American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-06-26
The ROYAL Holiday.

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If the two-stiekel devil who figures
in the old novel be still extant, here Will
sbs-royal paeping for him presently IN
Paris. lie need not unroof the palaces
to have his squint at Gods anointed, for
thev will be cantering up aud down the
streets as common as water carriers, aad
with little more dignity than SO many
laced and braided dragons 1t is astra~.
ditional trick of the Bonaparte family.
to huddle monarchs together like flock
of silly sheep, voluntarily, as Ny Uncle
did upon more than one brilliant OCCASION;
or involuntarily, as it happened when the
spoiled child-of Fortune had out-wearied
her fondness, and, one by one, she had
taken from him all his glded toys. But
the luck of his successor is like the luck
of an orient fable. The reigning Empe>
ror has the gIace without the guilt, aud
at no more woste of blood than spatters the
brief but pregnant chronicle of the coup
6 d. etot. Whatever else may be said of
the FIRST Bonaparte, it cannot fairly be
denied that he worked we'll for what he
won, and earned his broad dominions BY
the recognized rules Of conquest 1t was
only after hard and practical fighting
that he could write TO Talma: "Come
to me, and you thall play to pitt full
of kings = The Napoleon Of to day, in
debted in the first place to the shrewd-
ness and foresight of his god-fathers, car
,fiss his points Of policy as country law
yer wins. his little causes, and plays
good game of chess, for which his uncle
had neither genius nor patience, moving
like lightning, and almost iools-mated by
Moelzel's machine with "A man in its
bowels. For the life OF us il spite of the
pomp and circumstance of war; we can
not help regarding the nephew as aH im>
prcvement If mankind are to be wheed
led, how much better it is to have the
play 20 on without fire, famine and
slaughter! War; with old Napoleon, was
the business OF life, but with the new, 1t
is an occasional recreation. One Water
loo is quite enough in the family annals
No dynasty in the world could stand up
against Two ST. He.enas. His Dutch
phlegm (however he may have come by
iD is quite a fortune 10 His French Ma.
jesty. l..... ...
Credit to whom credit is due If the
Kings OF Russia, OF Prussia, Of Portugal,
and Of Belgium, to say nothing OF Sui,
tans aud Tycoons, are gathered together
il a friendly mob 10 Paris, it was the
matrun Queen Of England who set the
example and gave the successful adyen-
turer the first official kisses Eugland's
tolcrotion Of this prosperous gentleman
was and is a matter Of day-books and
ledgers. Boys in the colleges, aud here
and there some lonesome man of the Bull
and Brutus stamp, protested against 1t,
but the moncy>makers said nothing, for
they saw their account in it. Mr.. King
likes history was voted to be libel, but
Fortunately, tremains; and unfortunate.
ly, it has never been refuted. Poor Mr.
Tehnyson piped up his little martial Tyr
les with soft rub,a.dub, and metrical tan>
q tarn, but the mass of his countrymen still
preferred shop keeping to soldering, and
yard sticks to muskets. Wars for the
sake of trade were still comprehensive,
but wars for right, for justice, for the ad-
vancement Of human liberty, were simply
Quixotic crusades When Mr. Bull found
out that his neighbor did not live entiro-
ly upon frogs, but had two cloaks and
everything comfortable about him, and
was in fact developing a very Cspeoable
ncquistiyeuess, his animosity vanished,
As the Briton paid his taxes he began to
suspect that Mr. Pitt had rather than
else made fool of himself, AMI that the
Wellington and Nelson monuments were
no more than costly whistles. France
was not behind in the work Of repentance
and reformation, until fine old banker
became in Paris Of far more mportauce
than the boldest Marshal of the Empire.
There are different kinds Of glory, and
tile Bourse has pleasanter and moro prof.
liable victories than those of the ensan-
guined battlefield. When the British
Lion saw his ancient foe settling down to
sensible money speculations, he conceived
for him a sudden respect, and the rag
tag and bob-tail Of European sovereign
ties followed the leonine example.
Peace is always pleasant and desirable
if it does not cost mankind something
better and nobler. The peace which is
maintained by mutual fears or by de.
votion to material interests. may, after all,
prove nothing but long truce, fuller Of
evil to the masses of mankind than the
bloodiest campaigns recorded in history.
The absolute monarchs uf Europe have
found ousthe secret of coparinership, and
deierring their own quarrels, have made
common cause against the advancing
spirit of Democracy. 1t is dreadiulIy
like houord among thieves. This may
seem hard saying; but why is free
Hungary impossible? why is free Ger.
many impossible? why is free France
impossible why IS a free LAZY impoe-
sible? What ilrpeacs the march of Eu.
rope toward social elevation hcppi,
moss save the selfish ffiandships and uu
hatowed alliances of modern monatchies?
Kings are cheating the people now, that
by and by they may more safely cheat
each other But the end is not yet
There.are cynic eyes in Paris which will
watch the Imperial cortage with -suspi-
cion and discomfort. The assassin already