The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-23
08LITERATI0N.
lwBy PRISONS REMOVAL A CAUSE
OF GENERALIZATION.
JOREIGN NATIONS REMOVE RI.
MINDERS or THINGS TO BE
FORGOTTEN.
rur TNsw,It GIVEN BY TnE
FRENCH.
rho Paiaccs Of the tnqui>ision ouid
uscomc Sources of Revenue n the
chicago Nampic ~ n Followed
some ApropO~ suggc>ttous

d should be cause Of universal con.
erltnlation that the Libby Prison has
NJ last been takcn down aud carried
anav from Richmond TINS happy
event was born of speculation in every
way characteristics of The community iu
which the odious thing is O. be re erect
cd. For The past twenty five wears. "a
plain unpTe tending building. ougiually
intended a. "a sioTc-hOu~o. has been
maIca prolific source of yliicaiiou
.na uninterrupted Misrepresentation of
..~ uhcrn people. The horrors and
.ra,Ite- reported 90 have been nm
n.,icI Withio its dreaiy walls during
fn. Nar httVclu Che States m tde Do at
fr..Uve .o those who were glad to lc
I.g. Cue CHASTITY accounts they bad
Inrd. The faisehoods u. bli-h,d by
authority of The Federal Governmcnt.
..I sworn to by traitors lH the EMPLOY
% flo Dluicdcratrs. gave O. l.r to THESE
InHf~. As Che war progressed tbc
reputation ci ttc place became WOise
.u wore uutil, lu fne m Igila.ion Of
I. roruie of Tine y frlu. ths Libby
p...u enjoyed nutcriet' almost cQlnl
o. nat 10 the Paris Blsiilr OF the Black
H.Inof Calcutta itself. 10 had also al.
tr.c.ed considerable attention by thc
escape of Colonel Slcignt and other
Federal officers. whose daring aud
..rrs-sfui adventures excited aud de-
..fved the admiration OF both friend
..l foa. We take occasion to .av. how
.t.r chat bnf fDr the co-lutIati0u Of
people outside the prson. who had too
ma, been tolerated and induced by
fn. Jorfrd0rafe authorities. Colonel
-Ie.ent-s scheme would probably not
have succeeded SD we'll.
As soon 0s the War ended and 30 was
fI.u.ht safe o. venture southwark. 90
..rnuued stream of sight stafs came
down 90 INV out .hc hrd. They
,.rra not s.tI.f.d with ln-tc-iiug thc
Iaffle.folda ana other ra-rectahle local
f.a. bnt seemed fo derive -roci4l pleas
ure in svarming about prisons aud
prison pens. a- DO they themselves haI
not left auy 0f those behind them. Our
old fashioned -t0re.hous. soon became.
perhaps. the most popular place of rc-
sort for those who had @ taste for the
horrible. or who were wont tO vent
their pathetic rage agmnst the hateful
"Iebtl- OF course many went Co
stare 600 30 with the same melancholy
interest that funerals afforded 10 SUI
u.r.titiou5 negroes. Others Gid not
Ikrt1 -l, they ual not seen the Libby
Prison when they returned o. their
homes. and Others ieit unhappy should
ANYTHING escape their notice DO doing
fhe town So DO Was ihs innocent old
structure became sort of temple dedi-
Gated io 'tENy haired. ana malice. and
I'D ulcnNlitnirhc.. ITS presence lh
ouf ml-' was standing lnditi-
meut against our own people IL me
charges D. represented were True. 1T
flDf We're nu., DO Wa, mor umeuill llc.
whose lrttiuctnn or removal was de-
ulnItd. not only for tNe sake of tine
present generation, but for those who
were io succeed them.
After tne French Revolution of 1893.
with all of DTS accompanying horrors,
III passed away. the people 90 PARIS.
WITH rnmmendHhlc Judgment and da,n.
Dr .tettd to oD litlAle every 't-,te OBJ
i.Daueiul era through which They h1d
struggled and every reminder ol the
lr.aliu. scenes that bad been there en-
..tI Consequently tne Visitor Oh the
t.f capital. as bee lounges now among Che
shades of the Champ Eiysee. rsaunters
along its broad and teaGii lul boulevard.
ur stands efl'nf zoo ih' race cr DO q 'h-
r.fie AMI DIS monument ana l1uhialne.
NtNe suspect, mat ihls had T. en- lue
darkest and h.oaai 80 spot ln all thal
doomed clay. Where mo-" lh" column
0i Luxor risc, DTS tHp-ilns -haii $1,000
fIe IWll tlue a li9-. N"r' than one
hundred thousand heads iell there uu-
I.I ll- remNf-t less kuiic. " here uN"
fountains and flowers amos statues
please the eve anu engage ihe SENSES.
stood das hy day gum array OF
tumtIei- crowded with victims who an
uc.pated their own fate hy Witnessing
tNat of others. The sp1ce once dedl-
Gated Dob the Demon of D.scafd h1s now
become the Pace OFF Peace. highway b
along which dl-mal professions married
un t1 death their freight oi uul'iiu-
Mates are now consented to pleasure
A.d beauty and glory. Do Woid.
when the curious enquirer. iie-n from
the history oi the times. would like 90
book uuIu some memorial of that ne
mlfkable ana unparalleled political ca
DsIDpIe. Dee viii Doe asiHnsled ,o ind
thIt scarcely ANYTHING l- lrit 90 suggest
fhe Paris Oi 1893. / i % remote quarter
ofthe city behind the gloomy walls of
pieru. ID small cemetery. ,ncs belong
inr an old convent. American tour
ists BOW and then pas visit of respect
f0 ilc tomb of lafayette. who.
With his wife. Ios buried there. Near
OBJ. grave ol ihr patriot Us to be seem "a
modest booking memorial oi rough
stone. IIi, marks thc DBL c' where
thuis th.u.l.d victims ef tue gcoat rev
uuUDn were p.omi-cu1u-Y tumhl ID
laf0onc common rerepticie. Close to
tlis death -urirItcd -lul % more p;eicn-
u.u. pole ol corated. marble stands
over thetemains of tho fonEnac-; every
member of which rc.ei family per
i-hei under the kri'c of Tine fulli'une.
These two memorials of tne revolution
afe -iiIl left for the eye ol the tourist
should be- care io ipd them out. MOI
uments commemorative oil tne result
90 ihe revolution have b'en erected,
Duttrey cannot bec'usidefed "s 'ei'c- al
HHn fine IH .fUf ID OF 4 E.HII 20 rs vent