New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-09

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Nv he Ca'aohc Fr, Bch AraI Ge 90 hsigi's' W.
al. y II. Awlre hat pa,siOns,e Dsrlis1n- Of ciisscA
p.etry pf uu-lc-ite Usr EbO s.lte teeus"'e'
'.ike ,ho.l # c'umrn seHse' --t7 10, sorIoS
fem .l.Iderou- attack; sc are, therefore, m
cl.,ed 70 l,os ca he intelligence a. = closer noS1'
u.tl We receive j. fion uyre gsiVerihy sources
Richard W5gt er-vbo.s Tannhdu~f7 ami
"L,hei GRIN We're ony "Sger'msu's-us preparing
ua,t-r.piece: DE Nlebeiungep." Thls OPT
"a. or ra her musical drams, "ll be composed o.
tar psrt,- Rkeingcld HaLAsrc. Der yaEge Sag
fifd. AID S.egfr efs Tod. To- representation wiz
-. f,ur .vrt'. - The saestrO '- hll.iing The
.,er Tn plrp0se :. Xurira ard the be-. Singers m
tur,pe WI be engaged for :he occasion The nrst
two psrts are ldy composed d. ne whole
ca, 10. be completed be'ore year or tTo IL l.
Of course, upo>sl'." - Say whether me 81,
tempt j. or Is not lsels 70 meet win ne desired
success; but. al AL events Il vii De- 10 common
uus.cal festival Wagner, L.zi. Sc1umhnl aud
B.rl,z a,e 10 dc.arune Verdi poailet- ana
N.ytrteer. |. = well known iha: Wagner writes
10th he lihret.O and he muse, proclA mag t1it
the poet should Lever be subordinate 10 he comPo-
SER H.s operas are not marked OUT IN solos,
duets sid tri"s, but g. ou 10 e'nilnuOus stTatn,
! le vulgar drama. Ii Viii indeed, be- in'efesuns
~ examine his Ue y transformation of the old ns-
tior al egeLd Of the NiebelgnseH, So full Of tOrl'rn
weeping u.adeDs, unspprecla.ed lovers, sud fierce
Warriors; and as the expermeG. Nil be one OF
great IN portauce 20 the m"dern romantic school, II
seems but right Ia introduce Il, taough somewhat
prematurey, 10 the notice of your readers.
litr,m The arts of peace We turn TO gallant deeds
of war, We md, in ENGLAND, the NapIers lighting
8 Il est desperate battle of-pamphles and person
alties. There IS Charley NAPIER, who did NOT
,ale Cr,nstsdt. EXPLAINING how 1t came to pass
that be- did not conquer the Russian feet; and
Lieut. General Sir W. Napier, X. {. b &, relating
ID. f. and Opinions If General Sir Charles James
Napier G.. { b. Thar boih stack everybody and
every hns win virueDt esgeTDess u Is scarcely
necessary to add. Listen, for example, 20 the fol-
l. ing definition: The Wig Is u sneakiog pick
"pocket. pretending 20 elegance and honesty while
be commit. every dirty trek recorded IN the
"Newgste Calendar SD far r. I Is safe. SIR
Charles James says also; The treatment Of
women ,s the sure measure OF CIVILIZATION
What are 10 think, then, OF 'he civilization oil
FL gland. wh-re wte-bea:ing ferns, IS /. were,
Iart of the national Institutions, tne workiog OF
which is daily display ed before the metropolitan
I, lice Courts
We ma, also ask what right the EOglsh have to
rail At the democratic American revolver, since
Brri,h lavyer-Mr. Francis Frederick Brandt,
of the liner Tempe, Barrister- alta " publishes
ap apology for fsiicna-, under the n.lt, tiaoet:
"A short Treatise on she Lss of ihe LAM, IS 1t
"Btec's PugllisD.
Mr. Rob-r, Brougb has iust produced trans
Ia iop Of BersDgers songs into EDgli.h verse, with
valuable notes by DR.. Strauss. The attempt will
not succeed for Of all French poets, venerable old
BerarQer is certainly The one Who presents the most
d ffcul.es 10 the translator Tnackeray and the
German H.rvegh have, indeed, rendered few of
his songs with something approaching The original
spirit bud yivaciy; but, though both were well
acdubnird with the popular muse, they did not
even endeayor to translate the most beautiful chan
sons those which are worth many a lyrlc poem.
b, ran.er is every inch u French poet singi in
the inspiration Of the moment, railing at the ruling
powers rldcu'iDg presumption, unynl!ng hypoc'
isy, in language both simple and poe'lctl, sar-
castle and phlantbroyic, bitter and hopeful. The
Whole poDt OF bis song s generally gwen IN The re-
frain, with charming though light irony. For this
very reason il Is difficult for foreigners 10 ana
I'VE OF even understand him; and hence many sc-
cule HIM OF being, on the one de- superficial and
obscene-ou The other, unpoeical and prO.y. la
tn,lshd, generally, be shares wiIh Voltaife the
pr,yiepe of be NJ misunderstood and misrepre-
.en,.d The late Samuel Rogers, speaking one
day, in the presence OF Adam Smith, OF book,
lsd heedlessly: IL ls very superhcA someth'ns
"a la Voaaire :" but the learned economist re-
buksd bin with the words: Young man, there
"was ouly one Vol,aire in the world" In the
same manner, We might say 10 cAe de'ractors of
the most popular poet at our sge: There is only
zone B-rargrr in the world" We agree, therefore,
with The Atheadum, which asserts that for those
who are unhappily unable 20 read the songs 10 the
original French, Mr. Bfongh's translation will, at
east, Afford an opportunity i,r becoming 91tle
acquainted with their spiri..
BeIarger has, however, exercised anything bnt .
merely p.etical il hnenc. no one has contributed
more than he to gOrify BoDapartsm, although he
certainly cannot be charged with Lore OF tyrsnts or
tyranny. We mu,t mol hose sight OF The fact that
uI Ger the RestOraii D, especially from 1871 TO
1890, Napolto on the First was used BY the French
Liberals ~ lever against he Bourbon sings. -
Helena was thought sufiicirn, eipali0n for the
eighteenth Brumalre and the abuse OF absolute
power, and the public sympsnies we've ;b"n un-
doubtpdly " tn the heroic sufferer; the epopee va.
fulfilled yLd an extraordinary death had crowned
rhr most asr nj, ing life in modprn tines Be-ie',
the danger I'D yaDl,hed Of ,eeiSg N lt4ry d-spI ~
i'm re..tab he'd, al Leaf oImedlat~ly Beranger
sahg in popular melodies .he epic aud elegIac pa 80
Of France and the Emperor. To these songs,
which the whole c.unuy learned by heart, the
great exile owes more popularity than 70 all h's
celebrated battles and victories. Inc poet gave
= national character 10 the obstinate destroyer,
no PLAYED so hong the fatal game Of warfare; and
the Bonspsrte # Bersnger, q figure quite hereni
lr, m The Napoleon Of history, became known aud
y,r,biped ia the shop OF :he tradesme0 a. well ~
behind the plough Of the peasant. All reproacAes
were now buried in oblivion, and here reiDaif ed
oily il the Ibinds Of the people patrio'ic anh
ieiolc id" 10 Brraneer s0Dg- Ouls Napoicoh Is
ore indebted tor bis success than even 20 me
buI ders If b. adyersuriee snd the CUES Of she
ctun,er-'eyOlunOnst-
But, he It sad ~ The honor OF the faithful repuo-
lcaD poet lie has nObly rsjsc'ed The offers oi the
,ec nd Empire as II, Oh. well be- expec.ed from the
simple mLo, man, Who has lived all the days oi
hi, lie On very vatry lneome and quietly fe.sned
thu Oh y honor When has ever been bcs'o~ed upon
tim d seat 10 tho Consii uent Assembly o. lSiS, TO
giIeb b. electors Of Pari. had scot hin muca
against hl, will The Empress Eugene, w!shi'g 20