Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-04-02
From the Chronicle s. Sentinel.
FRANCE IN 1855.

Inc STdnde Hdta0H Is LOU uucu eNteioptu uli-
der cloud bearing the name Of Louis Napoleon.
France, the land of noble, generous learts, is
worthy of the esteem of the world. Her sons
have played gallant part; and the history Of
civilization would be incomplete if Frahce were
bo,ted from its pages. When Lafayette and
his brother warriors fought by the side of wash
ington, there was universal sympathy felt for
the cause of freedom throughout France; and
when her great revolution came, and there was
nm end to her hereditary monarchy and nobility,
she sought to emulate America. The crimes
that sullied that period were rather the fruits of
tyranny of her Bourbon rulers, than the natural
instincts of the people; and she proved on a
hundred fields of battle that she was willing to
atone by deeds Of heroic daring, for the errors
of the past.
:. Under The Consulate and the empire of Napo-
leon, France won the admiration of every en-
liGhtensd mind The battle that she waged
vas the battle Of right against lhe foul oppres-
sion of ayes What light she threw into the
chambers of the Inqni,ition; what spiri, she dis
PLAYED in casting kings from their pedestals and
Tn T0Seing Tho gtIlo6 ,,sir slayed p.r~""r WIN.
action. She the embodiment Of Young
Europe, rising in arms against the wurshippers
of the obsolete and the cruel. and proclalming
that nil that was great ana noble should no lon-
ger be considered contraband.
Power corrupted Napoleon, and the Uuholy
Alliance checked the progress of civilization !;
but France, true to humanity and to herself,
still lived on, cheri,hng great thoughts and re-
solving vet to continue the good work. The
wrongs of the exile ubliterated the errors Of
the Emperor and the memory of Napoleon be.
came endeared to France. With tha, memory
was allied dream of liberty, that the priests
and bavonets of the Bourbons, and the polili.
clans and charatans of the OrleahiS,s cuuId not
disturb. The acceptance Of Louis Napoleon by
France was an inevitable sequence 10 The reign
of the anarchists, whose personal vanity destroy
I'd the Republic of 1913. Louis Napoleon was
chosen as the inheriior of his uncle's greatness,
and rs The avenger of his wrongs.
France is very patient and forbearing with
him. She has not yet decided whcher he'is
the true or the false heir. She applards him
for having revived the martial spirit of her sons
but she remembers that Napoleon the Great led
bis warriors to victory and remained not at home
DO -eveI in the vices Uf the Court like his sue
ccssor. She praises him for having cxtorted
obcsiance from the dcspotic and ogarchic gov
ernmcnts of Europe, but she blames him for
socatng with gamblers and reprobates She
watches closely his every action, and if he prove
false TO his name and his country, ard court an
alliance with tyrants, shc will arise in her might
and hurl him forlh France has great faith in
her future destinies. and she will not be the
victim of name. We recognize her greatness
even while Louis Napoleon riots in the Tuille.
5ies and daw-ke struts in borrowed plumage.
We appreciate her patriotism and forilude and
we look forward 10 the glad day when abe will
ncain stand in the advance guard of Europe,
and The cry of Wire Ia France will once more
thrill the souls of her sons.
-<s<-
A MoNsrsR.-We have in our midst prodigy
of wrkedness In company with the Rev. B. I.
Ives of this city, We lately paid 4 visit to the
cell of one of The most hardened villains md
reckless murdcrers the world ever knew. John
Fitzgerald was arrested last Fall and brought
here on charge Of murder. He had killed his
father and mother and a brother. Such 4 mur-
der the annals of crime can scarcely parallel.
He did this in rold blood, and Without any spe-
cia1 provoeatinn. lie came to the bed where
his parents slept and killed them both with al
ax, after which he went to bed where his
Youngest brother was sleeping and killed him.
Ofhis actual guilt, there has not Mt any time been
the slightest doubt, Though he has not confessed
tho crime. At The last term of the Supreme
COurL Ne "nS 'ou'tu 'No " oe
hung on the 28h Of this nan,h. There iS not
particle of doub. he will be executed, unless
he happens to make way with himself before the
time arrives. When he first came 10 the Jail he
manifested some signs of repentance; but it soon
wore off, and he is now by many degrees the most
hardened culprit we ever saw During the time
we were present in his cell he repeatedly en-
pressed wish to kill his remaining brother;
he said he would willingly he hung, if he could
enIy kill his brother and few others who had
testified against him. He isa murderer through.
out, soul and body and. with heart stepped in
murder, he will probably be nshered into the
presence ofhis God.-Auburn Adrocate, March 10.
To show to what exten, England is indebted
70 the United States for the Cotton she con-
suu,e,, we copy from an official source the fol-
lowing exhibit of the total quantity of raw Cot
ton imported into the United Kingdom of Great
Britain in 1854:
Pounds.
From United States, ........,....72 722,l55,lol
From Brazil. ............. 600
Prom shores of the Mediterranean. .2S.303 003
From British India. ....... ...iiS,a390eS
From West indies and Guyana. ........ .4o0,ll9
From other countries, es,............ .l,73o,OSl
Total. ,...,.... 6o7,3359l3
One.sixth only of the consumption of Great
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