The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-17
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put so intimidated wsra !. ~,
hmitless power for III, tney ~ n.
responded to the ron I, snai but N
t,rna ~ 0orday realized IL ,s a'un N
. I'm ,, tne terrorlzing powe, J, ,0i Il. I,
the French goyernmert' s =, q The ~
SO nerveless these mar e saali NJ
Wronged, he must rule +. wacn h
alone, and she, Charlo,, nshi d 4,
knew no fear, would Ia Vorday
woy Won aam Ns,r murderer, aud iustIs. 'osa',
M Msa return. 1t is said nv sna ~
uepa,so with herself wss.s tsS
SHOULD be relieved OF Ma. Usher FssI
pierre, but the call Of " Of RssI
lVo,ooo guillotine victims az i9Ins,
the testimony which ssn0'nes i,
Glrcndists brought bao, 'ne pfssrIi
delay. oue Aarst siA,Y
,., sne accordingly set forth !.
taxing no one into her cons sss ~ Rirj
termined to shoot Marat I IN .s b.; /;
the assembly. Finding a.. .as nids
not carry out her MASS a' shs ua
I'M h,n before the people, like ~ Y Ela
neIoN es IN the plays OF her s y. aas
uncle Pierre Corneille, an. sssa!.trss|
purchase new weapon wiz, WIZ aeeidet
dispatch him at his home -. nalca
700 Ill to 60 any more IN
ton, and admitted no v,,.. .as Coined
pus,ng sharp knife OF cutlss !, Aa'
suaaeu one Duperret. GlropdIs, - y
her 10 Marats house, but 10, i .a.. y "
admission. She then wrota ~, ns'e tsas
her victim. declaring with A. 0sos \
cunning which the most s av s0ns'ri|
seem to develop upon oocas,as
nau important secrets to d.scio,s '+ : y
h9lurnins In the evening, She ss,rs Y
mitte' &c while Marat WAS II sS s,a 4
Referring to the GirondIst i s.a ~ a''
her neighborhood, he said ~, PUTS
nave them arrested and exerus,a !. .s ''a}
day, whereupon Charlotte corSs, =. ~, si1
the knife, which she had cors s rsaas
her handkerchief, into his hear,
Having achieved what she cars.,..,
be commendable action, she ,o,us., Y
opportunities of escape and calm, t,s ~
arrest. She was not only wlI,,,a
anxious to sacrifice her life for Il,
of her country. She was alarmss ~ w
ever, at the attacks of the iufuys'
multitude, who would have updoun,i1
torn her to pieces had she not ~, \.
protected by the chief Of polca ~
that feared to die" she said. ON,
was repugnant to my womaa's n,tu,. N
be torn to pieces before every5odvr
before the revolutionary .rlbun,I 4.
showed the same calm and nodes al
nifty, losing her rnocent serenity u.
once, when Fouquier -Tlnville ipssu,,]
that she could not have killed her vI,li,|
so successfully had she not neen ~
toming her hand to It. ooh the v,e,,hrl
she exclaimed, in an astonlshment M
took the court room by storm. he t.,,l
me for an assassL." When the prs,ss]
then asked her how she could re,th NJ
heart at the very first blow she rsul,5l
Indignation had aroused my hear IA
showed me the way to his The o,t,l
dent tried to induce Charlotte Cor,sRI
counsel to plead insanity. but she urss3
premedltat!on 50 strongly that the p,s;l
dent again tried to save her by onlttsd
in his charge to the Jury the cag
with criminal and contra-reyolutlesii|
designs" He was arrested and tied ii
this suppression a few days later: but ID
efforts were unayailing, for she was wi1
demned to immediate execution.
While NJ. Hauer, the artist, ives piiaI1
ing her portrait, The ge,dlrmes ensssj
with the red robe which murdertrs sl]
at their execution. She displayed no h,s1
tation in putting 1t ca. There was rals]
ing OF the savage v.rago or coward abb 4
her, for she was uplifted by the thulsAl
that by shedding the blood o. one ns1
and giving up her own in penalty tAts]
for, she had saved the blood Of thousiat}
of her countrymen. Robespierre, Ds;Ia
ard Desmoulirs, who had statl0sd
themselves OH the road to the guills!ts||
were amazed at her peaceful and n.sgd
calmness, 50 unlike that OF other yelln'|
who had not quailed before the guillolas|
yet had kept up their spirits with w
triotic speeches and songs. A deputy hcl
Mayence lost his reason-no unconas1
thing during the reign OF terror-t s'sil
of her red-robed beauty radiant p "
sunset. and requested to be executed n
mediately afterward, that he might "
1.-THE woman greater than Brutus' a N
other world. His request was sIsls']
but Charlotte Corday never knew o X
singular devotion.