The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-11

our admiration, there also exists a spirit of ad-
venture which we have not got. In those
countries 1t is not unfrequent to find reckless
commercial spectators compromising large for
tunes in risky operations, which too often lead
to bankruptcy, and yet they continue to get
once more ahoat, and recommence their career
with an utter disregard of the disasters they
have caused. YOU gentlemen, put higher
value on commercial honor; it is not enough
Tor you that transaction should be
profitable; it must be honorable as
well Let me congratulate you on
that glorious inferiority Great applause.)
say that those who have been taken aback by
these commercial variations are exposed to still
greater disasters. This personal government
affords no guarantee of security. The workman,
the artisan, the small shopkeeper, has suffered
even more from these commercial treates-con-
cluded by capricious decrees-than the capitalist
and merchant prince One of the most erroneous
notions which the Government entertatns Is,
that it is possible to found the dynasty by the
prestige OF military glory and the glitter OF great
expeditions. 1t is in virtue of this notion that,
in defiance of the country's will, the Mexican
expedition was determined on, with the disas-
trous war which it led to. Now, man who har-
bors such a wrong idea cannot give it up; he feels
the necessity of retrieving his prestige after the
Prussian war, which inflicted moral check, the
influence of which still endures. Under existing
circumstances what confidence can you feel in
personal government whose amour prOpre
has cruelty suffered? Have you never seen a
gamester at a roulette table doubling his stakes
to try and retrieve his loss? That, alas is an
accurate picture of the Government of our coun-
try. Believe me, and when people talk to you
of revolutions say with me, that there is no
revolution more dangerous than q revolution
which depends on n single head. Paradol then
went on about the necessity of education for the
working classes. He told them that without
education the masses were likely to submit to
nay, to admire-that strange machinery which
worked above their heads. With education they
would also be ON their guard against those sub
versive and destructive systems which were
every now and then held up to their admiration
! They knew what monopoly was, and when
they were told that savings might be effected by
| the suppression of ministers, ambassadors and
| standing armies, it is just as if, to effect
| savings in mandatory, the owner, the fore
man, the bookkeeper, and the porter were to
| beldone awaywitlL This was greatly applauded.)
He then wound up with an eloquent peroration,
mploring them to unite all their efforts against
the official candidate. He concluded as follows:
I will now tell you, gentlemen, what your
great and prosperous city represents in my eyes.
You have read accounts of battles, either lost or
| uncertain, in which, amid the confusion and
panic of a large army, few battalions remain
alone firm, and in compact order, sustained by
patriotism and sense of duty sheltering in
their ranks the colors of several regiments, and
awing, by their bold 'front.' the advancing foe.
Nantes is one of those sacred battalons in the
present struggle. Keep up your spirits; think
on the future-think on what your country re-
quires. Do not throw away your arms; do not
let us give the world the mournful sight of
slaves fighting each other with their chains. Let
us help one another, and we shall soon be able
to raise towards Heaven unfettered hands and
! regenerated hearts.