The Washington herald., 1909-04-25


the commonwealth. and satiating his ava
rice and ambition by the command ot the
republic and the piunder OF the city.
Catiiine gained 10 his interest the pTofi-s
gate Of al ranks and denominstionss
knights. patrielans. and senators who
were desperate bankrupts and some high
born women Of the intriguing and absn-'
Goned character helped to Increase his
party. The disclosure made By Fuivis q
woman of loose character. defeated tba
conspirstors.
Il is hardly 10 be believed that soap al
most caused a rebellion al one time n
England. and yet It Is recorded IN his
tory In London great ado was lnaSo
about soap when Charles sold the no.
nopoly OF It's manufacture Women CON-
piained that the new soap burned tbs
linen, scaldeG the lzundresses' fingers,
and wasted in keeping The King COM
manded the lord mayor OF LONDON to b
reprimsnded for his pusiHsnimity in thls
business. being afraid OF a troop OF Bom-i
en- that clamoroUsiy petitioned him
against the new soap.
Peasants rising against tyranny Is moth
ing new in France The frightful insur-
rectiOn called the Jaequerie was a gen
eral rising OF the enslave6 peasants oS
the provinces against the mobiles. prompt
ed not so much by the love OF liberty as
by the desperation Of utter and hopeless
misery and a ferocious thirst OF ven
eeance upon their tyrants. The revolt o.
the Jacques. as they were called from
the familiar nickname OF Jacques Bon,
hOmme, applied 70 the French peasantry)f
commenced IN the neighbOrhoOd Of CIer-
mont and Beauvsis in May. 135S and
quickly overspread the northern and
western districts Il was a war OF whole
sale determination. The feudal chateaus
we're assailed. sacked. burned. and razed
&c the ground and their inmates. down 10
the youngest infant. put TO the sword
with every circumstance OF almost in
credible baTbarfty
Rebellion resulting from insult has also
made its impression on the worlds his
tory The Persian Emperor HOrmcaz vas
jealous OF his successful and Iowa Cen.
Bahrsn after his great victory over the
Turk. and no sooner had Bahran col
lected and reviewed his forces than ne
received from q royal messenger the in
sri;ing gif. of 2 distafT. spinning wheel
and c0mplete suit OF female apparel
Obedient to the viii OF his sovereign. ha
showed himself 10 the soldiers IN this un-
worthy disguise. They resented his ig-
nominy and their own. A shout OF rebel
lion ran through the ranks. and the gem
eral accepted their oath OF fidelity ana
vows OF revenge
OF the rebellion of Roman slaves. his.
tory records that they found a leader IN.
Young Thracisn robber chief named.
Spartacus, who was destined for the am
phitheater, and who preferred meeting
his masters IN the field TO killing his
friends 70 make a Roman holiday Spar
jacEs. with 30 OF his companions. burs-i
out from the Capuan stables seized,
their arms and made their Way into ms
crater Of TeSuv1us which was then afts.J
the long sleep OF the volcano. a deuss
jungle Of wild vines The slaves OF ,ha5
adjoining plantations deserted and 1oined
them. The FIRE spread. SpartaCuS p-O<
claimed universal emancipation. and in q
few weeks was Al the head OF an srrny-
with which he Overran Italy 10 The foot.
OF the Alps defeated consuIs and p-se-
tors captured the eagles OF the Iesions.
wasted the farms OF the noble lords. and
FOR two years held his ground against all
that Rome could do
or rebelious movements IN the United
States. history reports a number OF in
stances. The Ist Of November. I7s5. cane
On that day the stamp act was 70 take
effect During the summer great ouanti-
ties Of the stamped paper had been pre-
pared and sent to America Ten boxes
.of II were seized by the people Of New
York and openly destroyed. N Connec-
ticut the stamp officer was threatened
with hanging In Boston houses we're de-
sTrOyed and the stamps given % -
WiT:3s and flames Whole cargoes OF tAs
0hnoxius papers were shipped n Enc.
land and every stamp officer in Amerisa
was obliged 10 resign or leave the Coz.
Try By the 1st OF November there wers
scarcely stamps enough remaining 40
furnish after times with specimens. The
day was kept as day Of mourning. The
stores were closed flags were hung al
half-mast. the bells were toIled. efigiss
OF the authors and abettors OF the stamp
acf were borne about IN mockerv and
then burned The people OF New Hamp-
shire formed a funeral procession and
buried coffin bearing the inscription OF
Liberty" A cartoon was circulated
limiting at union as the remedy for the
existing evils The picture represented 4
snake broken into sections Each Joint
was labeled with the initials OF 2 colony
the head was marked ~ E for New
England and the title was Join or die.
OF the Boston tea party. On the 18th o.
December. T773. the dispute was settled in
a memorable manner. There was a great
town meeting. At which 100 people were
assembled Adams and Quincy spoke 20
the mulutudes- Evening came on and the
meeting was about 10 sdjou-.. ~hen =
varwhoop was heard and about hfty aaen
disguised as Indians passed the door o.
the Old South Church. The crowd FOL
lowed TO Grifin's wharf where the three
tea ships were at anchor. Then everv-
thing became quiet. The disguised men
quickly boarded The vessels, broke ope7
the so chests Of tea that composed tho
csrgoes, and poured the contents into the
sea.
Another instance Of rebellion is that in
which Gen Jackson's troops in 1872. VI
provided and starving, became mutinOu=
and were going home But the genera
set the example OF living on acorns. then
rode before the rebeIIlous line and threat
ened with death the first mutineer that
stirred. And no man stirred
A False Alarm.
From HarpeT'S
4 prominent Western attorney related
the following story recently at A dinner u
Washington