Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-27


your glittsrng steel boldly in their defence you do,
not only establish the fact which dare dispute
that you have superabundancs of Il1ok bu; you
late the example Of the noble fathers and mohers who
love their crppes bes; and cay, you thereby chal
lsnge the admiration only Of Bosetours but of the
balance of mankind" am now through With my al
lsgatd and will proceed at to my proba.d, and
my beir is In eoft mood now toward you about your
little cripples, will them aud promise
you that whenever lay my hands their tender lmbs
ald helpless FORMS viii stu1iouiy avoid everything TO
which the most sensitive parent could object The 6rsi
shall notice Is one of your eldest if your r.!
born II Is your ips Dirt that France and Germany
are n6del nations | plead the general issue Of not
guilty. TO this count in your Indictment and did suppose
that you would upon reflection, 10y the way do you
or do that thng-reAsct y enter roiis prosqa blow
your horn (as you fond Of horn blowing and call
OF your dogs, fray, Blanche Sweetheart, and all
the rest But that superficial way you have Of looking
q. natter united with that ennobng Fiction you Chef
isl for your dsformed oprng, relies you before the
country 10 demand trial. Well you sha have it,
Ani the 6rst question with which confron. you IT, when
were Frauce and Germany nidel nations? There il but
way 10 ascertain and that is from the musty tones
are bound to produce the proof and proceeding upon
the presumption that you imagine you have done So
will proceed to introduce rebutting evidence. In the
first place. then literature is the only outlet civilized in
fidelity has Inddels have no churches through which
disseminate their peracious dogmas So they liit the
aoodgaes OF the press aud dsuge the land with essays
poemp pamphlets and plays Then we will have to lock
into the history Of French and German literature to as
I
with France. Beginning wish the middle ages the lite
rary history of Franco may be divided into three peri
ods: ns fra. extends from 1000 TO 1902 and includes
the Literature Of the Troubadours and the Trouvere II
great nfdel lived 10 this age VIA. his uame2 IL
he had followers, how many? Il in this age you
must remember sir that the peoEs Of both France ard
Germany wrought into such furdr Of religious
enthusiasm by Peter the Hermit and other powerful or
ators, who swep! the whole face OF all Europa with
Of religious elcquenoe, until they rallied under the
banner Of the pous sci ers enough to sack Jeru
salem and It in this period that numerous religious
sects sprung up in France and Germany. One / re-
membAr originated in the distrc. of Abi 10 the l2.h
century, and wss called the Abiseneses. Il resembed
someWh hat the Professionalism OF this day, and tole
rated aud protected by the Court OF Toulouse. But
this sect augmented aud began to aonrish Ianoceas Ill.,
who the regoiug Roman Pop, at that time, de-
easd sgains. H. and for the balance OF that period
Franco and Germany under the uncessng scourge
Of theological wars.
Twas In this period and towards the close Of that
that rnowaed ecclesasic Fross,r aourisbed as also
did Philipps d, Commines and it was in tlis p,rod
es, to tho common people, that tie Pilgrims - %
| ,ko HoI. o., Z.
matte exhibition under the Fraternity Of the Psi ,n
One OF the pieces they enacted the history OF
Saviour from his cradle his sepuchre Il was entirely
too long for representation and was therefore,
tnued from day to day. and attended by multtudes
Of people Here, them is conclusive proof that a. this
period France and Germany intensely christian ma.
liIns.
Tie second period extends from 1900 to I7OO and IN
cudOs the revival OF the study OF classical literature or
the Renaissance and Of the golden age Of French literature
under Louis the l4b II great iufde rose or regntd
ia this period,
"whSts his and where's HI hsne"
In this period history tells ui that the downfall Of Cor
santnope promoted the revival Of ancient literature
the invention of printing, of the discovery of new
world OF the decline Of feudasm aud the Oouseqent ec
v,on of the middle classes but nothing sboui inf ie
ity. The Rtnaislance and Reformation went lovingly
hand in hand along the banks of the Rhine ard thene
Among tho4e who eagerly imbibed the spirit Of both
stood the lovely and loveable Princess Marguerite Dc
Valose elder sister Of Francis the First Her valede
cbambre wal the poet Mlrot. He a scholar aud
OaVansc Iheooginn aud in his holy hym mns and poems
were happily blended familiarity, proprisy ell gance and
grace and they were universally read.
But il was in Calvin that the Reformation and in Ra
beais that the R,nais found their representative
types. VT very many other intellectual moral and re
gous lights furnished in this period whose rays arc stil
bsAmng on US through the haZs of time. Among then
you will fad B,lIto, Voture, Menage Scuiery, Chap
lln, Costart Conrad tho Able Bossuet and the Card
nal Rieheen. Aud it about this time too that tina
great original and powerful thinker D,scartsse opcne,
and blaE d the way for Lock Newton aad Liebniiz -
And il was in this period that Bossere Bourdlou
aud Maslon three of the most powerful pulpit orator
the Catholic church produced iourshed Bossere
addressed the through the magnatcn BOur
dioue through the Judgment Snd Massaon through tn
fseinga. And it these two centuries that pro
5uced that great goomaircian Pascal, those eminen
huycrs Paru Peasson, Cochin aud D'Aguesseau, thos
oral philosophers Rochefoucauld and Ii Bruz,re thos
great Authors Of pure romance, Balame Lafayette en-
Fsnelon that Incompatible etter-Writer, Madame d
SMgne, those celebrated dramatsts and artist Racsn
aud Ocrnee and those perspcuOus and able historians
B,ss,ret do R,tS aud st. S,mon, They the ruln,
and mns.er spirits Of this period Which of then
was an infdelS
The third period extends from 1900 to the presen
day, aud il France and Germany to be convicted
n.tora a infdeity |. must be in this period or not at
aud am hes 10 aimit tha. men wonderfully gifted di
d urish ia France aud Germany in this PERIOD who
iafies but their iL6dey not the source Of thci
popularity but their popularity prevailed even over the
ind ieity Skepcism had its origin in the criticism
Llmott, who WAS himself only literary skep:ic. II
raised the standard Of revolt against the worship Of