The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-11-15
A FRENCH SOCIALIST.

Tie candidate of the Socialist party in Paris
for the vacant seat in the Assembly is NJ. Eu-
gene Sue, the novelist. In note to the noni-
mating body, full of expressions of Difference
and sel!-denyiug patriotism, the citizen Sue an
nounced as his fundamental maxim, mo one
has right to supe.fuity while any one is in
want of nccessaries" This dogma Of Socialist
philosophy was received with great applause.
lis not this cried one oi the representatives OF
the Mountain, "the principle uhich will solve
all the social questions that Gil our minds:'
". Sue did not undertake to define where ne
cessty ends and where supe.6uity begins. The
following extract from description OF his Cha.
tcaa des Bordes may give one so'.le idea OF his
own private and domestic views on that point:
IL is impossible to convey an idea oftlis lux
Try. Of the snmptuousness of those caprices, OF
those whins of all kinds: here dinlug-rooni,
where the sideboards display plate, porcelain,
and crystal, with pictures and flowers, to add
to the pleasures OF the table all the pleasures OF
the eyes; then an inner gallery, where pictures,
si,tuettes, drawings and engravings, reproduce
subjects the most calculated TO excite the inn
asination. Here is library full of antiquities,
where book cases contain works bound with
unheard of luxury, where objects OF art are
multiplied with an absence Of calculated atiec.
tation, which appears as if wishing to say that
they came there naturally.
A daylight, shaded by the painted glass win.
dows and curtains OF the richest stuff gives 10
this place an air of mystery, invites to silence
and to study. and produces those eccentric i'll
spirations which NJ. Sue gives to the public. A
desk, richly carved. receives sundry manuscripts
ofthe romance writer, the numerous homages
sent to monsieur, as the valet expresses himself,
from all the corners Of the globe, and which the
faithful servant enunerates with the most scru-
pulous care. Everywhere may be seen gold,
silver. silk, velvet, and soft carpets. Every
where taste and art tax their ingenuity in
thousand ways to produce effect, ornament, and
domestic enjoyment
A vast drawing room, furnished and decora-
ted with all imaginable care. exactly reproduces
that of one Of the heroines of romance Of NJ.
Eugene Sue; and there have been 'arved on
the woodwork Of Gothic mantlepece medal
lions representing the Magdeleine falling at the
feet Of our Saviour, who tells her that her sins
will be forgiven her, because her love has been
et'ohS. AL HiiibeHso loOhlliS SllSS COnHcClS
this saloon with green house, filled with ex.
otto shrubs and trees, and it is lighted at night
with magnificent lustres. The walls are rich.
ly decorated, and gold and silver fish are seen
swimming in marble basins. In addition to
the lustres, there are branches for lougiss, mix.
. a win the foliage of the trees aud plants to
irccc.,sc the effect when the place is GIFTED up.
4 small gallery, lined with odoriferous plants,
lead, 70 circular walk, which Surrounds gar.
G,n cultivated in the most expensive manner
;nd there is a fine piece Of water, with nuner-
"ns swans omit. The walk is chef d'gurrc
of comfort, for it is alike protected from the
wind and the rain, being covered with dome.
it is enclosed with balustrades covered with
creeping plants of the choicest nature. 1t isa
,ort Of terrestrial paradise in the bosom OF the
Soloyne, and beyond it IL a park admirably
hid out with kiosques, rustic cottages, elegant
::.lgyes, aid 4 p:eae:-'e 70. raessac:s, u'!';;aa