The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-03-24


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Ia. tarfntmei sitaaiaas. he ~ his
secretaries g. ,ss,s the disl ai''lfre N
which he hal matle minutes during
the night. After this lie drssss-l. ani
received i.ls Mihi~trs. With whom ha
shut him~rlf up until ,not II. Ihrn
h. heard mas, nna taok walk round
the garden, whore h. saye audience ~
the numerous interior persons who
sought him After dinner hc con.
versvd Tor several hours with his
guests. The t,~, W the lay WAS ON.
plovrd In State Affairs. In receiving
Ambassadors anil either hlnrtionarter.
In the evening he iunk another walk
for rccrcati.n. amI "a give audience
to those wo could MT obtain II In the
morning. Judged Ivy the lrtty ca.
mons of superficial axe. Of which the
littlencss III soul Il surpassed only by
its inflated vanity. tile grand antique
figure ~ tlis mighty statesman II
that " t,mnt and Wholesale mur.
dcrcr. lint II IL hA The cannns of his
own time, anil by the hraad nrinci.
ples taught hy universal history not
BY those ~ milksap hunanitarians-
that Armand krhclieu and his DECIDE
must bc Judged. II was "A vast task he
imposed upon himself ont Of tho nm.
Archy into which his aye had fallen 10
create order His order, truly, was
nbsolutism. hut. nevertheless, Il was
the first link III The chain which led To
liberty. Spite 81 our nineteenth ccn-
tury ideas. social and political al.
vanccmcnt cannot hc accomplished by
LEAFS; II l. tho slowcst and most ted.
ions of nll progress. and lts motto
should b- E,stina hnsf. Fcndallsin,
although admirably adapted for tho
Middle Ages. would have kept nations
In stei nal hunaMge until that inclas.
tic yoke WIS removed. tho people
could never expand. Both In Franco
aud England the risc of the middle
class date. from tho establishment of
absolute monarchy, IA thu rise of tho
grcnt body Of the people dates from
tho French Revolution. To assert
that Riehelieu's lalley aimed nt ultl.
mate freedom would be 10 assert u
fallacy, nevertheless, II did much to
bring II about. ne Retz hns said that
Ills rare fnr til. state did not extend
beyond his own lif,,," but that manual
OF stl.eeraf'. TIN Testament politl.
que" which lie left behind, would
seem TO lci,,le thu, theory. The work
he did for France WIS n grand lelary
20 res,.llts he put termination 10
the terrible religious wars which had
dcsolntel the country during moro
than " century. and while granting
free tolcratlon to i,s worship. hc never
destroyed Professionalism IN u political
power: he annexed Lorraine aud tho
greater lnrt of Alsace, and conquered
the enemies of France. whether Eng
llah, Sraniarda. or Atistrains he ~.
formed both Army md navy. and
swept away numhcrlcss ancient corr
ruptlons and abuses. The days for
social advancement. FIR the rise and
encouragement uf traalrs nnd manu-.
features. hal not yet como. TINT was
= work reserved for u future Minister,
n great man, hut Il much smaller than
he. Il had ~, come hccAls. tho mid.
die class Ind not RISEN To sufficient
consideration III the State. hut Richie.
lien cut dawn tho barriers which
barred their rrugrces, he VIVA Col.
bert II pioneer. Hr reformed with axe
and sword. The forest must 10
clrnrel. nul thp Wild hvnats nlnlirh.
tered. befor. the settler can build his
hut. and snw his corn, and llvo In
pcaW. He was tyrNnt only 10 tho
great his vengeance seldom descend.
cd on less than a noble. lie would have
all e.lnal befar" the King, all Equally
Amenall.. IA the Inv, In that hc wnS
the first nhaiittunlst uf privilege. hO
was thv first great llberator ot his ma
tivu, IiulI,i, Bar.