New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-04
FRANCE.
The Fete.
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A fcte in Paris has ordinarily an artistic
signiicGtion. II is intended thereby that the
masses shall suspend their tolls and devote them
selves, head ,nd heart. 10 the graceful ana gem
,rous pursuit of the day. Nothing could be bet
t,r d,siened than such n thing for such people
ss tn. Parisians Quick in detecting the sisnh-
cane, of Art in it, various out 'orkings no statu
a,y.group, no Ink of lights and do yrrs, no ALE
sorical portraiture is tnrown away upon them.
They are a bench OF critics called 0Ut TO decide
mon new work. Do not imagine that yonder
sTl in a csp does not appreciate the waves oi
Beauty as they roll over the multltndinous aforn-
ments of the Place de la COncorde she is one OF
an army VINO study form and color IN giving fash
ions to two Continents. Yen lad in the cas-
ou.tte and blouse could teach an American Doc
tor of Laws the properties Of Grecian Art for
his days are spent in making plaster casts OF the
Venus of Mlo, the Ltocoon or the BMbern
Vase The iote therefore, Is to be admired aud
inflated most OF all, it is imtabe by us, IN or
der to dissipate the Inheritance Of puritanic ug-
ness which we have rom England, which has in-
hictfd on mankind such an ingenious horror as
Trafalgar Square, or an American city conss-
Grated to traffic and III health, and from which
Nature. Arr and Sociastic combinations are
har.hy excluded. Hence seven thousand tavern
bars. ydrs headed rogd, sm, and growing cor
ruptions.
But this is the bright side Of the Fcte 1t has
Is reverse. The Fee is used by the Government
10 prop up Whatever dynasty may sway, or hope
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day was most ingen,ou-ly and insolently used for
that purpose. Every other idea VAS subordinate
to the worship of Napoleon. Although the de-
tails were by hundreds OF Thousands, yet into
every particle, as the highest laws OF the Universe
are seen in every atom, was infused Napoeonic I'm
periallsm. The ass Of Pericles up to the age of
gas with IT, art ard science, called in,o play
TO glorfy and disseminate imperial memories.
Among The things VI. BOnaparte has learned in
England /, th- insulai quality Of tacIturn ". lie
knows how 10 kecp his own Counsel. WHAT he
NEGOTIATED tor the lJih August the sO-called ST.
Nspoe' rs 0a,-thr day winch h1- been selected
b, excellence tor the fullest scope of Government
machinery OF course can only be inferred by the
circumstances preet ding and attending it. Every
thing pointed 10 ~ occasion for . coup 6knt
TO establish an Empire. The papers contained
copirs of the petitons circulating throughout
the Empire hall authentic talk was lively re-
spect bg his marriage with certain : Trdlsh
Princess. whose charms were duly celebrated.
Then cane the embodiment of che imperial idea 10
The stSlr Of the decorations. rne column OF the
Place ,rdom- hid gas-ppes winding around II
from the tase 70 the top the great In rough
fares were alive with pOrttn Gus gas y surmOunt-
ing an 10 penal Gown. The circle ID the drive
OF the Eysian Fields has equestrian statue Of
the Emperor an eagle OF colossal SIZE presided
over the arch OF triumph The gallant National
Guards who allow the nstlvrs 70 be handled like
putty. we're 10 get imperial eagles, with some ire
span new osihs, warranted OF the French mate
raj; and in front of the Chamber Of Deputies a
Cic-Ii had pan,rc the Convent fortress OF ,lOnnt
1,eInsrd, looking like the original, with dash Of
Alpine road and rock and high psrched on scat
fUld ng was colo,s, figure Of Nap, leon, adapted
10 pyT1t, ctnic effects, and mounted a ramp
ant horse, though Il Is perfectly well known ne
crossed the A,s on a donkey. Not to signaze
more detail here sufficient 10 say tnat IN the
Provinces and in Pans everything was assumed 10
smooth the way for decl tra'IOn Of the Empire.
Nothing Wss wanting bur tSO things Frst-rhe
al frstarioIs OF the troops. S-cOnd-the mani
frstatiohs oi the Partisan people. But-n-irher
cane. The troops, as body, ~ ere impressive
anL the people eloquenty silent. As a demon
sIai able o dazzle, and thus secure the f-sty
OF The p,opr for = new d' nasty il was below con.
t.mpt. IL was huge failure. No enthusiasm Of
any knd was Rahhlttd bttOnc Il iTggmt DtaIy
cres. JusI sufficient 10 show ~ith the stronger
meaning. the silence Of the multitude. Ifthe pa
peIs describe enthusiasm TO you, they err. | saw
The cor, ge pass, smoking under the nhlc tons Of
sUh'im-ted gingerbread, and not 4 voice was
raised here stood, though il was within sight
Of the Il. see. 80, too, at nigh, when from the
pOrtico Of one Of the buildings facing south on 20
the Place, the august presence was made evident
under the gTgeous CANOPY, no roaring ca ne from
the ocean Of hesGs-but the cool Indifference OF
/ halt million sp- ctAtors was sublime
In pOant Of art the fete SIll not comoare with
! that Of May, two pears back. The gind was AZ
times 30 high, a, TO make much Of the illumination
a failure, AID 70 blow OF, bssides the canvas
roof Of the great Temporary ballroom in the
hsrche DIS iuno:tns, 20 that the ball did .ot
coae OH tiil Tue sdsy, wnen Ministers Of Stats
AID tbeir ladies danced with stal women and n.n.
I but The Presdent was not there The Place A.
la Cobe.rde and the Champs EI,sess WERE tbs
CHEF points OF attraction. Bet ~e. the yariaus MI
larS was srected an hex4 gona founi ain with cpnt
svnns, evorgreeBs, aud flowers. Tn5ods OF s,h;t.
AID COLO, supporting linked white globes I;t mn :,
night, bah tisg stsffs. with Tn coIor.d psrr.rts
metal gas pipes, crimson and gold hanp'n - 49,
sHong the dscoatQas el the Place, Ga the