Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-07-15
z N PHILOSOPHY.

Notwithstanding the reverses OF for
tune or war. the French are. and ever
were. a philosophical people. AdVer-
sity may subdue, but It cannot conquer
the volatile. r~ecuperative. hopeful dis
position. the natural inclination TO
make the best Of every situation. The
poorest French peasant In his native
country, as long IS he has clothes
enough to cover him, any sort Of shell
ter from the weather, and plenty Of
companions, Is happier than his King,
Emperor, or Observation-Disclosures the
volatile, ch1nyeable style Of the ma
tional politics may allow Of. 50, TOO,
it Is with the F~renchman everywhere
throughout the world. In the mining
camps Of California, for Instance let
him be earning W so little, or Ills
digglngs paying poorly, that makes
no difference. he Is just 50 happy new
~ertheless, perhaps even more so. for
the care Of his money di'turbs not his
free and easy soul. He will not work
on Sunday, not because Of his extraor-
binary religious scrupleS but because
other nations and people make ir day
Of rest, a holiday, and the Frenchman
can stand as much Of that blessed pop
ular privilege rs anybody. Half a
dozen Of them will sit at a table In a
store or restaurant by themselves. and
II they have only got money enough to
buy a bottle Of poor claret, a box OF
sardines and a dozen crackers, they arc
all right, and for hours they will sic
enjoying that frugal feast, and the
pleasures Of each others company and
conversation, humping their shoulders,
aud ges,iculating wildly with both
arms and tongues Is they earnestly
discuss the political questions Of
France, America, and the balance OF
the world. Thus It "A during the
long and exhaustive Siege Of Paris, as
long As the Frenchmau had q bit OF
horse meat and n little drink Of claret,
he lid defiance to the German ioe out
side OF the walls, and seut bis letters
with his recorded hopes up Ia II bat.
loon to b. tloired away to friends be-
yond the enemy. rs aiiily as We're the
uusubdued spirits Of the writer.
At tho commencement VI the war
they We're ready, yes, DESTROYS to kill
Theirs because he dared to say that
they weru not prepared to fight the
Prussians-uot ready for war nc all ;
yet, when the short and decisive con-
test WAS ended, they raised Theirs to
the heal OF the Government by popu-
lar acciaIuation. Successive battle,
lost did not crush their hopes or SUPER
abundant ardor at all, but they would
70 Into tho next light with ju-t rs
much French ,snYulue hopetuiness a.
though the trump Of victory would
sound. Instead Of the siSnal tor retreat.
Let his volatile impetuousness lead
him ever 50 mu:h estray. or Into tho
commission Of the greatest military
or political blunders, yet the French
man most philosophlcally aoiies the
result, let IL b. ever 80 bad, aud, With
a shruy of his shoulders, sets himself
to work trying to better tho Situation
as much as possible, aud settle up the
Consequences to the best advantage.
Thus ir Is that we now see the
French people exercising their wou-
derful re%cuperatlve powers to the Ut
most, enieavoring-and very success
fui:j too-to pay of the immense debt
or indemnity levied upon them BY
'heir conquerors. Most earnestly are
they working to pay this oil. and rid
th,ir territory Of It's ~conquerors. The
Philadelphia Press says: In addition
to the indemnify, France has been AT
the cost Of $500. 900. 0O0 tor her own
war expenses-ineluI,ng the damage
uOllC " AilS. kuO wal CApVu'SS
Germany are reported officially at
$27S,0O0,0 900, aud her receipts from
France. as figured out above, will be
81. Ill, 0l5. O0O. Therefore, tho Ger
man profit BY the war, without includ.
Ing the value Of Alsace and Lorraine,
annexed by the c~onqueror., amounts
to 1858. 900. 200. The game Of inra.
siou, therefore, for which Louis Napo-
leon staked so much In July. 1870. has
yielded enormous stakes to the winner.
Three-tourths OF the French payments
will DO distributed thus: nine
elcvenths to Prussia, and only two
elevenths to Bavaria, Nuremberg,
Baden and South Hesse. Already
Germany Is largely Improving under
the stimulus given to labor and enter
prise by the influx Of \ great increase
Of floating capital.