New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-05

layman, townsman and peasant, Joined i
friendly rivalry To increase the power an
glory of France under the lead of their a;
gaciQus young monarch. Not onlv was tn
internal condition of his kingdom and it
| people thus favorable to his lofty ami
ton. but also throughout the rest q
Europe the characters of the rulers. an
the circumstances surrounding them
were such that it could meet with bu
IItie eHecIiVe opposition. Rarely
ever, III the history of Europe. ha
there been at one and the same time. smell
herd OF royal and noble good for nothing
as that winch ruled in nearly all of il
',a;aI III Tue period OF nearly thirty year
winch interviewed between the death q
Oiiver Cromwell and the election of vii
lam III to fill the throne OF England
Louis Kept the Stuart kings as his pen sion
ers. at poor pay. From 1908 to the end o.
INC century the vast and rich possessions OF
Tue Spanish crown in both hemisphere;
were held in the feeble hands of the i'm be
Giie Charles L.. aud the chic. of the other
| prdhfh OF the house OF. Austria, the En-
| Perot Leopold L.. of Germany, throughout
| ms iong reign OF tortv-eight wears. found in
the task of keeping his own hereditary sub
Jec's IN snnJectlon. ana in aiding the Hun.
! gaf.ans to partially expei the Turks from
! til'if country. more than enOugi. TO employ
| what little talent and energy he had 4
succession OF unwarlike SuItans feebly
Welded the sclmeter OF Soiyman the Mag
| n'ticen: and Mahomet H.. and in this
period began the decline o. the. Otto.
Romanof. but lately elevated by a revo.
luton to the throne. did not yet feel itself
well established on it. and thus it was re-.
served for the next century to see the
sword Of Muscovy thrown into the Euro.
pean balance of power. Il was not until
10" that the election OF John Sobieski as
klng OF Poland mitigated the chronic an
anarchy OF that fniscalleG republic. Swe.
den and Denmark in the north. PORTUGAL
Venice and Genoa III the south. had ceased
to he formidable powers: the Dutch repuh.
lie vas not TAR behind them in com paratiye
decadence: the Swiss Confederation reposea
upon ITS mountains in the political slumber
from which the drums of the French repub-
nc aWoke 1t about a century later: and even
the restless house of Savoy seems to have
been afflicted with the prevailing royal dis
ease OF political lethargy. The house of
MedlcI was dying out on its petty throne az
Florence. and the age OF war!ke Popes of
the style of Julius II. had passed
away. seemingly forever During all
the period before defined. there was
IN all Europe outside of France.
Dut one sovereign of commanding genir,
Tor either war or sovernment-the prince
who was the real founder OF the kingdom
OF Prussia. and to whom history has given
the title Of the Great Elector. He wisely
occupied himself with adding both arm.
and diplomacy. to his inherited Marouisate
Oh Brandenburg territory sufficient to Justify
ms son ana successor in assuming the royal
!ltie. But once during his long reign from
ioio TO 1858 did this warlke but polite
prince put himself in opposition 20 Louis
NV; he infused energy enough into the |
Emperor and princes OF Germany 20 induce
them 70 mediate effectively between !
France and the Dutch republic. William
ILL., OF England, was prior to the close of |
hat period, merely chief magistrate of HoI. !
and. Thus the position Of France at tina,
lme among the nations OF Europe NAV
almost be Iikened to our own country now
among those of this continent. Her su.
lrtmacy was an indisputable fact. and her
'hildren knew it and felt il in their hearts.
~ was. therefore, very natural that at
nat tlme an extraordinary development Of
french energy should have exhibited itself
n the settlement of this continent. While
ne English colonists, engaged in fierce con
ests with the crown tor the preservation of
nelt noefueS. clung together along the At
ante coast. and ventured 40: even to pas,
ne barrier of the Alleghanies. and the
panlsh colonlsts We're sunk in that spirit. !
ess !ethaTgy which characterized every. !
there The ,ule OF the last OF their Austrian
lonarch,. the genius OF France. The sword |
I one hand and the cross unified in .ba
ther. advanced with rapid strides up the
alley OF the ST. Lawrence As early as |
by. NIco!et had penetrated to the territory |
'.thc " !nneDasces. IN the present State of !
;SconslH Ihe'r tradition was that they
az migrated FROM q distaa. sea, and.
rang. to say. "A salt sea. Modern research ,
sde IT probable that they ha! wandered
20 the upper valley %: The Mississippi ,
l the way from the iistaL: Pacific ocean.
hey spoke ianguag. entirely dit,er.u, ,
on the Huron o: Algonquin. whic was
&c common tongue Of the Indians %. the | q
: Lawrence. Nlc"!et entered int. friend ! :
Te!atirns with them. and. learning from | !
EN- that 'he ''gcea. water. was distant !
Ny three days sail down ~. Wisconsin
'e'. he eagerly jumped to :.e conclusion ,,
AZ ne was nearthe mysterious great South I i
.. AS we racine ocean was then called ! n
rst OF Europeans. he Sc. foot IN the Up. | f
4 valley of the Mississippi: :u. he had to
turn before reaching tie liver itself, | :.
ance. busy with the civi; wars q: Louis 4
'. Z. minority. could nOt look after her ! :,
'onie- III North America. aai in lol2. the -,
az before the death of Louis XIII. the ! :.
j"nols commenced contest Of :. terrible ! n
lature against the Frene., That tt 1880 -
Upper Canada had been III de a desert: a,
.'ti7r'v'"iS i'A4tsls tIdl ItlEt. tE tHt. I ~,
hus .! The savage-. and all hope Of e.- a,
lding Christianity among the re-; me, Of =. =,
upper valley Of the St L,w:enc. seemed Ia
,lnguished. Still t.e fearless Mi.siorarip. ~
"a on. with the tray G' peace they adj o.,
need. with great leap. a. j; were. To ~
Ike Superior. There they heard o. a ~
at fl'er 70 the south. a. beautiful. large.
I'D ana deep q, the St. Law: renee, Mis-. of
aar!es in New Yori, heard from Iroouo;. "
: - ba c,,r y,
10. and OF how it flowed into The orea. fo
. where III" Indians traded witt. white nv
q VIII" had Sosat!.-. and bell. 70 call of
4 10 prayers. This sea the good father, nf
lectursd 20 bc either the Gulf of Mexico va
nat u: California. We NAV srni!. at tho sa,
en' q: the margin they took in their he
sses. but We should remember that a. | RI,
Iay the geography OF our portion OF In
tn AmeTir:. was almost WHOLLY nm. ~,
wn. Ia 1863. Tine year before Loaf. XIV. "a,
he death OF Cardinal Maza,in. took the ~,
INTO his own hands, Father Ne. CO.,
d founded the Ottawa mission on Lake | cnI
eVio' fe also soon heard OF the great
r. and hls successor. Father Allonez. is vi
hrs; to give us Its name. the Mississipp;. SIN
cosJe'tUred that Il emptIei into the SEA hs,
Virginia. ~
is easily seen from, the narrative o: the flo;
'lonar!eS that the great river had be- mo
au c'jett "a INTENSE interest 10 them. | sou
g thought II might enter into the At. wit
lc on the shore of Virginia or into the pas
OF Mexico: br. the prevalent opinion the
ne both the missionaries and the civi! Gle;
or!tses OF Canada seems to have been cou
Il was the long sought outlet to the the
{ Pacific. the waite. path 20 China and our
ndie'. The wish was perhaps. father don
q thought. but ii was the same thought Pac
Il mastered the minds OF Columbus. var
y. Raleigh and Hudson: TO each of troI
the river last heard OF seemed the reat
ance To the Pacific. and the last tiin. | sea.
al echoes OF that noble thought NAV 7.
be heard IN our own day in the per ;ra