~ilaIniue the Respondent
heart of thu Oppressed, Madame Roland
vs.s endowed .WitA thu choicest gifts %
Venus sad Mineral, She was possessed
Of masculine ealraga :a.i force of thos&t1,
tempered ar w~n.nly -..aa. purity and
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