The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-27

France ought 20 die for the coed OF
the country. Just how lie happened
10 have such Al extensive acgua4nt~
&nee. don't know. From the de-
scription ov he man and biz editorial
yiews. be must hsv been the advance
agent ov the leading daily paper
published At the State capital" He
undoubtedly bad . strain ov "buGa-
10 blood 10 hix views and may hev ]
been one ov the ancestors o. . certain
North Caroliniau shot while leadin .
some OF sherman's men from Fort
Macon TO New Bern. thence 10 Kin
ston and Raleigh. before whose guns
q number ov brave North CAROLYN /
ians fell al the above towns Ia 1855,
and who. before they were forced 10
retreat, caused much suffering among
the unprotected women and children
in many instances. the wives and
children ov Confederate soldiers. in
some cases widows and orphans.
Speakin' ov. Marat. the distortion
says: His political editorials began
and ended like the howl OF q blood
hound for murder: or. IL he could
have written a journal. the gaunt
and famished wretch could not have
| ravined more eagerly for slaughter"
And yet portion ov the people ov
| North Carolina support, pay for and
read, several newspapers published
by so-called-things In human form
who are, II possible, more contempt
| BILE, more corrupt though more
adroit, than this blot Tin human
fOrm) upon the name ov France.
How much longer will portion ov
the good people ov North Carolina
stand for such things? Satan him
self must deprecate such journalism,
mere assassins or character because
they cannot rise above the low level
upon which the party they pretend
to advocate IL pitched. Excuse me
when | stop TO make such compari-
sons / can't resist the temptation.
On the 9th ov August the insurrec-
ton which wuZ in progress wuZ de-
nounced in the assembly. A fright
full tumult took place in the capitol
buildin', where poinards were brand
ished; az the night advanced the to-
coin wuz sounded, when the Swiss
guards, some former mobiles and vol
unteers, proceeded to the palace to
defend the King. The King now de-
cided to accept an offer made him by
: the chief officers ov the assembly &c
make the capitol buildin' where the
sessions were bein' held a temporary
asylum. the members ov the assem-
ly believin' that the revolutionists
would hesitate to attack the King
while he wuZ under their protection
and by such a course the soldiers
could guard both capitol and King
But the revolution would not down
The Swiss soldiers who had beer
brought from that country because
| hit wuz believed that they would no
. prove disloyal az mite the nationa
guard ov France, at first repulsed th'
mob, but the mob returned and hav
ing secured a number ov cannon b.
: some means, they made an effectiv'
fife, finally overthrowin' the ancien
throne ov France. "Hessian" sol
: diers won't fife.
The assembly, in great confusion
y pronounced the deposition ov tn
King, and removed him an hiz fam
. lily to the Temple. The mob becam
so furious that the statues ov aw
Kings up to that time were practical
ly destroyed, a great loss to the gov
eminent, to say nothin' ov the diff
= Guilty in replacin' many ov them a
that date. Even the royal robe
were seized an trampled under foo
:. Danton, one ov the Jacobin Lead
=, ers, now began hiZ murderous career
Hiz followers shed torrents ov BLOOD
- Several thousand citizens, good al
bad, who had been imprisoned b
the government, were murdered b
Danton and hiZ men.
On September End the mob gatf
cred in front ov the Hotel de Viii
: and twenty-four rpiests were brougf
=. to be placed in prison. The mob 70
lowed to the prison. A leader name
Maillard had stationed himself an
hiz followers near by, az the prizes
descended from the carriages. The
y were stricken down by blows unit
but one, the able Siccard, an instru
tor ov the deaf an dumb, only r
- main alive. There is nothing MOI
:. to do here" exclaimed Willard, 90
the Carnes." This wuz a convent
which about two hundred ov IL