The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03
REAL ANCIENT HISTORY
Causes Leading Up 10 the
Last French Revolution


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Enterprise.
We hev nov reached that sa1 pe-
Rod In the history ow France wAen
the revolution IL about 10 begin sn
earnest. ov course. the average col
lege graduate. teAcher an q fc's 9TH
er people know somethin' os that
bloody event. or. rather. series or
events. But not one person In . hun
dred can tell YOU any connected story
oy hit The King had determined 60
enforce certain rules regardless ov
consequences. hit seems. and a aaa-
jortty ev the people. mostly the COM
mon class. so-caiied. we're equally
positive that they should rebel. an
leadin' up TO the revolntIon-too
much war for one thing. But the
revolution started awi 1t once when
hit did start. The people first re-
fused TO pay taxes. The Government
needed lots oy money an that wuz
a severe blow. An the printers In
France employed on newspapers had
been thrown out ov work when the
Government suspended the papers.
The printers, an many others In
sympathy with them. especially awi
persons getting less than $50 per
year AZ wages. an who we're disfran-
chised by a democratic Law which re-
fused such persons the right ov suf-
rage because ov the fact that their
wages wuz low. had decided that they
must do somethin' an do hit quick.
BY noon on the 3rd ov August ave
Thousand people had gsthsrsa ~ the
Palais Royal. The printers an many
persons thrown out ov employment
at manufacturin' establishments soon
Joined the miscellaneous crowd at the
Palais Royal. Within q few days
awl work wuf at q standstiil. Com.
panies ov soldiers were placed on the
streets ov Paris an they attempted
to prevent the gatherin' ov crowds.
But hit wuz plain that the troops an
the plain people were In sympathy.
Joined together ax they were by ties
ov kinship. There were cries ov
"Vive la Charter"-"Down with the
absolute King" There were thou
sands ov Government troops. But
the common people paid but little at
tention TO them. Constituted author
ity had lost effect In France. On the
2sth ov July every store. factory or
other place os business In Paris wux
closed. Any sensible ruler would
hev known that somethin' must be
done quickly. But the French peo-
pie had no sensible ruler now: he
didn't understand human nature
didn't seem TO know that Anglo-Sax-
ons could not be driven. that the
whole ov France wuz suspended be-
tween Heaven and he'll. One word
rightly spoken would hev brought o
glimmer ov peace, at least. But that
word wuz left unsaid. Places where
guns an ammunition were stored
government arsenals were visited an
men helped themselves/ without
arms the revolution might hev been
tame affair; with plenty ov guns.
only a spark wuz needed 10 start the
fire. Those who failed 10 read such
plain signs were responsible for what
followed, what wuz bound TO follow.
Still the Government rested In fan
cied security. A strong deputation
ov citizens visited the chief military
commander. After hearing them. he
replied: THE honor of q soldier In
obedience" NJ. LATTE. the leader ov
the citizens. replied: And civil hon.
or is not TO massacre citixens." Then
the military leader asked for the
proposition of the citizens In sub
stance they told him that order
might be restored on about the fol-
lowing conditions: 1.-The revocation
OF the Illegal ordinances ov the 2gth
ov July: the dismissal ov the minis
ters, an the convocation ov the
chambers tthe iaw-makers) on the
3rd ov August or earlier" "As a
soldier. ] can only carry out orders"
replied the military man. But I
will call conference of the leaders.
especially n. de Polignac. In half an
hour He did. but that man gave
him no encouragement. When he
returned an reported TO the citizen.
NJ. Lefite said: Then We will have
civil war;" an at once the conferences
wuz ended. proof that war wuz want
ed by those In authority from the
first. IL became known that the an