The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-12-16

CHOSEN ptlaTUl:tI OI Tic ulIdllI ITeIlcIl
Republic Of that year. With such a
guardian, the ward soon came to grief.
The Republic disappeared, and its coun-
sellor and guide now turns up an Impe-
rialist of the first water-an obse1uiOus
champion Of the establishment Of Il
monarchy upon the ruins Of the Repub-
lie of Mexico.
The sublime audacity and initiation of
LAMARTINE's defence of NAPOLEON S
usurpatiOn reminds Il New York con-
temporary Of Il poor lunatic, whose crazy
vagaries used to amuse that city some
years ago, and who was in the habit of
going to the Battery, looking out to sea,
and exclaiming, Europe, attention! by
nations, right wheel!' 81, alone, in
France" cries LAMARTISE, "compre-
hend," etc. The New York lunatic men,
toned by our contemporary was pro-
phet compared to the French mailman.
The wave of civilization, wealth, and in
fuence, which has hitherto flowed from
east to west, will one day flow black from
west to east, and then it will be, sure
enough, Europe, attention! by nations,
right wheel!' Perhaps LAMARTINE has
sense enough to discern the prospective
relations of the old and new world, only
he is imbecile enough to imagine that it
can be arrested by his pen. Mrs. PART
INGTON, sweeping back the Atlantic with
a broom, was wise in comparison.
This funny Frenchman declares that
the globe is the property of man; but
the new continent is the property of Eu-
rope" He urges Europe to take posses
sion of her rights. These rights consist
in the mines Of gold, the cotton, corn,
wheat, flour, potatoes, which are raised
in America. We had always supposed
they belonged to the people Of this CONT
| nent, but it seems not. They belong to
Europe, and to LAMARTINE, as one OF
the inhabitants thereof. We congratu-
late him on ut last owning something.
He tried for a long time to induce Anne
ricans to pay his debts, and, having
found moral suasion unsuccessful, is
now going to put an execution into the
hands of NAPOLEON, who has been a
constable in his time.
He says we have no eloquence, no
architecture, no literature, no fine man
ners, no taste for art, no orders, no lib
erty. But it is curious that we do have
all the staple products which he men
tons, the gold, corn, cotton, etc.,-and
if they afford a pretext for Selling ON
Mexico, why not ON the United States,
Or, at all events, Texas and California
That would be in the interests of civil
zation, would it not? The French might
be so good as to help themselves to sta
pies which they cannot produce, and
give us in exchange that which we have
not,-French eloquence, French litera-
ture, French manners and French lib
erty? Perhaps JONATHAN, who is
something Of merchant, may see the
advantage Of that commercial transact
ton, but, as at present advised, we guess
not. II o. Ttt
NJ. DE LAMARTINE, indeed, has so poor
an opinion of our character that he says
we rejoice to cut down the grand aris-
tocratic trees of the forest with the joy
Of men envious of the superiority of
nature" What a singular conception
We had always supposed that we were
proud of the superiority of American ma
ture, and boosted much over Europe ON
that account. flour grand forests, noun
tains, rivers, waterfalls, and the like,
belonged to Europe, we might be little
envious, but as our own we respect
them. We cut down tho trees II ia true
not so much because they are aristo-
Gratis AS because they are in our way,
just as we would cut down Napoleon if
he were in the same position. We want
the land they grow on for the corn, po-
tatoes, cotton, ETC., which, Lamaftine
says, belong to Europe. We want the
trees for fencing, houses and other pur-
poses more useful than ornamental.
We assure M. de I4anartine that we do
not envy the trees, and if Europe comes