Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-06-18

we might rest secure in the gratitude the
admiration, and the revef ent love and con-
6deuce, OF every republic and republican
from the Rio Grande del Norte and the
Gila to the Straits Of Magellan. rs
! France, says Napoleon, is incurripp So
riGces and pouring out her blood in AfneIi.
CO to 'rehabilitate the Latin Race'-that
is, TO elevate the Catholic or Spanish aud
Portuguese to at least an equal altitude
| with Protestant or Gothic communities in
the New World. But Latin America OBJ
slinately refuses to be thus exalted 1t
turns q cold shoulder to its would-be eleva
tor, aud places It's trust in those against
whom be would protect and shield it. New
er was the rival influence of Frarce and
Spain in Latin America at lower ebb
than IN this their day of unchecked physi-
cal predominance; and never was our coun.
try SO loved and trusted tbrere as in this
hour OF her agony and peril.
The results is too plain TO be dwelt on
llenccfurth, let us realize that the power
and true greatness Of state is rather NOR.
al than mat erial--that Justice is its basis,
and naked Truth its diplomatic art I'm
potent are the legi ons and batteries of the
master of France when opposed by simple,
unvaryng reetitude and q sincere intent to
respect aud maintain our neighbours rights
rs If they were our own. THOU SHALT NOT.
CovET j is the cornerstone of wise and
safe, because just aud noble, foreign poll
cy. Absorbngly TO seek our own We
need never 60 TO war TO uphold the Mon.
roe doctrine or any other cardinal feature
of "a true National policy, if we will but
fixedly resolve in all things to deal Justly,
regarding our neighbors' rights as equally
sacred aud precious with our own
London Times ON the Ladies' Economical
Movement.
The London Tines devotes good deal of
space to a sarcastic view of the economical
nonimportation project of American ladies'.
The article concludes as follows
Addison gives humorous account of
tory squire whom be met by chance u a
county ride, and who msintained, over bow !
to which he was addicted, thatEugand would
do very we'll if it would content itself with
its own productions and not depend upon
foreigners Addison reminded HIM, to his
great discontinue, that Of the favorite
drink he was enjoying the wa'cr was the
only constituent part Of Engish produc-
ton, and that the brandy the lemon, spice
and the sugar were all foreigners The
American ladies and still more American
gentlemen, will we imagine, be in very much
the same lr cmeutus the squire. We
shall wait with somo anxiety 10 see the
s. quel of this heroic resolution, or whether
it has any at all. AS far as the men are
concerned, We are quite certain that mer-
chants may continue 10 import cigars, Ii
quors and wines without the slightest alter.
alton. An American without cigar is
about as possible metamorphosis as an
Ethiopian with white skin; and The prob
ability of an abandonment of imported
wines may be judged Of from the fact that
in bis late defeat Gen Banks lost his
baggage aud champagne When general,
in tficult march over hostile country,
fluids champagne necessary addition 10 his
baggage, the chance of New York mer-
chant abandoning imported wines must be
inGuitesimal. IL is 10 be feared the habits
Of the ladies will in the same way prove
! TOO strong for them American tastes will
be 10 that of Paris as as 'JarSey lightning
TO Cugnsc, and will stand the same
chance against it. If it were possible,
though one would be glad TO see the expert
meul well tried for The sake Of its very
absurdny. There is something like
Lurlcsque iu the notion of the princi
pal ladies of the smartest nation under the
sun carrying out in broad daylight the
mudle. headed fancy of u country squire of
George the Firsts lme What can be said
of people where tue ex, Presidents, Vice
Presidents, Senators and Represen atiyS can
seriously hold large meeting in the capl-
tai city, in the very crisis Of the war aud
act out this exiravagant piece OF huff mad,
half smart bombasl2 What can We expect
from the men whose wives, daughters aud
mot hers can fud no other public exercise
of feminine qualities than this bizarre and
aud lricksy patriotism? Ii it were posSi-
BILE to forget the terrible sacrifice of human
life hat is involved in the great struggle,
aud the great issues to history which hang
npon It's results, one would be disposed TO
treat The whole scene as one grand panto-
MINE, where the only object is to OUTAGE
absurdity with absurdty, and we should
await with the easy excitement of specla-
tor the anticipated and intended crash.
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