The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-25

miniStered by the most DnrDar0uS ol
all tribunals; when no man could greet
his neighbors, or say his prayers. or
dress his hair, without danger Of com.
mitting.ta capital crime; when spies
lllrked In every corner; when the gull
iotine was long and hard at work ev-
cry morning; when the jails were NIL
ed as close as the hold Of a slave.ship;
when the cutters ran foaming with
blood into the Seine; when II was
death to be great,niece OF a captain
In the royal guards. or half-brother Of
Doctor of the Scrbonne. to express
q doubt whether asslgnats (paper
money would not fall, to hint that
the English had been victorious In the
action Of the first Of June. to have n
copy Of one Of BnrKe's pamphlets
locked up In Il desk, to laugh at ia
Goblin for taking the name Of Cassius
and Timoleon, or to call the Fifth Sans.
culottide by It's Old sHperstitious name
Of st. Matthew'S Day"
Take a breath and compare the work
OF such a tribunal with even the worst
days OF the Spanish lnqulsitton under
Torquemada. All this was done at
Paris. three centuries after Torque.
mazda, all done in the name Of that
new trinity, Liberty! Equality. Fra
ternlty!" FAN 'z
1t would be impossible. without
writing large volume, to relate what
was going on In the rest OF France.
Let us. however, have a glimpse Of It:
mo frightfuller law says Carlyle,
(French Rev. III, w., G). lever ruled
In nation OF men. - All prisons
in French land are getting crowded
to the ridge tile. Forty-four thousand
committees. like as many companies
OF reapers or cleaners. cleaning
France. are gathering their harvest
and storing It in these houses. - -
Ney. less the $4,000. each on Its own
harvest field. prove insufficient, We
are TO have an ,ambulant Revolution.
AIRY army, G.OOO strong. under right
captains this shall perambulate the
country at large and strike In wherer-
or It finds such harvest work slack"
Where are the 10 tribunals Of the
Spanish ,Inouisitlon? Where are Its
$4,000 Victims In three centuries nc.
cordIng to Lloren!e? Compare with
the $4,000 companies OF harvesters OF
CARLYLE. with the flying army to back
and excite them. less their work
should slack. AMI Carlyle las told
Us that now there Is such a crime rs
being Suspect Of being Suspect" See
Carlyle also on the details OF the
drownings (Noyalinss) at Nantes
latter the headsmnn sank worn out. :"
OF L.ebon's work a. Arras-of the ftlsll-
lading at Lyons. prefer to again
pass the pen to Lord Macaulay who.
for once, is unable 20 reach reality In
his descriptions:
while the daily wagon loads Of
victims were carried to their doom
through the streets OF Paris, the Pro.
consuls. whom the sovereign commit
tee had sent forth to the departments.
revelled In an extravaganza OF cruelty
unknown even In the capital. The
knife OF the deadly machine rose and
fell too slow for their work Of sIaugh-
ter. Long rows OF captives were NOV.
ed down with grape shot. Holes were
made in the bottom OF crowded barges.
Lyons was turned Into a desert. At
Arras. even the cruel mercy Of "a
speedy death was denied to the pris.
oners. THE apostate Lebon would
read long documents to his victims,
whose neck he had previously fastened,
under the knife Of .he. gllillotine.) All,
down the Loire from; saumurl to q The The
sea, great aocks Of crows and Kites