The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-02-06

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Thursday. Feb. 6, 1873.
FRANCE.
The esteem in which most Ameri.
esn, hold Ftanse il maintsinsd quite
- useh BY our reeollectious Of he.
friendly did and souatspauss during
our irst struggles With Euglaaa, y BY
our spprssiatisa FIR what che has Civ.
% Ne world threuyh her disssvsriss IN
science, o. her treasures Of Lace aud
silk.
Each new development Of her ever.
varying fortunes avakens thrcb Of in.
tsrsst in the hearts Of America, aud an
earnest desire that her agonies Vt rsvo.
luton may yet bring her the calmer 81.
joymsnt of self.govsrumsnt which We
have attained. 1888
The death Of Louis Napoleon de-
nsnds anew an inspection Of G.lliic
Affairs and fresh expression Of our
hopes or isars 10 the future of tho reo.
pie b,s family has done so much to de.
grade while deludiog them into = con.
6dsncs in the supremacy Of glory
among national aims. His death can
only b regarded - favorable to the
hishs't welfare Of the laol~ he ruled,
and the spectacle Of favnins eourtisrs
stimulating biz 500 to imperial aspira-
items i piti.bls in tho extreme. Though
the dynasty Of Baonspa.ss h.s fed the
flames Of French love Of glory beyond
al pasallsl, the nissry it he's sntailed
upen Tie nee IL equally unparalleled.
Frssss need not expect either stability
Of government or her best domestic
prosperity At their hands, add indeed,
ave anosg the prisst.riddsu, igoorant
psassnszy and few ambitious sehemers,
doss not look to that line for future
sucooR. s..
Al tor Tie Republican aspect in
French pelities Va confess to an entire
hek Of faith IN tho ability of that poo.
PIE, = At present constituted, to govern
tAssasslvss aniesbly and with s.tisfae-
tioa for my length Of Zine. Their
history offers u no encouragement to
believe il . permanent and prosperous
Frsaeh Republic. u Twice we're they
vhsedled out Of their republican ex.
psrimsat By the hons. Of Baoa.p...s,
sad what the world hss acknowledged
sss :Rspsblie sisee Sedan il built Of
dieord.nt political elements, aud found.
Cd % the provsrbial 6cklsness- Of the
Frsueh population, especially that Of
the cities, and this holds tho balance Of
power. Anne, lean sympathy has gone
out but slowly towards these popular
episodes in the history of France. -
Warrington frownsd upon tho ram.
pant democracy Of blood thirsty France
duziog hn administration, aud since
the new epoch began With the downfall
Of Napoleon Ill: George Francis Train,
Victoria Woodruff, Wendell Philips
md few other equally unreliable birds
Of sinilas feather, have aloos given
hearty approval Of TIE present effort Ut
sslf government In that unfortuosts
eosstry, if indeed shsir smiles 90 not
JET mere eagerly to the vile horde Of
Communist -vhoss cardinal doctrine
seems tssbs destsuesion.. '>'.- 49,
We would not bs understood. a. de.
crying til. present efln. !. toto, for i,
has been quite as personal as that Of any
Of the later Bourboo-reigus. M. rhier.
y the government Of France to-day,
aud ID yield 70 none 10 according him
praise, that, with Ill bis we'll known
faults ~ . statesman, his extreme age,
and the exceeding delicacy of the task
before him, he has succeeded in bring.
ing together the divers inharmouious
elements 10 the Assembly, and holding
tight rein on the French people till
the fevsTish rsstlessne.s of war dog.
has subsidsd aud cooler arguments pre-.
vail 0anbetts, Roehefort, Fs,re and
their iik, unrsssrained can bring their |
fsi' land only to sorrow.
To the sobsrsr American mind the
failure grsstnsss Of France lies not in
asrey and impssetiesb;s republics,
'priasing up in night to bs gone q.
speedily, but 10 limited nou.rshy.-I
Ths living ssprssea tatisss Of the old
iss It French kings srs truly nobl.
men, ssstlsnss Of the highest culture
md learning, yell versed in the arts Of
peaceful government and war, and free
from The revolutionary principles which
'ssn sssosd aatsrs to 70 many of their
sosatzy.sa. The recent action Of
these nsst anisbls gentlemen in uni
ling their energies in behalf Of one of
|hs,s number, Count Do Chauberd, of
NE elder line, il highly sooumsnd.bls
md nost favorable to their hope, of
'sstssatios 70 the 'thrsss, slough prob
IDLY most observers out Of France would
have prsfssrsd thssaths choice should
Asva k'lea'o :shs yousssss representa-.
live Of ths. yssssss line; The Count OIL
Paris. That N. Thisrs,, iass Ohsosar.r.
her and others Of The more reasonable
conservatives, favor the, restoration of
'ither tho Orleans or The Legi.imist lioo
. we'll known. Tisrs, undoubtedI y, rests
h.