The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-01-11
Yours
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The party opposed to is the strongest, it il likely
tosucceed.
Yours, HuDsoE.
We have received a copy Of the second edition Of
Mr.. Cass's work on France. Mr.. Scott who has the
work for sale may be found at Browns Hotel.
Those who wish to form acquaintance with the
manners and etiquette Of the Court Of France, to
know something Of the history and character OF King
Philip and TO learn the principal incidents OF his va
ried and eventful career, especially while soourner
in this country, will derive much satisfaction from
the perusal of this little volume. Being written by
am American, with constant reference to the habits
and usages Of this country its views and Illustrations
will be more Ineligible to Americans than TO others.
We have not leisure for minute criticism even If II
were necessary and proper; but we perform a more
acceptable duty by making two three extracts,
which, trust will induce others to seek the plea
sure, we have just enjoyed by per,lsing the whole
work
We have also received from Mr. Hampton the
agent, the January number of the Ladies' Compa-
Mon. II is ornamented with few engravngs of
Madge Wildfire, and of view Of Baltimore. So
much Of the best literary talent Of the country being
engaged in filling its pages will doubt attract to it
numerous readers.
II is difficult for an American to form correct no
ton of the labor which deyolyes upon King of
France With us the political tendency is to subdi-
vide power and send it, much possible, TO be
executed in the various localities which its exercise
concerns. But here contrary tendency maniiests
itself; and spirit of Capitalization peryades the
system of government which, while il adds strength
To the general administration, greatly augments the
ROYAL duties In country such course Of proce-
d.lre would be intolerable il practicable and
impractcabe were it toerable How far the extent
to which it is carried in France is expedient, donot
suffer myself TO pronounce Recoleet that the king
dom contains twice as many inhabitants as the United
States and that here there is legislature and
chief magistrate to execute the duties which are per-
formed in country by thirty Legislatures and thir-
ty chief magistrates as well Federal, as State and
Territorial; and that besides these duties, common
to both nations there IS great variety OF Others
which in France reserved TO the government
while with us they depend upon municipal or local
authorities And in addition to this marked difie-
renee Of political organization, there IS great num-
Der Of acts whose direction and control are within
the sphere of public power in this country, which IN
ours are altogether free and without the domain OF
legal or administrative regulation.
The Importance attached in Europe TO the annual
Message Of the President is not sufficiently estimated
in the United States. Ii is document which is an
cipated with great anxiety and read with great in
is advancing in wealth, power, and Improvement,
and it. relations with the older nations are
multiplying rapidly, that general desire Is
manifested to learn its progress and prospecs-with
some in the hope that its career OF political properl-
ty is approaching its termination; and with Others in
the hope equally sincere and far liberal, that
our experiment, they term If, may be successful
Accident has just brought me into contact with an
interesting man, approaching his nnetieth year, but
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tivity. Of twenty-five. could hardly believe the evil
dence of my own eyes when saw hnn start from his
chair and dance the ROOM as lightly boy, to
give me- all the gayey OF his heart, specimen OF
the green old age OF Frenchman he is physi-
clan and has been brought by his profession to the
acquaintance of many illustrous men, and by his
allied feelings to participation in many of the most
stirring events Of the Revolution. seemed to be
gazing almost upon the Wandering Jew, when
heard him recount the circumstances of the admis-
sion Of Votaire and of Franklin TO the Academy OF
Sciences the highest honor known to French litera-
ture He was present, and recoects the incidents
freshly as the events of to-day. He was the physi
clan of Franklin and dwells with peculiar delight
upon his noble simplicity and upon the high conside-
ration which he foreigner and a republican, had
acquired in France He says that Franklin had de-
termined to submit to surgical operation, believing
il was necessary enable him to return To his native
country and that the hope OF seeing again, and
diving in the land of his birth, his ruling passion
fered Happily his old age was spared this rude
trial. ~
Since the interview with my nonagenaran, have
felt better able to estimate the degree of excitement
and its consequences upon the whole views and habits
of society which accompanied the flrst explosion
and the early progress of the Revolution. This
member of liberal profession, and an eminent mem
Der too, was already at ripe age when the great
moral storm burst upon France His narration, his
declaration his appearance, his animation, all show
ba n0ff1 an
tic as ever followed guided in any of the OF
the Revolution And such he is to this day, in all
his sentiments connected with the events or the men
of that period and such he will die | listened with
surprise when heard him denounce, lmbecie OF
dishonest men whom history has recorded the gores
| of their age and country. Cut my moral sense was
| actually shocked when he broke out into eulog
um upon Robespierre, to whom he attributed every
| virtue to be found in the Saints Calendar And
could not be deceived in the sincerity of his estimate
of this great Arch-Priest of Infdelity and Murder
as all the accredited historians of the Revolution
have painted him. and as We too have been taught tc
| consider him in the United States But if mar
| like my informant could be so excited and could suf
| fer his moral faculties to be obscured as to find
not merely paliaton, but Justification, for the
deeds Of blood which drew upon France the repro
baton of the world and convert the authors Of those
scenes into angels of light, II ought not TO occasion
surprise that the great mass OF French society have
participated in the same sentiments and co-operated
in the same events The old government must have
been in the last stages of abuse before the feelings OF
the people could have been reused To this point OF
oxidation and their energies TO the terrible trials the
were destined 10 encounter This friend Of the Sd-
rams of the last century Of the captors OF the
Bastie and vet al his button-hoe the decora-
| ton given to him by the Constituent Assembly for
his conduct upon that occasion. And he is proud
Of his deeds upon that first day of the triumph Of
popular violence, when the stronghold Of despotisn
! fell as ever was Napoleon or Wellington or soult
upOn their greatest battle field
| He accompanied the crowd which repaired from
Paris Versailles to demand bread Of the King and
which returned to the capital the next day leading
prisoners in fact the monarch and his family He
m r,hed al tho head NJ Tho comn az