The New York herald., 1860-12-01

ier) <1ch .os t.,l oms layisheo s3ou an, a.,
Dc va even sscs 70 ce presea. Al tno reV,es
o. fTtEI 11epe afc u embark for Auer.Ea. Bat here
ne y. rci'se Dc acy prevailed, ara Dc Gecaea pol
liking right so ta2e advantage OF holpsso.s nyi.
lAson 70 nfroc' troope against whom DO 20
array himself n war. "Rut,' relating th.s Incident IN
his Old age ue ,Ad, ~ them sx months ae ards a.
rs,s.a r,Daisae s App.sass leaving sng aat ne ira.
ps sssse saen was yng sis spsoish port outside Of
irfnso rrsdciion. as departure IKE = Dol. upon
Toe fDsrsn ocnft ne had ass left the French court
unwilling TO 90 peTpiexed that moment by such step
Hstn cy Frenchnsn, planned for him a ID Italy
which his long busy life he unable TO
phsh. hs yonng wife was non.e in character and
iovec nm Too wei not 20 with hir purposee
nbough ihey caused his separation from Ter 10 shos
INC impression protrced by his sudden depatare 1ng
the many Illustrations that could gve VII read tnres
Inca rom tamiiiAr letter written BY Glbbon, the his
to,iaa, dated London, April l2 l771 - We tax chiefly
OF the Marquis de Lafayet sho here feS weeks
tgo he 10 about twenty with 1907 oCo lvres year. ani
into which he married. nteriered With pefemPlory
command and the government OF FrGnoe iaterered by
well Known e,ter Of cachG Disreg garding the and
evaans toe other, the dsguise OF c'urier, aud is
tomeines said with hs face painted black he crossed tie
Is and found himself board his weasel with
mis- few companions in On Apri rs iii. be set
sail for America Consider II you peGss the dangers ot
ihe sea won he then bravet, and yoo will say WIN the
clas,ic poei Of antiquity, that he Showed heart
0, triple oak. Add 20 that The petils Of cap
spre, and add siil the motive OF 81
thE enterprise and yorr admiration uus b. cnhaucot
Ssver aid hero 20 forth beautiful errand, icf y
wu re who carried words Of 70 oar 'atse,s sad
opened up way TO those eess srd armies Of France
with e most beautifully Eno tenderiy revealed
The letters which ne wrote his wife that
And ss am about - read fec ines from OF these
letters allow 70 remark that not thst they
have been presented 70 SteBss0n Ia co1ptry
hey have have naturally seen The Ugh; only s.nc4
mat they have been translated, n,r do know
any sooroe rom which tho chsractce Of lafayette
can CO 20 cen oelely Illustrated One other rems-k.
douhs in AL history, or In all biography, anything
~ritten BY youth Of nineteen be produsesd
abe 10 these words-,'I hope, for my sake thus ne
Ill q n n
sentiment. appropriate for vrtuous hearts Intimately
sed TO the happiness Of the Whole human family that
OF America, destned 10 become the respeced snd ECfe
asylum Of virtue. honesty, liberation, an Of traoqua
liberty ApY,aase) What words for youth Of nineteen,
theee. he sailed ., isst, and touched lie coa.:
OF South CxroQa Going ashore in the pigh. snd
beneath The roof or that counyy for wncn nc nad msde
such sacrifice. The Continental Congress- shen IN
session n Philadelphia and bis frst desre was 70 repor.
himself there Keeping he own caunses, making no
disclosures st Chsr,eeton Of his plaus be started 90
Quincy Of nine hundred miles most OF the ~sy horse
9a.k through the two C,-ol.nas, Virgins Maryland aud
simple freshuess. and tine hind, cordal welcome which
greeted nsm every where on the rosd "ine fnrtner
and sTstons;e letters 70 which refer and 10 whi:h
Rave before sl'uded,) rhe further Nors proceee the
more ike this country aud It's people" Il 1Ga applause
Hr attention had already been srresteo tae black
dcncstics," AZ be called them, who 70 Ills
orders Then for the rrst tine he looked upon slsve,
and nn whole subsequent nfe shows clearly hos his
CANDID aEre must have bcen troubled. BE had turred
away from an e. where, amidst gross reqrstes OF al
kros, th~ grossest did rot exist where, the descend
g scale Of the euda hierarchy there ,ae for this
cegrsdaton where, amids. unjust taxes s1i injurious
vleges Of on sorts, every mar bad right At least
70 his wife. his child ard 10 himseu-trene we'd ap.
pause)-and where the boast was proudly made
iqs sns.ds Tsp'nss sss as, sOIns % even -, .
sisve TO breathe. (Appsuse) With angelic generosity
b. lad turned away from hts own country 10 follow q
the serve 81 liberty and be found rudcly held
property AMI despoled OF personal rights By those
whose struggles merely for political rights had already
tue Inconsistencies Of the world his SCOT n az
rave recoted as th8 dismal ard incom 3reaens uc
delphis be presented himself at once before the oon
tinents Conress, rendering h!s services volur
and without pay Congress, iouchei 81 once by the
magnanimors devotion OF the youthful stranger aud
already, BY letter from DR.. franklin, spprised
OF be eminent position 8, hone, at
made hin MAJOR General in the army o. the Cnlted
States where be took rank by the eide Of Oats AMI
Green, o. Lincoln md Knox. Born 20 oxaited rank %
an snoient ocsrcby be faaud hlm.ei admitted TO
rnd this while sti youth and unde- sweutyvopnGer
than FOX younp,r than ~ wheo they s.souisnci the
Younger than 6ouudtst IN hs beauufu. France ID
to ID; and hr mod .ty not lcs em'nen, hs
raw American troops before French officer be replied
i once, lhsve come here, sir, 70 learn and
not 20 teach" Tno oommanier.,n Cd.ef, Usually so
rave, vas won 81 once 70 tat perpiua frendsap hSh
endured unbrosep as o,g az lfe sho ng .t.ef IN
tear. Q, sref and nov n tesrs q joy-tres;i1g the
youthful nobleman sways With paterna care. sharing
vim him hs table, hs ieni, snd on t7e feld of Non
mouth tho cloak for couch; following his .-rus.
cencent fortunes eddy heishtc and IN go0
with constant, uEaerabe attachment: corre.r or fog
VIII hn a. al times, addressing his noble sfe n her
ncnt -in the Austrian depot IN his behalf Scrsiy i.
s much &c have los ,ired the most tender frendsaip
THAT history records "a the lie Of WShpgioo.
less br eIt than lafayette hosocsko, Baron Seutcr
the distpgs shed Conn anderl Chief 1t tie sre1ea
lafayette slone obtained r,acc in hs heart Y,iers
shr savays sosoe and eight; bat srch afr endsep
sss q testimony Hs .ntrepidy soon fo1nd orsoa
tempting 70 rally retreatng troops, he ~o-ndet
the eg; and ihus 81 suffering cause lncrsaret
bic ilile regard AZ his simple unaffected nature be-
Known the attachment Of both on ,ers and
$50 that he VS. able TO relieve the srxletle. OF
1, ,o1shfal wife At home by writing to her thA, be
no.. ~sed the triendship Of the army IN gross
pa IN 's<AhL" Those are his very .crds. Scr wac
1ia ants 'vS when voc consider tow completely,
.re,,esn Al - Was already AmericAn 10 sympathy.
yortheI non unan bred 70 al Kinds OF uIrry, sub.
ecssi himself 70 pysnan. sna ..gee ssa ne shosed
tnemselves somstmes Hiring for month. 90 sugie
.alaisrf r.,lon, wshou. dos - ns pocket The ssa
yo;s wrhinr,cu wa Instructed 70 give HIN commsrd
o. bic exp, rne scsus DO sons fssaos nesnsts
nvssh h.. become openly sn ..id ,sslas, Ia, ,ten
which seemed 70 nch the sncisr. 90 zosa.
gsrous career Jeaocs Of Arival poser nsr.a- 80.
EnsIspd crowded Il corid do ., cover,y, wl,todiae
has .rds o. oper var. The King himself never yna
,hred With cur cause Tas an error n WI cn nary
., !, rave beer educated, that Krs lo1s WI resy
symrsih zed with isinsrs Il . n STAKE; he d.a
not: be. publ. op!nion, which, IN ttn corrty ncta@
% rensrous teas was touched py dssai people st-ug
slpg fo- human rshs a. fs; doubtful an1 hen tdaery
la n ned by tie ctory at Saratoga ~hs Fsnklr ~to
rtpres nte our Paris had cha ersei the nrs
ton sc Of the grave and the say sad the cxxmrc os
lafayette hsi ,csohcd tue heart Of tie q tns ,1s
Court sni Tie compelled W bent tecrc the pv5
fic will, ard 70 enter into thai rcs.v q alliance
With The colonies BY which their f1a
cd Tie duiics of the patriot uere scparaidcd 70
thosc ~aeb asyeiie bad sresdy assrncd % cause
ani e a. oace frankly msie known q oougress bs
positoz ir leter from which viii real bret sss
sage AS ong ~ thought- % hs writes 10 CcnGress,
81 could dispose Of mysef made u nv r.co a,i pea
Gght Ter american -oors in defepce Of
which dare call because had tie good ,ortrae 70
bleed Tor T. Now that rrsnoe involved q var, ove
bcr ng but wheti present or stseri, shsi
never n n si sor lhe Jesod states (Arpiapse
Congress responded by 20 rniimiied lesre o. 81.
encs, With perm ss,on 70 returc &C h2 orls EE
rank lr bic go1 lime, BY vote of steeks aad ~
letter e tfe french Hng c,ncudss viii tneso emrhat.
words 1--WE recommend says the American C1oEress,
"ihs youne nobsnan te yoIr k.ss.ys rosee - o.e
whom xrcs y be wise IN counsel e.
ant 4 nc Geii tat patient Euder The hui