, 1869-05-30
Cauor;zat;on Of Jeanne d'A7c.
The Dinner of the Bishops.
Feuil1ee's Last Play--1rupnria1 LIB
eTa1ity.


in tt,t<n .!ayB the great struggle will occur The
auls:ts and ambitions Of the IupeElalsts the L.
r,satsrcs ot the Republican, the hopes Of the Or
/. at;>,s, and the dreams Of the Lcgtsln1ists nzc
tuls manifested In shouts, promises snd efforts,
IN TIE coESIRf.
IE The county, almost everywhere, except 10
:.r large cities soch as Lyons, Na1sescs, SC,
the coInlct has more generally personal than
al!t.cal character. a person belongs to his lllsle
,:.lpee, u The Apo. vheEe he was hoEn, rnthef i
;snn to France, to his country, lie knows every
hody, and everybody Knows hin, his name, hA |
past, aEd his real worth Everybody "a xealo1s !
Ior the candidate whom he knows, whom he !
loves aEu especially Tor h1 ou: OF whom he hopes
10 p.ake something, either IN thu clcc tloa tse CT
aitc,waId. rou:.M Issues arr lost eight Of In the
5e7sonai interest II is only here and there that
patriotism coExucrs cgolsm-in few places and
ut cc2ucc ncEeutR, as At times when France Is IN
danger Of foreign INVASION which Is Lot now tho
tnse. The sungg,e Is, however. none the less
ANIMATED, bct Is norc petty and has oat fecond-
aGy s.gLictarce.
NTHE CITES.
In the fTeat cities, especially here IN Paris, the
great European source OF Information, life and
humau!.ag1Anlsn, in lie heart Of the modera
world. one can almost sas. SO much ooWs TO and
from It, aCntrs ART dlEerenL The contest there ls
rscuuarty political oac- Nothing, OF hardly any,
.hEs, Is TO bc expected from present candidate or
future Deputy. They know ltln but By bis nanc,
hts wCrks OF Ills speeches. The EIan u OF little
moment. What they seek In him IL tool with
which 20 demoush or consolidate the government.
Generally thcJ seek one for demolition, because
the government, whatever It MAJ be, does not
move ts rapidly IL the pa1,ttan fever, and con-
-santiy 1ubs or pride Of equality. and especially
because, living behind the Fcene., VIC see too
closely a!l this pretended government grandeur,
ard t!:ese great nctors, NO: to have d!saain and
hate Tor 1:cst Of them.
TIE RETrx11cASs Is F1RIs-
Ecsidcs ttis Pn..s, lie every IA &c city, Is ps-
trict.c, vain, ardsns aud exceedingly Impressions
iie and ctnrseablc BY rcason Of ia French md
I.:siayl nat atc. and thus you may understand how
tEr contest aksunes every day a more and more
ro.ltscsl character. The conversations In clubs
aul s,t other gatherings Ncome sharper. Public
mrctinCs t1u!:1ilfy, aud art crowded. with people
4ho get cxci.ed. The old Roman forum with all
IT'S feyerS u On The eve OF rcappeadn9- Almost
every day there 4rc wonl duc!s between canG-
dotet, not ducls Of abusive laYcunSe such As Ho-
5aer't heroes exchanged. hus battles Aith bluntcd
arms, and ali the more courteous, though pittess
An,l full Vt hate, since, with us, real duel always
ends every conflict waete Insulting expressions
are much dealt in II Is check on our national
lnnetuoslty, often a,sard mud unjust, but almost
neteesar,. One ui these lat:les will occur to-day
pr to-rcr1uw between Emil Ullitier, one Of OF
rc,sr1pe Deputies, trntor OF l1lrnt and Of ire
mcrdons v.nty, which destroys him who hopes 10
be Minister, and IL half-couHier Of tho empire,
and 81 Banicl an old conAtttu-
totM Dcrcty, ncrJ orator, a de
c!dea ana flrn Republican, aud as
rradyt II need be, to light 81 to SPEAK. 1t seems
As Il Ranlel. Ike almost all the decided Ntpub-
hcans, VIII lie successful here There u one Par
tstan District that Of Eth st Picard, where the
government Goes no. even iry to have calAdllat..
RerublcarlEr1 GalnA lttlc by llstlc, e:en among
The tonyg ena those savers jar excellence OF theu
skin. They underE:and nj last. gradually, slowt,
very sloHly-ihat thu republic Ia enc ol the bes
wass Of preserving Intact this purse nnd thi
cherished akln- As 5000 rs they thoroughly IN
sers1nnd this 1t VII he pretty eoou, at the rat,
which .hnSs arc going, the repablIc will be &C
comrltshcd. Nothing in Trunce Can ftsist an ass
vAucnF idea 61I Emperor sald II when he !ef
for 1taty; "France Is sull The only country Il
Europe which dEa1s the rwor,l for an idea" Il
sal II then to Justify wns and marx its ATM But
perhaps, without suapcclng 1t, he ttrnost spok
the truth. The only question Ii to keow what pe.1ot
III development taIs klex has .eached, II thes,
we're men Auonx our. Republicans, would be
;!cve that the Idea WIZ nttolekceot, al lcast mi
almost ripe; tz7t laen arr lacking IL tAp Repuht.
I'LL ranss. That u. what es!pplca It. It u H1,
.noAc beautiful Children who lex Int To groW nnt
to display themselves In the sun, but whom sou
SCENT anQuor, some dsease Inherent In their rae,
AT r1ll:cly death. Thus II was In LISP, In 1s3
:u4l ir4s.
lie who lives t7ll sec.
VICTOR ntGoS rArEH-
or ceurse the election brings with It multitude
political publications. nearly all Of them host!e
10 the government Victor Hug, or, rathes, his
t.e,ur, e.terte, havc thrown themselves Into the
arena, and star1ed tie E:y Il o daily paper. morc
literary than political, very severe upon tho En-
Pctur ALL the wnoie Napoleon1c family, and loe
':niens, because the object n1med at u missed
E'cnc1ort, OF tho LaH:er,at, writer Win Nor
:acut than reason, morc earnest conviction
'iaa political capacity, u msn o
rsccts rather than Of realities, work. NJ his papei
and naturally revenge. himself there for his COZ
,!Gs.casion and exile Tic government oy Au
allt Ll1:,d-, forbid the sale Of tho Gappsl In I'll
stands on tie boulcrarxla, the result OF which We
!.at fewer papers were bought, but they wef
1Eorc rcd, for the very reason tnas an csor: wn
made to prevent Il The courtler-like Ecai Of th
Ministers felt the necessity nf doing soueth1n
ag:.,nst 2 paper which WIS personally hostile
re Emperor. What race these courtiers AIT
and II thei1 masters ouly knew how much haEl
they do them! But wc arc all ahke. loving th
,sat that which nAtte1s us, br 1t seErant or dog.
II know perfectly well 1t3t you lie, > satd sorl
great Icrd OF the time OF Louis the Fourteenth. I
ene Of his scryant-couTttcts. II know vel tn
you cost me dear. l know that you betray n
and laugh II ne when rry hack u turned. hut th'
Of no consequence f1atscr and tickle, doci
tEat nlwa,f pleascA"
oARnALp1s ArrkA1-
Victor uneo does not contribute personally
! she Iiurrel lie wrote the address, lrt It II "a
i :hat he wilt DO nothing muEe- They cay It Is G
I posed to hts ideas 10 write for payer. Tho tn
! T. that II Il peculiarly opposed to bis put1o, II
i 1ahapp!ly the great poet is ve1T fond OF MONEY
I strange thing for tue poet, As be Ia Hc csi
%tx k,1z hoIH 1f EAV
! which greatly injured Its succesA lis addsess'
j -or ot prologue, did not come on account OF
i VAN rhin of the poes, WIN required third pvua
I and woe 10 the conpoGitnE, pnhlsher, and ere:
tkt,r else II his text has becn altered by comE
\ it's toatc. than the Bible Hc ccta furtouAly 9
rv. The comros:turH, referring 10 hts 1aft !
nance, call him The E:an who acrcr lang
d Satw,,hssandtng all obstacles, The Raf1el I
y pcs.s7l Sword and sunbeam, says the poet, ca
q paragraph ended By lantern, or drHsmttess
4 ncep cl Republican rues1liscs worthy Of bat
y or 4ursc1J-rnal1s. Generally speaking, It Is Y
81 wpt,en; incis1ve, lac cEcsJthlnx coming n
ii Rochelcrt: aggressive, Aogu1atic, presentao
Y vn.n. Literary, TOO often tr.aiHg and iusigninct
\ Ike al written By the Nneolatzrs the namc giv
! Little cotes1e Of uuhesitst1nV nduGc1S OF
I.oet- There was recently \ truly admirable
4 u. fycn Gas1baldl "Avakcn, awaken Fr1a'
II tse great sleercr,r says tne adseutcrrr. sold
"a snl poet: "AxxAen her and We x1n follow
III with loyc to tse cpacict." AlEA poor great q
n nj other t.nee, though hc has awakened nt7 1ra
II @aivna!zed It for moment, and raised 1t trona
81 Auss1tan bed, they szS taa. tho sleeper, nr fr
u irinz happy ssghs for IL own division and y
n juS1sion- 1t Is oitcu pour scrytae To the NJ.
Fl ~ arocse ttc1r In!s great .lcrp.rs France
III not Is old Is aia 1tnl1, is docs II desre to avail
III tan 1t do 70 to advantage. VIII II coueer
IT Nbp InoEBf
a TIE GcrxrS1cAL coCSC11
II On account OF the elections, hardly Auf,hino
HI Sad OF Lae APprr.scoinG GcEmcnlcal Co7n
4 Rome. however, u niAAin1 great Preparations
H. IT, E!ahopS are TO DC there from iii pasts
F8 thf1steuuorn, and 1t ts we'll for lhe movement
IN sc7ons one. not Only for Catholicism, but
"a ,.hr,.uau.1y. From MI points of the conn
tA comes ny . murmu1 CT Incredibly. proSnsate
the press. which threatens religions more I
II ever h4ture. NAlrral defenders Of the faith,
Is .,su Esht ard duty OF the Bishops to consult s
Ak ;hr u.ea1s u fl, irc IL Tno poor ndr1ce oi
a !solated writer is that they should simplify 1t
II .:eaf II rcE7lieat!ns, IT AZ they do The gre
III trhos Ah. tA1, or Allaa, Is, tae more ttcc lii
Fl aud Tic tnu-r lacn adcrc Hin Eratnlcss hi
A nlone rrfuse 70 admit srcatoE--sosne ruler Of
Il wuGdeytIl thecry wsc:. is called tho world
H we not I'd ,rc this te', :cis Greater, this Isn,cr
trr aay lc.7a: II. formula, think, l. Of
til suslc consequence bat lhe HInlples and sruy
tt "a the better It Is
81 sEA71T1clT1oS Of 1HANNE oanc
~ In 14c meanwhile, either TO sS.k VI the III
IS cours1i, OF, rather, 70 tajt Of the elections d
# \ religious rrctext, the Bsho2s ase having r
M tnz. Todas thirteen Ct them assemble Z,
y Irans, In o1dcs 10 bo pgeseas II the fesisv
Jeanne d Arc, who II really about 70 see he
III t.at!ded--thc poor, efAnt heroine, after 70 1
kz centuries OF Terrestrial and even celestial IL
~ Iulpcss slnce II hAx tusl occurred 10 the Bis
81 10 make 4 saint OF her. AT LAST they think
VI and II is we'll. for every hn deserves mercy,
that Of being forgotten, Khtca L one Of the