New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-02
Letter No. 1.

.us md on;nions on similar topics, must betray
vanity which is, however, not wanting in the
letters of that admired author; and yet was ever
stvle more impressive? Did ever words grow
deener into the heart? Did ever sting so rankle
as did the venomed darts which were shot preci-
Ditately, in quick succession, entering the most
nervous, the most delicate spots? You must an |
| swer, no! .....
| In what then, did the charm consist, which has
rendered the effect produced by these letters
sacred and made them classical? 10 what Is 10
be attributed the admiration which to-day they
| receive?
Their chief beauty lies in their perspicuity, and
vet more in the unshrinking manner in which truth
there unveils hypocrisy, and raises the broad cur
tain beneath which dishonor and shame are hid
den.
Not of 50 great task as this is our pen worthy,
but il we can, in our treatment of those topics to
which we shall give our attention, even appr zach
to that degree of perspicuity which is existent
throughout Junius'' letters, matters far
more pertinent and dangerous, we shall esteem it
= sufficient reward, and may, perhaps, be tempted
to soar higher and test the freedom OF the press
', to its fullest extent.
= Voltaire, during the French revolution, made
y one remark which DeTocqueve deems worthy of
:. benp resurrected from that vast sea of what was
N said " For MY part, think the king is right If
=, one must serve hold it better to serve q we'll
X, bred lion who is naturally stronger than am,
~ than two hundred rats of my own BREED Here
!, in an apt aphorsm are the effects of monarch
: cal opposed to a republican government, pre-
n. sented, too, by voltaire.
- Let US first consider that all powerful a!terna
- tive off one must serve.h It evidences That Il
- the mind which gave birth to the thought Their
air existed belief-t may have been Tar distant
70 weird speculation-that it were possible that on
"a need not serve. This idsa, which even Fotaire
- yarmest adherents would have termed " bizarre,
:; is one calculated to overthrow every estabnshe
~ principle of government: to operate III dire'
49,, contravention of every received truth and IS
r, reality thought worthy of the Gays when II
~; French revolution made itself. That any such ld'
ia was fully developed i'll the mind OF Votalre,
are not prepared to assert but that it had an eX
, ~ ence is patent; and can we without conslderau
"a thrust on one side the creation of such MIN
49, Opgbt we not rather to regard it as problem,
49, trcate and dangerous, submitted to US and II I
nv us solved to be handed down as a quaeTe W
$40 thv of study, of close attention-nay, more IN
~ this: with an injunction attached to, apply
;, to the nnraveing of the meshes of political cat
tbot and effect?
Lay not the JUNCTION to your souls that It's bet
49,. to let well enough alone, for whatever Is the
49, duction of reason the result OF deduction II
lived ueouoOoA' e,on e., ,,,.t roooive tho att
'ess, NJ auan +bonoh to attain the tru
g as lloh Vi =" pootiU' ,,,at 1oo orossod on5 M;
quail 'a'io'i.0'' -, +ho ,,o;n+ Of limit
70 charged with power on lne poih' " '5n''
rass passed. :.
ress TO be brave when dangeris absent is coWardi
10 Ghrin discover
tons pu' ~ 10 >, inoie Wv .t uraaoh IL d,noerous
the truth perhaps more so.
=, al hold it better to serve well-bred lion,
sia' il naturally stronger than am, than two hund
e. rats of my own breed"
LOS, Here a constructive contradiction present
self: IF the same power were bestowed upon
w. two hundred rats,'' they would be transfer
Aeep at once into two hundred lions, whose bree
,1A would keep pace with their power, and to WI
n"'' with az perfect grace, might our esteemed
oei taire have done homage. He views the rats
'N'N nurnled ana so draws his conclusions, and
y n, r. trays subservience to present strength
| regarding the lion undivested of his robes
,.1o But we may from these words draw much
- ''io ia of import and extract therefrom truths
70 -. we will not do Voltare so little honor as to
lhen', him ignorant Of and which, in their promir
and the greatness of their results, must de-
snal the most rigid attention, and cannot fail to
.oh;hi. home.
Foniot Fust-That we naturally bow to one posse
III Wv more power than ourselves, and excuse gu
Witty by attributing to that power qualities
it does not possess
STATE Secoud-That we are unwilling to incur thu
oe so ger which might result from placing in col
ton with strength that which is right and jus
prefer rather to esteem the latter odious, to
Ao' " the voice of conscience.
s. DIS And .fnal?j-That we abase ourselves to
ngress - ,h;,h ,ro ,ie,d in order that we NAV
III iioni justification to ourselves and the world to
in WV over our cowardice.
re'o'u- Can you acknowledge to yourselves that
things are so? 1t is extremely doubtful.
.ne90 much less can you ayow their truth to the
nv If not, endeavor to dsprove them, or c
., wv you pursue your way onward through lie,
INV stern conviction rest in your heart that
1nel'os' world esteems you, and so you esteem the
e sUv Is not the picture appalling? Is it not one
" ~ cowardice would lead you to obliterate fr
o.ase' retina of the mind if it were possible tina
u NO could die in ones own bosom, and noncl
ess, lay oou.u ,oartro rdlv &c outward
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