New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-01

says DO Lessor 10 oppressors IA example TO the o.
pressed, refuge for the rights OF the human fsco -
an object Of delight 10 the departed sous Of its fonn-
ders.' Words like these from French nobeman por-
tended Revolution in France. Returning TO Eufor@
he journeyed through Germany When be came BE-.
to Paris he attempted TO carry out the plan he b.
sketched to Washington. Purchasing plantation N
CAYENNE for about $780, 900, heemancpaied the negroes
and tried the great experiment Of free labor thus CIV
ing an example to mankind. Ia reference TO tbiS
Washington wrote TO him: "The goodness Of your
heart IL evident in all circumstance and am not sir-
prhed when you give new proofs Of il. Your late
acquisition Of plantation OF cayenne genefos
and noble proof Of yodr humanity Gay pleas oon
this country" Thus wrote Washington. Ibo groas
Revolution was at band OF all men Lafayeue W.
ia natural Representative long AZ renamed JUS
and humane Senator Sumner traced the ieadln8 iea
lures of the French Revelation, and the noble par
which Lafayette took in it's earlier stages AZ ~
Clarkson related that he met coiored ofces Oh VOC
National Guard at the dinDera lie OF Lafayette AZ
that time there was no citizen equal 10 Lafayee ne
might have seized on the supreme power hac ne ne
ambition of Caesar or Napoleon when the Conse"o-
ton was established at the Campus Martius, ne was
seated next after the King and next TO the hns 90
the Revolution had done its work, he retir,
ed to his quiet home. He soon recalled Z
10 take the command of the army Of the Centsf:z
He found time to return from the army 70 the osr
Assembly and where be met and defed the Jacobinz
face to- face. But the Reign OF Terror was upon n
He could preserve himself only BY delugng the sou OF
France with blood; he chose rather to attempt ~
escape to Holland whence be intended TO come TO the
United States But he was intercepted and recognizes
by troops Of the Royal allies, by whom be WAS carried
successfully TO the prison Of Vessels, magdeburg ana
Olmuz. From these dungeons he Expressed in letters
written often with toothpck in lsnonuice or vine.
gar blackened with soot his firm conviction that amo
ali the shocks Of anarchy liberty would not perish
[Cheers His thoughts were still upon the poor Am
can slaves in CAYENNE In the wreck CT his great for
tune he knew not what had become Of them, but DO
trusted to his wife to take that they should mos
lose their liberty. Search history, and nothing
more touching could be found than those words
from that bolted dungeon. But then liberty
had been cOnfscated with his property The relatives
of his wife were nearly all murdered by the glllone,
and she herself saved only by the sudden death OF
Robespierre She sent her son, George Washington
LAFAYETTE TO Washington at Mount Vernon and with
her daughters, went to share her husbands captivity.
An unsuccessful attempt to escape rendered his itu
| alton still more hopeless, and be was ourle1 oeyona
hone until he was liberated by the sword Of Napoleon
He then went to Hamburg and found protection UNDER
| the American flag in the house OF our Consul. ms
letters showed that he had conceived the plan o.
bnyng farm either in Virginia, or In New England,
not far from Boston, He says to his wife, in letter
| attractions for him of the Federal capital, he
"should find in Virginia negro slavss, S., Tor the
for everybody exists in Virginia for the whites alone
Although there many reasons why should prefer
seat Mount Vernon and the capital OF the Feder
Union, yet should prefer a seat near Boston. Bus
be retreaed to La Grange again, and remained there
through all the splendid agony OF the empire Aiter
the disaster of Waterloo, Lafayette as Deputy dc,
manded that Napoleon should abdicate, but ne wold
listen TO no proposition TO surrender him TO the allies
He remained in the Chamber through the rule OF the
Bourbon. He was here the representative OF liberty,
and declared that there existed danger for 1t not 70
much from the bad passions OF men as IRON ,ncse
| timid counsels which would substitute compromise
for principle. Loud and long continued applause
His Parliamentary was interrupted BY VISIT
which belongs to the poetry Of history. Ihis wa
/ ..txIC tata1 IN He had
cast longing lingering look toward this land, and
proudly avowed himself American in heart, az he
was American in principle His early compeers were
ow numbered with the dead and he was the only sur
wing General of all those once gathered about WASH
ngton. But the people had multiplied, and the coun-
try had grown in wealth and power and all now rose
to meet his coming, and he was welcomed
everywhere the nations guest. Young
and old, men and women, towns, cities, Con,
| gress-all Wed in demonstrations of devotion and
gratitude i belonged to the glory Of Lafayette Ito 70
Of our country to have felt il. As there was never
such guest, there was never such host through
out all these hospitates, binding him by new ties he
kept the loyalty Of bis heart He did not forget the
African slave All this might have beena fitting crown
10 bis exalted life; but his country called and be re
turned to Paris where surrounded by small company,
of friends this venerable citizen 73 years Of age
was conducted on foot through the streets where
| the conflict was hottest to the City Hall, and
once again placed at the head of the National Guard OF
France In his last days. in reference to America he
1
| fought for their own liberty could deny liberty to
others. At one time when this inconsistency gared
upon him. his emotion broke forth in the imprecation
that he never would have drawn bis sword for Amen-
ca had he known it to found nation that would
| sanction human Slavery. The time was now at hand
when his career was to draw TO a Close On the Ath
of May, 1884, he died, aged H. But the ruling
passion was strong TO the last: as at the BE-
ginning, SO at the end, he was all for freedom.
His last political speech was in behalf OF po-
litical refugees seeking shelter in France from
arbitrary power The last lines traced by bis hand,
and which he from his dying bed to write, a.ess
his ioy at that great 90. Of emancipation by which
| FnoIand M an expense of one hundred millions Of
dollars 9ays freedom to S00,0 900 slaves Such was
| lafayette. At the tidings Of his death there was
mourning in two hemispheres, and the saying of Peri
ces was again fulfilled, that the whole earth 10 the
sepulchre Of an illnstrous man. Judge him by what
he did throughout long life and we must confess bis
greatness; Judge HIM by the motives OF his life and
we must bow with reverence before him. In all his
tory be stands alone. There is one who has done
so much for Human Freedom, so constantly, against
such difieues-in youth showing the frmness OF age,
and in age showing the erdor of youth. He was
great not as q soldier q statesman, orator,
but no was great in that he Of the
worlds benefactors, who possessed in the largest
measure that greatest gift Of all TO man, the genius OF
benevolence. And, great as he YVES as an example,
which, 80 long history endures, shall teach oil ora
tors soldiers statesmen, all alike I, labor, and II need
be- 10 suffer for human rights The fame OF such q.
nams Frightening with the advance of civization,s
can find no limit exeest in earthly gratitude. Long
confined chesring.l