Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-16

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event, which, by the influence it has
exerted upon the human species, has mol
had its equal since Christ preached
equality, that France has made its day
Of rejoicings, being desirous of keeping
it sacred as the birthday of liberty. And
upon this immense globe this day all
Frenchmen concur in the deeds of thell
forefathers and proclaim their invinclble
attachment to the principles OF 'S9,
Eighteen hundred years of iniquity and
misery had placed France within
an inch of destruction. Pillaged
plundered, trodden under foot,
she was becoming depopulated
And yet, even as now, our beautiful land
was the garden spot OF Europe. AS now
her majestic rivers watered thousands OF
ever green meadows; her soil was Gov
cred with golden crops mum mberless herds
found pasturage upon her hills, the vines
hid those beautiful grapes which make
that good wine, which sparkles in the
cup OF the happy ones of earth. But
the sound of the woodcutter'
axe, the labor of the harvester
was not accompanied as now by the gay
song of the worker, because, having no
hope that he would get his rights-in
fact, hoping nothing-he struggled on in
the throes of misery and starvation
Why could starvation exist in France
Because King without fear or shame,
selfish and cruel, unable to procure any
more gold for his orgies, had
sold to shameless speculators the
monopoly of the breadstuff trade,
and those human.faced monsters, armed
with the royal mandate, went from hut
to hut, robbing the peasant. of what re-
mained to him after he had paid his
tithes, taxes and the lord of the manor.
The crops were sent out of the country
by them they created famine in order
to tear from the people their last econo-
mics, and to sell them bread at the price
of gold. Reduced to dispute with
wild animals the acorns OF the
oak and the grasses and wild roots
of the forest, thousands died daily. Far
above these agonizing creatures reveled
the privileged class. Prince, duke,
count, baron and marquis rivaled each
other in splendor and wealth, all squeez-
ing France to live upon sweat. For
them all the good things Of the earth, for
them ali the titles and honors; for the
poor devil, cold, hunger, hardship and
bard labor. For the one, silk, velvet,
gold and diamonds for the other, rags, in
suits, humiliation. For the one the sun and
France, for the other prison and the
scahold. And this unfair division had
lasted over eighteen hundred years. All
things have an end, and God was pre-
pariug himself to lay His heavy hand
upon the guilty ones. Since number
of years thinkers and philosophers had
been reminding the people that all men
had a common origin, snd that rich and
p jor, feeble and strong, little or big,
must incline themselves before the
law emanating from the only
legitimate source Of power - the
will of the people. The people were
murmuring. Louis XIV. had used his
celebrated sentence: What do / care
that the people suffer, go long as mon
archy lasts as long as myself. After me
may come the flood" The son paid for
his fathers crimes and lost his life.
The speaker here described eloquently
the rising of the masses, the attack upon
and the falling of the Bastile, and the
twenty years of republican triumphs that
followed under the devise of Liberty,
Fraternity, Equality. Continuing, the
orator said:
Years have succeeded years, and
liberty, for which the French have suf-
fered so much, has become deeply
rooted, and other nations, emboldened
by our example, enlightened by that
beacon called 49," have everywhere
raised their voice. With the ex-
ception of dying Turkey and Russia,
which is about to be born, all
nations have imposed upon their kings
constitution containing their rights.
Monarchies are in guiding strings until
the day when they will be overthrown.
Today all thinking and studious men,
those with developed mind and gener-
GUS aspirations, greet 'S9 with enthusi-
asm, and declare themselves ardent dis
ciples of its political creed. Everywhere
the most advanced people have joined
their banner with ours. To you, Ameri-
cans, it is needless to say that we love
and honor the land of Washington, without
forgetting Our France. Our arms, as
those of our forefathers, would be valor-
GUS enough to defend our adopted land
but our hearts are large enough to harbor
interlaced the star spangled and the
ricolor flags.
The speaker also paid graceful trib-
ute to the people of Belgium, the Canad-
ians, Italians and Swiss, and concluded by
sayink that France cannot perish, be-
cause if she were 20 disappear the Euro
pean equilibrium would be destroyed,
and the world, leaving its axis, would
roll in oceans of trouble and wars, grad
ually growing more bloody until it
would finally return to barbarism. "ViUe
la France! T'ice la Republique~
The French Lyric Society then sang a
very pretty selection in excellent style.
After the "Star Spangled Banner" by
the band, Mr.. Dupuy, the leader of the
French Lyric Society, sang solo in fine
voice and with good method.
A choir OF male voices from the same
society next rendered piece, to the de-
light OF the people. Miss Eugeni6 Sor-
mano sang pretty song. She is
little miss, but has very nice voice,
we'll cultivated. The afternoon at the
Pavilion closed with 1.-THE Marseillaise, +"
led by Madame Maria, the whole audi
ence joining in the soul-stirring chorus.
In the evening there was great dis
play of fireworks at the corner of Alame-
da and Also streets, and then came the
ball at the Pavilion, which began at 8
O'Clock and closed at sunrise.
THE FIREWORKS.
Fully eight thousand people assembled
in the nelghborhood OF Also and Los
Angeles streets to witness the display Of
fireworks last evening. A number OF
very fine pieces were set off, conspicuous
among which was "Justice;" another
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