The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-07-04

French People Always Man.
aged % Become Reunited
in a Crisis


oa1At ANo sknkN0kH
Where the Only Genuln~ Champagne
IL Produced - D~sneer~ry'. Fsr~s
Comm~ndment-The Making of q
Republic and Attesding Troahie-
| The Great Preach king. Loais Ca
pet. Tried. Convicted and B~heaa-
| ell Because tie Was . Real kiax--
/ More About the Original Red shirt
Gang-Equality All nj Once woulsi
/ Not Go-How a Frcneaman Tried
to Reach the Thorne.
/ Bilkinsville. n. c.. June -. 1912.
/ Correspondence OF The Caucasian
! Enterprise.
While the French never failed TO
/ destroy each other, and while revo-
! lutions were at one time common.
the people seemed TO be able TO get
! together whenever the nation wur
threatened by any outside foe. which
! IL more or less true oy any country.
! But in the case ov France awI this
wuz more marked than in some 9TH
er countries. One reason for this
wuz that the French were a nervous.
asy-goin' people, but brazen and 10y
al. In 1892 the King ov Prussia led a
| great army into France on account
ov some real or imaginary grievance
/ He penetrated az far az Champagne.
one ov the important French cities.
+ for which a celebrated wine wuz
probably named. At any rate, cham
/ pagne liz awl rite az a beverage an
! for medical purposes, and the best
ov the the worlds output. the only
! real champagne. in fact, hez awl-
ways originated in France. and even
in modern times this liz still true; II
/ you don't believe hit, ask awlmost
any leadin' dymakrat prohibitionist
who liz runnin' fer offs. They gen.
orally use corn or rye Ticker on the
common herd. But they hev bin
quarts ov champagne at about 81 per
quart when they wuz afraid the coun-
try would be ruined, an hit didn' {
awlways matter what church awl
hands mite blong to; democracy, /. e.,
offs, iZ the first commandment. awl-
SO the whole number ov command
ments. in the dymakrat catchism.
On the 21st ov September, 1892.
France took a great forward step: IL
mite be called a forward leap. for
hit became a republic, after a long
and somewhat sad experience az s
kingdom, or monarchy Royalty wuz
abolished. The new republic did not
take matters piece-meal though hit
naturally required time to get the
new machinery in guide workin' or
der. Naturally the conservatives tried
to make a republican form ov gov
ernment unpopular failure To
do this they had the aid ov the ia
cobins, the original red shirt gang.
and much other help, includin' what
wuZ known az the commune. the un-
der-current ov the population. At
first the Girondists and the Jacobins
jointly controlled the assembly. The
Girondists consisted ov educated men
mostly; the Jacobins were a motley
crew, brave, smart, mean. Marat an
Herbert, representatives ov the un-
derworid, aroused the common peo-
pie with tempting but impossible
bait at that time-that ov equality
awl at once. They finally yoked
with the Marsenilais. Robespierre.
one ov the smart but unreliable lead
ers ov the time, conceived the idea
ov wreckin' things an while the con-
fusion wuz goin' on he hoped TO be-
come King. for hiz plan wuz to rem
der republic unpopular no matter
how he did hit. Louvet and other
honest men assailed Robespierre with
courage. One faction wished TO elect
King Louis the first President ov the
country wuz to hev. which wuz un-
reasonable. for IL he wuz not satisfac-
tory az q King how could he iffs
prove any SO quickly az President?
Malesherbes and yernigand. both
PROMINENT men, d~isO pfSdu AOE the
retention ov the King az President.
But the King wuz placed on trial.
found guilty ov the charges by an
awlmost unanimous vote. When the
matter ov punishment came up there
wuz much difference ov opinion. The
vote stood. 3s7 for death to 334 for
either imprisonment. Punishment or
death sentence with q formal re-
prieve, which would hev been a mere
farce so far az death sentence with
reprieve attachment goes. On. the
18th ov January. 1893. the sentence
ov death wuz pronounced. the assem-
bly, actin az q trial court. The at
torney for the King. NJ. Malesherbes.
FASTENED TO the prison to communi-
cate the sad news TO hiz royal high
ness He found that some one had