The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-24
FEARS NO REVOLUTION.
George r. Vending Says Conditions
Are Not So Tending.

George II. Vending Says Conditions
Are Not So Tending.
The lecture Of George r. Vending, at
the Peoples church, last night received
the compliment of an excellent attend.
ance and was graphic and interesting.
His subject. 'Mirabeau and tie French
Revolution, was one offering wide field
and was handled with skill. Mr.. Wend-
ling presented the idea OF Mirabeau as
the giant Of the revolution, the people q
king and the defender of their rights
With his masterful hand, ne argued, the
reign of mob law in France and the ter
rorism existing after the first twenty
three months would have been avoided
The lecturer painted vivid word pic
ture of the turbulent life of his hero AMI
In graphic manner recounted the trials
and suffering from the persecution of
cruel father and under the abused privi-
leges of the aristocracy, which fitted him
to be the leader of the people Then in
the stirring days of the assembling of
the states general, he depicted hin,
strong In defense of the peoples rights,
firm and fearless in his convictions, dery-
ing the king and guiding the thousand
opposing influences of the revolution.
The death of Mirabeau and the stormy
scenes following ending in the reign Of
terror were recounted in q telling man
ner.
Mr.. Vending added interest to his ad.
dress by directing considerable attention
to the pessimistic view often expressed,
that conditions and tendencies IN the
United States at present are forging
slowing ahead to a revolution such as
France experienced. He strongly OPP
posed any such conclusion and while adj
uniting the existence OF certain evils.
thought them of a nature to be dealt
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be feared.
1.-The terrible struggle opened by Mira
beau in France" said he. was a social
uprising against caste, a moral revolt
against religion, q political insurrectfon
against the government. These are
things which will never come to pass In
the United States. Without an aristoc-
racy and with nothing upon which 1t
could be built but wealth, we are free
from the first. With a strong and abid-
ing faith In the imperial book, we may
avoid the second, and with the supreme
power In the hands Of the people, there
is nothing to present opportunity for
revolt against the government. can See
no possibility of a social revolution.
With the common people supreme, we
have a guaranty against abuses, and,
while the people of this country submit
tamely to grievous evils for a time, they
have always SHOWN themselves Capable
Of rising and creating new conditions
when the pressure became obnoxious
''Thcre is, however, one great danger.
That lies in the possibility of a sudden
and widespread disregard of law The
sudden growth OF this possibility has
made men in the prime of life doubtful
of its existence. It was not SO In their
childhood, but in recent years our cities
nave become the nesting place of I'M
ported anarchists, social Murats, voiun'
tary oilers, parasites and dangerous
class of fy-by-night agitators. Sudden
emergencies give this element, which has
become stronger than is generally re-
allied, an opportunity to rise like storm
of summer, and sweep around NOD
nucleus. a dangerous body OF men We
must keep down this mob spirit main
tain the unsullied honor of the law and
keep bright the traditions of right which
our fathers cherished Every citizen
mnsf keen alert to this possibility and
use his mower in diminishing it.