The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-08
AMERICA THROUGH FRENCH spEcTA-
Giles.

NJ JOHN LEMoINE tho distinguished editor Of tho
journal des De5dts, contributes an article on tho
English in Paris for "Paris-Guide" Whilo ho ap-
pears to havo q fair knowledge OF his subject, and
holds up to ridiculo somo Of tho olden prcjudices
oil his nation as regards England aud tho English,
his very lively and interesting picture muat bo re-
gardcd as caricaturo rathcr than O portrait.
Still wo haro doubt ho endoaYorcd to bo true tn
tho original-giving way to his sprghtIy fancy
only whom tempted to mako mot Tho French
have fatal foiblo for opigram and pointed
antithesis and thoy not unfreluenty mako tho
truth OF history bond to thcso petty concots and
ornamental draporios.
But tho performances OF NJ LENoIsE nro entire
thrown into tho SHADE by Tho brilliant fancy, the
entirc originality OF brother editor, II. EpMosp
IE11ER, who paints most Arcadfnn picture of
America in his papor, lie Sece. Tho following
paragraphs which VIC extract, read moro like
MoNrEsQUIEu's Letlres Persanes or the Arabian
Nights, than n bona Jfide picture OF our emincnily
practical and unpoetio republic. He says:
In North America, vast, storile, and unculti-
vated territory, whero royalty has mover been able
To take root thoy havo not tho brilliant specaclcs
we behold in Europe. Thoro is danger, even, TINT
orc long tho raco OF offico-hoders "a rare animal
IN the United Stntes) will pass away altogether.
havo Just read in New York paper that Prcsi-
dent JOHNSON, having to nominate Governor for
Virginia, could not find man who was willing to
take tho offico. Every man tho President ap-
preached on tho subject, invariably replied:
Monsieur 10 President, am 1attered Mt tho ofIor
which you havo just made me, but have my own
littlo matters which require my presence at homo.
You had better try, M. 10 President, to find aome
ono uneaoupinh, n,aM whv lrno nothing hnttnr IN
do than to give his time to tho service of the
sta'o AS for myself, am in o hurry, md have
tho honor to bid you good morning." And the
President ia still on tho lookout. Ho ia sonrching
a Governor, and can find none. BarbarouB coun-
tryl
How different with Us Horo tho Government
need not light lantern, like DIooENEs and Pre-
sident JOHNSON, to find man, beg pardon,
a candidate for Office. There arc always q crowd
OF them at hnnd, soliciting places. In fact thoro
arc moro than nro wanted. A hundred applicants
for single vacancy
nj. TEx1ER IS evidently well informed on Ameri-
can mattcrs. To think or all the trouble poor
JOHNSON has had to find candidates for his Offices
The C0urrrcr DIES Eats Unis Bots seriously TO work
to provo that tho Freuch editor did not know what
ho was writing about, says that NJ. TEIIEn ought
to have known that the President has not tho right
to nominate Governor OF Yirginin, that il he had
known anything pt all Of American affairs hc could
@ASs
bottcr hero than in any o.hcr country; that thero
arc many men in ofico with $1,000 year salary,
who. nevertheless, manage 10 make $4,000 year
out of them.
Similnr blunders can bc found daily almost in
every ono Of tho Paris journals. This, however,
should not DO surprising when il iB considered
that in England where tho means Of information
on American sffairs aro far superior, mistakes no
less serious arc constantly made; not from igpo-
rance OF those who give them utterance, hut
rather through design, and presuming upon tho
gnoranco Of those TO whom America is hold I'D ns
tho model Republic Thus Mr. BnIoHr, in q re-
cent argument in the House of Commons, in favor
OF universal suffrage, pointed 10 America as tho
country whore the experiment had been tried with
tho most signal success; and tho proof that tho
people could be trusted with power, ho stated,
could DO seen in the fact that they always aclectcd
the best men for tho most honored and rosponsi-
bic positions. Mr.. Bn1auT, Of course, knows bot
tor, and so does MIR. MILL, but, nevertheless, these
false assertions answer purpose, and ihey arc
used unHcrupuonsly.