Mississippi Democrat., 1846-05-20
The P0lilCnGS Of various Nations.


1t is remarkable that the French, Il
whom by almost common consent, the
world has yielded the palm of elegance
and good breeding, should, on The occasion
OF addressing an audience, &c, invariably
pass "A species of ailront on the lairer por
ton ofcreauon. "MesSeurS ct MesdameS'
Is the set expression, thus giving an undue
precedence 10 men; whilst in the more
northern countries, The just rights of wo.
manhood are admitted; L1dicS and zen.
lemon" and " Meme Dame aud llerren,
bespeak the true sense of polioness.
The Germans Of the present day, gene
rally speaking, seem 10 have inherited The
somewhat unpoIished manners of lheran
ceslors Of the fourteenth century; if not
their restless love Of freedom "At a
splendid entertainment" says the learned
Dltmar, Bishop of Merseborough, "giyen
IN Saxony during the reign Of Ohio the
Third, the sisters of that monarch were
Just set down TO dinner when the Mar.
grave of Messen, the Duke Of Saxony, and
the Bishop Of Halberstadt entered the
room, with the voracious appetite of hun
ters, and in a few minutes devoured all the
provisions which were upon the table;
very gaIlantly leaving the Processes with.
out anything to eat" And yet the devout
prelale, Dltmar, few sentences previous.
Iy, sorely lamenls the ouer refinement of
the age; and declaims, in good set terms,
against the polished manners of that day.
and the expense Of female dsess. The
distinguished personages aforesaid appear
10 have been worthy descendants of those
noblemen, for whose benefit the Emperor
Charemagne found it necessary, in his ia.
nous edlct CapituLa-S, 10 enact, :" that the
Count IS never 10 appear in his tribunal
unless he be Sober!"
The most striking instance of military
pollteness on record is an occurrence al the
famous battle of Fontenoy, as related bv
Voltaire, in his Steele de Louis ~
They (the English were about 50 yards
distant. A regiment of English guards,
those of Campbell, and the Royal Scots
we're Tho first; Sir James CamDbel wus
their Lieutenant.GoneraI and Mr.. Church.
III, the natural grand.chid of the great
Duke of Marlborough, their brigadIer; the
English officers saluted the French by puI. |
ling off their hats. The count of Chaban
ne and the Duke de Bron, who we're ad. |
Vanced, and all the officers Of the French
guards, returned them the salute. Lord
Charles Hay, captain oflhc English guards
cried. gentlemen Of the French guards,
fire" The Count d'Anleroche, at thai
lime Lieutenant of the grenadiers and al. |
erwards Captain, replied, in a loud voice,
gentlemen zee nerer fire first fire, your
'elDes" The English give them run.
lng fire, that Is TO say, they fred in dlyi.
lions. Nineteen officers Of the guards
ell by this single discharge, So other off.
,ers, and 775 soldiers killed or wounded
n fact the whole OF the first rank was
wept of. The Eng.
ish advanced slowly, as if perlormap
heir exercise, The majors rih their canss
erelling The soldiers guns, in order 10
make them fire lop and straight p-One is
Il loss which 10 admire most, the polite.
less and urbaui'y Of the bequeued. bepow-
ered, belaced, and beruflled officers, on
10Th sides, on the instant Of DESTROYING
zach other wholesale--ihe coolness Of tn
nen-or the imperturable sung froM Of
he majors, who "with their canes were
eveling their soldiers guns 10 make them
l'e low:'-the whole however, presents
icture Of The glorions Wharf.-The =" ultiala.
am ratio regium," to which il would
'e difficult, in The whole range of history,
0 produce parallel. Ii would almost
compel our acqniescenee with the assertion