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s~Rt@t soeoaAon, me ooloet oil bu hopes
sa-s ssparatioas IN his present state Of exis-
t<n<s-
Lafayette discovered no new principle Of
Posati<s er sf morals. TIE invented aothing
'n sssense- Tie d,selosed no new phenoms-
non "a the laws o( nature. Born aud sduca-
ee'f IA The highest order Of feudal Mobility,
under the must absolute Monarchy Of Eu-
rOpr, an pos-es,iou of an adluent fortune Ind
as.sier vi himself and VI all has capabilities at
the moa,ent et attaining taanhood, the priu-
ei2la ot republican Justice aud Of social
s9sahty took possession of his heart aud
uasnt, - BY Inspiration from above. lie
ds.osrt htsassif, he lile. has fortune, Ia. hc.
rrdlfary hoaors, has towering amb,liou, hi,
spisnili hopes, all Ia the cause VI hbsrty.-
tts came IA another hemisphere 10 defend
asr lie became one Of ihs most effective
Sh-Ampsoas ~ our Iade pendcnce but, tina
ooer ashiessi, he returned tn his Own coun-
Try, and thenesior~ ard took NO part in the
controversies which have d.. ,ded W. I'm the
svents sf our Revolution, and ia the form.
of PoIiey which ws have adopted for the es-
adjustment and perpetustion Of our freedom,
LaiSystis found Me most perfect form oi
sossruacai- lie wished to add uoth,ny "a,
~ H< rSsid gladly Aare absfrscttd soih,nr
1ssnn t Instead OF tIe Imaginary Republic
~ fiaso, or the Utopia Of Sir Taolnas More,
he took practical existing model, in actual
operation here, aud ne vcr atteu pied or wish
ed mees rAan 10 apply 1t faithfully to his own
country.
IL wac not given to Moses 10 enter the
promised land but he saw II f.on, the sum
mif OF Pl-gah- % VAS not given 20 Lsfay-
cite To wtncss tho consumm alton Of la,
Stshes IN The establishment Of a Republic.
aud The extnstioo VI all hereditary rule iu
-.
NE asE and hemisphere IN which be lived
Bourbon still reigns on tho throne of
fsaaee, and II 10 not Tor us TO scrutinize the
title oy which be reisns. The principle, of
elective and hereditar. power, o;c nded in re-
ioS-ant uni1n IN his person, like the red and
~hits roses Of York and Lancaster. ma,
Pastpons 10 aitertiIno the last conflict "a
Snieh thsy must ultimately come. The
ale % The Patriarch Was not long enough for
tns dsVsiopsBent Of his whole polil,c al SO.
e<m- ttS nnal accomplishment 10 an the v ont
II time.
The anticipation Of this event j, the NOR,
sertain, fsoo the eouside ration that ali the
PslAsiRiss for which Lafayette conten det
were Practical Tie never INDUCED himself
IN sid and fsaciful speculations. The prin-
siPle Of hereditary power was, in his opin.
Ioa, The bane of all republican liberty ia Eu
ruoe- Unable u exiinguish il in the Revolu.
| tsoa Of 1880, 80 far rs concerned the Chief
I. S,>Sistrsey Of the Nation, Lafayette had the
s.ti.eAstioa Of seeing Il abolished with refer.
snes 10 tn Psersse. An hereditary Crown
stript Of the >lppnst which il may derive
from m hsseditary PcevAse, however com
p.tshis with Asiafie despos'sm, 10 40 anoma-
b IN ths Aiaiosy Of the Chf.s:ian world, and
N the theory Of free government There h
no argument prodaeibls against the existence
of IN Hereditary Reersge, but spplies with
aggravated weight against the transmissioa,
from sara 10 sou, Of an hereditary Crown
Tbs prsja3iees and passions Of The People Of
Frsaee rejected the principle Of inherited
power, IN every station Of public trust, ex-
espting the first and highest Of thea ell; but
there they chung to Il, n did the Israelites OF
ed N the ssvOry dsities Of Egypt.
This - not the time or the place for n
dsqssssiioo upon the eomps ratiys merits, q.
. systsn Of government, Of Republic, and
Monarchy surrounded BY republican inati.
buttons. Upon this subject there 10 among
us no Diversity Of opinion, and if IL should
tahs he people Of France another half CEN
hiry OF internal and external war, Of dazzling
and dslnsive glories; Of unparalleled tri-
unpha, hamiliaIing rsverses. and bitter dis
appointments. 20 settle il 70 their subtraction,
the ultimate result can only bring them 70
the poist where NE have stood from the day
81 the DeeiaFsiiOa Of Independence-to the
psint where Lsfsyet sits would have brought
them, and Go which he looked IS a eonsum-
nation devoatlJ TO be wished.
Then, loo. and then OaIy, will be the lime
when the character OF Lsfaystts will be an
prSeistsd 90 its true value throughout The
civilized world when the principle Of he
rsditagy doRinion shall be sxtinSuished in
all the Institutions Of France when Govern
nsat shall no IoageT be considered IS proper.
~ irsasDissible from siTs to 500, but - a
trust consulted fog . limited time, and thea
- Fstarn % the people whence 10 came a.
burdsasOms duty 10 be discharged, aud not
- . reward 10 be abused when z claim.
any sisim, TO political power by inAsritsnes
shall. IN the estimstioo Of the whole French
People, BE- hsIi - il Rov Is by the whole
People 81 the North American Cuion-Iheo
viii b the time for contemplating the char
aeter % Lafayette, not merely IN the events
% bis life. bat ~ the full development Of bis
intellectual conceptions, Of his fcrvent aspg-
rations, Of the labors sod periIs Rnd sacrifices
- his l0ng and svestfui career upon earth;
sad thsoesfsgward, till tho hour when the
trump of the Arehangsi shall sound 10 an.
n0unes that Time shall be no more, the name
of Lsfsystts shall stand enrolled upon the
ssash 81 oar race. high on the list Of the
pags and disiatsrssted bsRefaeiOrs Of nsn.
kiad.