New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-13

DEATH oF ERUNET-NEw FRENCH PUBLICATIONS
THE PERIODICAL PRESS OF FRANCE.
'''" "'' S'''-'' PARIS, Nov. % 1867.
All handlers Of books-be they buyers, borrowers,
lovers readers OF contents dtlepages OF backs-owe
their tribute of respect 10 that eminent lHbhograph
Charlie, Jacques Bronet who came TO the close Of his
,vell6lled life last Saturday week, al the age OF 81
years and "a days.
r. Me,sr,. IAcroix and VerbOeckhOyen had re-
tarded for q fcw days the publication OF their new
volume OF ProndhoD's POsthumOus Works, I1Gace Ct
Hhip they might have taken AN apt cpgaph Tor 1t
or moral-froIn the Imperial Throne Speech " The
changes that have occurred on the other side OF the
Rhine mist DE frankly accepted Proudhon COM
hats the so-caued principle" OF natural frontiers
s.erfintha there is popular prejudice clung 70 IN
depe of the teachings Of all tradition of the testi
monies of geology and ethnolocy. Nations first APP
mar on the nights OF which they occupy the two de-
clyities and then spread into the valleys, taking
rosse...ion at both banks of the water-courses.
Thus the Lebanon range Is Syrian, the
Alps Celtic (GGiia CisQiJiHG and Galtia
Tyqpsalpino). the Jura Sequaniau. and so
with the rest On their eastern aud western slopes
The Appcmucs much more than the Mediterranean;
iuads the hOuOg ,eity Of the Italian people IN Inc
.arne kind tbc Nile is Egyptian, the Euphrates Chul-
dean. the jordan Hebrew, the Rhine German, the
tistula Sclave, the two shores of The English
channel are Breton, Of the Aduatc ltallani OF the
CalteQat scandinavian as. formerly, the lOnian ana
Fpeau Stas were Greek When. after the dispersion
Of peoples, the formation OF state, began; we ud'
somewhat 10 Our surprise, that natl0nHlities arc
always cut ia two IOngtudualiy, as 10 their terri
tory by thei, very bond Of unity natural non
tier" IL.
Passing now from generalities 10 thc speciality
pr0udhou writes: For more than LOW years inc
strategic reason T0isDr-stracg Ic law nstiuctFell
recOpZcd-at least. acted upon OF Europe nae pro
tested AGAINST this appl cation OF me plnciPte 90
natural hOGDiu4cs possession Oh Inc hhe OF 'hr
Rhine los ice French. glance ai t1p past MI HhY"
ns tue rok,tiicd ~ tids mighty air| go tf t"Nh"-
tiof,s of iD Continent; is pGeponacia'c' hiht t's
fiiSas OF Edrope WOud ask HOihing nOre tEtn ms
monOrraphg oil tie Rhine 90 prove ihe lt&iSt5 q"
,Lloofiy ~ history: and in tll',e days 4 hy cont
irrmlu would gave heed this - the greatest
seTSjce I could DO Them Tbs inonoTaphy oi
he Rhine commences with % bIlei review Oh ltS
rceor,lrd fundamentally IN history from ne
fore Cesar down 10 past the iIst Napoleon,
The ulTvose Of which Is 10 demonstrate
thai he GLiue WIS H. andmnst be always Gefnanie.
And now I've free nations Vuad the Rhine against
the NapoIeon antOcTacy-P Prussia Bavaria, Baden,
Holland and Belgium. The Gernanm Contedera-
top frur,orfs their rear: on the wings are Austria
aud EnVlaud The Lombard c1pcd ton iltaIan
campaign III 1881, prepared long ~ daNano, con
ceiyed at first a. az indispensable preliminary 70 ne
conquest Of the iihenau country naNlnH Iaii3u, 0iu
Napoleon III, by the peace Ot Flllalhnci. nay ihe
acknowledged himself yanquishcd despite hNc bdt,
ties won, an attempt on the Rhine would De Is Iull
Of risk ~ o descent on England. IL only could bnc-
reed By &c Detection OF Busla''J AID thc Conspiracy