The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-10-03
REAL ANCIENT HISTORY.
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Duke soon reported that there would
De no compromise. At once the rev.
olution wuZ started. Soon the streets
ov Paris were drenched with blood.
| The water front on the river Seine
wuZ raked with cannons loaded with
grape-shot. At La Halle, the great
market-place ov the Rue ST. Dennis,
| there wuZ a fierce conflict between
the Government troops an the citi-
zens. The soldiers barricaded the
streets to keep back the citizens; but
| from the adjacent residences the citi-
zens poured a deadly fire into the
! ranks ov the soldiers. At the Rue
st. Honore, opposite the Palais Roy
al, there "wuZ another great battle,
an many were killed in the ranks ov
| both soldiers an citizens. In antici-
patton ov trouble, the King had hired
soldiers from Switzerland, good SOL
diers, too, and they fought CALAMITY,
! but were soon repulsed, the citizens
| seemin' to hate them because they
were outsiders, az wuZ natural. Dur
/ in the day there wuZ ftin' in every
quarter oV the city. But at night
/ fall awl firm ceased an both sides
continued preparations for a renew
al ov the conflict at daylight Even
women an children seized whatever
weapons they could find an Joined
| the ranks ov the citizens. The revo-
/ luton wuz now on in earnest. The
| troops tore up paving stones for
| buildin' barricades. Hundreds ov fine
/ trees were cut down for the same
purpose. Durin' the day the students
from the many colleges, some ov
them military, joined the citizen.
The military students were at once
placed in command ov the citizens
an they soon brought a semblance
ov military discipline, young though
they were. The Government troops
were soon outnumbered an suffered
every house seemed to be full ov citi-
zens who kept up an incessant fire
into their ranks. From the Hotel
de Vile, very strong buildin', the
Swiss guards killed many citizens By
this time many additional troops had
been brought into the city, but the
ranks ov the revolutionists wuz grow
in fast, too. For two days there wuz
constant fitin'. At the head ov a large
division ov the revolutionists march
ed young man carryin' a flag who,
| though unknown, wuZ a born mill
| tary leader. Hit liz said that the
soldiers fired thousands ov shots at
him without effect, he payin' no at
tentiOn whatever to the whistlin'
storm ov bullets, but coolly held hiz
| position until the fight ended regard
! less ov the fact that not less than
one thousand shots he'd been fired at
| him, he wuZ untouched. From the
| first the soldiers had fought we'll. But
after two or three days ov carnage
| they began to resent the orders given
them. They were unwilling to con-
tinue to shoot their fathers, brothers
an neighbors. They had been
! brought to Paris to suppress disor-
ders, but had found that it wuz
revolution, war ov right against,
might. Within a few days the two
legislative bodies met an recalled the
! fatal ordinances ov the 25th ov July,
an made numerous changes in the
laws. They could act rapidly enough
when they had to. The Duke de
of France that he wuz no longer
King-he had put himself out ov
| job-one ov the best jobs in the
world, too. On July 31st the depu-
| ties published a notice that they had
selected the Duke of Orleans az ruler
ov France. At noon on the same day
! the Duke of Orleans published notice
that he accepted, an he hurried to
Paris. In the meantime the former
King had left Paris an gone to st.
Cloud, an later he fed to point
near Versailles. On August 9Th the
| Duke of Orleans became ruler ov
| France, the Government havin' been
in charge ov the Duke of Bordeaux
for a few days only after the former
King fed. Orleans went in with
| good majority, getting vote ov 219
| against only 39 scatterin' votes. A
few months after Orleans became
| King the workers in the silk mills at
Lyons became riotous. The King
went to Lyons with $4,000 troops an
settled the trouble, the workers sub
mittin' an agreeing to adjust mat
tiers, an hit IL supposed that conces-
sions were made by both the mill
| owners an the employees, for peace
/ reigned afterwards. Under the Duke
of Orleans France had a long period
ov peace an prosperity, such az she
had not experienced in hundreds ov
years. The Duke Of Orleans wuz
filter when nothin' else would do, but
Epreferred peace, somethin' the French
! people had not known for long Pc
/ RODS. France IL one ov the most in
terestin' countries on the globe, an
/ how friod m oivo tha hast nv har