The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-06-21
sar Henry Lytton Buiwsr's Battle or A-sin-

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LONDON. May 1850.
GENTLEMEN or TIE MARYLAND HISTORICAL So
A missionary from the oil world has been lila.
,,,;natinc your midst with equivocal light
from history He has thereby wronged Republican
France with intention and driiberaIlon. IN abusing
facts and applying opprohrious ephets To her
people; and he has imposed upon the festive c!rcs
In which he played the orator, by turning their
inequalities to his own political account. The
table orator was the Nicaragua negotiator. but he
is also the assailant of Republican France at an
American board.
by hatterng all the Conspicuous parties in the
American executive, he was. IN the behalf OF Great
Britain attempting To ALLEVIATE, at the same time,
the two great republics If The United States and
France. This double design Is not to be looked
for at the bottom of his adultlion OF Clay and
Webster, il is true but IT Is apparent in the eabo-
rate nonsense intended tor the President Without
any of the context, the parallel attempted between
AgincouTt and Buena VITA i, proof of much more
than the nauseous hattery of President Taylor. Ii
also asserts that, in the opinion OF the speaker,
French disaster and English prowess can, and
ought TO be, held up by british minister TO the
of an American public, III Illuminating contrast.
Mr. Bulwer did not intend nothing gainst France
by the ancient scrap OF misfortune which he pa
raded from her annals 10 the glory OF England
Nor the something he Intended mere insult.
1t much more. IL was his intention 10 habi-
tuate the taste of Americans To light opinions OF
the French, and CORES Spending admiration oil the
English that they shall hereafter prefer aris-
tocrats to republicans.
"Confident and over lu-jy'' France was thrashed
by meek and lowy England, al Aglncourt, with
the same success as feeble Mexico al buena vista,
and under similar circumstances The superiority
of England, therefore, Is 10 be compared To the
superiority of the United states. Inc inference
proposed is that France was Il sort of Mexico, led
by former Santa Anna, and frenchnen and
Mexicans occupied nearly the ,me level with re-
spect TO their conquerors. There was not word
said prevent the application OF this hypothesis to
he present day.
IfSir H. Bufwers motives were good, his abuse
of facts should be corrected But he acted upon
selfish deliberation. He must not only bear the
consequences in his diplomatic intercourse, but he
must submit TO historical rebuke. BY the citation
of fact which he tears from all its associations,
he has knowingly aud purpusely imposed upon
your society, and tried TO stir up bad blood between
parties, who must never be encouraged 10 despise,
that they may hate each other. The States of the
Union, Mary land much any, have IA great
interest in accurate knowledge of that history
which records the struggles OF great nations
like those in question. They have the same
interest in bona fde Citations The republicans
of America have the fame aud honor Of the
republicans of France in their keeping, and should
not allow any British Minister TO wound them by
distorted partial statements of ancient facts. In
the approaching bloody struggle for the world, be-
tween freedom and dsspo1-n,, the French and
Americans must find in old Obligations not less than
in congenial systems, their drstinies united against
the declared enemies OF mankind.
For the breach of decorum, the British Minister
will be punished properly by the French Minister
and there is democracy enough at Washington to
of the immediate party i0lurrd. Ii there be some
embarrassment on account OF g the difference OF
language" so ostentatiolsly dwelt upon by Mr..
Bulwer, il will be oyeIbalaacsd by the sympathy of
republican principles. Mr. P1ussin reproyed
insanter at New York for lish ter fault and it is
certain that his successor would not be tolerated in
public expressions Of dispdrigrmeDt toward Eng
land. Mr.. Bulwer has placed himself beyond the
line of official courtesy altogether; he has broken
the pale Of ceremony, and has provoked that rude
ness in return which he may soon see enter at the
breach.
twill require but short excursion into history,
10 arrest the designs of Mr. Bulwerin his contempt
uous quotation of AgincouTt. Perhaps even the
envenomed aristocracy of England will not thank
him after the exposure, for Wanting OF an isolated
victory gained battle fields full Of their reverses,
and forever in the possession of their agonists.
But republican France is ratitled TO a he airing in
republican America-and the truth of history will
certainly be welcome 20 the Maryland Historical
Society. The moments devoted TO the task will
therefore not be lost
1t all very we'll for minute specimen of the
Anglo Saxon race 20 talk With or sorlea flourish of
The lnynelb,il,y of LL'2rnmsa. That kind Of
the very natural error uf confouadng the effects of
institutions with the physical organization of the
people. Americans may, prrh ips, be found. who
still think that Anglo ) ixOl blool has nothing to
do with their own imms asuriblc superiority over
other nations. The Truth -, tn their prosperity
flows from their democracy Bot IL even before
an American audience, Mr. b. could prove his
hypothesis, he should keep out Of the way entirely
the history of France That history is "A record OF
AnGlO-SaNOn humiliation The NJ ryltni HlStOr-
ical Society will doubtless lore " for themselves,
and call TO IL the serious consideration OF the cit
zeDs Of the United States.
Ii will be found that the following epitome of the
long period in French annals from the Norm
Conquest Of England 10 thr year 1900 entirely
overthrows the theory Of Mr. Bilwer, and estab-
fishes It's opposite IL proves The highest aud no.
blest qualities Of mankind 10 belong not TO Anglo
Saxons exclusively, but eqniy 10 Fnnchmsn
That long period is selected because il embraces
Mr. Bulwer's ground, aud not because II Is more
IL. IL. I.sr rlt.at
with Cnsar and her latest ~ tnst the Cosstcks Of
all Europe. IL covers space Of $40 years--it de-
sends TO a date after which serious inyisions OF
France by England awaited the internal coalition
Of ISl5-otherwise called the Holy Alliance. now
on the eve Of new formation under British ausp-
ces against France.
ErrroME.
Ammo 1000 The dom IN of the French King
Philippe LIST, only comprised Picardy, rfle dc
France, Orleanas, and 'rry. Of which Paris, then
small town was the capital. lie wts surrounded
by powerful princes. several Of whom were his vas
sails, such rs the Dukes IL Normandy, Brittany,
Flanders, Provence and Savoy.
lOb6-By the conquest, Epgland became for a
time almost the yassal If France, it, sovereign,
William the Conlueror. doing homage 20 the king
for his Dukedom OF Normandy
William, offended at speech Of the French
king Philippe LIT, IN de war him. No results,
but his own death. near ROusa.
Afier the death of his Henry, and that Of
stephen, the Plantagenets (of French extraction
alsO) came by marriage To tn English throne, all
the English soyereigns were then masters in their
own right on the continent, Of Bnittny, Anjou,
ToUuine, Normandy, Maine. Potion. tutonge,
AuverVnc, Pcngord, Angoumpi-, and Glienne--
that ~ Of third If the present France. Henry III.
Of England, Grand Sene-chh OF France. went over
10 do homage az the feet " the French king. The
possession Of 80 much French territory soon lei 20
cuarres and wars Of conquest. IN which the
English kings, the aggrcssor-, we're almost always
worstcd.
lsO-Philippc Augustus, 10 IS marched aglins,
the English. aud compelled them TO keep 10 the /
treaties between the two countries.
1918 On the accession Of John. AMI his refusal I
20 DO homage, Philippe took from HIM Normandy. I
Maine Aniou, Tourrsine. and Potion, end threat /
ep,.d 20 reinvude England. Every year was sig I
nalized hy n selies of successes.
In 1871, he gained also the celebrated batte o.
Bouvines. in which. with much inferior force, no
defeated the united armies OF the king Of England.
the German Emperor OHIO. Nc Nc.
I223.-Louis VIII. took from the English every
81 he north side of the