The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-04
REAL ANCIENT HISTORY
French People Refused 10
Make Tax Returns
FRENCH NsC GOT MAD

Aberty-A Isit of Modern History
In Which the Real Truth is Told
About Low Near Germany Came
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Bilkinsville. -. C. April /. 1914.
Correspondence Of The Caucasian En-
terprise.
In 1856 the French parliament fell
under the displeasure oy the King
The people went SO far AZ 10 refuse
10 register (returnl certain kinds OF
property for taxation. pretty sure
way TO avoid paying taxes. provided
the authorities didn't Insist upon a
strict enforcement ov the Law. AZ
the extra taxation wuz regarded az
war purposes. the government wuz
lin a hole" az we scribblers say.
King Louis got mad about this an
discharged some ov the lawmakers
who had been very active in opposi-
ton. II the President oy this coun-
try would adopt such a rule 1t mite
be guide thing 10 pull on some ov
them bull-headed fellers up at Wash
ington. But | am willin' TO admit
that Congress would then be a nifty
one-sided affair Simmons, Tillm2n
and lot ov them would hev TO waltz
betwixt the plowhandles the balance
ov their lives. The King caused the
lawmakers TO be respected an pro-
hibited the legal judges from punish
ing people who refused TO receive the
sacraments at the hands ov the arbi-
| trary Catholic priests. This caused
| fifteen members ov the great chamber
an one hundred an twenty-four ov
the different parliaments TO resign
their Offices. for they seemed to be
under such powerful influence ov
the Catholic officials an SO preju-
! died against protestanism that they
could not show even a little liberal
t ism in religious matters, 1t wuz
plainly apparent that religious lib
erty and the fight for 1t, were still
| to be won, the several apparent vic
| tories against the government an
| the Catholic denomination had been
| rather premature. About this time
| religious fanatics began to get In
/ their work. One ov them gained &C
cess to the Kings palace by subter-
| fuge an attacked the King unexpect-
edly when he wuz practically sur
rounded by palace guards. He
wounded the King before he could be
restrained, though not dangerously
OF course, the good Christian patriots
| were not responsible for this attack.
though the fanatical Catholics would
naturally feel that they probably
were, an charges to that effect were
soon goin' the rounds. Christianity
had received a backset for the time
being. The fanatic wuz imprisoned
/ an tortured. He declared that he
did not intend to kill the King. but
hiz heart an cause MIN to restore
peace to the people ov France. But
| We awl know somethir' ov cranks an
their unreasonable claims, an we
know that the world still contains a
few
The war in 1855 had brought
| France close to financial ruin,
coupled az 1t wuz to the results ov
many recent wars In the past Spain
wuz then fairly prosperous an Louis
1 dofr fo
country, about the only friend then
on that side ov the great oceans.
What wuz known az the Family
compact" wuz signed up. In this the
citizens ov Spain were naturalized
an given full privileges TO become
an remain citizens ov France. IL they
so desired. The comparatively small
Spanish Kingdom wuz densely popu-
lated an her people desired q new
outlet nearby. an France WIZ about
the only chance. Spain had owned
much territory throughout the
world, and still controlled much !;
Cuba and the Philippine Islands. for
instance. az well AZ portion ov what
liz now the western part ov the
United States. But Spain never could
manage her colonies rightly an the
territory had managed to slip away
about az fast az IL wuz gained.
through unsuccessful wars and by
sale. Uncle Sam" put Cuba and the
Philippines In hiz vest pockets only q
few years ago. you will remember.
He gave Spain a nice sum In cash.
though not obliged TO do so. jug. to
show that he wuz willin' to be nabor-
ly; an the Spanish people are now
our friends, think. though the scars
left by many hard-fought land an
naval engagements are hardly thor
oughly healed But Spain Will not