The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-05-23
REA GENT HISTORY
The French People Expert
ergce Another Genuine
Crisis
A wess ABOUT REyolunN


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Enterprise
Early ia the ywAE iTss FrAnow sH.
peTienoed another real eFtsss- Tas
French RrvolutIon." one o. The
periods ia awl o. her ssoTsalf
history. wux about to break out. and
history proves that The rsvolassoa
wuz somethin' real. The peaaAnsry
tthe common peoplsl and the nobli-
i,y. acre Al togEeTheaes. The com.
mon people had endured much. bGt
matters were GROWN wogs. asl the
while. No matter who wa4 klng. no
matter " the lawmakers did pretend
to device measures ov relief. the re-
lief did not seem to show up \ aAF
with a foreign foe Nigh, uAlte the
people for time. Hut wars wcre
both cruel and expensive: and France
had probably sent her pitcher TO the
war well too often Awlrcady. The
present outlook wux for y var be-
tween foes and foes-and between
friends and friends--the Kind o. q
war no country can engage IN ~ith-
out serious. IL not fatal consequences.
10 the country itself. Taxation fell
with unusual severity upon the TIL
ers ov the soil. while the great land
owners and officeholderA seemed to 20
practically free of SUCH burdens.
France wuz on the verge oy goin'
Democratic once more. an we awi
know that this means aad spells
ruin" with full emphasis upon ev-
cry letter. A good writer. an .ngsnt-
Gus writer. can take the word dem
ocracy and twist hit about and make
some startling and CLOWN promises
or mere meaningless claims. But
when IL comes to actual perform
ances. TO a full and practical demon
stration. there liz nothing tangible
about hit. IL ghosts were a reality.
the ghost ov Thomas Jefferson hez
long since given up in despair: and
the brand ov democracy which the
aristocrats ov France tried near tks
close ov the seventeenth century wux
az bad az the world ever saw. an
that must hey turned the stotnacha ov
both saint and sinners. The French
farmers and the worklngmen in the
cities had tasted. had been gorged.
with democracy. and they determined
to try TO throw OF the yoke ov In
competence and oppression. OF such q
thing were possible.
The Kingiy court assembled the
representatives. at Versailles. hopin'
TO influence the procecdin's-and
make matters worse-we must sup
pose. for there WIZ no appearance oy
actual betternent. Like the story
told ov the foolish mountaineer.
probably a North Carolinian. who. Ia
order to hev full yoke. hitched him
self with hiz one or. and when the
team. the beefy part oy hit. ran away
the mountaineer IL said TO hey called
loudly for help. saying: Here we
go. darn our fool souls. won't some
body stop uss'' The French nobility
wuz rapidly aproachin' q scene like
that; and hit got thar quick enough.
Both the clergy and the nobility
failed TO attend the Versailles meet
in. The citizens who did attend went
about things. 70 earnestly and 80 ef-
fectively that the King and hiz sup
porters were alarmed and they inn
mediateiy offered several important
concession, but spoiled things some
what by entering the conference ac-
eompanied By soldiers. The King ad-
dressed the assembly and ordered the
members to separate into three bod
les. proof. that he wuz an arbitrary
scoundrel. for such a course would
hev broken up the meetin'. what he
hoped for, no doubt. But the dele
gates refused TO divide. MIrabean.
one ov the prominent delegates. re-
piled TO the speech b. the King and
declared that only a superior armed
force could In any manner affect the
meeting.
The nobility did not give up. how
ever. In few days the King had
10000 soldiers under orders at Paris.
At the same time the only cabinet Of
ficer who had any influence with the
masses, IL Necker. wuz dismissed.
Hiz dismissal took place on Saturday.
July II. 1888. On Sunday the 18th
the masses In Paris heard ov the dis
missal oe their friend at the Kingly
court. or. from the court. The spark
had found hits way TO the powder.
carmille Desmonlins. a shrewd. but
eharaeterless demagogue. offered 10
lead the mobs. Hit wuz q pity that
the crowd wuz practically forced TO
accept such leadership at such time.
but he seemed 20 be the only one I'm
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