Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-22

on the previous evening If he could have his
way, he would compel the noble foreigner to
disgorge his lucre all at once, and would then
conduct him by special train on side The city
linits-except always during the Exhibit m.
The stranger must be allowed to re main ul'il
hat festival is finished, for Paris wishes ami
nation, variety, and babel Such is the shop
There are plenty OF liberals of cosmOpoli an
thought among the French politicians and
men of business, who have been most active
They are far in advance of the mass OF the ma
ton. They are anxious 10 learn aud to teach,
to compete sharply with respect for til ir ad
yersaries, and a knowledge of their own short
for the glorihcation of the new and victorious
republic, whose POLICY should b piciic
and there is naught but goodwill in their pro
Exhibition Of iss should in every pariiSusT
excel = of 1867. hey nope to sweep aw.y
aIe deteF mined that Republican fireworks
shall Re brighter, that republican art-diSplayS
sh"M be more n be, that republican Paris
shall be more beautiful than an emperor and
his safe ltes could have made them
Thus far they have amply fulfilled their in
tentions The palaces which have arisen on
Champ de Mars are dreams OF beauty as com
pal ed with the hdeous gasometeri" of 1867.
TIE atey walls of the edifice on the Troaa
dere plateau were equaled by nothing in Ma
poIC on Ills "pe ep- show" Every imperial
and royal government OF consequence in the
wcr d has without hesitation accepted the in.
vtatiOn Of the republic to share in her rejOic-
mc ment, no doubt glad of chance TO partici-
pate in the art department, where she can do
herself credit, without contributing to the in
dustrial section, where her poverty would be-
learned by the German Empire at Philade-
phia in liza ! lesson which all powers de-
by-whch Austro-Hungary took to heart
when her financial crash came in 1873, and
which Spain is vaiuly endeavOring to commit
tn memory. You cannot have your cake and
eat it, too, gentlemen of the cloak and sword !
Ii you will persist in drawing into the mill
tary channel all the power force and glory of
tarren and deserted, save by poor, faithful
wOmer, whom your deteStable government
treats ike pack horses. You must expect, if
you Tend millions on the walls of StraSburg
to h az walls from the workingmen of Nurem-
berg, and to see want and corruption stalk
hand, inland over the ruins of unused manu-
fa"tOIi,s.
Pax vobiscum," says the old man eloquent.
from his nook in the Rue de Clichy, as he sur
vcyS the assembled nations, and accepts their
h image. Victor Hugo is one of the central
years ago his voice was but family heard, as it
cal ia through the din of drums of ,rumpetS
brayIng praises to the false Caesar: of cymba s
ella hing in honor of King William and Bis
marck, ho we've at that early day laughing in
their sleeves: of cannon numbering Salu. eS TO
the du'leyed sultan. who has since been
forced by cruel fac to resign his empire and
10 fly TO MOhammed'S arms. Napoleon Is gone
and AEdul-AziZ has sunk into the sea OF
oblivion but the 'li man of the Rue de Ciichy
IS 81 hale and hea'ty.. In the days OF exile
prOrhesied it. When il had come: when the
red glare of Sedan had lighted up all Europe :
when the Commute. with its agony and fiery
sInlm m, had come ana vOne-the Old man cried,
Peace, peace" He prayed for amnesty
for ccOnciiia ion, for fol- giveneSS; he Gained
ths PASSIONS of the nation., Serene and mag
niiient IN his lumi ity and devotion, he sits to-
day on the olympus which the world ha, vol
unfairly accorded him, and with no feeble
hard he sjrikes his Tyre and sings of peace.
Enemies be,ow him, enviouSly dazzling their
weak eyes in the reflection OF his SpiendOr, &C
GU him of halhOS, and call him trimmer
and charlatan. But the old man does not
hear them. AS he sits enthroned and &C
claimed, he sees vision of a golden future,
the realization Of which he firmly be-
lieves. He sees the United States of
Old governments, OF dead formulas, of wrecked
superstii, rs: he sees the reSiStleSS hani top
ping all sham m0narchS and pretentiouS
usurrers to their fall The dawn of new era
It's, but he wi not say it as long as his voice
ard hand can be OF any use. And with wnat
vii lie energy he throws himself upon the labor
of organizing the intellectual feteS at baud
He presideS at the centenary anniversary of
he death of VOltaire, and euiogiZeS the greai
mind which sent its influence, subtitle ana a.
the eighteenth century, to accomplish changes
which would once have been deemed miracu-
lous. Not content with this, he agrees t. D,:
the president of the congress at which the lii.
erary Interests OF all he ma ions are to be com
pared, discus ed and aided. He is to be tn
president of the Congress of Poetry" one of
the most novel gatherings of the nineteenth
century, and comparable to nothing in the
past since the gatherings of the German MeIS
tersingers. His hand is in every great cere
mopy; his heart, beats in unison with every
h.l0t hot 1nt, ff,tr
sire TO excel in her arts. A gentle and yet
sublime and commanding figure, that of tuiS
ODD man. the father of the romantic drama, the
ibel atOr of the French language from the
sWaddIing clothes which had robbed ii of all
plastic grace-the chastiSer of the Brumma-
gem emperOr-the soft singer of the JOYS of the
did not know how rich France was in greaS
men until The republic was given back to u.s."
said Frenchman, himself eminent. to me one
day, as with loving patriotism he glanced
programme of the Exposition.
Some of the great men succumbed before
the battle was over; and who among them was
more, conspicuous, or would have hel 1
of the departed-he whose heart was broken
by the blutalities of the IL h of May. capri
Cious fndomitable, cunning, mighty Theirs?
Many grave face will turn pale, and hun
dreds of thousands of eyes will be wet with
tears, whenever the name of the good lit lie
man is mentioned ne in the midst Of the will re-
Vi ILLS Ttl'uD leah FESTIVAL he should
have died hereafter" Nothing could have
been more fitting than that, in this year when
the republic is definitely triumphant, he should
have been boil to his long home amid the
acclamatiOns of the assembled citizens. But
it was not to be. He could not even see the
compile ion of his wO!k. 1t was his fate to die
in harness, and, as his eyes closed upon the
world, TO see his beloved republic, on which
he had bestowed al the maturity of his wis
dom, and all the passionate ardOr of his in
tense nature, in greater danger than ever BE-
fore. He died confident, however, that his
ftlOw-citiZens were ripe for liberty, and hat
after few more sharp struggles, they would
grasp it firmly. This old mOnarchist, Who
came late in life to bow hum5iy at the throne
OF truth, to confess his error, and to show the
strength of his repentance bya zeal which as
tonlshed France and amazed the world, would
have been one OF the most noteworthy sights
of the Exhibition But he is gone. Tue p tn
LIANT, sivery voice is heard no more the tiert
1.-The, tiny figure, crowned with the co meal
WiZened face, and the white hair, comes no
II ore out through the great iron gate in the
Pace Saiut-GeOrgeS. darts no more hither and
yOn at Versailles as il its three-scOre years
and ten were only score. The ''liberatOr of
the teri itOry" Is but memory, yet mem )ry
that lin gers in the heart Of the very humbeSt
Frenchman.
In the Salon of this year. in the Champs
Elysees, hangs painting by Jules GARNER
representing dramatic episode In tn,
Chamber of Deputies on the 10th of June, 1871
month had then elapsed since the vndictive
faction determined tn rt br,y