Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-02-07

uohpo VI tho oiyoccHHlc SCHOOL nave no rell-
glous instruction whatever, and, by the rules
going to church If il is no part tof our bus;-
ness to interfere with the political government
of our neighbors, how much less 10 it our Office
to instruct them in their religious duties But,
in sheer pity for our intelligent and well-mean
ing allies we do implore them, the very next
Sunday after the publication of this article, for
nve minutes only, to sit, if they can, quietly
down, and to ask themselves the simple ques-
uon, whether it is probable that the most lively
ana excitable people on the globe--even the
french themselves--were intended by Prov-
dence or nature, from the hour of their birth
to the day of their decease. without one mo-
ment's rest to be eternally on the move nj
ways talking, always rushing ALWAYS leapinr
out OF one excitement bodily into another Z
Ihis IS not religious question, but q question
OF common sense, Of health earthly happiness
and worldly advantage Men, it is true, cannot
live without action, but action without refiec-
tion is as purposeless as M Potevin on don.
key in the clouds. We defy one man to per-
form his bodily functions properly with his
pulse always at 100. And how can folks act
nationally whose minds are always in state of
fever! One Sunday morning, Sir Francis set
out tor Versailles, leaving Paris as busy as it
eK,
On his road he looked out Of the railway car
riage, and saw horses and carts, men and wo-
men, hard at work in the fields, and bricklay-
ers industriously roofing houses. At Versailles
ITSELF other laborers were actively employed in
raising scaffolds and making preparations for
fireworks and a fete. Returning to Paris in
the afternoon, he beheld workmen in all direc-
tions, taking down the ornaments of fete
that had been held on the preceding Sunday
Why, if the very notion of God were extin-
guished in the human soul, could such state
Of things last and men still be happy? Ask
professional pedestrian how he feels after
walking a week at stretch How are men
likely to feel in body and mind who are walk
ing, running, rioting and laboring for their
whole lives at a stretch r,.r
Perhaps, after all, the finest feature in this
book is the tremendous effect produced upon
Sir Francis Head by the personal condescen-
sion of Prince Louis Napoleon. The first time
Sir Francis met the President was, it would
appear, at the Hotel des Invalides. The Prince
passed the English baronet who without
presuming to bow" stood uncovered To the
astonishment of the Englishman, Napoleon the
Second acknowledged him, and, so overcome
was he by the recognition that he followed the
Presidents staff he "hardly knew where An
w ulut DIT bHc EIlysee CdIub us II Mdt
ter of course There the President of the Re
public, strange to say, "mingled Familiarity
with his guests and, towards the close of the
evening invited Sir Francis to ride with him
to review ON the following morning. The
morning came, and. punetual to the hour, there
stood before the door of the Eiysee, q very
handsomely caparisoned, the Presidents horse,
held by groom on foot and another fine, high
bred-looking English horse, with a plain sad
die and double bride, with pink rosettes; held
by second groom on foot" The horse with
| the pink rosettes was for we know whom A
brilliant staff surrounded the entrance Every
body was in futter, and Sir Francis, being
: the only person in plain Clothes stole quiet
ly, with his pink rosettes, to the rear The
procession moved on but "the Princeu sent
his aide -de-camp to the too modest baronet
and requested him to come up to him. The
effect of this and similar civility is only too
palpable in Sir Francis Heads amusing addla-
ton of the present French Dictator. We have
no wish to exposethe gross fattery. What the
writer's opinion of Louis Napoleon is worth
may be guessed from the following summing
up Of the Princes character: "Upon the whole,
am firmly Of opinion, +" says Sir Francis Head,
i" that under mild exterior, with gentle man.
ners, and benevolent heart Louis Napoleon
" an HOHeS, Dolu, htgH-m'nded statesman,
whose object is to maintain the peace of Eu-
rope, and The real glory and honor of France
These words were penned before the late ca
tastrophe; so were those which follow Sir
Francis is describing the views of the Presi-
dent during his antagonism with the Assem-
bly,. " 1t is his desire" we are grayely told,
utterly irrespective of party, TO summon to
his council men Of sound judgment, to istento
their opinions and TO cooperate with them in
a plain, simple, straightforward, honest course Of
policy which would inevitably restereto France
tranquility, confidence, credit, and commerce.
Whatever be the fate of The Faggot Of
Sticks" we recommend MIR. Murray most sin
cerely to put this one wretched stick at all
events into the fire, before he ventures upon a
second edition.