The New York herald., 1878-09-15

stained glass windows soften the rays OF the sun
shine, but through the trap windows open Tor air
broad shafts OF daylight come IN The oda effect OF
these rays falling upon the gloom, like
objects OF white misty light like halos
a., ,s, were, was so startling that at
nrst thought was somo mechanical trick heighten
the effect OF the pa aSsantry. But soon saw that it
was the honest sun dsIng his Office, aad with werd
and beautiful effect Tho drspery In silver and black
the mass OF light, the ghas.iy f,mes In green, the
myrads oil faces In the galleries, the myrlads OF faces
on the floor, filling every nook and corner and flowing
into the cnspels the cataIalque In silver and black,
veVet and god; The mounds of flowers, CROWDS
wrestns, crosses; the guards OF armed men Al tho
entrance and officers rich IN decorAtions the bands
Oh music, the players In military uniform; the arch-
lecture lines after lines. shapes aier shapes receding
arches the barbaric 10 lracery
the hood Of light tntcd with every hue that comes
In design and color more beautiful because Of their
battle With centuries OF storm ana sunshine; the
p,ahNe strains Of the requiem mass, the sad chant
OF inc priest aud the sorrowing responses OF the
chOir-ai com bined 10 make pageant such has
been seldom secn in modern civilization. But It was
pageant not unworthy OF the day tor on this day
the Republic OF France the loot OF the cross
TO ask from us ministers their nlercession for he
pose OF the soul who founded Lbe Republic. SO feel
ing and lost in wonder at the strange mJsstc beauty
OF The scene, your correspondent takes his place
among The ten thousand who worship IN NOtrc Dame.
THE MUSIC OF MASS
The mass is said oy the Archdeacon Of Notrs Dame.
Ihe mass Is the requiem used IN all the services Of
the Catholic Churcn. The service opens wish Beet
hovsn's symphony In la the band OF she Republican
Guard piayingm Tnen comes the andante 10 .Loro-
Eeison" in plain chant; the wonderfully beautiful
"Dies lrse chanted with thrilling pathos. AT tho
choir, the grand orches,ra she military band and tbs
harps accompanying ''Suncius'' Was plain chant
a. me elevation PIE Jesu' was solo in Soprano
chan,ed BY NJ Troupel, the choir aud band accom-
panying. The remainder Of the mass was the PLAIN
chan. aud the close was march by The bands.
A DEMONSTRATION RATHER THAN CELEBRATION,
Well mass Is the Same all the world over, aud
TINS is only service on the 2randest possible scale
France can do nothing nnsr than this question II
U grander pogoaut known "A his
TORE walls OF Notre-Damc. suppose the coronation
90 sns mrs. Napoleon was more gorgeous because
We ST. IA hight which Is g"om suppose there
was nnc show when the shird Napoleon came
TO be blessed after the December days. One who
saw both services tells me The mass tor the reposs
OF the soul Of Plus IX. was a great affair,
how, while the mind should be following the sa.
cred ofnccs and sorrowiRg for the dead, you begin
10 lee tnat TINS IS triumph and not sorrow. and
that you should rejoice as NINETY hearts out ot
every hundred are rejociDg over the TACT that the
ono achievement OF tins mans lilo Was the Republic.
anu after all II s . demonstration just as much as
II tile band should strike up the "Marssilles.' and
these thousands were 10 jump up shout and cry.
as they ceriAtny would TO cry "Vtue la Repbique ~
That the chorus TINT echoes In cverv heart Vsve
la Repubftque' ~ AMI II would not be unnatural II the
answer went b,ck 10 tho chanting priest, when no
tnrns nd says. 'Dominus vobscum "Vtre la Rtput-
hque ~ The more one sits and mediiates and
the varied phases OF this extraordinary scene INC
moro We issi ihut s not so much celebration tor
the dead ~ a demonstration for the living.
TWO OANSvRRsARIEs-YHsrRnDAY THAI SEDAN.
Dub Us VIC BIZ meoltAto on tne irony oil mass 10
Theirs under the patronage OF Gambetta and G,radin
Il darker memory comes out OF The shadow enioiding
the lofty bewilderng columns OF Notre Dame Thig IS
IN more Than one sense anniversary OF The sorrow
OF FrALce. II to-day France claims death
Of Theirs yesterday che mourued tho iall sedan.
This Gay eight years sgo ana all that renamed OF the
imperial glory OF Francethat glory which for almost
q century had flushed the world with u strange un-
natural, blind,ug light throwing false color over
backness and shame AZ sedan. All Germany was re-
jocing over It YESTERDAY is It one Of the tricks Of
hnl fwn HnVS amt
OF her despairng sorrow, the other OF her
hopeful sorrow-the fall OF the man who destroyed
the Republic aud the death OF him who resented
coming step upon step IN she calendar Rather, being
in cathedral, let US not think that fate plays
ricks out !hat y Is one OF those lessons which nrs
ISOLATION 80 great to a Fren chmau to from all
tnat degrades him In the memories Of Sedan to all that
ennobles him IN the lie OF Theirs. Since We
medSative mood-fOr thts 10 tho temple OF medita
non-and our friend IN gorgeous tapestry, whose
movements We follow Is bent IN prayer; since
under the holy influences OF Notro Dame
and like believing souls take comfort out OF this SOL
emn hour. there 10 ono thought that should not
escape. IL Is the habit OF this gddy French world
dismiss SEDAN from It's conscience, 10 say that Is
only 10 be remembered as a sort OF ball ana cha,u
around the log OF Napoleon tho MasfactoE The
iiius'rious Victor Hugo has jest published prose
poem, idyl, Of sheet hshtsing and Hrc, in which
passion OF hM nature. Ged forbia that here espe.
cslly as we kneel IN memory OF whose name Ia
s'orlous 10 france, mere shouid be any thought
Bohsparto woud be possible In France unless the
moral tone Of tho nation were low enough 10 make
him possible. There conditions OF the body when
IL becomes susceptible TO deieterious inusncss low
cOnditions when yphus comes France was IN a low
conditIoa when she received her onaparte Infection
for this second . relapse, malignant form OF the
MarenR0 fever 1t ssary that should run It's
course Fraace took this Bopsparte 70 breast
made him kingkng, Al Ieust, OF her feysrous fan
tssies. Ino massacres, The Brumaires and Decent
tho Second days. the banish and
you may do IL France every day, how LOUIS Bona
parte, with suborned and desperate followers TOOK
selves with her royal drapery and gems. lived hor
treasury, you only read incident not cause
OF the rtgime which fell ut Scdan. ''You com
mittcd the crime OF Brumairc," says history.
'Yes, responds Napoeonsm, ''but France san
crime by ,56s sSs votes against S,374" "You
threw the Republic and became Emperor ~ "Yes,
France copsccratsd imperial crown by g. 52l s7
votes, onl ly 2j79 objecting" "You came ana invaded
France WIN r,dlcaoa, eagle ana group OF sdysn
been robbing a barnynrd." YVES, but France made
me her President, giving me 5567, 759 votes against
''You the coup d'sfot, breaking your oath aud
INDUCING in street massscrcf" ayes, but my oath
was dIssstsui TO 47a 43l Frcnchmen, amt In all the
millions OF France there were only 642 43l who
regard the dstdt a. OF military justice
al was elected Emperor by more than twice the vote
given TO the founder oil the Empire, and eighteen
years later reign was affirmed by 1850 542 votes
only ,53s, SIS obecing" II takes thIs cold view
Of sedan, aud rene IN ber s--ior OF all times lot
review every incident in the life OF soul for
wnom We pray eternal peace--thnt Thisrs hrs.
torsu the defender Of Bonapare, the Prsspcro whose
Ia kapolsonism- tnen we can only that the amt
versary winch has passed should not be simply day
given cxecrations OF the Chiselhurst and
his tribe, but day or scif.sxamnati0n and perance
for Franceseeng how In her lever, her blind ness
or her frenzy, or whatever may have been, sho in
vokcd tho disaster OF Sedan.
THE WARNING TO FRANCE INVOLVED IN sKDAS
But there other SIDE TO Sedan thgn disaster
Was 1t, as our master Hugo puts u IN bis sheet lgh,
mug history, simply Gods thunderbot on the body
OF NApoison Let us rather regard IL us God's war
niDs to nation, Tor God docs now ana then punish
ments at ChencsIorsvills and Fredericksou ourg-thc
finest young men IN the North stricken down
,e aud n the burrows by the slavery which the
North had cherished and sustained You remember
Lincol1's pious anticipation In hts last inaugural Of
tho year that 10 might be God's wal that
should continue "untii all the wealth pied by tho
bondnsn's $50 yosrs OF unrcqutsd toll should be
sunk, and until every drop OF blood drawn by the
lash should be PAID by another drawn with the
sword" Tnat was recognition OF tho sin OF sta
very which America accepted aud cherished
France did the SIN OF Bonapsrt
ism, n confession oi the SIM an acceptance OF
It's consequ quences, prayer that God would
deal merciiuy with us despite our SIN. II you think