New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14
THEIR sIREs FOUGHT IN '93.
DESCENDANTS OF FRENCH REVOLT
rroNARY HEROES UNITE.

DISTINGUISHED NAMES THAT WILL BE Mi
sENrEp IN THE socIEry-THE FAMILIES "
cARNor cAsIMIR PERIER AND BARRERE'
! Attention having been drawn In Frahce "
, American societies of the Sons Oh III.
,,or nv the recent interchange Of comphmeh'"''
messages between that organization anu
don't Faure q similar association is row IN prov
| ess of formation on the banks oI '"e
frances revolution was almost contemporary
Gus with that on this side OF the A'Ian'S' ,,.,,od
| illuminated in the independence OF the ohileu
! CO... NAVY ~ the grandsons Of those VINO
n,svad a part in calling into existence the hrst
r.uoh penub,,c are now as conspicuous In the
nrh,;o life NJ their native land as are the sons
=, tho American Revolution In this country.
! 7, &c only fitting therefore. that they shouid
....,,ua themselves into a corporate body.
formed on the same lines as the America"
oo,a,ies which have this In common with the
order OF nobility, namely. that they are o'seu
~ birth and entail upon their members the
rocossitv of preserving free from disgrace names
,horited from ancestors distinguished for their
patriotism.
II NAV he argued that the existence OF a cas'e
such as this is contrary to the doctrines %
democracy that furnish the foundation u '"e
commemorative of the United states anu VI
France Indeed the monarchical newspapers III
1,,riS are already beginning to condemn as IL
logical the existence of what they arc pieaseu u
describe as an "Aristocracy OF the hepup"c'
But Il may he replied to this that the latter LAY
| claim to no prerogatives either pon'ical "
| social affects no superiority over lts le"o"
citizens and has but one object IN View nancy
the moral Tim Of inducing It's members 10 i've
| I'm To the traditions Of the founders or their
| families.
First and foremost among the ranks OF ,he
Society of the Sons OF the French Revolution
Will be found the bearers of the honored name
J Of Carnot-a name so universally respected ho'
| only by all classes of the population IN France
/ but also abroad, that it's mention Is suiHc'eh'
| IN banish the sheer from the lips Of even the
most sarcastic ard cynical OF royalists true
! the Carnots are able TO trace their descent pach
IN AN unbroken line to the thirteenth century
Pint they regard as the real founder or their
family that General Lazare Carnot who'
hundred years ago received from the Natioha
| Legislature OF his country the proud surname
| Of "Organizer of Victory" and who, as mem
her of the first Convention. was one OF the
| original creators of the French Republic Whef
| NAPOLEON assumed the Imperial dignity. Ten
/ eral CarnOt Withdrew from PUBIC me- peiHS "''
able to reconcile the principles for the sake Of
which he had helped to overthrow the Bourbon
despotism with those embodied by the first
Empire. But it was thoroughly in keeping WITT
his chivalrous nature that, when Napoleon re
turned from Elba to make last and desperate
effort to rescue France from the hands OF the
old dynasty that had been imposed upon mel
| against her will by foreign invaders. ne shouio
have Joined what was In every respect a rorlorr
| hope. taking leading part in what Is known II
history as THE Hundred Days Reign" Fol
| this he died in exile.
THE THREE CARNOTS.
His son, after championing the cause OF Tree
dom in Parliament throughout the reign Oh kins
Louis Philippe. became one of the Cabinet MIN
listers of the second Republic that followed tn'
Revolution Of 1S4S; while his son, in turn, the
late Sadi Carrot, was a Cabinet Minister or th'
| third Republic that originated with the war Of