The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-13
REAL ANCIENrMSTORY
.-oo Democratic for a King
dom: for a Democracy, a
King Too Much"
ONCE SAID OF FRANCE


tho King Made a Great Speech
Lance Had Much Uphill Work
T-vipg 10 Become a Republic-De-
,ruction Of the Bastile Duly Cele-
j ,,-.tcd-Catholicism and Democ-
racy Hand-in-Hand in France
uouiIIe Was a Great Soldier
France Had to Oppose Rapid I'M
migration King Was Arrested
j once.
RIkjnsville, n. c.. June 10, 1912.
correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise.)
IN 1888 Mirabean disapproved the
.coDstitution he had helped TO form.
NJ him one writer said: He thought
{, TOO democratic for Kingdom; for
democracy there was King too
much " But hit wuz noticed that the
King didn't offer TO quit the job
didn't attempt TO resign. Mirabean
formed a secret compact with the
court and let things wag along az
best they could. Lafayette. how
ever. stood by the constitution az
adopted.
Louis XVI. wuz accused ov a guide
many mistakes about this time. Not
few said he lacked firmness. In
|17gO he appeared in the French as
sembly and made a speech and told
the lawmakers that they were anvil
right and that he wuZ goin' to stand
by the plain people ov the nation re-
CARELESS ov what the bosses said.
This speech won universal applause
from a majority ov the French peo-
pie In July the King presided at a
great national meetin' which wuz
called TO approve ov the existin' state
oy affairs. The leadin' citizens ov
Paris had invited the country citi-
zens to meet with them an settle
matters after a full an free discus
sion; France wuZ about to enter up
on an era ov Republican-Democratic
politics and gradually become a great
republic, or, try to, at least. Tally
rand presided at this meetin' in hiz
capacity az bishop. The destruction
ov the Bastile, the great national
prison destroyed by mobs a year or
two previous, wuz duly celebrated by
the vast meetin' oV representative
citizens.
The King wuz disposed to keep
hands off even though he could see
that hiz job wuZ endangered. About
this time an effort wuz made by the
Catholic officials to stir up things to
save their jobs; ignorance and tyr
rany, wuz what they desired rather
than political liberty and other good
things, Catholicism IL inclined to
weaken when hit liz subjected to a
real test, for Catholicism and dem
ocracy, even at this late day, air very
close together. The fact that most,
II not awl, ov the Catholics in the
United States air closely allied with
the sO-called Democratic party, in
secret league with hit, IL proof en-
nuf that Catholicism liz an unsafe
religion, if hit can be dignified by
the name ov religion. Take the State
oY New York for instance, the hot
bed oy Catholicism in this country, it
nearly ANYWAYS goes Democratic in
on years, though hit generally goes
Republican in national elections, be-
cause even the Catholics know that
the country won't put up with DEM
cratic administration without pan
les and awl sorts ov trouble, so they
hev too much sense to risk hit, hence
the State may 90 Democratic or Cath
Ollie in off years but they air careful
about national affairs. Ov couse many
ov the Catholics air excellent peo-
pie; so air many ov the Democrats
who air not Catholics; but when hit
comes to genuine hell-raisin' in poll
tics or in religion, you kin ANYWAYS
depend upon the bad element COM
In to the front in politics or in re-
Igion-ov the so-called Democratic
variety.
The Marquis de Buille soon got the
attention ov many people in France.
lie practically commanded the
Frencharmy and seemed to be able to
control soldiers under any and awl
conditions. He carried soldiers to
the city ov Nancy and put down what
threatened to be a serious rebellion,
even arresting the ring-leaders and
carryin them az prisoners to Paris.
Ihls encouraged the King. The King
wanted to retire to some country
place far from the turmoil or nation
d. politics and desired the company
oV Mirabean, the still influential
leader ov the French Congress; in
lact' Mirabeau planned the whole
ehlng, though the King claimed that
he mad done little thinkin' himself
before long the enemies ov Mirabean
oegan TO get uneasy and they set