Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-05-20
The POlitene@ of various Nations.

1t is remarkable that the French, to
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 ahront on the iaircr p0r-
ton ofcreatIon. "MeSSeurs ct MeSdameS"
is the sci expression, thus giving an undue
precedence to men; whilst in the more
northern countries, The just rights of wo-
manhood are admitted; " Ladies' and gen
Iiemen" and Meme Dame and Herren,"
bespeak the true sense of PoIiieness.
The Germans of The present day, gene
rally speaking, seem to have inherited the
somewhat unpublished manners of their an
ceslors of the fourteenth century; if not
their restless love of freedom SAT a
splendid entertainment" says the learned
Ditmar, 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
the Bishop of HaIberstaGt entered the
room, with the voracious appetite of hun
tiers, and in few minutes devoured all the
provisions which were upon the table :;
very calamity leaving the Processes with
out anything to eat" And yet the devout
! preIate, DItmar, few sentences previous
! ly, sorely Iamenls the 0Uer 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
to have been worthy descendants of those
noblemen, for whose benefit the Emperor
CharIemagne found it necessary, in his ia
nous edlct CGpituLa~S, TO enact, y" that the
Count IS never TO appear in his tribunal
unless he be Sober!"
The most striking instance of military
! poIlteness on record is an occurrence at the
famous battle of Fontenoy, as related by
Voltaire, in his Steele de Louis >
They (the English) were about 80 yards
distant. A regiment of English guards
those of Campbell, and the Royal Scots
were tho first; Sir James Campbell was
their Lieutenant-GoneraI; and Mr.. Church
ill., the natural grand-chiId Of the great
Duke of Marlborough, their brigadier; the
English officers saluted the French by pull
, ling off their hats. The count of Chaban
ne and the Duke de Biron, who were ad
) vanced, and all the officers of the French
guards, returned them the salute. Lore
! Charles day, captain of the English guards
cried, " gentLemen Of the French guards
fren The Count d'Anteroche, at tina
time Lieutenant of the grenadiers and af
forwards Captain, replied, in loud voice
| " gentlemen aOe nerer fire trst-tfre, your
5 seIDes~ The English gave them run
nlng fire, that is to say, they fred in dlvi
S sions. Nineteen officers of the guard
, fell by this single discharge, So other off
] GERS, and IT'S soldiers killed or wounded
, in fact the whole of the first rank wa
= swept off. The Eng
/. lish advanced slowly, as if pertormin
t, their exercise, the majors nth their cane
e leuelIing the soldiers guns, in order {
: make them fire IolD and straight "-One
E at a loss which to admire most, the polite
S ness and urbanity of the bequeued, bepow
e dered, belaced, and beruffied officers, o
r both sides, on the instant of destroyIn
! each other wholesale-the GOODNESS of tn
d men-or the imperturable sang troid
n the majors, who "with their canes wei
y dwelling their soldiers guns TO make the
d f.e low :''-the whole however, presents
a picture of the glorious Wharf.-The " ultim
r tum ratio regium," to which it won
y be difficult, in the whole range of histor
IS to produce IA parallel. 1t would almo
comnel our acquiescence with the asserti,