The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-05-02


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+ Correspondence OF tn. Caucasian
Enterprise
On the 2sth oV December. ITsG. q
notable meetin' wuH called IN
France. This assembly aus for a
general exchange or views upon pub
lie auecticnE oy great moment Al the
time. And the cali xuE signed b,
nearly awl the mobiles. chief afielals
and bishops aud Archbishops In the
church ov Rome The memborn
numbered Ia. and January ssth.
i7sTwua teh date set In ths call.
Upon the arrival ov the important
personages at Paris the minister said
that he suz not prepared TO submit
hiz plans and asked for a delay un-
I'll February 7th. which wux alone
enough 10 prove that France stood Ia
need ov business administration.
for instance. a McKialey. a Roosevelt
or a Taft administration. in order
that many governmental matters
might be Strengthened out pcrma-
nently. On account ov the sickness
ov prominent Official. IL wuz not uu-
til the 22nd ov February that the
meetin' wuz finally in shape for act-
ual business. The chief nnaneiers
stated before the meetin' that the ex-
penditures had exceeded the govern
ment income for years ar that the
deficit wuz now alarmingly large.
The national debt wuE now 30O.33O.-
600 livres. The chief financial off,
cial suggested a sort ov income tax
10 make up the deficiency. an IL wuz
proposed that the priests, heretofore
exempt from taxation. be required to
whack up somethin' In the way ov In
come taxes. The public lands belong
in TO the government were TO be
made TO yield an income. Hit wuz
likely. The chief minister ov finance
found that the nobility an the clergy
wuZ dead against any form ov taxa
ton which mite tighten their pock-
cts. For some time patents of no
bility' had been sold to whosoever
could raise the dough-" an this
crowd awlso objected TO any form ov
taxation which would force them TO
contribute TO the support oy the gos-
ernment. Hit wuz the old. old story
the poor must pay practically awi
ov the taxes az usual The clamor
against the minister became 30 grea.
that he wuz compelled TO resign hix
/ job. which he did on April i2th, an
retired for a time TO England. prob
ably fearing hiz life would be taken
! by hiz enemies. The King finally dis
solved the assembly without any ac-
4 ton havin' been taken. The King
made a conciliatory speech at the
/ time which served 10 allay much or
! the bad feelin' which the controversy
had aroused. The King began 10
raise money from any possible
source. doubling the amount ov poll
/ tax, for instance. The parliament
wuz very angry an the King finally
had to resort 10 what wuz termed
absolute authority" The parlia-
ment at last declared that the Law or
rule" had been registered against
their appreciation or consent. an b.
express command oy the King" an
that IL neither ought TO or would
have any force: an that the first
person who should presume to CARR
into effect should be adjudged q
traitor, an condemned 20 the gal
lows. This left the King with but
two policies. one ov which must put
into effect quickly. He must take
the bull by the horns or be q back
number forever: in fact. that sItua-
tion wuz liable TO develop AZ AM
time. no matter which horn ov the
dilemma he might seize One week
later a military officer lfor the city
ov Paris had been filed with osI-
diers.l visited the home oy each
member oy parliament an notified
them that they must proceed 10 the
city oy Troyes. about seventy miles
from Paris: that he must not hold
any conversation with anyone before
goin', or on the way. an that he must
remain in Troyes until further noti-
fed. This wuz practically nothin'
short ov actual Punishment. Pre-
yious to this they had promulgated
remonstrance an had recommended
that the government adopt certain
plans which had proven effective an
popular durin' the reign ov Charlie
magne. who had become very popular
in hiz day.
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