The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-05-02

palace? 1t was with some difficulty
/ that these wild women were persuaded
to send deputation Of II instead of
| going enmassc to the palace. The -
| deputies were so kindly received hy
| the King and Queen, his Majesty
spoke to them so paternaily, the Queen
was so sweetly gracious, that they
| were all abasbct and neither shook
their fists nor attempted any strans-
ling. Indeed. they were all but stransl-
ed themselves by their revolutionary
sisters when they returned to give an
| account of their mission and confessed
their conquest hy the royaly amia-
bility.
BY this time, however, the horde of
wild women were ipined 10y hordes of
wilder men, and on the following night
an assault was made on the palace.
The Swiss Guards and the Royal
Guard were mas acred in their defense
of the chateau A few gallant officers
guarded the entrance to the royal ap-
but allowing time I"r the X ~ and
Queen to retreat to another part OF
the palace, which as yet was free from
attack Fortunatcly-not moment
too soon-Lafayettc, the commander
of the National Guard, arrived with
a regiment to defend their Majestics.
The appearance on the balcony Of
Marie Antoinrtte restored the King
and Queen to comparative safety.
The appearance on the balcony OF
Marie Antoinette. beautiful and calm
ly courageous, with Lafayette, the
popular favorite, bending his knee to
her and kissing her hand in revercnt
homage, appeased their wrath for a
while; but with much yelling they
made known their wish that the King
and Queen and little Dauphin should
return with them to Paris. the de-
mand could hardly be refused with
safety, in spite of Lafayette and the
National Guard. On October 6 the
royal family, accompanied hy the
National Assembly guarded by Ia
fayette and his tloops and oscorted hy
thousands of uproarious people, travcl-
ed in procession from Versailles to
Paris. Every yard of the route was
made to the deafeniny roar of the mob
which was under the impression that
when the King came to his capital
bread would he easy TO get. 1--WE
have got the baker. tie haHcr's wife
and the bakers boy!' they shouted,
and the people Of Paris met them with
answering acclaim.
THE DOWNFALL OF TIE MONARCHY.
In the Palace Of the Tule1ies. 10
which the King and Qne,n were con
Quoted, they found themselves prac-
tically prisoners, with every move
ment watched by spies and subject to
continual insult on the part of their
jailers. The people finding that bread
was still not forthcoming grew more
infamed against the monarchy. which
they considered the cause of all evils.
In the National Assembly, still bus,
in drawing up a constitution the
moderate men were being ous;cd for
men Of the hottest and fercest lepubl-
can ideas. Robespierre, Danton and
Marat became the leaders by reason
OF their violent theories and proposals.
Revolutionary clubs and revolutionary
papers openly advooa'e ed the abolition
OF the onalchy. and the death of the
Count Of Mirabcau, the only liberal
Royalist who had had hold upon the
Assembly and the nation. was the last
link severed that might have upheld |
the Crown lll:le longer.
1t was clear to all that Louis and |
Marie Antoinette were in The gravest
peril. They fully real'z'd their own
danger and made one desperate and |
futile effort to escape. Aided 10y
friends and bribery, they succeeded in
leaving the Tuilerics in disguise and
drove rapidly as far as Narennes on
their way to the French border But
their agoniz;ng effort was in vain. BY |
a series of misadventures they were
rccogn;z sd by enemies and arrested at
Narenncs, from which town they were
brought back as captivcs to Paris, with
every mark of ignoniny and insult.
The end was not far Oft. The Con-
stituent Assembly was succeeded in
l79l by the Legislative Assembly.
The King was compelled to declare
war against Austria in April, 1872,
and ear! y defeats experienced by the
French troops were put down against
Louis, who was confined with his fam
lily in the Temple. The Assembly now
dissolved itself and was succeeded by
the National Convention, which pro-
claimed the republic. The King was
accused of repeated acts of treason,
and upon January 81, 1893, he met
his death upon the guillotina with 4
courage and resignation that filed the
most heroic moments Of his life Marie
Antoinette soon followed him and
reign of blood madc France a horror
among civiliZ ii nations -Ediabugh
Scotsman
Apt to get rattled--lce.