The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-09-19

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| Charlotte expected to be torn to
| pieces Joy AM enraged iIiarisian mbb,
but she was saved from such hideous
late by the national guards. ------
b. July IL. 1898. Charlotte Corday' APP
,peared before tho tribunal. Never had
she appeared. moro serenely. lovely.
aud 1t is said that those who most
Hbhorred her crime gazed at her in
Her proud beauty with Involuntary adj
miration.ir WINS she then SC beau
tifuip" was the question addressed
many, years afterward to an old man,
0ne'of the few remaining witnesses Of
this scene. tBeautiful!" he echoed,
enthusiastically adding with the
eternal regrets OF old age: "Ay, there
are none such now" - ~
ExS hlliyeau Legarde was appointed
ffy the president as her counsel.
When she, appeared in the audi
torium. Wrote her defender at lator
day. all judges, jurors and spectators
seemed to look upon her rs a Judge
lfSsho had summoned them before the
( tribynal Of God. Her features may be
painted and her words repeated, but
no art can portray the noble soul that
breathed through her whole counten-
ance. What induced you to assas-
sinate Maratp" asked the president
..His crimes. y" What did you hope
to gain by ktiliugsfnm 49, yfo restore
peace to my, country" fButs do you
think, yQps hayeAxilled all the Maratsp"
Il rs. MI ha. fNth
be struck with terror" What do you
understand by encrgyP" That feel
ing, She replied, which induces us
TO cast aside selfish considerations, and
sacrifice ourselves for our country"
She answered all other questions
with the same brevity and firmness.
Gladly would the president have saved
her and indeed suggested to her
counsel that he might plead her in
sanity, but her advocate understood
too well that this devoted woman
scorned to be saved at the expense of
her self respect. Charlotte Corday
was condemned. Carlyle in his mast
erly way gives us the following ac-
count of this judicial tragedy;
1.-The doom is death as q murderess.
To her advocate she gives thanks in
gentle phrase, in high flown classical
spirit To the priest they sent her
she gives thanks but needs not any
striving, any ghostly or other aid
from him.
''On this same evening, therefore,
about half past o'clock, from the
gate OF the conciergerie, to city all
on tiptoe. the fatal cart issues; seated
on it u fair young creature, sheeted in
red smock of murderess; so beauti-
full, so serene, SO full of life, journey
ing, towards death-alone amid the
world. Many take off their hats
saluting reyerently, for what heart but
must be touched? Others growl and
howl. Adam Guy of Mentz declares
that she Is greater than Brutus; that
it were beautiful to die with her. The
head OF this young woman seems
turned. At the Place de la Revolution
the countenance OF Charlotte wears
the some still smile. The executioner
proceeds to bind her feet; she ressts,
thinking it meant as an INSULT on
word of explanation she submits with
cheerful apology.
f.",.As the last act all being now
ready; they take the neckerchicf from
her neck; a blush OF maidenly shame
oSerspreads that fair face and neck;
the cheeks were still tinged with it, !,
when the executioner lifted the sew
5ered head to show it to the people"
!. One OF the assistants stepped for
ward, and, holding up the lifeless head
for the crowd to behold. smote it on
both checks derisively. This ghoul-
ist ast excited a feeling OF horror and
there is a-legend to the effect that as
though even in death her indignant
spirit protested against this outrage
an, angry and crimson flush passed
over the features OF Charlotte Corday."