The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-12-03
THE OLD , nkSCH NOBLESSE.
The Prince of Wales Among the
Great Families Of France
From theIopdou Soecsator.

The Prince of Wales Among inc
Great Families of France
From the London Soeetator.
IF the visit of the Prince Of Wales to
the Due De La Rochefoucauld Bissccia,
the Due De Tremoui.le, the Dschesse De
Iuynes, and the Dpo D'Aumale has not
the slightest political significance, it shows,
at least, that the old French neblesse still
keep up much CT the stateliness WHICH
marked their lives before the Revolution
tried to sweep them all away. The Prince
visited nothing less than a Duke or Du-
cheese Of the grandest lineage. His first
cut out of French history. The La Roche
foucaulds were great names before the
Princes own family had reached the Eng
| ,h throne. We cannot 20 through any
literary or pictorial gallery Of the reign of
LOUIS XIV. without meeting at every turn
the splendid aud naughty nob.e who bore
that name. NJ De L., i 1chef,ucauld, a.
lie i. painted for US by the Due De Salt
5 mon is always making stir at court y
tao favor v Inch he receives from the King,
sad by tie fidelity with which lie repays
his masters bounty. He scarcely ever
quits the court, even to pay visit, and he
never does SO without asking leave from
the King. Although lie is short sighted,
h. always goes with bis master on his
Euutiug expeditions. The tr1nke-t aud
the hauShtiest Of men, he says to LoLs
whit no otter person dares to Whisper
an. the N otter Lou,0. Ioes him tue no r
TO fear Iii. rnm,ty. Although living in The
most vo'uptuous Of c"rrts, lie hates ali
women, aud is himself hated by Nine. De
Mnintenon. Nine. De SeviSne, who ten
speaks Of him, -eomed to think II < MARI
OF hi, real goodness, however, that Inc
Should have kecuIy felt the death of his
mo her A ,plrni. land lorci' nobl', he l.
vet 30 csr-icss MS TO he the prey OF hI-
Nsieis Sacc:s, has cone 80 easily 10 I'M
Tat he cannot measure It's Nnlu", and yea
lie i Fl led It'll envy when the hng gives
away a abbey bi-hep.Ic at he b. d n
of auy other CO, r.i~r. A | laet tie { 'n.m.ts ne
uupardurs ole -. of w,aryiug LOUIS, aud,
rucn many rebuff, bEIug the fact To h'a
miId, lie quits tie co,ri TO bury 'imotii IN
/. country Aou.e, in much the same manner
.. Mme. De L. N.lii-re take, the yea
when she losses the favor .! LcuIs through
the newer fasciugtions of Nine De- Mont
nan. The absolut. devotion of 30 hiIgaty
MULE as NJ. De La Rochetuucauid to the
King, aud lis personal AMUSEMENT IN the
Ireseuc. of majesty, help to make US un
derstand the feelings NTH which the Duo
ID. La Rochcfoucauld Bi,acci still fights
for the restoration Of the Com's dc Cham
bord. And il needs some effort Ct the I'M
agination to call tue state Of miad which
could thus have made one OF the prsldest
men that ever breathed be the atJect ser
want Of another man not Il Whit better tired
than himself, 20 through life IN the atu
tude aud with the soul Of beatlhed lacqaey,
and atjectly feel that he Was IGNORED by
the permission to an upper mental. Such
a state Of mind has hed SO far away from
Epyland that it is difficult for us to form
any conception of 1t, although We know
the historical fact that it was once an
onormou. social and political force. |
resemble. a vanished firm of religIou
faith, like that which 500 years ago, mad
the most highly educated men believe that
their path tnrc ugh Ii e was beset By witches
and demons. Loyalty was religion Il
the eourtiers OF Louis NV, the onl,
religion that they ever had; and some o
their descendants have been able to keel
1t alive by jealousy setting against tn
btsts Of criticism the adamaatlne barrie
Of prpjudice. Some sf the French famine
have nourished their loyalty as tenderiy II
some of the old English mobiles have retain
ed their ancient Catholicism; and just q
Howard might say that his family ha
never been stared by heresy, so might
l.. RocheiacqueIin boast that his hous
had never harbored treason to its King
The secret of log atty, as well as the seer
of religious faith, can be transmitted froi
father 10 son like 4 mental instinct or
physical capacity. The Due De La Roch
foucauld, it is true, has mixed too nu'
with the world, ami hae felt the pressu
Of political force. too ksenly to cherish Il
more heroic decisions of the Legitimist
Wemust 70 to such men as Gen. Cath
hnt.u or NJ. De Blu.cus, msn who ha
hound the Comte De Chambord up WI
the breyiary, in order to find the old p
souate, reckless self abasement OF loyal'
But the Prince of Wales will have sc
quite enough of that devotion to make h
reflect on the immense distance which
English people have Travelled from
worship which they also'saye to their kir
in other DAYS. Their loyalty was at {
time almost as Sentimental and blind
that of the French themselves. Prir
Charles Stuart called into daylight an
sorishisg amount of frcnzied idolatry
Kings ana the memory of 1t still lives
many stirring traditions and pretty son
But the Stuarts had before that time ir
the mass of the nation from its relg'
loyalty, and the House OF Hanover
happily not fitted to spread the mai
anew. Our loyalty is as different from
ancient poetical product rs our ar'stoe:
is from the Crusader. Ii IL strictly Deb
bv act of Parliament, and it is, in fact,
fruit of hard bargain which we
driven with our kings. All the more
terestins is it to see the real, old gem
article m.eting the Prince OF Weirs
ohateaux which are SO many histohe
orIs of the immense place that 1t had {
tiled in the society ot Europe.