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PAGE EIGHT SENATOR RORAH ATTACKS HERBERT I THEN AND THERE { JEislory told as it would be wrilieE today , By IRVIN S. COBS* | j How the Bastile Fell | It was the taking of the Ba£ti!e which marked the beginning of the French revolution. It had been a symbol for royal oppression. Cy its downfall it became a symbol for man kind freed of the shackles of tyrnanny, a symbol of freedom and independence. It took on!y a few hours cf a summer day to capture the Basiile, to massacre cer tain of its defenders, to raze its walls. It had taken four centuries ta give it its evil name, for since 1369 these grim towers bad risen like the fingers of a menacing hand above the houstetops of Paris. The Eastile was both a fortress and a prison. Captives were held here without formal accusation, without trial, sometimes without reason. At the whim of a king or a king’s favorite, any unfortunate might be locked up, and, because of seme private grudge, some personal quarrel, left to rust alive in its gloomy cells. Notoriously it had become • place of confinement for writers who dared to attack the government or persons in power. For these reasons it was hated by the pepul ice. It was an oppressed country’s most perfect emblem of imperial despotism. When the uprising of the people began, the rafcble, led on by a few inspired patriots, •Hacked it on July 14, 1789. Today. July 14 is to France what July 4 is to America. That date had more and greater significance than merely marking the outbreak of the Revolution. By taking the Bastile the people came to have a realization of their own strength. They discovered that commoners might destroy a slronghold of bated might and not answer for the act with their own lives. The seeds of the French republic were •own in the red ruins of the Bastile. From that sowing came the breaking-down of the ancient feudal system, the overthrow of the aristocrats, the nobility and the throne. From It also sprang the reign of terror. It is told that when s courier from the rioters brought the news to the King (Louis XVI) at Versailles, the latter in horror cried out, “Eut this is revolt P* and the messenger answered, “No, sire, it is revolution.” Revolution it was, and by that revolution a new trend was given to the political development of a great nation and an example was given to other king-ruled nations on both sides of the Atlantic ocean. The details here printed of the siege and surrender of the Bastile were taken from the Gazette Nationale ou le Monitieur Universale, a newspaper of the time. As the Paris Moniteur the journal is still in existence. IN ITS issue of July 23, 1789—the issue next succeeding the Fall of the Bastiie—“le Moniteur”—or the Monitor as we would say—carried an account of the event which perhaps was written by its own editor. \\ ho ever it was. this chronicler must have been an eye-witness. The attention to detail, the certainty with which he speaks of this phase or that, proves this. Besides, in referring to the at tacking force he says, “We said this or “We did that.” After dealing at length with the preliminary stages of tlie siege of the hated fortress by the populace and with the popular hatred for its com mandant, M. de Launay, the paper proceeds to a spiffed and circum stantial account of ihe main engage ment: “At the first news of the attack on the Bastile the very name of which recalled thoughts of lettres de cachet, of shame and of oppression, heads were inflamed, madness transported them and daring suddenly became as great as the terror which had so long been felt at the mention of this for midable name. Moment by moment lie crowd of attackers grew. To It were added citizens of every age, of both sexes, of every condition. Offi cers, soldiers, firemen, women, priests, artisans, Journalists, the greater part warmed. all whirling about excitedly, all moved by a common impulse, dashed from the various quarters of Paris and hastened by a hundred rentes towards the Bastile..-The Fau bourg St. Antoine, which was directly tinder the artillery of the fort and was even more stirred up because of its proximity, turned out in its entirety. One also saw rushing thither country people, strangers and warriors recent ly arrived from other countries. One young Greek, subject of a great lord, watched our enthusiasm, and, fired by It, turned French. Many, as soon as they teamed of the attack on the Bas tile, were drawn thither hy different motives. Some ’he hope Pelage. These received their <lus*„ An Intrepid Patriot. - -**->*v»e**i- —, “Others came only to succor the wounded or to shield from, the fury of the attackers parents, friends or tLose ft-oTa whom' Huy captivity had furtively recea’vb con sedations. Tims humanity, gratitude, and filial piety were expressed at the risk of life and limb. However, on they fought, dying around the draw bridge. Women rushing to the aid -of their husbands fell wounded. One woman who sought only war and vie tory fought in the front ranks of the conquerors of the Bastile. Soon the people hnrled themselves in a mob in to the court of the 'government house’ and rushed to take the second bridge, at the same time firing a volley of musketry at the troops. These lat ter replied with a lively and sustained fire which forced the attackers to re tire in disorder. . . . “This attack had gone on for an hour when suddenly from the arsenal side {of the fort) came the beating rums and sounds of shouting. At fcame instant we saw coming in ke Court de ’Orme, a flag escorted a erowd of armed citizens. A t company then advanced towards court of the ‘government house’ cried to the enemy to hold their fi>e, that there were deputies from The Hotel de Ville who wished to speak to the governor. Soon a white Hag was raised on the bastions and the signs of peace and parley were multiplied by waving of hats. Upon this friendly invitation, M. de Corney. accompanied by several others inchid lug M. Joannot, who carried the flag und was preceded hy a drum, began to march toward the arch which led toward the Font d’Avance. A man called to their attention a cannon which had been pulled into a loop hole in the tower and which w:o aimed into the Court de I’Onne. K\ eryone cried to them to put no trus: in the perfidious promises whirl would be made them. “31 Francotay alone went forwnn with dram and flag to the very f«m of the moat while M. de Corny r< Tuained under the arch. Several « the people threw themselves upn him and begged him not to exp«» himself thus to the lire of the rnein but the intrepid patriot as strong? urged them to withdraw from bin substitutes. _ . \ ■ *. ~ V So far as headgear is concerned, possibly it was with an eye to spring and impending growing im- 1 portations from Italy that caused the Senate to turn back four at tempts to cut the increased duties />aw«;<ul in +l>a nonrlinp hill'on straw. pointing out that they would do noth ing against the fortress since the can non could easily crush them, that he would remain there alone and that he had nothing to fear. “The besieged then turned loose musketry fire which dropped the men ou either side of him and forced him to withdraw in the midst of the whistle of bullets which seemed to rain upon the wall guarding the arch under which he joined the deputation Filled with horror and indignation, they retraced their steps to the Hotel de Ville with but a small part of those who hud accompanied them. Hot Fire Greets Peace Offers. “Shrieking, the furious mob charged the bridge hut a volley again scat tered them. A part withdrew a short distance, and while those who had guns fired ceaselessly upon the under officers posted on the bastions, anoth er group with axes beat down the gates of this quarter (a part of the fortress) which was thus open for piilage. A second deputation from the city came to present to the gov ernor the oath of the permanent com mittee and to try and stop the blood shed. This deputation carried the decree which ordered the governor, M. de Launay, to surrender the Bastile to the city without spilling the blood of citizens. The Abbe Fauchet was at its head and presented himself un der artillery fire. He was answered with shots. The deputation advanced three times, always with a new in trepidity. Three times the answer to the peaceful overtures was given only by overwhelming fire. “The attackers, more enraged, brought up three wagon loads of straw, set fire to the forward guard house and to the ‘government house and to the kitchens. The besieged at this point fired a charge of grape shot. The bastions and the loopholes resounded with the noise of musketry and the officers themselves fired guns. “The fire was still going on when there was noted in the court a de tachmer.t of jnilitiamen made up of 7h* flipst part of grenadiers from RufieyUie &n<2 of .riflemen from the cojjjpar.jy of I.ubersac; with them was & numerous gratae <£ bourgeois ijnder th?~?o?nttiand o£ M, Hulljn. ft was he ■Wno. bad lust (leaded on the of 71 1 e t»ihltla^^a having puzzled for over an hour on means of attack ing the Bastile successfully. ‘My friends,’ he said to them, ‘are you citizens? Then let US march against the Bastile. There they are slaugh tering our friends and our brothers We have the fatherland to avenge, traitors to punish. Can we doubt victory?’ A Hairdresser on the Rampage. “At these words the brave warriors fell in step behind him and marched to the fortress with three cannon, re inforcing themselves with two others which they picked up near the arsen al. Several military patients who had been restored to arms that morning joined them and fhey marched into the Court de l’Orme. “In one of the courts of the Bastile they captured a young girl equally in teresting because es her grace and her candor. Having led her near to the first bridge, ‘lt is the daughter of de Launay,’ cried the enraged people. ‘Either he will surrender or he wilt see his daughter die in flames.’ A straw mattress was to serve her as a funeral pyre. They set fire to it and the unfortunate girl disappeared in the smoke. “The father of Mile, de Monsigny. for that is the name of the unfor tunate young girl, saw from the height of the tower his daughter near ly burned alive. He was going to hurl himself down when he was hit by two bullets and knocked over. The generous Aubin Bomnere, of whom we i have spoken, outraged by such an at tempted crime, left his post, scattered the blood-mad mob, seized the victim and placing her in sure hands re turned to the combat. “An even more terrible scene took place In the arsenal. A hair dresser, i drunk or mad, armed with two flaming brands, was busying himself setting fire to the saltpeter magazine. The brave Jean Baptiste Humbert, who had the honor to be the first to mount upon the towers of the Bastile and who was arriving then from the Hotel des In yalides, drawn by the cries of a worn THE CHATHAM ftSCOftP, PITTSBOBO, W. & STATIC OFF CAPITOL DOME By ELIZABETH HEISER V**V- and knocked him to the ground. Then courageously seizing an already burn ing cask of saltpeter he succeeded in extinguishing it and after chasing away some of the rabble who had broken into the archives and smashed the armories under the pretext of searching for powder, lie hastened to rejoin the patriots who were attack ing the Bastile. The Price of Peace. “Within the fortress discouragement reigned. The Swiss mercenaries of the garrison, however, exhorted the governor to continue the defense, but the officers, higli and low, besought him to surrender, and he himself knew that it was impossible to defend it, the Impossibility of getting food preventing him from sustaining the siege over a long period. “The governor, beside himself, ad dressed the garrison and asked if it were not better to fight than to ren der themselves liable to slaughter by the people from whose fury there was no promise of escape. ‘Let us go back to the towers,’ said he, ‘and if we must die let us make our death dis astrous to the enemy. Let us crush them under the debris of the Bastile.’, But the soldiers answered that they would prefer to die rather than to kill such a great number of their fellow citizens and that a further resistance was no longer possible. They must surrender. The drums were then beat en and a vviiite flag was hung from the tower of the Baziniere. But it was too late. The crowd, angered at the dastardly treason of the governor when he bad fired upon their depu ties, saw’ only a new trick in these demonstrations of peace and contin ued to advance, firing their guns to the very bridge of the interior court. “A Swiss officer, addressing himself to the attackers through a kind of loophole that he had found near the drawbridge, asked them that they be content w-ith the honors of war. “‘No, no!’ cried the crowd. He then held a paper through the same aper ture, which distance made illegible, crying that they were willing to sur render if they received a promise that tlie troops would not be massacred by the citizens. “A certain man runs and finds a plunk which is placed on the parapet. Several people place themselves un der it to act as a counterweight The brave unknown goes forward, he is ready to seize the paper but he falls into the moat. Struck down, accord ing to some, by a shotgun, he dies a victim of his courage. M. Mail lard, son of a huzzar at Chatelet, un daunted by the death of the other, courageously goes out upon this long, straight plank and seizing the paper places it in the hands of M. Huliin, who reads it in a loud voice: ** *We have twenty thousand weight of powder. We can blow up the gar rison and the whole quarter if you do not accept our surrender.’ ‘Upon the word of an officer we accept,’ said M. Huliin. ‘Lower your bridges.’ “Sic Semper Tyrannus.” “The Invalides (patients in the mili tary hospital which was part of the Bastile) were drawn up on the right, the Swiss on the left. Their arms j were placed against the wall. They j took off their hats, clapped their j hands and cried ‘bravo’ to the peo- j pie who were rushing, crowding, fido ; the fort. The first to enter treated ! the conquered with friendship, throw ing themselves upon the necks of the officers in sign of peace and reconcili ation and taking possession of the place as it was ceded in the terms of surrender. But, those who followed i them, breathing only slaughter and I vengeance, treated tlie conquered as! ITTney ~haj beep Taken flssanlt _ “Soni?' o? I the TaslioSs, ignorant of ine tacts of the surrender, at this moment fired several shots and the crowd, carried awa.V with ruge, hurled themselves up oil the invalides and crushed them with blows. One of them was slain The unfortunate Bequart, that brave officer who deserved so well from the city of Paris by dissuading the gov ernor when he had wished to blow up the Bastile, and who had not fired a single shot during the day, was pierced by a saber which severed his wrist. “Maillard, Choi at, the grenadier Arne, and several other attackers, dis puted the honor of arresting M. de Launay. He was not in uniform but clothed in a gray frock coat. In his hand he had a sword cane with which he tried to pierce his breast and which the intrepid Arne snatched from him. Huliin and several others charged themselves with seeing him safely to the city hall. Feared Rage of Crowd. “Nearly all those who composed his escort thought that they would be the victims of the murderous rage of the crowd against the prisoner. Some snatched at his hair, others thrusi their swords at him and tried to stab him. The unfortunate man, seized with fear of death, said in a weak voice to M. Huliin: ‘Ah, sir, you have promised not to leave me, stay by me to the Hotel de Ville;’ and again ad dressing M. Aille: ‘ls it thus that you have promised me?’ “The fury of tlie crowd was contin nally increasing and their blind re sentment did not spare M. de Launay M. de l’Epine was hit over the bead with the butt of a gun and was forced to abandon the escort. Huliin him self, despite his strength and great stature, could not ward off the vio i ience of the mob. Wearied by the es forts that he had made to defend de Launay, crushed by the blows, over come by the buffets, he was forced to leave bis prisoner to snatch a sec ond’s rest. Scarcely was he seated* when turning his eyes he saw the head of M. de Launay brandished on the head of a pike.” L (© hy the Bell Syndicate. Inc.) liVJI VU A VViWW DURING TROUBLES “I honestly believe Sargon saved my life. I bad to resign from the Asheville police department because j j i was down and out physically. My weight dropped from 207 pounds to j 139. '' JOSEPH N. HYDER “I was sent home from duty sev- j eral times and spent four weeks in/ a hospital. My digestion was so bad that absolutely nothing agreed with me. I had to take a handful of salts every night for constipation. 1 I had awful pains in my head and; back. I had my teeth extracted,! my eyes examined, and took one j treatment after another but never! did get better until I got hold of Sargon. 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The natural beauty of our country is one of its greatest assets. Why destroy it? Why not keep on advertising in commercial districts? Why not restore dignity to our • buildings and beauty to our trees and fields? j Many farmers, realizing that the j billboard crop does not pay in the long run, that it depreciates not only £he farm which raises it but also the entire fielfhborhood, have their public spirit by refusing to rent land for billboard purposes. $ | SALE OF VALUABLE FARM PROPERTY Under and by virtue of the au thority conferred on me in a deed of trust executed by Priscilla Bass, widow, on the 12th day of April, 1928, and recorded in Book HA of Deeds on page 610-11, in the Reg ister of Deeds office of Chatham County, North Carolina, I will on WEDNESDAY, the sth DAY OF MARCH, 1930 at 12 o’clock, noon, at the Court House door in Pitts boro, Chatham County, North Caro lina, sell at public auction the fol lowing land, to wit: DR. J. C. MANN the well-known EYESIGHT SPECIALIST will be at Or. Farrell’s Office PITTSBORO. TUESDAY, FEB. 25 at Dr. Thomas’ Office SILER CITY, THURSDAY, FEB. 27 1 ship, Chatham County, State of North Carolina, and more particu larly described and defined as fol . lows; Adjoining the lands of Har 'rison Morris, Millssa Morris, Mattie Pugh and Jerry Murchison, and con taining 4% acres, more or less. | This sale is made by reason of the failure of Priscilla Bass to pay off and discharge the endebtedness secured by said deed of trust. This the 30th day of January, 1939 F. E. STREET, Trustee. Feb, 6, 13, 20, 27 NOTICE OF SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of the pow ers contained in a certain deed of trust executed by A. M. Riddle and wife, Flossie Riddle, V. R. Johnson, and wife, Nellie Johnson, on the 3rd day of November, 1924, and recorded in book of mortgages GH at page 502 and 503, office of the Register of Deeds of Chatham Coun ty, we will on SATURDAY, MARCH the Bth, 1930, at 12 o’clock, noon, at the Court house door in Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, sell at pub lic auction, for cash, to the highest bidder the following land, to wit: BEGINNING at S. D. 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