The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-06-13

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IS. 1871. and hit went doSn ia his
| tory az the greatest triumph ever
scored by Mirabean- While France
I had been torn with var. the people
/ ov Europe recognized the many ad-
vantages ov the country In soil and
/ climate and had begun TO flock TO
| the country from Italy and many 9TH
er countries TO become permanent
citizens France soon had TO tackle
| the immigration question. for they
threatened 10 swamp the country To
/ stop the immigration hit wuz pro-
| posed to appoint q special board COM
posed ov three persons and no per-
son wuz to be permitted to enter
| France and become a citizen until
he could procure a passport from
| this board. Ov course that would
| hev proved more or less effective II
enforced; and they doubtless meant
20. Mirabean opposed this and spoke
against hit with hiz usual logic and
great eloquence. Among other things
| he said: AS for me. I should feel
| myself absorbed from my oath OF al
legiance to any government, that had
the infamy to propose this dictatorial
commission" In the same speech he
said: THE popularity that have so
ambitioned. and that | have enjoyed
like many others, is not a feeble
reed. / will fix 1t deep in the earth.
will make 1t vegetable and live in
the soil of justice and reason" This
bold and eloquent language could
not fail to stir up popular feeling,
! for he made a talk full ov similar
words The other leaders who had
| favored the law were angry, of
course They cried out against Mi
rabean, called him dictator" But
Mirabean had scored. He wuZ for
the moment the most popular man in
Paris or in France. But he had an~
ished hiz last great speech. Organic
heart trouble carried him to hiZ
grave in few days and the French
people were again without an irwin
chile champion; they were helpless
in the grasp ov the worst element
ov Catholic democracy Just before
he expired he said: After my death.
the factions will soon tear the last
shreds of the monarchy"
The death of Mirabean wuz a most
serious loss to the French ruler,
Louis. The assembly did not show
any intention ov relentin' toward the
Catholics. In April the King deter
mined to visit Paris and feel the pub
lie pulse When his carriages ar
rived on the streets ov the city a
mob, or what would now be termed
such, collected about hiz carriage and
forbid him to go any further, a pref
: ty howdy-do for a reception to the
King ov a great country. But for the
timely arrival ov Lafayette violence
mite hev been added to insult. The
King and Queen were obliged to has
ten to the palace and remain indoors.
Later he left the city under strong
military escort. A military camp had
been stablished near Montmedy on
the French frontier. The royal fam
lily were to proceed there escorted
by many soldiers. OWN to some
: misunderstanding mot uncommon in
France at the time) the soldiers fail
ed to arrive. One account says they
came but as the King failed to ap-
pear promptly they did not wait. 1t
: liz said that a private door wuz cut
at the palace through which the roy
al family departed. If this wuZ true,
! they must hev been scared. The
Queen, escorted by a guard, lost her
way, the soldiers bein' strangers in
Paris carriage driven by a noble
! man disguised finally carried her
from the vicinity ov the city. The
royal family at last reached Chalons
in safety, and finally ST. Menehould.
The soldiers under Bouille had given
up, thinking perhaps that the King
had changed hiz mind (more awk-
ward bungling). At st. MenehouId
a young man, a son ov the postmas-
ter, recognized King Louis az the
carriage wuz leavin' the village. He
set out by a nearer route and reach
ed Varennes before the King ar
: rived. The police in the town were
stopped and passports demanded.
The King had failed to provide pass
ports and he was arrested nice
) way to treat a King. Az Gen. La
fayette wuz not far away he came
to the rescue ov the royal family by
sending a detachment ov soldiers to
arrest the King and hiZ family and
carry them back to Paris. The rem
edy wuz a severe one, but wuz the
only way out under the laws ov
; France. Az military commander he
. could arrest the King Cor anybody
and take him. out ov the clutches ov
} the civil authorities, and he must
hev thought hit the best thing to do
} in the awkward predicament. This
wuz a fulfillment ov the old sayin':
The King marched up a hill and
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