Butte record., 1856-01-05

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\ combination. and a form indeed,
Where every gcd lid seem to set his seal,
To give the world assurance Of ssinan."
This was one picture; tie other was a
good-na tured simpleton, with little
capacity for lockmal,ing.
While Franklin was creating such a
commotion at that court Of which Marie
Antoinette was the head and leading
spirit, the daughter Of the poor Lam
eashire laborer was spending her time
at ordinary selyitude; but She became,
net many years after, the confdante
Of the sister Of Marie Antoinette. who
was queen Of Naples, the ruler Of her
conduct, and the controller Of Eer for
tunes.
The Boubots were a very fastidious
family (nost Of thcm) and Louis Ky
except among his mistresscs-could
not hold mpch communion only with
persons whose lo5d had been purified
by ut least two centuries refinement in
the ranks Of the nobility.
4 woman OF decided ability in his
reign was declared to be ineligible to
some post about the throne, because
only about a century had elapsed since
her family lad first been ennobled.-
Nevertheless, if Louis XVI. and Maria
Louise had asked Franklin and Lady
Hamilton concerning their pedigree,
after giving them an account of it,
they might, with good deal Of sig
nifcance have asked the question SO
earnestly put in "Oar Best Society,""
to a nobody who was the son Of some
body, "But, by Jupiter, king Of gods
and men, who are yoa?'
Lord Jcfrey's specu!ations upon the
carly career Of Franklin are as inter-
esting as they are original. The rea
der, We think, viii forgive us for max
ing the quotation, if he should be ia
miliar with it. eve cannot help fan
eying," says his lordshia, "tfat if
Franklin had been bred in college, he
would have eontented himself with cx-
pounding the metres Of Pindar, and
mixing argument with lis port in the
common room, and that # Boston had
aboundod with men Of letters, he would
never have venturcd to come forth from
his printing house; or been driven back
to it at any rate, by the sneers Of
the critics, after the first publi-
cation Of his Essays in the Busy
Body" Lord jeffrey considers that
Franklin became a great man because
he lived in lis younger days away
from a highly cultivated and refined
literary society. Our inference is
drawn from the whole article, and not
from this particular extract. lie at
tributes his success principally to what
he escaped. And what did he escape?
Why, he escaped the unwholsome in
huence Of a college education, and the
society Of refined and learned men,and
enjoyed instead (when lie was not &C.
cllpied at soapboiliug, printing, or with
his books, tie society Of coarse mind
ed and unlearned men. Most Of the
other diplomatists whose lives we have
been considering, or propose to consid-
er, happily had similar privileges
They all enjoyed the advantage in
their younger days Of freedom from
intelligent and cultivated society; and
while we have sought i0r the germ Of
their success in the irresistible prompt
ings Of nature, Lord jeffrey would as
crlbe it to their having escaped those
great evils, regular edacation and
the contaminatmg influence Of refined
and literary society. "tSeli, now. did
you eyer?" says Mrs. Smith to Mrs.
Brown. ''No, I never replies Mrs.
Brown; and these commeufs comprise
all we have to say in reply TO his ar
guments.
One of the most glorious heroes Of
the French Revolution, Gen. Hoche,
man who seemed to combine all the
talent and genius Of Napoleon with
greater integrity and amiability Of
character, possessed extraordina ~ tai
ents for diplomacy. From the fact Of
his having been the son Of hostler,
many would suppose that the early
bending of the twig towards diplomacy
in his case, as far as education went
that way, must have been very slight.
We, however, are otherwise minded.
We never yet knew a very shrewd
horse jockey, who, we think, would not
make good diplomatist. He almost
invariably possesses a good knowledge of
human nature; quick penetration into
and acute discrimination of character;
can simulate and dissimulate well;
knows how to conceal himself from crit
ical dissection;
.But keeks thro' evry other man
vi sharpen'd slee inspection"
It viii be recollected with what in
dignant astonishment the elder Mr..
Weller learned of his sons discomf
ture in the diplomatic encounter be-