The morning call., 1892-05-22

nate Queen PLAYED the "MaGseillaise."
The convention presented R0uget de
PIsle with two viOinS, or rather allowed
him 10 choose among the ylolins IN the pub
lie warehouses two that pleased him most
II is said that the seventh cGuplet OF the
"MarSeillaiSe" was written, not by ROuget
de FIsle, but by the Able PesSoneau. 1t Is
certain that at one time the able was con-
demned to death as a suspect, but his lie
was saved because the revolutionary trlOu-
nal at Lyons discovered that he had added
a couplet to the ''MarseillaisP.
BARONESS ALTHEA SALVADOR
In the foregoing sketch of Rouget dePIsle,
the writer Of the "MarseiIlaise" is outlined
with Suudry yersatilities of nature which
show him to have been a literary Opportun-
ist who rendered various services for var
ious Governments, and who was quite upset
because his adopted song became
the voice of the republican trumpet. His
feelings as actor in the scenes that moved
him TO become q yerSifer were only mOder-
ately robust, but like bells struck Idly the
sounds he gave forth set up Sympathles OF
vibration which were unsUSpected IN his
comprehension Of the situation. He found
himself famous almost against his Will, and
would have recalled what he had written if
recall could have stilled the movement 10
which his flaming lines contributed. But 1t
is assuming too much 20 assert that ROuget
de l'ISle'S verse caused the fall Of the mon
archy IN France. Strictly jadgedit was only
an incident of revolution pTecipitated by
many errors of abuse and hollow falseness of
principle. The revolution came from an
awakening to the fTightfnl abuses and
chaotic collapse Of monarChlcal government,
under which the masses were drained OF their
life 10 feed ? vicious aristocracy who had
long ceased TO render any adequate service
for their privileges, which we're absurd and
mOnstTous far beyond the tale OF history in
any country. Tie CharlataniSm OF BRAIN
less government never had pT0fOunder eX-
emplifcation Of its error. and its strange
capacities OF imposition on a people tutored
TO seryile obedience and submission, than in
France. But the awakening was not by
any IN ans made by the "Matseiilaise,' any
more than was the English Reformation en-
gendeTed aud rooted by the vagaTies OF
Henry the Ejghth'S marriage tantrums.
France was In desperate Straits from biu1-
ders Of administration and fiscal miseTies
carried beyond tile point Of human endur-
ancc compatible with human happiness.
The ear Of the nation ia parOXYSns OF
grOaning vas attUned TO any song OF deliy-
eT3Dce, any speech of wisdom or hope.
Rousseau had reclted to wiling listeners,
to greedy absOrbers of fresh hOHght on
problems never solved, his Contrat Social
and lis Emil, the pioneer contribution on
many phases of educational evolution.
France was agape with the novelty OF his
theories and philosophy was shaken
into unwonted combinations of activity.
But besides Rousseau, who, Ike Rouget de
PIsle, did not perceive how far his ideas
would excite to ne " reactions in the chem.
istry Of human organization, and may be
considered a dramatst unconscious OF hi:
effects, there we're others who had been
thr0 wing up lurid TebaIls into the murky
air of government bv monarchy and OIL
garchical pretension. VOltaire had harrassed
the desDOts as ii they were so many bulls