The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-06-25
III h DiSp AIt}h.
S,.r,Ca 40 ADvERTIsERs.
ptsp.rcu ron TuR SPRINGS.
The soldiers and Civilians OF
EranCH.

TIL. reccn. fcuda between the soldiers OF france
and he editors sfulents- aud other esvi'ians OF
Parts, are among the sigma of squalls which ever
aud auen arise in the French horiZhn, ana wh'eh
lint for the f'rm hand that holds the helm OF state
might be regarded as portentous oil dangerous
storm and shpwreCk. We are not sure thai even
the nnf,ilins common sense and strong will Ct
Ianls Napoleon, viii prove sufficient to quiet 'h'
CONDUCTING elements 1t is diflicuit, however, II
nos impossible, 10 obtain reliable data upon WINCH
10 form opinions OF French sfftirs. The English
letter writer's upon whom our own countrymen
mainly depend for intelligence, are pronounced
hx Mr. walsh. one of the most Intelligent Of Anne
rs..p gentlemen and long resident ia Paris, total
Il unreliable They know little Of the people OF
LANGUAGE and never hesitate TO manufacture facts
~ sustain theory, or suit purpose. 10 regard,
however to the recent duel Of NJ Pene, IL IL rea-
souable 90 suppose that an angry feud may have
arisen between the editors and tue literary mon o.
Paris on one side and the army on the other. and
that this NAV lead to serious consequences, no
. one can 1oubt. who remembers the various occ, :
s ions on which the mind of the French nation has
coG4e In collision with its brute force, and the pc"
has proved itself more po~ertai than tho sword
II il be true. AS stated in the English journals,
that at the military entertainment Of the sub.Lieu
tenant and his swords, who endeavored TO asssssi
rae VI Peue. they drank Il the total amin liz
on Of Journalism aud journalists throughout In
rope IL IL clear that the French "ihsers have SUI
ficieut sense to perceive that the power OF the
res. aud of the army hopelessly antssonistic.
sud that the one can only exist by tho destruc
rton of the other .ut it is bold act TO throw
town the gauntlet thus: 10 insult the intellect and
Mitigation Of the old world with this menace OF
,,Ey-icai force; TO threaten Europe with return
IL ,hs midnight darkness and dnm5ness that pre-
g. ted the invention of printing. Do these potent
suhLicutenants expectto overcome all the ACHE W.
mcnts of human progress for the last three centu-
RES with great ease as their Generais captured
the Mslakoff or as thay themselves dem dish cham
payne bottles and assassinate Inexperienced swords
men,
Tho French people, Of all others, the most de
wont worshippers of military glory, have on more
than cue occasion, taken their own soldiery in
hand a. father would favorite but rebelious
child and administered such a trouncing as con
verified the men of the sword for q season. into the
most humbe and 3cile cattle of the empire -
When tho tocsin of Revoiut'on sounds in Paris
the People lead the way, and the soldiers either
get out of the way, or are put out of the way, or
desert their masters AMI run over to the popular
side If the contests of the French Government
with the French People during the last sixty years
demonstrate any fact beyond the possibility of dir
pu,e, it is tina, the party which leans upon the
Army for support leans upon broken reed. When
the monarch, who has ted and fawned upon it
turns to Ia his hour Of necessity he sees it either
scattered like chaff before the popular whirlwind,
or turning its bayonets against his own breast
The patience of the industrious and productive
classes of France must be sorely tried by the in
cubus of this vas: military establishment. To
feed and clothe and pay six hundred Thousand
drones aud laafers hopeless, dead weight upon
the Industry of the nation, Is enough to drive the
people mail even if the droues and loafers were
civil and polite instead Of impudent and insults;
to those upon whose bounty they subsst What
coed do they do what equivalent render for their
cost, what do the six hundred Thousand produce
n I'D adj TO the general aggregate If the nations
wealta that could mmand in the market til e
value of one franc? If they were all in pii4on IN
stead Cf garrison, they would be Of more value to
France, because in some of the renitentiaries the
convcts are employed in useful labor. No coun
try has more reaaon than France desire the day
When the sword shall be turned into the plough
share and tbe spear into the pruninR hook. Let us
hope that when the National Guard and the
Biouses make another Revolution. they will mo-
commit the usual mistake of upsetting a throne.
aud leaving its chief support, in truth its master
the Army. untouched. lie. them direct their main
ersies to that tyIant With six hundred thousand
heads; for, not until they have deoapitatcd this
mGus.er, can France expect even the seD.blaDce oil
freedom