Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-04
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

eHoiIlbus sum OF BIN Dllllpu llIeA. ln-
ike himselfhls queen and court, striy-
ing 10 initiate the ostentatiOn OF the
graud monarch Of preceding times.
we're cxtravagant and brilliant. And
thus he found his kingdom upon the
verge OF irretrlevable ruin. The taxes
were wholly laid upon the lowest clns-
SEES and the extensive clergy shared
Immunity from taxation with the no
billty. We have seen that the finder was
ready for the spark The people called
loudly for the convention OF the states
general, their national representative
legislature. which had not been assem-
BLEED for upward OF n hundred and
seventy years Louis hesitated and
his minister called convention Of the
notables, representatives. OF the higher
ciasseg. Here was where the mad
vertent spark was struck that kindled
the fire nf popular determination. We
will examine into the cause; Through
out the dreaIy wars of the Spanish,
Polish and Austrian SUGGESTIONS, the
invasions of Louis XIV. the Seven
Years war tthc latter waged stimuli
taneously with those OF England for
the settlement Of the American boun-
darles), the assistance lent the Ameri
can colonies,and the wars with jealous
England for that support-adding to
these the wealth savished upon the
successive unworthy Cuurts--the taxes
had been wholly unshared by any but
the peasant classcs--the financial ruin
rendered these burdens unusually op-
pressive, while famine and rigorous
winter rendered them intollerable.
The minister proposed, to the assem-
bly, just mentioned. that share Of
this taxation should be borne by the
nobility. This proposition they utter
~ refused to accept. Their ungener-
Gus attitude sprung the trap upon
themselves. Louis was compelled to
convoke the states general but there
the privileged orders cndeaVOred TO
control the commons and to settle up
on them the cancellation of the ma
tionnl deficit. The commons then
united under Mirnbeau and forced the
king, nobility and clergy to recognize
their rights. After n struggle this con-
VentiOn. known ns the National As
sembly. abolished all fcudal rights
and prerogatives OF rank and declared
the equal rights Of man. a constitute
tion was formed, establishing govern
ment upon the basis Of limited mon
archy, without nm absolute veto and
giving the right to the nation to order
and 10 the king to execute. Paris and
Versailles had declared themselves for
the assembly and the new minister at
tempted 60 marshal foreign troops to
their vicinity. The people flew to
arms and organized the national
guard under Lafayette. Two
days later the Bastle was demol-
ished The request Of the assembly
that the foreign troops be dismissed
was not acceded to by the minister
without the threats Of the Assembly
and the intercesslon Of the king. We
are approaching our limitation Of
space and must now summarize rap
idly: The crowned heads of Europe,
becoming alarmed at the progress OF
French Republicanism, found IA coali-
ton to compel the French people to
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To enforce this demand they sent
armies against thin. Louis, though
he had acceded to the demands Of
the Assembly. found this strong
temptation and vainly attempted to
escape, with his family, to these pow
crful allies. This destroyed the conf
dence Of his people; and he and his
queen was eventually tried and exc
cuted. In the meantime a new leEis-
lative assembly was elected, consisting
of violent and ignorant men.
Prussia and Austria entered France
with $4,000 men and threatened the
execution oof the members of the as
sombly as well as the destruction of
Paris II the security oof the royal
family We're infringed. The revolu-
tionists became frantic, and, while
they sent troops TO the borders for
defense, there was turmoil, uproar,
agitation, dsunion in their own ranks.
The assembly now consisted Of vari-
Gus violent parties.-the constitution
hllsts' the glronlsts' anu most Nloleht
OF all; the JacoDlhs, whose ciuns We're
9rs4nlzed aii oyer PARIS ana heaaed
ny Daht3n' hoDespiere ana Marht'-,
aIterWhru ueslgnhteu the hllerhai
the latter incensed thepeople was the
ieilehce ana moderation OF the exist
ing goVernnent-the Assembly
Nheh the news arrived Of tne taxing
OF LohEfoy ana Neruuh ny the com
blned armies, inc commune or farls
ordered the general massacre or the
royalists' The assembly endeaVored
70 arrest the horrible iniamy' ana,
ialung' dissolved. me succeeding
assembly called the national ConNen-
ton was even more violent ana bitter.
Ihey declared me country republic
ana the royal power abolished. DIS
sensions arose between the Uhrondists,