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Biikinsville. ~. C. April Is. lsls.
Correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.
About the year 1875 the French
King Louis increased biz efforts TO
form new treaties ov peace. An al
lance wuz formed with Switzerland
an other warlike preparations wux
made. The English am bassador. Lord
Stormont. soon began TO question the
French ruler in regard TO awi this
activity. He said that the seas were
covered with English an American
warships, an that France must be
prepared for war an 20 protect her
extensive comerce. He seemed GER
tain that either England or America.
or both counties. would likely hev
designs upon French territory. The
failure ov General Burgoyne's expe-
dition an the capture ov hiz army
superintendent ov the French feet.
then about equal to that ov England,
wuz eager TO try hig guns upon the
English warships. To come to the
main point quickly. will say that
soon after this England an America
got into that fearful war known az
the Revolutionary War, which start
ed in 1875 an lasted more than seven
years. France didn't like England.
an, az there wuz no international
country from adm another in a war,
England had to face a prospect ov the
Americans gettin' substantial aid
from France. DR.. Franklin an Silas
Dean, the two Americans selected by
our Government to look into the
proposition ov France to render
America certain assistance in the war
which followed, were in Paris an
soon made considerable progress In
getting the plan perfected. England
had been able to whip France alone:
but to fite the American colonists
an France at the same time, an at
such a distance az IL wuz to America.
wuz more than the sturdy English
cared to undertake. But the English
didn't give up-they were not built
for that kind ov a purseedin'.
Franklin and Deane had acted only
az private agents at first But now
they were acknowledged az public
ambassadors from America to the
court ov Versailles. an a friendly
treaty wuz signed between France an
America in 1878. The French am
bassador to England Officially notified
that country ov the existence ov such
treaty. The English were mad an
the Revolutionary War soon began in
earnest.
In 1880 important changes In the
French ministry took place. NJ. Ber-
tin resigned the ofis ov Secretary ov
State; the prince de Montbarey had
retired from the post az Secretary ov
War an wuz succeeded by Marquis
de Segur. But the most important
change wuZ the removal ov Ar. Sar-
tine, who had shown great ability
on aporuv in davaIapfp' ,ba E-rarnh
navy. Hiz activity had astonished
the other European powers.
Durin' the same year the French
King made a new forward move BY
abolishin' what wuz called putting
the question" that IL, forcing a man
accused ov a serious crime to submit
TO a system ov cruel torture before
the trial in order TO compel him TO
admit that he committed the crime
alleged by the authorities. For hun
vailed III French courts. an unneces-
sary cruelty wuZ not unusual. espe-
cialy in cases where the prisoner had
no influential friends, or, that other
more or less robust friend. money.
which could also speak the French
language sometimes. AZ a matter ov
economy. for France had not yet COM
pleted her payments on her vast ma
tional debts, the King adopted plan
ov personal economy an reduced the
expenses ov hiz own administration
in order to pay somethin' more on
the somewhat pressin' claims against
the Government, for the public cred
Ii wuz rather shaky. The King dis
charged some four hundred employees
ov the palace whose labor or services
wuz not essential to the actual con-
duct ov affairs.
But the high-strung French people
couldn't stand much calm weather.
In 1871 NJ. Necker. probably the most
popular attache ov the Government.
wuz kicked out ov hiz position. un-
Justly. 1t wuz thought. He had con-