Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-01-29

ed you see the light Just appearing in
his window in that retired apartment,
which is guarded by his lackey in his
absence, with an effeotation Of mystic.
~ ~ solemn as it is ridiculous. He
will now be deeply at work till five
o'clock in the morning. At work! o!
moon rise Pot yet, hide thy timid raw
behind to black horizon Of the forest ;:
river Suspend thy cour SC, slow and fee.
bic A. 1t is leaves tremblc not upon
the 4oreheads Of the trees; all nature
h mute and motionless, like the stone
of q sepulchre, for the genius of man
awakes the most skillful and import.
ant of the princes of the earth is about
to bend over table, and by the light
cfhis lamp, in the depth of his cabinet,
like Jupiter from the height of Olym.
|pus, to move tho world by the contrac.
ton Of his brows!
"But what, then, has this astonish-
ing man produced by sixty years of as
siduous vigils and unremitting labors?
what has brought the representatives
of all the powers of earth into his cab
met. What important services have
all the sovereigns who have possessed
and lost the crown of France, for a
half century received from him.
Wherefore that unaccountable terror
on which he walks, as on soft car
pet through host Of difficulties and
dangers? What revolutions has he at:
fected or paralyzed? What sanguin-
airy wars, what public calamities, what
scandalous exactions has he hindered?
How has he been so necessary, this
voluptuous hypocrite, to all our kings,
from the naughty conqueror to the
bigoted deuot, that they imposed upon
us, the shame and disgrace of his ele-
walton. Napoleon, in his contempt,
branded him with 3 soldiers metaphor
full Of energetic cynicism and Charles
KIN the days OF his orthodoxy, said
in whisper, be it UNDERSTOOD after
all he Is married priest! But has
he stayed them in their terrible falls,
these masters whom he has alternately
flattered aud betrayed? Where are
his !.i benefits ? Where are his works :?
No one knows, No one can, will or
dare, declare what title this inevitable
statesman possesses to power and glo-
ry; his most brilliant actions are en-
veloped in impenetrable clouds. His
genius exists only in silence and i'm.
posture"
"And what do you say" cried I, ssto
the imbecility of the nation which sui.
fers this infamy, and allows its name,
its honor and its blood, to be opposed
to shameful contracts which it is COM
pletely ignorant of, and which it never
will know anything about? Do you'll
still desire to act part on the political
theatrc?''
"The more my fellowmcn are abased"
replied my friend, "the greater desire
l feel to exalt them. I am not dis
couraged. But let me indulge in my
Indignation against this impenetrable
man, who has moved us all about at
his will, like pawns upon a chess board,
and would not devote the great power
he possessed to our advancement who
has had possession Of the world only
to heap up a fortune, satisfy his vices,
and impose upon his despoiled dupes
the debasing esteem Of his 1niquitous
talents. The benefactors of humanity,
die in exile and on the cross, but thou,
old vulture, bald and gorged, will die
in thy nest slowly and unwillingly; and
as death crowns ali inen With 8 mild
forgiving halo, thy vices and basenes-
SEES will be quickly forgotten and thy
talents and seductions alone remem-
bered." .......
"But see window is opening it is
the Princess s.ag .-
"How,'' said my friend, lowering his
voice, edo corpses feel too warm? Do
marbles need to respire the evening
air What are those two white heads
which advance as tito regard the moon?
It is the Prince and his how shall
call him ? for I will not profane the
name Of friend on which M. de M,