New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-04-06

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This correspondent has expressed. as con
ing from the lips of French officer. fact {
very serious import. | heard in Paris simila
statements from residents as 70 the habits q
English and American transient visitors. Ma
not this fact account for the rapid degredatio,
is that too harsh a word of American cit,
HE since trips TO Paris have become SO easv
and frequent p
We fear that ii is true that along with IN.
! Partisan modes of dress, we have been in tbi,
way importing Partisan immoralities. Unde,
the late empire the RIGHTEOUSNESS of those VIII
held the highest stations in France had No
limit, and the example Of the head of the GOV
eminent was the most shameless of all The
! extract given here is the report of a converse.
ton between the correspondent of a Cincinnati
print aud a French officer:
And lt is so enthusiastically and
frolic. Thousands of such-a whole popula-
ton of this frivOlity and insanity. Telt me
how any leader could find followers. or anv
general make soldiers, in sach a situation?
But, said /, there are some good and
true people in Paris, are there not?
20, OF course, of course the best, the brav.
est, the manifest are here-and all the better
for being good here. There are as deyout
priests, and faithful sisters, and selfsacrfcing
people OF rank and wealth, as are to be found
In any city on the earth, and thank God for
them Let them have all honor: they are
oroken-hearted over our poor country. Such
unobtrusive charity, such selfdevotion. such
heroisnl, and virtue, and purity, and fidelity,
and patriotism. O. there are none so good as
the good of Paris. and there is nothing in all
the world so beautiful as their goodness. But
Paris is supreme. Paris allows no rival. Paris
keeps her black hand upon these white souls
farls the harlot reigns over Paris the saint.
And mark 1t, oil the world pays court TO
Paris the harlOt, and never dreams of Paris
the saint. The Americans and English pros
trate themselves and all they possess before
arts the marriott and never give a sou to Paris
the SAINT Yes, my dear friend, YOU Ameri
cans greve TO make 80 grave a charge
are the best customers at this market of vir
tue and herosm. For twenty wears. psrticu.
larry, you have done your utmost to help us on
TO tins precipice, over which we have now fallen.
on have heaped fuel on the fire that has
burned us up. Americans who revel in the
rottenness of Paris are the most violent upon
the corruption OF the capital. They 80 where
l. an OLD farIslan, have never been, and would
not 60. Americans make discoveries in Paris
which the inhabitants do not know of. And
Tor Wailowing in the filth thus industriously
searched out, commend me to the Americans.
They glory in having found it, they glory in
'HS ""'oNCu III IL, ana vet theY glory
being opposed to it all They are vicionslv
fond OF what they are viciously indignant at.
American women can 90 where Partisan women
OF respectabllIty are never seen, and American
gentlemen do what French gentleman would
scOrn to do.
SO you see while | admit the frightful de
generacy OF our people, must say | think the
ABUSE we get from our guests is hardly fair. |
while these guests show so much relish for
what they affect to detest What wonder if
our sea of filth runs over, if every foreigner
VINO comes to us contributes his bucketful d? !
How many Englishmen come here 10 spend |
lille OF debauchery which they dare not attempt
at nome, and yet every man of them is careful |
to discourse TO US and to his countrymen upon |
the righteousness which prevails in Paris d? |
And now that we are down. fallen. crushed |
under the stupendous avalanche of iniouity |
ana corruption, these virtuOus Anglo. SaxOns
are the most furious i'll their denunciations of
us, and the most piOus in their tracing out the |
origin and intention of the Judgment After |
contributing what they could to our present |
situation, tney commend us TO the retributions |
OF righteous Providence, in the hope that the |
terrible chastlsement will bring us TO "A more |
upright manner of life. But if Paris were an |
upright city, how many Anglo SaxOns would |
make 1t their homes? If Paris were puritani |
cal, how many Americans would care to yisit |
1t, or, having visited it, would find ANYTHING |
attractive in 1t? But | am boring YOU"