The French Revolution : a history . tel-de-Ville, towave there till better days; and each Municipal sat inthe centre of his Section, in a Tent raised in some opensquare, Tents surmounted with flags of Patrie en Dan-ger, and topmost of all a Pike and Bonnet Rouge; and,on two drums in front of him, there lay a plank-table,and on this an open Book, and a Clerk sat, like record-ing-angel, ready to write the lists, or as we say to enlist!O, then, it seems, the very gods might have looked downon it. Young Patriotism, Culottic and Sansculottic,rushes forward emulous: That is my name; name,blood and l
The French Revolution : a history . tel-de-Ville, towave there till better days; and each Municipal sat inthe centre of his Section, in a Tent raised in some opensquare, Tents surmounted with flags of Patrie en Dan-ger, and topmost of all a Pike and Bonnet Rouge; and,on two drums in front of him, there lay a plank-table,and on this an open Book, and a Clerk sat, like record-ing-angel, ready to write the lists, or as we say to enlist!O, then, it seems, the very gods might have looked downon it. Young Patriotism, Culottic and Sansculottic,rushes forward emulous: That is my name; name,blood and life is all my countrys; why have I nothingmore! Youths of short stature weep that they are below [Sergent Marceau says ( Reminiscences, p. 192) there wereseveral places of enrolment, and, in all, sixty bands of music : Aseach volunteer enrolled himself, a venerable officer embraced him,presented him with a laurel leaf, and a roll of drums proclaimedthe enlistment. This went on for two days, and 5,000 were en-rolled at Paris.—Ed.]. Gi (V) r-T; JULY 25, 1792] SOME CONSOLATION TO MANKIND 325 Size. Old men come forward, a son in each themselves will grant the son of their travail;send him, though with tears. And the multitude bellowsVive la Patrie, far reverberating. And fire flashes inthe eyes of men ;—and at eventide, your Municipalreturns to the Townhall followed by his long train ofVolunteer valour; hands-in his List; says proudly,looking round, This is my days harvest. They willmarch, on the morrow, to Soissons ; small bundle hold-ing all their chattels. So, with Vive la Patrie, Vive la Liberie, stone Parisreverberates like Ocean in his caves; day after day,Municipals enlisting in tricolor Tent; the Flag flappingon Pont-Neuf and Townhall, Citoyens, la Patrie est enDanger. Some Ten-thousand fighters, without disci-pline but full of heart, are on march in few days. Thelike is doing in every Town of France.—Consider, there-fore, whether the Country will want de
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