Show THE FRENCH revolution A regular session of students tso so clety cn convened at the ij D 8 college last evening at which professor Profess ur will ari ard done delivered an highly interesting lecture on the french revolution 12 he saiu that the f fill ill significance of this event and its causes are but very mea grely understood by most moot people it il is one of those these strange oc curen ces in history which depends so much on what has been done I 1 iu u periods 1 ang before it happened tue tae french nation is made up of a peculiar people ahil 3 noted for their y aud and easy grasp of a subject they are no jeas leas noted fr their austa ability of character and light mindedness minded nesa truly a people among which revolutionary ideas would make rapid growth the temperament coupled with certain events as we shall see was ultimately the cause of this great strife the era of absolute despotism on the naj of the kings of france beg fail with the reign of louis lauis XIII though he was the first man in europe he was second in france richelieu was the true ruler and he it was who by his great skill aad foresight made the power of the french rench king absolute unfortunately fop to france he be broke up the feudal system a century or more before this should have been done with the nobl nobles a to arrest his bis po no common s who understood their rights therill the will of the king was law this state or of affairs continued on being greatly augmented by louis in his bis long reign ot of seventy two years revelling crevelling Re velling in ilk the luxuries of his court of vice he exacted great sums of money from his hl subjects he considered that it was their duty to give him all he needed not questioning what became of it in 1774 louis XVI ascended the throne he was a noble moral young man and it seems mome a pity that he boula be compelled to te reap the fruits of the kingly despotism of other monarch monarchal mon archa but often the wicked reap the wind winda the innocent the whirlwind at hi bis a 1 ascension france was in a state of chaos U upon n hearing of the death of L louis auls X XIV IV he fully recognized his position and said boil protect us we are too young to sit upon the tirone or of france pa he meant to redress the wrongs of france but did not know how As a list last result he called together the states general may 5 1789 and here was the first brat day of tie tae revolution this body was composed of the nobility clergy and common people the latter being in the minority all measures of relief lor for the benefit ot of the common people could not be p passed assed they demanded of the king a re represent presen tation equal to the others this wan refused they lef jel and formed an as aa of their own vowing never to separate till they had formed a constitution for france by this time uie the people had learned more of their right ti louis saw he could not compel them to yield and therefore he instructed the nobles noble and sand clergy to join n them his army of soldiers was collected to overawe the refractory as a this enraged the comm common 0 a people they arose in mass the bast lle was stormed and insurrection swenk over the country like flashes of lightning louis invited austria ua and prussia prusia to aid his cause they did a so 0 and sent armies over to fr france KIM ane tuileries Tuil eries were sacked by by a parisian mob and louis was sent to prison the gentle monarch was tried 1 I lor for treason found guilty and sentenced ced IQ io beath As his bleeding head fell f from the guillotine the savage pop populace popular ulac shouted about fd long live the republic ts now began the reign of terror marat danton and leaders of the insurrection took the rel relna of government cold and crafty tibey knew no pity and everyone who hd had opposed kneir plans was forced to ties floe 4 or be put to death but arose among the leaders leaden and each of them in turn received the faw fate of louis A council of known as the directory now t ikes charge of the government ern ment now comes to the front t a man as yet unheard ot of the g great comes forward proves himself by his successes oses and Is placed upon the throne where for fifteen years he holds entire sway as grett a despot jus the kings who had preceded him go be rises shines iu in all his alry and in 1816 1815 meets his fate at waterloo the revolution in fur for twenty six aix at end and though is now an years sears it i has dreno drenched tied the soil of europe in in blood it has oo co elusively proved that he 0 only oly true form of government Is a gover government lf if the people by the people and for the people FRANK cor secy |