The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-05-30

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A Little Taste OF Real Revolution
in the Interest Of Peace the
Clergy and the Nobility Gave Up a
Few Privileges for a Time-Or-
leans Was Up To Something Deep
About This Time-A Kingdom Was
the Prize He Sought.
Correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.)
Bilkinsville, n. c., May q, 1912.
After the destruction oy the French
prison or Bastile by indignant mobs.
and hit must hey been a powerful
uprisin' or the government officials
would hev sought to revenge the act,
the King and hiz advisors became
rather tame. The policy seemed to
hev been ''if you don't see what you
want. ask for hit" The first evil
dence ov this wuz the immediate dis
missal oy the troops which had been
called to Paris, and the recall ov NJ
Necker, the ablest man in the Cabi-
net, and the man who had managed
the financial: end oy the government,
which, on account ov the great wars
durin' the two past centuries, wuz in
bad way, and nothing but real good
financierin' wuZ calculated to pull the
country out ov very deep hole.
But another storm wuz brewin'.
The King came to Paris from Yer
SALES and put-on a cockade, then a
mark ov patriotism. The people re-
ceived hiz visit pleasantly because
he seemed to be tryin to please near
ly awl factions. But the French no.
bility, the cause Ov most ov the trou-
bic, became alarmed and took to the
woods, so to speak. Outrages ov aWl
kinds were not. unusual, for the peo-
pie were in a low state morally. But
the clergy and the nobility at last
agreed TO give up most ov their spe-
cial privileges in the interest ov pub
lie peace. The presence ov foreign
troops, (German) who had been hired
at so much per wuz another serious
menace to satisfactory settlement
The King and Queen patted each side
upon the back and told EN- they were
cit" But both sides knew that such
wuz not true.
On the End ov October a feast wuz
given by the Kings guards in honor
Ov the ''visitin soldders and to the
soldiers from Versailles. Wine cir
.fnfa
diers drank to the health ov the
Queen while the military band play
ed the air ov Occur de Lion, 20 Rich
ard, o Mon Roi, l. universe t aban-
donne." | don't know what that stood
for; but hit wuZ somethin' to amuse
the French people until the author
tiles could lift themselves out ov a
powerful deep hole. But the ban
quets and the rejoicin' generally had
bad effect upon portion ov the
French people. Orleans had an eye
upon the throne and he wuz playin'
deep political game and he had a
good many votes awlready pledged to
hiz side. In fact, Orleans would hev
bin pleased if he could hev frightened
the King away from Paris just then.
Somebody caused a crowd ov women
to appear at the Hotel de Vile where
most ov the army officers had tenn
porary quarters and the women
threatened to set fire to the great
hotel buildin' In order to divert
their minds the women were invited
to proceed to Versailles to interview
the King, for he still thought hit best
to stay out ov Paris. To Versailles
went the women, thousands ov them,
that city bein' only few miles from
Paris. There wuz sprinklin' Oy men
among the women, but not many, for
they feared the King and they didn't
know how soon the soldiers would
begin to shoot. The rabble ov wo-
men and men who finally went to
Versailles wuZ armed with pitchforks
and rollin' pins, darnin' needles and
corset ribs, and most everything else
that wuz not nailed down in Paris.
The crowd wuZ az hungry for blood
az a gang ov refere Republicans il
for Democratic money durin' a cam
paign year. But these women went to
ask for bread for war and civil revo-
lutions had placed thousands where
they were actually hungry for bread.
Lafayette had lately become COM
mander ov the national guard, though
hit wuz such only in name, for hit
contained many foreign soldiers who
were willin' to fife at home or abroad
at so much per month, and they were
not particular about fghtin' at awl,
az they could get about three meals
per day and little something slim
ulatin'. The foreign troops then be-
gan to create trouble by askin' that
they be allowed to march to Yer
sailles. Hit il possible that they ex-
pected to get an opportunity to loot
the city, and Lafayette must hey
d0uhfpd hiZ ability TO control them