New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-31

non military and non-pOtical merit. Very, very
few, however, Of the high honors fall to the lot of
men of letters and science. The eradatiOns of
rank are az follows: Chevaliers, Oficers Com
manders Grand Officers, Grand Crosses 1t is
customary for ciyiians-at the suggestion of their
wives when their own vanity is not sufficiently |
impusive-to apply, sue for, beg the decoration.
/ have heard OF Americans doing the same thing.
Ia attainment il the highest ambition OF country |
Mayors, wealthy retired grocers, &c. French |
members take oath of all giance 10 the Chief OF |
the State Military members receive q small |
pension from the funds OF the Order, |
which were handsomely increased by part OF the |
confscated property of Louis Philippe. Not all !
the meritori0us men of rance are members oi the
Legion and not all the 60 900 Knights of Honor |
are peculiarly honorable or honest. bis is curl |
Gus. There are few female members of the Or !
der. On the whole it is the most reputable Order
of knigithOod now eXtant, and may be recon- |
mended 20 those of our countrymen in want OF
something in that style. frrnchmen, by the way,
need an authorization from their Government be-
fore they can wear decorations received from for
eign pOtentates. Thus, you may read in the Non
ttcur of last week, Thursday, how :" Monsieur
michel otherwise called Saint Leon, eIbaliet-
master at the Grand Opera Cheralicr the Order
"of Christ, and Monsieur DIVERT, dramatic au-
thor, Chevalier of the Order of Oar Lady of the
conception Of Villa ViciOsa," are authorized TO
wear their respective ribbons.
| have before me VI. Chevaiers revised Ms. of
portion OF the speech he made at the flelsch-
mann Dinner, and give it below in translation.
Not remarkable piece of eloquence in itself, this
simple expression Of the eminent publicists sentl-
BeDts toward our country derives peculiar
interest, not only from the fact of his intimate
knowledge of our country, but from his position
here as Councillor OF State, and his relations with
prominent members, not to say the Head OF the
French Government.
"GENTLrNES: II IL n grea, honor for me to propose
TO such an assembly as ths the health of the first mag
strate of the American Union. Between the | nted
states and France there has regned from the outset
friendship which sincerely hope VIII never be DIS
tubed a. there is in the nature of things reason why
it should be. The nations are in rivalry on no point
they have only interests; they have no oppos-
ing interests. And, the moral side how many
good reasons there Why they should love each other
and continue in constant accord. The past has eStab-
Eshed bonds Of union between them which we have
every to bless. The independence of the nted
States should consecrate eternal sympathy between
them. And in expressing myself thus, do not think
that refer solely to the important fact that the United
States, during their aborOus Struggle for emancipation,
found in France a ready and faithful auxiliary whose
sword weighed in the belance. II was az history VIII
tell, and all present would, II need were he
clare n signal service that France rendered to the
Hercules in his cradle of the transatlantic shore. But
this service had it, recompense immediately, ana
magnificent recompense II was. France, when had
unanimously appauded the action oil the CaDmet Oh
Versailles in favor of the Americans ana by the
spontaneous departure Of intrepid volunteers, had an
ticipatcd the efforts of its Government. France, when
all was ended saw its army return TO MS BOSOM re-
ceved with enthusiasm those brave soldiers who the
field of battle had been the companions in arms OF the
immortal Washington; and who had added tothis glory
the equally priceless advantage OF intercourse with
your Frankins, Jetfersons, Adamses, Patrick Henrys
and ancocks, and in their commerce with these Illus
trous had caught the noble conagion OF love OF
freedom. The French army on its return spread IN
France those germs which, thanks to the quickness OF
81 ,,.t,1
for their fruit the Revolution of 1882 Thus, gentle
men, there exists most intimate and indissoluhe re-
lation between the independence of the United States
and the French Revolution OF 1882 the era OF liberty
and progress for Europe and for the world. What an
admirable and indissOlube connection lSolid1rHe h
that in favor 'of which We can invoke such noble
souvenirs:
4u President des Efa.s Unisn
You will see by the German papers that Anselm
Meyer ROthschd, the eldest of the five sons OF the
founder of the house. and since the fathers death,
it, chief died one day last week at Frankfort.
After running On time for - years, Death refused
him any further extension, and he must needs pay
the common debt of nature quite like common
man. Yet was he no common man, this chief OF
the house of Rothschd. What king of the Jews
in all his glory compared TO this Jew of kings"
who did in some sort rule over wider domain than
was ever dreamed of in SOlOm0ns geography,
whose wealth surpassed that of Ophir, to whom
kings paid tribute by whose leave kings made
war! Poor Shylock How would thy hardly
provoked hate have been satiated could thy venge-
full eye have seenn prophetic vision one 0fthy tribe
furnishing to Christian powers the sinews OF their
nternecine wars and in the horrors OF these wars,
awful the ApOcalyptic woes, seen thy poor pound
of flesh magnifed and multiplied beyond con-
ceptiOn of the most usuriOus thrift, into heaps OF
bloody cOrpses, and yet the bond not forfeit Per
haps old Anselm Meyer had his pleasure in this.
True, things have changed for the better since
SbylOcks time, but the ancient grudge still smOul-
ders-nOt yet quite extinct. If the Jews of the
old ballads and popular tales killed Christian in
fants, the Jews Of modern novels bleed Christian
adults. Shylock would cut; they still shave-and
with some cause of prOvocation from our side.
SufIerance is still in degree the badge OF their
tribe. We still spit On the Jewish gabardne.
upon their whole nation crime committed by a |
street mob. Egged on by few of the higher
classes, who saw in the Great Teacher Of the |
higher law reckless innovatOr-a dangerous en- |
envy to their notions of religion and order and 40
ciety. He was. 1t does not appear that the body |
of the nation cried out Cruelty him." II they |
cried anything it was probably, aisse= alier, tasse.
faire, in the intervals of busy attention to what
they fancied more particularly their own busl-
ness. That is the way the body of nation, re-
spectacle bodies conservative bodies and that like |
generally do They find things SO well as they
That is the way people have acted through all |
history from NOahs time 10 Louis XV1th's time. |
They won't believe in the shower till they are
drowning; they will not anticipate destruction by
reform. / take that 10 be the reason why the |
poor Jews are nation of emigrfs.
quoted in recent letter the report that Henry |
Heine was in Vienna, expressing my surprise at
such journey. The report, though in full print |
in Paris journals, is entirely erroneous. Heine |
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