Democratic banner., 1849-02-19
Ti:e Daf1Ied Traveller.

80 -f !" a.
During The rage Of the continental war in Eu.
rope, occasion-no matter what-called an hon.
est Yorkshire Squire to take a Journey to War
sew. Untravelied and uDknowing, he prepar-
ed himself with no passport; his business con-
cerned himself alone, and what had foreign ma
tions to do with him?
His route lay through the states of neutral and
contendins powers. He landed in Holland, pass
cd the usual examination, but insisting that the
affairs which brought him there were of a pri-
vate nature, he was imprisoned and question:
Iceland sii:ed; and appearing to be incapable of
design, was at length permitted to pursue his
Journey.
To the officer Of the guard which conducted
him TO the frontiers, lie made frequent complaints
of his treatment, and of The loss lie should sus-
tain by the delay; he swore it was uncivil and
unirlendiy, and ungenerous: five hundred Dutch
men might have travelled through Great Britain
without a qucstion,-they never questioned any
strangers in Great Britain---nor stopped them
nor guarded them.
Reused from his native phlegm by these re-
Elections, on the policy of his country, the Off
Ger slowly drew the pipe from his mouth, and
emitting the smoke thercirom--
'"Mynheer." said he, "whel. you frat set your
foot on the land of the severn Emitted Provinces,
you should have declared you came here on at.
fairs Of commerce" and, replacing his pipe, re-
ilapsed into immovable taciturnity.
Released from his unsocial companion, he soon
arrived at a French post, where the sentinel Of
an advanced guard requested the honor of his
peIuissiont to ask his passports, and on his fail
ing to produce any, he was entreated to pardon
the liberty he took Of conducting him to the COM
mandant, but it was his duty, and he must, how
ever reluctantly, perform it.
Monsieur le Commandant received him with
cold and pompous politeness---he made the usu-
nj inquiries, and our traveller, determined TO a.
void the error which has produced so much in
convenience to him, replied that commercial
concerns drew him TO The continent.
".Hai fol" said the commandant, ''c'est I'M ne
igoi,Gnt, an bourgeois take him away to the cita-
del, we will examine him Tomorrow, at present
we must dress for the conedy--alonS."
".honsieur," says the sentinel, as he conduct
ed him to the guard room, ''you should not have
mentioned commerce to Monsieur lie Command
ant.-no gentleman in France disgraces himself
with trade--ue despisc traffic. You should
have informed Monsieur lie Commandant that you
entered the dominion of the Grand .MonGrgue
ing, or in dancing, or in dressing,--arms are the
bCESl vi q uIlil vi hSIllpil anu ElOIl SDu Y
accomplishments his pursuits. Tre k Roi."
lie had the honor OF passing the night with a
French guard, and the next day was dismissed.
Prooeeding on his journey, he fell in with a
detachment Of German chas seurs. They de-
handed his lame, his quality, and his business
in that country. He came, he said, to learn to
dance, and to sing, and to dress. "He is o
Frenchman," said the corporal. "a spy" cries
the sergeant. And he was directed to mount be-
hind a ~dIagoon, and carried to the camp.
The officer whose duty it was 10 examine
prisoners. soon discovered that our traveller was
not a Frenchman, and that as he did not under
stand a syllable oil the language, he was totally
incapable oibeing aspy,---he therefore diseharg-
ed him, but not without advising him no more
TO assume the ilippery character Of q French
awe Germans" SAID he, scat, drink and
smoke---thcse are our favoritc employments,
and had you informed the party that you follow
ed no other business, You would have saved Them,
me and yourself trouble"
lie soon approached the PrusSian domin-
ions, where his examination was still more
STRIFE; and on answering that his only de-
signs were to eat, and to drink, and to
smoke
ITO cat,-and 10 drink!-and to smoke!".
exclaimed the officer with astonishment.-
"Sir, you must be forwarded to Potsdam;
war is the only business of mankind"
But the acute and penetrating Freder-
lex soon comprehended the character OF
the traveller, and gave MIN a passport I'M
der bis own handy is an ignorant and
~innoesnt Englishman,' said the veteran;
'the English are u~nacquainted with militia
ry dutiss; when they want a General, they
borrow 6ns Of me-
At the barriers of Saxony he was again
Intercepted. q am a soldier,' said our
traveller; sbehOld the passport of the first
wasrior Of the age!
You are a pupil of the destroyer of mil
~lions,' replied the sentinel; 1--WE must send
YOU to Dresden, and bark ye, sir, conceal
your passport, as you woald avoid being
torn to pieces by those whose husbands,
sons and relations have been wontonly sac