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have sought refuge, casts this stigma up.
on me, l will not complain, but, biding
that time. when might will yield to right,
when Cuba acW be free. Remain the
"EXILE."
Near Orleans, May 2l.
COntrastcd Portraits Of Marie An
tOineite.
| Ia the last number of The International
we quoted the remarks Of Lord Holland
upon the character Of the wife of Louis
XVI. The sketch presented by the noble
author has been the subject OF much and
various criticism. The London Times
ssys:
"The virtue Of the unfortunate consort
OF most unhappy monarch is without a
flaw. Enmity, hatred, and every evil pas-
sion, have done their worst to palliate mur-
der and to blacken innocence. but the in
eradcable spot cannot be fixed to the fair
fame Of this true woman. Faultless she
was not. We are under no obligation to
vindicate her imprudent, wiiful, and fatal
interference with public questions in which
she had no concern; we say nothing of her
ignorance Of the high matters Of state into
which her uniformed zeal conducted her,
to the bitter cost of herselfan ofthose she
loved dearest on earth, but of her purity,
her uprightncss, her beneicencc, her devo-
ton, her sweet, playful. happy disposition,
In the midst Of those home endearments,
which We're to her the true occupation and
charm of life, there cannot exist a doubt
Misfortune telluponh her house to strengthen
her love and to confirm her piety. Perse-
cution, imprisonment, calamity that has
never been surpassed, and dreadful end
which, in its bitterness, has seldom been C.
qualled found and left her, meek but per.
feet heroine. One historian has told US
that as IAN afiecuonate daughter and faith.
ful wife, she preserved in the two most cor.
rupted courts of Europe the simplicity and
affections of domestic life 1t is sufficient
to add, that she ascended the scafiold en-
joining her children to a scrupulous dis
charge Of duty, to forgive her murderers,
to forget her wrongs; and that her last
words on earth were directed to the belov-
ed husband who had preceded her, whose
spirit she was eager to rcjoin, yet whose
bed, If we are to believe my Lord Holland,
she had oitener than once deiled."
And The Times intimates elsewhere that
Lord Holland is alone among reputable
authors In condemnig the Queen. How
Tie Times regards Thomas Jefferson, we
cannot tell, but certainly it is claimed by
our democracy that he was witness with
character. Jefferson says Of Marie An.
toineite:s
"The King was now become a passive
machine in the hands of the National As
sembly, and had he been lett to himself, he
would have willingly acquiesced in what
ever they should devise as best for the na.
ton. A wise constitution would have been
formed, hereditary in his line, himself pla-
ced at its head, with powers so large, as to
enable him to do all the good of his station,
and SO limited, as to restrain him from its
abuse. This he would have faithfully adj
mlnlstered, and more than this, | do not
believe, he ever wished. But he had n
Queen of absolute sway over his weak
mind, and tlmid virtue, and Of a character.
the reverse Of his in all points. This angel,
as gaudily painted in the rhapsodies Of
Burke, with some smartness Of fancy, but
no sound sense, was proud, disdainful OF
restraint, indignant at all obstacles TO her
will, eager in the pursuit of pleasure, and
firm enough TO hold to her desires, or per
| ish in their wreck. Her inordinate garnb
ling and dissipations, with those of the
Count d'Artois, and others of her ciique,
had been sensible item in the exhaustion
OF The treasury, which called into action
the reforming hand Of the nation; and her
opposition to it, herinfcxible pcrversencss,
and dauntless spirit, led herself to the gull
lotlne, drew the King on with her, and plum
ged the world into crimes and calamties
which will for ever stain the pages Of mod
ern history. | have ever believed, that
had there been no Queen, there would
have been no revolution. No force would
have been provoked, nor exercised. The
King would have gone hand in hand with
the wisdom OF his sounder counsellors, who,
guided by the increased lights Of the age,
wished only, with the same pace, to ad-
vance the principles off their social constitu-
ton. The deed which closed the mortal
course of these sovereigns, | shall neither
approve nor condemn, ! am not prepared
to say, that the first magistrate of nation
cannot commit treason against his country,
or IS unamenablc to its punishment; nor
yet, that where there is no written law, no
regulated tribunal, there is not law in our
hearts, and power in our hands, given for
righteous employment in maintaining right,
and redressing wrong. Ofthose who jud-
ged the King, many thought him wilfulIy
criminal; many, that his existence would
keep the nation in perpetual conflict with
the horde Of Kings, who would war against
a Regeneration which might come home to
themselves, and that it were better that one
should die than all. should not have ro-
ted with this portion Of the legislature |
should have shut up the Queen in a con-
vent, putting harm out Of her power, and
placed the King in his station, investing
him with limited powers, which, verify
believe, he would have honestly exercised,
according to the measure of his understan-
ding. la this way, no void would have
been created, courting the usurpa,ion Of a
military adventurer, nor occasion given for
those enormities which demoralized the ma
tons of the world, and destroyed, and is
yet to destroy, millions and millions Of its
inhabitants"
A minority Of the French authors Of the
time agree with Mr.. Jefferson.
a New Work BY Louis BLASc.-The
distinguished socialistic writer, Louis Blanc,
has just published new book, which ex-
cites considerable attention, from its deci-
ded anti-Democratic character. Ec at
tacks the political theories Of Ledru Rollin
and Victor Considcrant boldly. and at
tempts to prove that a direct government
dependentupon the popular will would be
destructive Of popular liberty.