New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-04
CHANCES AT EUROPE. No. XyHI
THE PALACES OF FRANCE.
EsitcrisI Correspondence Of The Tribua'
PARIS. Monday, June 10.


PARIS. Monday, June l6.
FRANCE, now the most Democratic, was
long tie most absolutely governed and the most
Loyalty infatuated amongthe great Nations Of Eu-
rope Her cure Of the duSt-iIckins dlstemper
was Homeopathic and somewhat slow, but II
seems TO be thorough and abiding Those whotalk
Of the National passion for that bloody phantom
Glory-fcr Battle and Conque>t-Speak OF what
was. rather than o. what Is. and which. even IN
its palmiesi days. was rather peacksH' OF the
Aristocratic caste than q characteristic of the
Nation The Mobiles OF course loved War, for It
was their high road TO Royal favor. to station
and renown all TIE spoIls Of victory enured to
them. while nine-tenthS Of It's calanltie> tell on
the heads Of the PeaSantry. But. though all
France rushed to arms IN 1893 TO defend the Ma
/ tiona Liberties and soil, vet Napoleon. IL the
zenith Of his power and glory. could only I'LL the
ranks of his legions by the ahhorred Conscrlp
ton The great BODY OF the People were even
then averse to the din OF the camp and
tie ciangor of battle; the years of unmIN-
cd disaster and bitter humiliation which
closed his Military career, served to confirm
and deepen their aversion To garments rolled
IN blood and am confident that there Is At this
moment no Nation IN Europe more essentially
pcaceful than France Her Millions profoundly
sympathise with their brethren of Germany.
Italy and Hungary, grooming beneath the heavy
woke OF the Autocrat and his vasSals but they
realize that the deliverance of Nations must
mainly he wrought out from within, and they
would much rather aid the subject Nations to
recover their rights by the influence Of example
and of a Free Press than by casting The sword OF
Brennus into the scale where their Liberties and
happiness hang balanced and weighed down by
the ambition and pride OF their deSpots The es-
adjustment of the Democratic and Social Re
public Is the appointed end of war N Europe
1t Will not erase the boundaries OF Nations, but
those boundaries Will no longerb be overshadowed
by confronted leglonS and they Will be freed
from the monster nuisance OF Passports. Then
German, Frank. Brl,on. Italian. will We with
each other. as now, IN Letters. Arts and Pro-
ducts. but no longer IN the hldeous work OF de-
facing and desecratlng the image OF God for
Liberty viii have enlightened and Fraternity
united them. and permanent Congress of Ma
tons Will adjust and dispose of all causes OF diff
terence winch may Houl tliHt ~ UNIV "i''''
Freedom. Intelligence and Peace are natural
kindred the ancient Republics were Military
and aggressive only because they tolerated and
cherished Human Slavery: and 1t Is this which
recently fomented hostIliloS between the two
Republics of North America, and now lmpotently
threatens the internal peace OF our own. La"
erty II thorough and consistent, always dld and
must incline to Peace while DespOtSm, being
founded in and only maintainabe by Force, lney-
ltably fosters martial spirit, organizes Standing
Armies. and finds delight and security IN War
These reflections have been recalled by my
walks through several of the late Royal (now
National) Palaces of France, tie most striking
monuments which endure of long ages OF aoso-
lutte klngly sway How many there are OF these
Palaces have forgotten or never knew but.
recall the names of the Luxembourg, the Tuile-
RES. the Elysfe Bourbon, 81 Germans. 81
Cloud. Versailles. Meudon, AMI Ramboulllei.
These do not include the Paas Royal which
was built by the Orleans branch OF the Bourbon
family, nor any OF the spacious edihceS erected
for the several Ministers of State and for the
transaction of public business. The Palaces
have named were all constructed from time 20
time to serve residences for the ten to thirty per
sons recognized as OF the blood Royal, who re-
moved from one 10 the other as convenience or
whlm NAV have suggested. They are generally
very spacious. probably averaging one TO two
hundred apartments each, all constructed OF the
best materials and furnished AMI adorned with
the most lavish disregard of cost. roughly es-
innate the cost OF these Palaces, II they were
now to be built and furnished IN this style. AT One
Hundred Millions Of Dollars but the actual cost.
III the uder infancy OF the arts when most OF them
were erected was probably much more. Yer
sailles alone cost some Thirty Millions OF Dollars
at first, while enormous sums have since been ex-
pended III perfecting and furnishing II. 1t would
be within the truth to say that France, from the
infancy OF Louis XIV 10 the expulsion OF Louis
Philippe. he's paid more simple interest on the
residences Of her monarchs and their families
than the United States, with larger population
and with far greater wealth than France has
averaged through that period, now pays for the
entire cost of the Legislative, Executive and
Judicial departments OF her Government. All that
We have paid our Presidents from Washnglng-
ton inclusive, adding the cost OF the Presidential
Mansion and all the furniture that has from time
TO time been put into II, would not build and
furnish one wing of a single Royal Palace OF
France-that of Versailles.
But the point to which would more especially
call attention Is that Of the unweared exertlons
OF Royalty to foster and inAame the passion for
Military glory | wandered for hours through
the spacious AMI lnnumerabe halls Of Versailles,
IL which Art and Nature seem 70 have been
taxed to the utmost 10 seap up prodlges Of
splendor At least one hundred OF these rooms
would each ofitself be deemed marvel Of sump
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