New-York tribune., 1872-06-20
NFW-YORK MAGAzINEs.

FAULTS OF TIE CRITICS
Sc0or CASTELAR, continues in the July HWP"
AZ, history Of Furopean Republeanism OF DIE luu snu
resonant paragraphs one can complain VuS rnGs
nsed anchorage at intervas-they oceaSo""uy ~ ~ Po
.omevbat too wildly the sea OF rhetole' iIe ",i
and eeperous admiration for the American Poi"0s-
80 So - once the happy result OF telescope OBJ
..s,,on and an absolute fact which impauent Aloei
Mans are too often apt TO forget-thah WIN al iS
toDies and absurdities, our republic docs sustain
and fulfil through the law OF conscience ''
olest ideal OF government The apostles OF this Amer
acan school in France, CASTELAR, eensures mildly IN 'nA'
xbev have not cultivated reality that federal idea 10
which in theory they have been so purely ana paVoh
icary devoted De TocQueyilles studies OF cur Oohs
tuton old not appear in the constitutional COMMISSION
70 which he belonged in the year OF surprises anu 10
prisals lsIs. IabOuaye, too now member OF 'ne
repeh Assembly does not attempt TO convert his IDEAS
INTO acts With all the reverence Of young republican
for political heroes and philosophers senor Castear mas
healthy belief Ia the people-a belief OF wlhch Oecen
trslzaton is the cornerstone. Mcheiet ne pIOno0o'
an incompatible writer literary artist OF an eio
ouepee whose tones numberless, ana reh
ness OF ideas and above all, feeling, which give
70 his writings the unity OF movement OF Greek
tragedy Quinet he describes es eloquent also ana en-
ghtened by great ideas less energetic but more teue
than Mchelet thorough mystic, priest OF he luea "a
God before which he offered all his Thoughts as 'Hcy
were prayers. Between Robosperre ana Dah'oh 'ho
spaniard makes these apt comparisons: one was ART
aud the other nature was ohcane, ana the O'heI
thought; defamation, ana the other eoqueuoe'
the one unfeeing virtue, and the other human per
yerseness; the one used cruelty as a system
and the other last resort; the one was
nart1sanship with all it's narrowness the other hu
tnanity with all its and its virtues; the one
Che Machiavelism, the other the frankness OF revo
luton the conspiracy and the other war; the
one selfish in his most humane impulses the other gen
erOus his most abOmnaOle cIimet; the one anxious
for power aud glory for himself the other for the grand
eur Of the country; the astue snd calculating the
other strong and passionae the the disciple OF
Rousseau, as Of common talents are always usci-
pes the other personal and original as profound talents
always are In his cold, pallid, bODy eonntenance
RobespeEro revealed the desolation Of his soul;
while IN his giant face, SCARED ~ smallpox Danton
revealed the interior fash Of hS genius. The head
Of DantOn, who the BRAN OF the French revouuon
fell into the basket Of the CuOtDe through the lpla-
cable hate Of his lifelong enemy butwhen RoDespiere'
harassed accused driven 70 the brink Of the abyss by
The men Of Thermidor wished to speak in the Conven
top and they refused 10 hear him. wished TO suppheate
and they threatened him; tried TO threaten, and they
laughed AZ him tried to silence them and they rose
against him he leaped from bench to bench IN the
hostile and umultuous Convention seeing no place OF
safety terrible voice uttered the tneanDg OF the whole
tragedy: Robespiee the blood Of Danton choRes thee
NJ d. Conway sketches with good deal of feeling me-
pathetic unseldsh and oying-that OF Joseph
Mazzini, the man who purely and distinetyely
than any other made Of Liberty lofty religion. His
life MI Conway calls duty orgauized. His ideals for
nan society for nations, for humanity he summed
up the God and for this he thought and lived
al embodied ideal In belief he was simple theist'
with enthusiastic reverence for Christi but this was
conyetion too profound him 90 find expression in
any ancient symbol He did not love war; he was the
Eenest men; but be could not the value OF life ex
ecpt something TO be seadfsy given to great duties
and in his country and time he beheld all duties cluster
ing around cause which could be born only out Of
MS fol pI.lq he n Tor
many years hardly any intimate friend except Carlyle
81 remember well" said Carlyle-his voice had all its
depth and tenderness for he had just heard OF hazzinis
death remember well when he for the first time
on the seat there thrtysx years ago. more beauu-
ful person never beheld with his soft flashing eyes
and full Of intellge He had great talent, GER
Lainly the only acquaintance Of mine OF
anything like equal intellect who ever be-
came entangled in what seemed 10 hope.
lees visions He was rather silent, spoke chiefly
IN French. though he spoke good English even then
notwithstanding strong accent. 1t plain be might
have taken high rank in literature. He wrote WELL as
sometimes for the love Of it, at others when be
wsnted little money but he never wrote what be might
done had he devoted himself TO that kind Of work
He had fine tastes, particularly in music. But he
gave himself up a martyr ana sacrifice TO his
aims for Italy He lived almost in sQualor; his
health poor from the frs but he took care Of
O.. He used 10 smoke a great deal and drink coffee
with bread crumbed in il, but hardly gave any
attention his food. His mother used 70 send him
money, but he gave 1t away. When she died she left
him as much two hundred pounds year-al she had
but It went to Italian beggars. His mother was the
only member OF the family that stuck him His father
turned his back his his only sister married
strict Roman Catholic, and she herself became too
strict to have anything TO do with him. He did
her twice, but the interviews were too painful
repeated. he desired told, 10 her again
when he dying, but she declined. Poor Mazzinl l
could have any sympathy whatever with many
his xie md uEeH To hera and dalE
about the solidarity Of peoples; and when he found
that less and less interested in such things he had
yet another attraction than myself which brought him
But he found that she also by entered
into his opinions and his visits became fewer But we
always esteemed him. He very religious soul.
When first knew him he reverenced Dante chiefly II
not exclusively. when his letters opened the
postoce here, Mazzni became for the first time known
20 the English people. There great indigna-
tion at an English Government taking the side
Of the Austrian against Italian patriots, and MAJ
ami much sought for, invited 10 dinners,
and all that But he did not the dinners.
lie TO bat few places. He formed an intimacy
with the Ashurss which did him great goOd-gave him
kind Of circle for the Of his Life England
Al last it has come end. went 70 him just
before left London for the last time, passed hour
and came away feeling that should him
again And b 1t s The papers and people have gone
blubberng away hin-the very papers and people
that denounced him during life, seeing nothing Of the
excellence that was in him; they praise him with
any perception OF his defects Poor Mazzini After
ALL he succeeded; he died receiving the homage OF the
people and seeing Italy united with Rome for its cap
ftal. Well, may be glad he has succeeded We wait
10 whether Italy viii make anything great out Of
what she has got"-AmOng the other things
IN Harper there is interesting paper on
Gen. D CesnOlas archaeological explorations in