New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-19
NEW FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY
NANTES 70.
ncr Of The ". Y. Tribune.

LONDON, sept ~, lcJc
Last night. at public meeting held in commem-
oration of the 66th anniversary of the establishment
Of the first French Republic, NJ. Felix Pyat read a
remarkable "le,tre aux Mandarins de Ia France
in which he fercely denounces the want of moral
courage displayed under the present regime by the
literary class of France. In the outlines We pro-
pose giving of it, We have occasionally swerved from
the letter of the original, in order to render more
strikingly ts spirit:
"n the night which has envelopei France since The
invasion of the coup dtiat you, gentlemen of tue
press are the most lost OF souls. You undergo your
punishment with terrible patience and submission.
Son undergo il in silence az if you deserved it; with
resignation az if il to last forever. Is II possible
For ten years not act, not cry, not word OF
protestation or hope. Strong and weak, age ana
Youth great and little, professor and disciple all
dumb all cres;.fallen. Not q single voice in the
desert In the French vocabulary there is NO longer
word sigbifying liberty. Englshmen ask us whether
French is still spoken in France, and we lover our
heads Even the press of Austria girds at you-even
that Of Russia bewails you. An object Of pity and
scorn for the Cossack HIMSELF this press OF France
Bonaparte has spit upon the sun aud put IL OUT. wno
TO kindle again To replace that dead star Suns
wanting there remain the volcanoes lfthere is to be
no more light no more warmth from above, there is
still the Interior sum- the subteranean flame, the ray
from below the fire Of the people. Already, we see
blaze that Nesuvius, and therefore, do not despair
Commencing his review of the French literary
world with the members Of the InstttW, Mr..
Pyat addresses them thus:
I" Let Us begin with those who are most completely
dead with the Immorfeis. The members OF the In
sttut' going by the name OF the lmmortels.Q There
they are the chairs rather the collins, OF the forty
Shadows of authors, nmnbiDg shades OF eplgrams;
defunct minds still galvanized by the "reminiscences
and the regrets of the past. There is he Guzot, an
old I1on enamoured Of the doctrinary mist, pursuing
his constitutional chmera, whirling from Gaud 10
Frobsdorf the vicious circle of the mOnarchial wheel
the symbol packed in straw, of the Fusion. Inere
il that other wizard, his cotempOrary tCousn, re-
treated from Sorbonne TO the land OF love, making,
ike Faust amends for time lost, with LOAD Oh three
ecore and more his back, reapsing into youth ana
devo,ing himself 10 the Margeretes OF the Fronde be-
csnse ot having been too much in love with ececclsn
a, the age of twenty That other fellow there ihlers
neither old nor young with something unrlpe ana
something rotten about hun, an odisn chd petreu
oerpftuun mobile, having futtered about ART pohtcs
and history-haviug carped at the Revolution, cee-
bra,ed the Empire and entobed twice the great man
in the dome des IRU0liits and IN his books 10 one
word the national historian, the 1ena OF history the
Tactus in ordinary 10 the ceHfgardes licensed 10y his
Majesty and warranted the part OF the Govern
ment. And last not least, that Homer without an
Had I.amsrtine, that Beliser without campaigns,
who bapi, he'd barbarian schoolmasers only, and sung
the capture of Elvira only, historian of Gra-ieLe,
poet of the Girondins troubadour of the Restoration
orator of the Republic and honest pauper OF the En-
pre-"
the most lively among theu-those at least who pre-
tend 10 be so-to stand by principle to uniurl their
colors Legitimsts Orleanists and Liberals Another
cemetery this. But there is something audible there
What A sigh, whine, an allu-lon. 30 Tar goes
their breath. No farther They pant, they weep
tears make no noise. Ii is but the revolt oi silence
the audacty of sadness and the courage OF regrets
The Constitution is regretted; 80 is the Charter 80
Henry v, everybody and everything, DOWN 10 the
I,. .hay 4haruse elyp
Beranger is embalmed; Voltaire revived from the
death. -. Beranger welt 10 PRISON. Notaire ihto
exile. Their weepers go TO church 10 de iol the WI
grateful say the brave DeJais is to die in van ana
they prefer living at any price. -. we Will 10.
die, says the Siece, save for moderation sake. VINO
is wise in his generation will accept iac,s accom-
pshed, and content himself with selling In the streets
-. The very Brutnses among them will take 10 mon,
gerDg opposition against Veuiot Yes IN the mis'9
this Nineteenth century after three revolutions maze
in the name vi the sovereignty OF the people anu ~
reason Go years after the revolution Of September
years after that of July, ~ years after tna o' reo'
ruary, in 1853, in France, they are discussing
What Miracles :. On LamenDals, inodei Vi
courage and honor passionate lover OF justice, wac
the day after the battle Of June 1913 preferred oreaX
ing his pen rather than having il cut To the VI
the sword; who protested against the ncn so'', y!
the courageous cry fon ol tb up prson and his
death itself from the common often, tno1 wa.
but coward and fool! II i ~l-doh ~
write in order to cay nothing II Is courage 10
speak IN order to lie aud Deiay !" nr,dp,
peace with the regime of warnings, 70 CONFORM l
10 the diet prescribed by Doctor Fiain 70 drink S I
and treace in the leading articles and ieed upon 'Y
legislative debates OF Piedmont and Beis.ain. All
that tine over Decsmbe! will eSnnpe 70 Late
the life, the rights, the future OF France Lse
senatves of tie people, journalists the pes. c.'Au
all that remains Of the revolution will be trs3spoitsa
from the dungeons of Belle Isle to tnose u Ool'oa G
on the expiration Of their punishment 20 oe
further still, to the burning sands OF Csyenns as ms
will have to be smuggled 10 France IN the bottoms
of the English press. Shame unheard Of even IN
Pagan Rome among the fanatics s Of b1.Sani Sdas ar.
riyes stranger st Paris is arrested and conducted 10
the guardboase and now haEk what the The eSaisl'
December set about doing We qnote ths oncIai % -.
OF accusation The Sergeant Of the guard taxes her
up in the ward and vainly snnoys her wltn MS n,ay
opportunities Then he orders two oil DIS 20
enter the ward. and be more fortunate lhe woman
still resiss the two The Sergeant has her sreehea
in the bsnack-room tseI, On bench w,tn sack H
for her cushion. Then the candle j. put o1 ani al
The mon nine in nuub.r the Sergeant ana the 'or-