Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . sunder the statue of Louis XIV in the Place desVictoires should be removed before the F^te ofFederation. It was then moved by Lambel and seconded byLafayette and Noailles^ that hereditary nobilitybe forever abolished in France; that the titlesprince, marquis, baron, excellency, highness, emin-ence and the like be no longer conferred on anyone whatsoever; that no one might display armor-ial bearings or clothe his servants in livery. Inshort, incense is to be offered to no one but isonly to be burned in temples of worship to honourthe Divinity. Yet it
Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . sunder the statue of Louis XIV in the Place desVictoires should be removed before the F^te ofFederation. It was then moved by Lambel and seconded byLafayette and Noailles^ that hereditary nobilitybe forever abolished in France; that the titlesprince, marquis, baron, excellency, highness, emin-ence and the like be no longer conferred on anyone whatsoever; that no one might display armor-ial bearings or clothe his servants in livery. Inshort, incense is to be offered to no one but isonly to be burned in temples of worship to honourthe Divinity. Yet it was something very like incense that theNational Assembly in this same session of June19th accorded to the Conquerors of the Bastilefor having flung off the yoke of slavery and madetheir country free. Each was to be given thecomplete uniform and equipment of a NationalGuard. On the sleeve or lapel of each coat wasto be a mural crown, on the barrel of each gun adedication. The Conquerors were to be accorded Revolutions de Paris, No. 51. aS 03 129 130 The French Revolution an honourable and conspicuous place in thecelebration of July 14th. The Assembly soon found, indeed, that it hadjumped into a hornets nest; that jealousies wererampant between the citizens and the military asto who had played the more important role on thegreat day; that hundreds claimed to be Conquerorswho had not been near the spot; that the pecuni-ary gratifications the prospect of which was heldout in this same decree were likely to amount toconsiderable sums. The various disputes threat-ened to end in violence and bloodshed whenthe Conquerors themselves voted to refuse theproffered honours. The preparations for the Fete were made on anenormous scale. It was solemnly declared by thecommittee of arrangements that as the spectacleof a whole nation renewing its vows of mutualfraternity was worthy of being witnessed by all theinhabitants of the universe, the first thing to dowas to choose a stage of vast
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