New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13

ton in connection with the Anarchist worship
if the sunburst and guillotine had not finally
become the religious emblens OF the movement
But for this the comrades had to walt for the
coming Of Ravachol who Is sti.l the chief saint
Of the new religion.
In the mean time, In 1891. the "Pere Peinard'
ran arnuck OF another relg ous whm OF the
Anarchist rank and file. 1t published cheap
almanac. and the calendar was given to prepare
to Sebaston Faure, the ex-cleric who has been
the friend OF Leauthier and all the recent An
archist heroes" He tho.ghtlcssly left the
DAYS OF the ordinary saints marked. as is done in
every Christian calendar. When the blunder
was discovered there was agitation among the
comrades They would have nothing to do with
saints Of the old society. But there were not
enough Anarchist heroes or great events 70
go round the days OF single month OF the
year The dilemma was solved by tearing OUT
the obnoxious pages from the copies already
printed and so the first almanac Of "Pere
Peinard" appeared without a calendar
IT in 1892 that the Paris jurymen, with
much fear and trembling. condemned Ravachol
for the placing of the bombs which began the
Anarchist terror in the city TO imprisonment
with hard labor Bu the court at Montbrison.
where the anarchist had further 10 for
the murder OF a hermit and the violation of q
noble ladys tomb witch the vulgar motive OF
robbery was less lenient Rayachol was COM
dcmncd to death and gulllodned on July II.
French Anarchy had now national martyr"
Even the sober "Revolte" yielded to the de-
mand and eulogzed the dead robber and
sassin. The brilliant Paul Adam, in the En-
uctens'-a literary review os the young school
-Outdid the comrades themselves in blasphemous
paEegyric. 1t is worth noting that everywhere
in this religion find Christianity spelled
backward. Instead Of the cross, there was now
tho guotne; instead OF Jesus-even Christian
ears must bear to hear it-there was to be hence
forth Rdva chO Paul Adam began the refrain:
The legend of sacrifice. Cf the giving OF life
for human happiness has suddenly reappeared
in our age with the maryrdOm OF Ravachol.
II l.l.
chronicles and appeals - legal murder. Rava-
chol remains the propa6atOr Of the great idea
Of the old religions, which preached the seeking
after death by one man for the good or the
World-the abnegaton Of self, of life and good
name for the lifting up Of the poor and lowly.
lie is definitely the Remover Of the Essential
Sacrifice"
The worship Of Ravacho had begun. 1t only
remained to popularze II. This has been done
by circulating little cards with sayings Of his
printed them, ana especially by small
pictures representing him in a way not unlike
the saints pictures common in France. How
successful the propaganda Of the new devotion
has been may be gathered from the fact that
the immense majority Of the thousands Of An
archiss arrested in France since the beginning
Of this year have been found wearing one or
other OF these pictures about chem They have
also been discovered the persons OF Anarchists
in Spain and Italy.
Two Of tho sayings OF Rayachol which have
been thus preciodsly preserved will give idea
or the mora tendencies Of the new worship.
Labor has always seemed humating to me- as
mum from the moral point Of view as from the .
physical. Yet / have subjected myself to it,"
"lf unlimited liberty existed in love- there are
persons who believe thai people would love
children less. because very often they would not
know VINO WAS the father. What difference
can that make, provided that the children re-
ceive the care due them from the mother, who
Is sure TO recognize her own"
me first picture Of Ravachol represented him
II. the prison Of Montbr.son between sendarmes.
Ito stands erect. IN wooden shoes and the tight
fitting prison costume with face uplifted and
-Or n n tbar MO
sure, copied from an ordinary photograph, shows
his head and bust Ike that Of 4 smiling and al
mos, treacherous-ookirg workman in his Sun
uay clothes. II Is framed in above by a scroll
with dcub cript0n-"Anarchy is the future
Of hum@n.ty-n property IS robbery" Below.
under the t.tle Last Words OF Ravachol" are
the Inns of the song OF Pere Duchesne, which
he sang as he mounted the scaffod. IF you
wish to be happy. nom de Dieu "a French oath).
nang your landlord" The song dates from the
first revolution and was due 10 the disciples Of
Marat, who also made saint of him after nc
had been killed by Charlotte Corday. 1t ranges
from obscene raillery 70 blasphcmy, and winds
up by declaring that employers bourgeois and
priests all deserve TO be hanged 70 the amppost.
This song Is in high vogue with the present
shortly before the suppression Of the "Pere
Peinard II brought out final and purely
symbolic picture OF Ravachol, signed by the
artist 6. Maurin. In few simple lines like a
figure in a stained glass window. the head and
naked bust Of Ravachel appear framed in by the
upright posts and crossbar Of the guilIStine
The features of the face stern and lofty in
look. while behind the fo5t IF the guillotine the
sun rises and drives away The Clouds But the
climax was not Yet reached. Paul Palette was
ambitious t. be the hymn writer OF the move
ment as he has been its profane poet His two
volumes Of verse. The Time # Anarchy" and
The New Way" are chiefly taken up with the
free love which he PROPOSED in the vegetarian
lunches given by him tc adopts in his garden OF
Montmartrc His hymn. with all its daring bias
phemy. has had but limited success. II was
titled "Rayachol-Jesus
LA Ravlchoe"-a mingled imitation of the
"Carmagnole' and "Ca Ira" Of The first revolu-
t!on-has been more successful. Tie refrain has
been changed from canon into the more suit.
able Anarchist phrase.
"vivc ie son. viye lie son.
ID I explosion"
The people arc exhortei to dance La Rava-
cholc" because "all the bourgeois shall taste Of
the bomb"
All ca ira. ca ira. ca ira"
After pictures and hymns nothing was left to
d. but u make pllgrimaSes 10 the tOmbs Of the
martyrs. Now Ravachol mot his death far from
Paris. The comrades have accordingly trans
ferrcd their venerat.on u the statue Of Diderot
in the Boulevard Sant-GerTain. Thither they
were summoned last year for the anniversary
of RavachOis execution. by autographed plac-
ard. reminding them that their martyr had mo
other impulse than the Love Of the Best" that
therefore. they should make public manifesto
ton Of their grief and Their solidarity with him.
The monument Of )!lcPJt was chosen because
ne was "the illu5trious precursor Of Anarchy"
His words were cited: Mature has made neither
servants nor masters: wish neither 10 give nor
10 receive laws" The call was addressed to 'all
those who hold that Anarchy is but humanity
finding again it, way"
When valiant was executed in January Of
this year. new cult developed To the field Of
IVry where his body had been buried flowers
were brought daily and children were led to
promise vengeance over the tomb Of the martyr
Palm branches were planted with inscriptions
Speaking Of the holy drops of his blood" The
editors and writer's Of Anarchist reviews came
thirty strong TO euogize. A group Of Social
lists with red flags headed by Deputy of the
Seine east flowers on the grave When II was
TOO late the police forbade access to the grave
But the cult of the new martyr goes silently
on with that OF the old.
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