The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-06

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On the aaIne day the Pntencs vas axe-
dutsd. G,iarried by an armed force, Jan
ton ami his comrades vere quickly con-
vcyed in q utmbrel ~ The Place de Ia Rsvn.
luton, Shers they we're 10 I've guiil0tined.
Hsrauit do Sechsllss was The first behelded.
Hs trlsh ~ he paased to xiss Danton, but
ths execiitioner'a men would not let him.
Danton aaid Va them Fools. you cannot
hinder our heads meeting IN the basket
presently . Az ono NY one his friends were
slmmunad. he said To each some words "
consolation. Hs himself was the last tn
die. Thinking n his wife, he aid MY
beloved, shall I no more behold thee''
Then; Come. DantOn, no weaknessl'
And then to Samson, the exeCutioner'
SHOW my head tn the people! IL IN worth
wtile. They do not zee the ike every
day An eyewitness If tho execution
recorded that this Danton plays his part
vol. At the foot Of tho horrible statue
silhuuettsd in Colossal outline against ths
sky, 7 saw the Tribune standing upright.
like one Of Dants's shadows, half illumined
by the dying SIN. and. like one rising from
the tomb, rather than about 10 enter Il.
Nothing holder than tbs c~ountenance Of
this athlete Of the Revolution could be
imagined, nothing more formidable than
the pose Of the profile defying the axe.
than the poise Of the head, still, while on
the point Of falling. seeming To dictate laws.
Appalling spectacle! Time can never sffacs
il from my memory. | Jaw there incarnate
the feeling which inspired Danton's last
words-terribie words which | could not
hear, hut which we're reported to me with a
shudder Of horror and admiration" Mr..
Beesly conoedes that 20 men of our dry and
Of a temperament less emotional than that
of Frenchmen Danton's last words may
seem self conscious. 10 may be Mira
beal's: Support hat head; would [ could
beuueath il theei" Our author submits,
however, that, to be judged fairly, both
men should be Judged relatively To their
race aud time. There was plenty of theatre
cal eloquence chen, and much a~ttitudiriS-
ing, in the British House Of Commons N
we'll an in the French Convention. "Danton
was a born orator. and perhaps there has
never been a great orator who has not had
in him something of the actor. But he vas
fundamentally neither an egotist, nor aIti-
ficial, nor a cynic." The egotism in his
speeches ia too frank 70 be offensive. Had
he been really vain, his speaches would have
arneIled more of the lamp. Az a matter of
fact, he was the only French statesman Of
the period who always imprnvised and
spoke extempore. From this point Of view
his speaches stand out sharply distinct
from those of Mirabeau and Robespierre,
VerRniaud and Barsre. They ara not
models of style; they ara diffllse and badly
arranged; but they seem to come red hot
from the heart.