The Hickman courier., 1873-07-05
7 rfAern n London.


pable hits
/ take it for grarated that, writing in
this random way, Jpu don't want of me
either any news or orfopinions upon cur
rent events. The dnly event of impor-
tance that has hapEAned since our partv
got over q wonder they did do it in
honor of our arriva,, leastwise. it occur
red the very day ERR y was the change
of administration IN France. Strange
to say, neither ATcS{ hon nor Theirs has
thought it worth 4 swhile to communi-
cate with any Of and therefore, hu-
initiating as the c.bfession is, / must
own that 1 know D more than other
people. Just one eless and will drop
the sahjeet. The xpublic IN France is
,,,.ss : success. : falnls, - He is the com
sises man. ffie Fiction fight that is GO
ing on among the menarchists viii in
the end prove fatal to them. There is
no Napoleon Of courage and genius to
take the lead. The march of republi-
canism is forward Gambetta has
brains and daring, and, more than this,
he represents the natural aspirations of
the present age, the present generation
of Frenchmen, and, if he lives, he is
sure to Win. France a republic, Spain
a republic (and CASTELAR, is as great a
man as Gambetta, what next ? No man
Is q prophet, but any man of ordinary
capacity can see that republicanism is
fixture in Europe The United States
is at this moment the greatest influence,
and, in many respects, the greatest pow
er in the world. If there be any discon-
tented American citizen, north or south,
who regrets the circumstance. let him
come over here ; Leu him see the vii
lainous class distinctions which every
where manifest themselves let him
conceive the villainous prescriptions.
political, social and individual, which
they denote let him compare the most
abiect phase of life IN America with the
every day forms, customs and phases of
life in this country, qd then, as an hon
est, God-fearing marslet him go home
if he dares, and say le is not proud of
his nationality, proud of its place among
the nations, proud d its institutions.
with all their shortcomings and imper-
feetions ; proud Of I r Dry and prestige
and grateful to It's n, because, in the
midst Of oppressj2 Mich, in a free
land like England eepted as the
ccro,,,ot ,,lacas - II[|k av iutelJic,aD+
people, it can thrd min its folds,
making him to all - 8 and purposes,
what Mr.. Gladstoa. HlalS own prime
minister, Is not, tAe my neigh
Dor, the Marquis Of minister. and
nay little fris2&oS uss be, Duke
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ton, successfully sez.oing in Spain and
France, viii present4 4come this way
| and then yo1 may look for Lord Ma
caulay's Australasian sitting among the
ruins of st. Paul's, rof all the cities
of the world, as Blueher first suggested
London is the one city that seems tC
have been meant by God and nature fol
sack and pilIage, fire and sword, tn,
civilized tomahawk and the scientific
torch.