The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-03-07

i've days. Religious zeal. or. rather.
hatred, had been worked ID to the
highest pitch an no Protestant was
spared. Even soldiers. who should
! hev been uphoIders O. law. were
used iii the determined effort 10
stamp out Professionalism. Neigh
bors, an. IN many cases. close rela~s
tions. fell az victims ov the knife.
sword or other weapon IN the hands
o. fauatical Catholics. Admiral
Coliguy, Count de Rochefoucalt. the
Count de Montgomery. and nearly q
hundred others. awl prominent clti-
zens. who occupied suburban real
dences acros sthe river Seine from
Paris. tried TO escape on horseback.
but were pursued by the Duke of
Guise an some soldiers an were
nearly awl cut in pieces The young
King ov Navarro an the Prince ov
Condo were spared for the time an
were brought before the King an
commanded TO abjure their religion.
The King or Navarro consented: but
the Prince hesltated. The King
then exclaimed: Death, mass or
bastile." Thus inundated the
Prince an he took water" The
King IL said TO hev encouraged the
lawlessness In every way.
The cruelties just mentioned avn
occurred in an near Paris. In other
cities, Lyons. Orleans, Ronen, an
Bourges, practically the same course
wuZ pursued. The Viscount Orthes,
who commanded in Bayonne, In re-
ply TO the King, sent word that
Bayonne contained brave citizens an
soldiers but no executioners,"
meanin' that the orders ov the King
had not been carried out In regard
to the Protestants, which wuz a
brave reply under the circumstances,
for the King, no doubt, meant bust
ness. The course ov the Bishop ov
Liseux wuz awlso highly commend
able durin' the same effort to ex-
terminate awl ov the Protestants
In reply to the Kings orders, though
he wuZ himself one oy the big men
REORGANIZATION,
az follows: You must not execute
them (the Christians) Those you
have commanded to destroy are of
my flock; they have gone astray; but
| shall use my endeavors to bring
them back to the right fold. The
gospel does not say, that the shep-
herd should spill the blood of his
flock; on the contrary, | read in it
that | ought, If necessary, to spill
my blood for them" If | am any
judge of such matters the Bishop of
Lisseux wuz rite an he wuz a real
Christian Catholic. If awl the lead
ers ov the Catholic denomination in
France had been made ov the same
stuff they would not hev killed U.s.
600 Protestants in France in a few
days time, 10000 ov them bein' resi-
dents ov Paris.
After it wuZ all over, King
Charles tried to justify hiz cruelty
an crime by sayin' that the Protes-
tants had formed a conspiracy to
seize hiz person an do terrible things
to him. If the King ov great coun-
try with a powerful army an navy
couldn't defend himself against a
handful ov Christian Protestants he
ought to have quit tryin' to act az
King. But az proof that the thing
wuz planned an fully premeditated,
in Spain an Italy, neighborin' coun-
tries, both strongly Catholic, public
meetings were held at once an SOL
1.-The triumph ov the church mill
tant."
The result wuz bitter an bloody
civil war between the Catholic an
Protestants ov France which lasted
for many months. Both sides final
ly gave up, but not until the Protes-
tants had gained part ov what they
| were fighting for, liberty of consci-
ence. France continued to go back
! ward in the meantime an the King,
hoping to get things in better shape,
concluded treaty with the Protes-
tants an temporary peace wuz re-
stored. But the King did not intend
to carry out the terms ov the treaty,
an did not. Another religious war
soon followed.
Az ever,
ZEKE BILKINS.
TO be continued.)