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REAL ANCIENT HISTORY.
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were made. Some ov the Oldest and
best members ov the assembly were
put out ov Office by the terms ov the
constitution, an almost inexcusable
error, If error hit wuz.
What WIZ known az the constitu-
ent assembly made a record for the
quantity ov work performed. Hit or
gained the national guard; applied
the separation ov the authorities;
instituted a real jury system; made
rural municipal and penal laws;
freed industry from monopoly; re-
stored the property ov the church to
the circulating medium; suppressed
taxes, entries and exemptions: and,
above awl, regulated the public
school system, put hit on such a guide
basis that there wuz not and hez
not been but few changes since, for
hit liz considered about az guide az
can be devised. France had great
men then, and she hez yet. Rabaut,
st. Etienne, Chapelier, Montmorency,
Noillies, Volney, Sieyes, Duport, Ca
mus, Barnave, Lameth, and, last, but
not least, the great Mirabean, are not
awl familiar names even TO good his
torical students. But they ranked
high among the leadin' men ov
France at the time and were first and
foremost in tryin' to pull the country
out Ov her monarchial and priest
ridden condition because hit had to
be done, there bein' no other course
in site. At first the majority faction
responsible for the constitution and
the healthy laws, assumed the atti-
tude ov hostility to the royal power,
both by restrainin' hit and by failin'
to respect hits functions, ignored hit
in other words. The King made a
show ov resistance to some DEGREES
that were offered him. But he wuz
practically helpless and he had sense
ennuff to know hit. America threw
off, fought off, the power ov the Eng
lish crown a. little more than hun
dred years ago. The only visible
part ov the row wuz the excessive
taxation ov tea, and the whole ov the
American people probably didn't use
ten thousand pounds ov tea per year
at that time. But that wuz merely
a pretext, the spark that went
straight to the powder, for there
thousands ov reasons behind and in
| fraont ov hit.
France wuz not sufferin' from the
| tyranny ov foreign crown-her
! trouble wuZ rite at home, and she
made a successful fife against her
! self, though the end wuz far in front
ov the beginnin'.
/ The Girondist Potion wuz now
elected mayor ov Paris, and procured
a decree for closing the club ov the
royalists called Fuillans. The prop
/ erty ov foreigners wuZ sequestrated,
/ and a new oath wuZ required ov the
priests The action ov certain un-
popular ministers increased the pub
lie distrust before confidence wuz
fully restored. To add to hit awl,
trouble ov a racial nature arose in
! ST. Domingo, a French dependency
! To add to hit awl, there wuZ a pros
pect ov another war, a civil war. The
King practically stood alone at this
time, for he could not favor the idea
ov converting a monarchy into re-
I public, especially since hit wuZ plain
that he didn't and could hardly hope
f, to stand a ghost ov a show in race
! for the Presidency, for he didn't hev
a William J. Bryan for an opponent,
this bein' long before Bryan came on
the carpet The King appeared to
Low toxyord tho CiroudiStS and took
a ministry ov their choice; among
whom were Roland, who wuz more
noted for the smartness ov hiZ wife
than for anything he had accomplish
ed; awlso DonmorieZ, afterwards a
great military commander. The last
named liz said to hev caused the
| French King to declare war against
Austria soon afterward.
| But the Assembly began another
great contest at home, a political
contest. The King opposed hiz own
ministers, and that soon got him out
ov harmony awl around. They dis
banded the French army and re-or'
gained hit so az to get control o'
things. A King without an army wuz
like a sportsman without a gun. = AZ
la substitute the assembly and new
ministry formed new army ov TO-
900 men for regular duty and sta
toned the mnear Paris. When aw
this became known there wuz much
excitement in Paris and other cities
!. Az ever. ZEKE BILKINS.
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