New-York daily tribune., 1842-07-29
From uie Foreign Qg,rierly for July
THE REIGN OF TERROR.


From an early period the ambition of tni' cla-' was
i-Ih.c; but rs il co1ld not show l'sch oa ine
,.oors of Parliament in tLe English sense %. ''i'
word IL thrust it, WAY into the meancf oi'uln-'
afforded by tue 1o.doir aad the saio'n' -"
comedy OF Moier, EXHIBITS that de.'tc 'i '.'
bo.5ges siAie to ape the Manners, TO 'ie W." '"'
fo,ie. and % court tie com Sary OF me u 'D''''
which was not a very prominent ieatme'n hnSh'"
.ocie,, ti-a much later period. lhe power u
,,,b.o titIes. which were IN fact annexed - Ger
80. I..d. and g hch no lc,- than 1850 places o.
..i.. .il confer. necessarily aide. tic rOt'srtcr
3, ,i,air, which the genfih0mmc treated wtn
..,,,,,l,i.ant raierv or freezing disdaiF. In ts"
course of this competition, probably more ranhiit-
l,i-fcrues. va, produced upon the aspIragt clas-
than wa, cneeudcrcd even By the legalil u pr.vl-
lcges of tine superior. H,w many an honest bour-
qcoi,. after having enioNed hearty aug At the
sxpen.c of Monsieur Jourdain or Gcgrge Danclo,
,yould In oralcr moments Of his own actual lite,
think with deep resentment upon the ptiebe !gh
In which the class thus satrilcd va. regarded Dl
me CAV Dorantes and the gallant Ciiiandres -
What. wa, the honest man. entertaining IT., ni'u'
mi ambition that his should riseaboyc he class
IN which he was born-was he 20 rear, "lih ihat
object his son 20 more elevated sphere, solely go
make him n ciiy and bu,t-rdculous, when de-
string 10 b, accompiished--the cuckold snd slave
of a noble wife who did nm the honor TO stain ms
name and waste his fortune. 1t was easy io say
Tint the ambition va, absurd and misplue I'd. But
wa, it so in reality What other openings from
hi. own state were left TO the whom cI'iiiza-
iion had made too wealthy TO remain c'n'cnied
with ob.curitv Parliament did not exist Even
,b.. bsr hal formed nobility ofits own. Posts al
,b. ,urt and distinctions IN the army We're only 10
H.. obtained bv the noble. The son %. "a bourgeois
MIGHT have the yaor of Bayard, buj re must be-
c,rne a centi.hsnme leorc he could be- made
,,,t.,i,. q, law even so late a. the reign Of
Ioui, XVI. four generations OF nobility were fr-
cesar, % qualify man for the RANK oi a su'-
iie,frDaut. If III, hard-won gold could pircha se
an estate. with rqlisaie attached TO II. Wa inc
citizen dcspicablc because he desired 80 ENJOY what
be had bought and paid for Was there IN short
To be an eierna wall OF Odious distinction hs "Vch
hi, own chs. and that which scattered uy'2 him
the mud of Paris from the wheels OF carnage winch
we've bearing the last lonis o their owners 90 the
brotn, and the gaming-hou,c' class NOT :espec-
table for virtues hot formidable from iniei'c'' ana
who had exchanged the sharp sword ot her an-
cc,iors for the weapon. less powerful, aud more
irritating. OF the polished sarcasm
Thus insen.ibly all the habits OF society coop
Grated with all the disparitie> of law, TO engcnder
found sentiment of hatred on the part OF the mo-
MED and middle class against the higher.
Meanwhile the state of ths rural population was
precisely that which was to Ec expected. The
pca,autry we're sold like cattle with the soil even,
in many parts of the kingdom. personal scrvitude
was abolished bat few years before the Reyolu-
tion. All hereditary tie, Of affection were not only
by the absence ana exactious OF them
lords bat utre,ly aunhatcd by the frequent trans
fer Of property, according 10 marriage and sal-,.-
They had no education. bat they had that galet!
and sregariou,ue.s Of disposition which led them
pn every holiday to meet, TO associate. aud To- pick
RI and 10 circulate in lhair viylciOuS talk many ui
the popular notions TINT the abuses OF law and The
works of thinkers began 10 scatter throughout the
world. The gossip of holyday was often t. them
" hat nows-room is 20 the mechanics OF Lngidnd'
There Is no education more dangerous ard more
superficial than that which Is oral. The BOOK
alone car correc; the Speech.
We have said that one object of Richelieu war
tine formation Of an Abs ,.ute Monarchy. the olnei
ia. of an Absolute Church. A. regards the hrst.
in f.rmin- It's strength. he prepared the cau'e-
of if- lownlall. The endurance ot a monarch!
where ihc growth of society s not ao>9'1tey stop
ned. viii alswsys be found IN proportion 10 i-
checks. for the checks compress, and adapt ami
mould the monarchy from ace Ia age, according
to the altered wants and circumstances ~ the
time The anuihilaron OF popular national a.
,enblies. and of solid power IN an aristocracy-
left monarchy to all tic excesses lHto winch the
inuuritv of powcr is sure to pass hateful Irf-
lpgatiycs. vasiciul ostcniation, olsoidered hnai-
cc-. and ,ub-eoueut weakness. we're the inevitable
r,.nlt.. The ercnt Cardinal wa not more per
inaugut.v fortunate in the maintenance OF his Ab-
.olutc Chuch. Tor while all my allow tnat j.
the checks To monarchy exist It's 'ucngin, II has
meyer been sufficiently noticed and insisted upon
especially by French historians, tkqt as cheetS a'e
to a. monarchy. So dissent IS 10 ctHrch. he
distraction of what The Cardinal called hcresie>
and >cAi,u, lett 10 the hulh ct the population no
opticn bu, GalHc Catholicism on the one hand oi
ohsolu,e irrelison on the other. Now. IN countr,
l;tc rn-',u3 which ohiascd from. the Wit o
France ihc distinction " Of ENJOYING thousan"
,rrt.. and one sauce. the Christian Icisi"i
hlppilv proiiers shades IN worship, iorn' ana
taith ts all varieties ot enthusiasm, PASSION ohar'
arirr belief. Ii "a man j. rcvoited hN rny abuses
n the church, real supposed, m the same street
lives the disscnicr ready II convert him, hard al
hand rise. the chapel open to his PRAYERS 1t some
tc.,t IN ou, faith ,tartles ls CONSCIENCE. auoihci
form of worship equally founded on >crip'uFa
authorif, and promise satisfies the scrpcs and
present. A refuge from iuhdciity or iu'iacrencc
And thi, copous and wise diversity o. permitted
ouinion while beneficial 10 Religion, Is the b"s'
safeguard 10 the Establishment, inasmueA a. ih'
necessary effect of the competition Is to Prc-erv'
a certain wholesome vigilance IN the heads OF The
church. an energy n education and learning, d
care for general purity Of life and roral'.-wh.e
though it ma, not obtain the reform OF al. abuses
it creates public prepared to correct wha'ere'
ma, be obviously >candalouS or excessive. bu'
in France. after the expulsion OF the Hugucnois,
the unit, O, the church 80 grca; that The vide
yaIietic, Of discomfort had no practices. opening
bat the school Of the scoficr AID the scepuc. liue
that some Dsscuters, chiefly, OF course, Ca'ihstS
.,ll survived all persecutlen-tor tyranny can
never wholly eNtirpalc opiuion-bu' their number