Mountain Democrat., 1857-05-23

coItr;'H;tti "a frd identity with his grand
idea Of the glory Of France; and he only
made war upon Professionalism because he
found it All ill-adviscd revolution. lie
Crushed out the politics of Professionalism
as he would, and did, without rcmorsc,
the opinion Of the world, from which he
appealed to the ultimate history Of France,
and bravcd every obstacle that resisted
his projected scheme Of her redemption.
Eiohclicu dropped the plummct Of his
well balanced and indciatigahlc mind, in
tp the proloIndcSt depths of the science
Of government. He resolved that France
should not become a adcSpoti>m, cap'irioIS
and cruel, but political unit France
should bc portrait of himself The OPP
pOrtunity for the achievement Of this
sublime conception was Slav" to him
As Prime Minister, in fact ir not at first
in nam". hr could turn G..I the mean
cXpcdicnts and intligurS If mere cham
being ambition, and by the expansive
ness of his genius and the inllcXihi!ity Of
| his will, gather into himself the entire ia
t"rcStS, power and destiny of France. -
She become his idol, her glory his mo-
nopo!i@ing passion and policy; that which
weaker courtcr sank into cXpcdicncy,
became the steady purpose of II severe
patriotism. The doom of CclcbacY, en-
cmpting him frem ali hereditary and do
mcstic Influences, gave to Ills love FOR
France Il prrtcrhuman energy.
She became to him the Bride Of Tiisto-
/ ry-her he we'd not III his heart Of kind
:Ie&s. but in his intellect, his imagination,
his will and ambition: with her he would
lie crowned in the mighty cathcdralS of
nations, and with her be nichcd in tho
Pantheon of Fame. 1t may have been a
| fanaticism-an insane lust, nurscd in un-
mitigatcd, unprcjudiccd sclfishncss-but
all who have philosophical unprcjudiced
| urOn his character, discover in it an eX-
planation and excuse for his Unsuitable
passion for power. 1t was for his ideal
mistress he slew and baniShcd and reign
cd in rcmorsclcss dcSpotiSm. When he
came into power each noble and plchian,
each creed Catholic and Protestant
held the knife of treason playing capri
ciouSly to her throat. The military rcli-
gion he con1uereI; he made the plebian
her friend by the thrift of his tact the
noble he hunted down along the winding
completely Of countless conspirac'cs.
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1hr Three Grcat P0wrrs.-!rhc Press,
the Pulpit, and Woman, are the tmce
great powers Of the cartil---thc irrvSista-
bic levers which constantly raise human
ity to higher and still higher degree OF
progress. Without them, the bottom OF
things would fall out, and society DC spill.
cd back into original chaos. And ofth. SC
great powers, Woman is the GREATEST
The Press makes the people intelligent
and patriotic, the Pulpi makes them NOR
al and religious; WOman1 makes them in
dustiiou>, generous and romantic. The
Press rules our intcllcctS, the Pulpit our
consci,nccs, Woman our hearts. The
Press Sways public opinion and the Pul.
| pit SYayS moral convictions, but Woman
Swaya all things. TAcre would soon be
falling of even in churchg going, were
there no girls there and ii woman is
':nt "lirst III war; she is certainly 'lirst
! iii peace, and first in the hearts of her
ccuntrymrn." And she has lQr influence
in war, too; men would not fight merely
for masculine applause Ii is for "thc girl
| iiC Has NiI OSHiiiu mn, lIdl llC SOIulcT
chiefly bears his burdens, runs his risks,
and deals his sturtiicst blows; and his
laurel wreath OF triumph would be but Il
barren symbol, could he not lay it at her
feet The world is governed more by the
heart than by the head; and the heart is
womans empire, wherein She rules TO a.
cvatc and refine. Without the sunshine
Of her Influence, ihc heart of man would
lc Il bog, filled with noNiqu> gruwth-a
here iIngn,-oozing slime. IN which the
rose Of affection would never gclminatc,
nor the flowers "frlu'Itirncrhoom. We.
man is TIE engine Of Iit'---thc great mo-
tive power Of love, valor, ambition and
civilization. May fortune Gvor her, man
protect her, and God bless her.
Less than Il century since, benjamin
Franklin, the Postmaster General Of the
Colonies, SGT out in his old gig to mak.
al official inspection "r the different
routes. 1t is supposed that We accom-
plishcd the object of his ioulIrv; but if he