The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-07-10

we publish the following extract
from Henry Watterson's admirable let
ter to the Courier-Journai, because it
assures us Of what we have often insist
ted was the case: that bad as the
state Of affairs in this country, we are
infinitely better of than other people.
Croakers will not believe il, but it is
true that there is no cause for despair,
but for hope with earnest work for re-
form:
just one guess and I win drop the
subject, The Republic in France is
success. Gambetta Is the winning
horse in the long run. He is the com
ing man. The faction fight that Is go
ing on among the Monarchists viii in
the end prove fatal to them. There is
40 Napoleon of courage and genius to
take the lead. The march OF republic
anism Is forward. Gambetta has brains
and daring, and, more than this, he
represents the natural aspirations of
the present age, Of the present genera
ton OF Frenchmen; and, if he lives, he
Is sure to win. France a republic,
Spain a republic land CASTELAR, is as
great a man As Gambetta), what nextg
No man is IA prophet, but any man of
ordinary capacity can see that repub-
=
licGuism is a fixture in Europe. The
United States at this moment is the
greatest influence. aud, in many re-
spects, the greatest power in the world.
II there be any discOatented American
citizen, North or South. who regrets
the circumstance, let him come over
here let him see the viliaiaous class
distinctions which everywhere manifest
themselves; let him conceive the vii
famous prescriptions, political, social
and Individual, which they denote; let
him compare the most ahiect phase of
life in America with the every day
forms, customs and phases OF life in this
country; and then, as an honest, god
fearing man, let him go home il he
dares and say he is not proud OF his ma
tionality, proud of its place among the
nations, proud Of its institutions, with
all their Shortcomings and imperfec-
tons, proud of its glory and its prestige,
and grateful 10 its flag because, in the
mids5 of oppression which, in free
land like En- gland, are accepted as the
commonplace of life by Intelligent peo-
pie. it can throw over him its folds,
making him, 70 all intents and pur-
poses, what Mr.. Gladstone, their own
Prime Minister, is not-the equal Of my
neighbor, the Marquis OF Westminster,
and my little friend over the way, the
Duke Of Devonshire. 1 say As man
who respects the English people; who
believes them 70 be the best governed
people IN Europe, ana who concedes
them 20 be the most l0yahle la the
world, that, With all their advantages
over lis in point of precedence and cul-
ture, they are less happy In their situa-
ton, hi their national spirit. ia their
habits, customs and ideas, considered
politically, than we are; and, revering
their antiquities and rejoicing in their
literature, 1 declare thar l Would rather
be. what [ am. an obscure eN-Confeier-
ate, out of power and cut OF favor at
home-nay, q citizen 0i Louisiana
than be a weli-to-do citizen of London,
living under the shadow OF Mr.. Burt<e's
coeval towers and that constitution
which : 50 girt and fenced la by limit
ing statutes as 70 deny fair man a fair
chance IN his own country Ii Il the
shecrest CANNON 20 talk about English
freedom. The only freedom they have
la England i begot BY fear in the up
per Glasses, ln the Cabinet, in the Par
lament Though more agreeably en-
shaved, the people are as much euslaved
as the people OF Poland eTsiaved 70
prejudices, prcdileetious and couven-
fiOnS. NJ hu-h their masters have fastened
I iuto laws. The ball OF revolution, sue
Z cessfGllv SET going IN spain and FrsuIce,
viii presently come this way and thCn
Z YOU may look for Lord Macauley's Aus
1 rralian sitting among the ruins Of s.
Z Pauis, for Of al the cities Of the world,
as Butcher first suggested london IS
the one city thai seems 80 have been
meant By God aud nature for sack and
/ piliarc. fire and sword, the civilized
I tomahavVk and the scientific torch.