The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-09-13

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BRussELLa. Aug. IL. 1873

ta0as bsFttes ana mighty de8tinieB thai
were decided there. Nothing bat q
huge trOnze lion In wAoso open jaws I
bird has built its nest. The visitos
stands alone IN the midst Of pOrtenti
Gus memories. undistracted By the ia.
adequate moRumeusa with which meu
have eusAyed 70 mark less importsnt
climAxea and anti climaxes In the ntIAirs
Of naliona.
II "GensEAl BonapArte, Is the Eng.
lish guides about Waterloo persist IA
calling him. had been favoSod With the
ans weather shat yoar cOrsespondsns
had On his viait. be would have opsned
the engagements Eve hours earlier, hiu
artillery would not hzye stuck In the
mud, and be wosld have perhaps ami.
hilated Wsllingtoh before the Rruusian
came to his assistance. II the abund
ant harvest that standa on the Geld 10
day had been there then, neither army,
even If they had bsoa ell cavalry, need
have been encumbered or Weakened by
subsiseenoe or foraging trains.
No Geld could appear loss favored by
nature for vantage Of eOntending armies.
The slight elevation occupied by the
English was naturally no stronger than
that shres quarters Of mile distant,
held BY the French. Neither elevation
was high enough, nor was the inter-
yening Or surrounding ground any
Whsre so uneven as 70 lrvvent tho rapid
easy movement, in any direction, Of IN
fAntsy, cavalry, and artillery. The
desperately contested walled garsien Of
Hngemont waa strong only in tho sorti.
tude Of ths men Yhe held it.
We started from Bruaaells at AN
taking an excursion ticket for Br.ine +
Alleuds which Is tho railway station
nraress the Geld, and onIy forty min.
uss's ride frOm Bslgiuuais Capital. This
IS = che4seF, more couEatAhEr. and
much quicker way 70 see the 6sld than
the route frequently taken by diligence
from BrussslIs. Arriving At Braine 7
Alleud wo started on foot for The Held
and were soon encountered BY numbers
Of ANAL boya with poeIssa Full Of bul.
lets which they were willing to sslI
ehezp. 0enuins relics are ssill occ..-
ionaily turned up By tha rlov, th~y are.
however, becoming very rar<; bas the
supply or bullets, scraps Of she'll, but.
sOns, etc, in the hands O6 these little
peddIers Of the Esld Is nsver exhausted
l met three wonea WHO were able 70
carry on the traffic in tArpe IaaRunV.n:
each II them has basket eontni,sinx
photographic views Of the Geld, aud
relics which they wero trying 20 sell;
when l expressed doubt Of the gsnu-
ineness Of the relies, thsg aastered me
By saying thatI had no green in my
eye, and bsfoFe / could recover fsom the
sweesnsas Of that surpriar, piled ne With
thsir PhOtsgrapts& Ny frssud bought
baliss, for four cents. which IL dso,-
ped on the field and picked up again IN
order tO..ruaka it moro rlAuuibts and in
tsrsating.
There is constant stream Of visitors
to Waterloo We met ON top the
.moand that d surrnounsed By the boazs
lion EngIiAh, Germans. and Bslgians,
but more Alusricahs than IT any other
Rationsiity. The number Of Americans
travelling on the continent this year
lnass be very iargs. ] haze met them
on allnoas every train IN France, Bel.
GUM. Switzerland. Germany, HulIAnd,
and England, Ths9 ara eli m0re OF
less holnssiek. TIE hrst questions are
When did yOu arrive, and when will
you rssurt.f The general vesdics Is,
that Europe wiii do 70 visit. but thar il
Is nst $ csunsry 20 live In OF coursa
this i noshing bss the old rsllssin a
every exile, whstber his nxtiye s. I'd fse
Alaaka or FIorida. . There Il no. place
like home" and he mus. 81 i Bohslaiiarl
Indeed who viii not soaetin.es long for
the Fepose which no one can lind amid
strange unsympathst;c faces, and man
laers. sar-ss, customs, and IDEAS, different
froa. t!lOse y his fathers Bit / think
thsre u honetbing more than prejudice,
and mere love Of home, that makes
AmsricAns prefer their own country.
Eise why is it that oaI natarnlizsd citi-
zens, who have spent their youth, or
perhaps earlier manhood, OF. this side.
express the same sentiment, and are a.
anxious to return 70 the New World,
as those Of US who have been but .
few weeks IN the 0ldi Il is bssauss il
i . New World, great and noble
ieid for y rejuysnated. .humanity. II =
high prOteetiye tariff could have besn
long ago imposed upon some Of the
lnanneFs, habits, instituti0na, laws, and
ideas, that have been imported from
Europe We would have had more reason
70 admire the wisdom Of the founders.
But our country, IA spite of imporsa,