The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-22

grams " Hardly any man ever became ia.
nous Ia France without having witticism
o. some KIND attached to htS reputation
Henry ~ 1t has been said. re'gned by bon
nsotR and even Bonaparte coud not dispense
with them. series o. bon nsots-begun by
| Voltaire. continued by D,derot, and system
atixec by Heyetius-destroyt the ancient
religion, sapPed the fou dstions OF the
throne. and changed the destinies OF the mon
archg which Louis XIV. imagined he had
Hxed for centuries.
1t 10 the social nature of the French, this
Intense power OF sympathy. which Is the
foundation not oEly OF their virtues, but
also oftheir ncat beautiful intellectual quail
tiles, and OF their unrlvaled influence (At
least till very recently in Europe. What
other nation has exhibited so constant and
80 VIDA sympathy FOR the struggles for
freedom beyond fits, borders. and In what sth-
cr lltersture shall we nnd 80 expansive and
scumenical genius, or so generous an Ap-
probation OF foreiga ideGss WHO will say
that Guizot claims too much when he asserts
that France Is the1focus, the centre of the
civilization of Europe; that ths best ideas
and institutions Of other countries, befOre
they could become general. have had TO
undergo IN Franeca now prepkr alton. ans
thence start forth for tAe conqnest OF the
world! Or who will accuse Demogeot OF
exaggeraton when he declares that, Trough
England started the eighteenth century on
ITS literary career, it Was from France that
IL received it's most powerful and Iasling I'M
pulse: That which amohg the English was
scattered, DO saws, CT inferred in France In
burning locus; common aim gave to- new
ideas an Irresistible power. disciplined even
In mutiny, the French philosophers. not
outstanding their chickering's. had ia com-
mou one purpose. one method. one Will;
tor FRANCE Is every where one "They gave.
to the cold speculations Of EngllShmen the
fiery life OF a rOuslng popular sloqusnce;
the discreet and learned skepucism OF Col
Inns, Tindal, and Bollihgbrok.was kharpen1A
by the biting carcasm of Voisairo. and glow
ed with the burning theism OF Rousseau.
N.wtOn left his sanctuary and came among
us, thanks to he author OF the 'Letlres An.
gi1ises,' and OF the e ements de Philosopher
the trigid and dIdactic analysis OF Locke felt
cold aud nnpalaIable after the spirit-sl FIRING
pages OF Emile and Of the 'Contrat Social
It seetned, indeed, as though an English idea
could get hea ring Ia the world only after
having found in France IT'S European express.
ion and it's immorialtorm" De Mastre,
who had profoundly studied the French char
acter, shows in the "Soriees de ST. Peters.
burg that there never existed nation easi-
or 10 deceive, harder To undeceivo, or more
powerful to deceive others. 1.-TWO peculiar
charAc terstics" says hex addressing the
French, distinguish you from all the other
peoples OF the world, THE spirit of assocIa-
ton and the spirit of proseiy rism. All your
Ideas are national and passionate TO the
core. The electric spa K, Iunn'pg. like the
lightning from which 1t comes. through
mass OF men In communication. feebly rep
rescnts the instantaneous, / had almost said
thucdering, invasion of n taste, OF y system,
OF PASSION among the French, who Cannot
live isolated, If You would but act upon
yourselves, one might let you alone; Init the
passion, the necessity, the rage for acting
upon others is the most salient trait of your
character Every people has It's
mission; such 10 yours The slightest opin-
ion which yeu launch upon Europe 10 a bat
teriug-ram propelled by 3OO00.00o of men "
1t strue that in the recent deplorable
war, France was the unjust aggressOr; yet
we need not fear to ak, in what other land
would war for a down-troddeu and out
ragged people find So enthusiastic = support
as from her? TIE national crimes of France
are many and grevious, but, as Mr. Lecky
remarks, much will be forgiven her, be-.
cause she has loved much" On the other
hand, the AngIo.Saxon race, while it has been
distinguished tor its keen IL oral sense and it's
loyalty TO duty, aud while it's sympathies
even to . lofty pitch, has been. on the whole,
hard, narrow, and unsym pathetic. Il en-
cages in no crusades of phianthrophy, no
wars against oppressors. till 1t has taken up
the slate and found that the expedition will
"pay." Even In his private charities, Jonn
Bull never let's his feelings run away with
his reason. In the midst OF the most heart
rending narratives. according to sydney
Smith. he requires the day OF the month,
the year OF our Lord, the name of the parish,
and the countersign of three or four respectA-
BILE householders. After these affecting cir
cumstances, he can no longer hold out, but
gives way to the kindness of his nature
puffs, bluhbers, and subscribes. In the
management OF his own AFFAIRS the English
man exhibits the grandest qualities of endu-
rance, energy. and skill. HIS literal ure
10 rich, exalted. copious. and profound.