Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-10-06
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WEDNESDAY. OCT. 6, 1880.
France.
PARIS. Septemher.

so forth, after the likeness of the CAV cap.
ital. The capital differs only in magnitude
and spendor to meet the demand of her
two millions of population, and the daily
influx of numerous visitors. No wonder
there are many coming and going. Aside
from business connections causing much
trade, the two great historic capitals of
France and England are near each other.
Only nine and half hours by modern
means of travel, and you pass from one
to the other. Think of it-travel only as
far as you do to Boston, and you are out
of London into Paris. and vice versa. This
allows the peoples of the nations to Won
derfully commingle here. We often see
as many English as French on street,
and at boarding houses often more En-
glsh by two-thirls at table than French.
Many of the English, therefore, speak both
languages, and servants from the north of
Europe at restaurants often speak from
three to five languages. The geographic
littleness of these kingdoms forces this
linguistic experience upon the people.
Business could not be very largely or sue
cessfully carried on without it.
Paris then, is a Babel of tongues. Here
are stores and churches of many nations.
The Greek as well as the Roman is here;
the Jew as well as the Mohammedan; the
Chinese, the East Indian, the Russian, the
Italian. the Swiss, the Swede, the English
man and the American mingle in business
on the same street. Paris has rather
Just claim from the time of the first Ma
poleon, to be considered the worlds capi-
tai. For the many nationalities here by
representatives, are here permanently by
these, who are engaged in settled and reg
sale, from the smallest toy for the baby to
the finest and most costly silk robe for
prince. Then, also, France, during her
battles for empire, brought the art products
of the world here, and placed them in her
galleries for free exhibition.
France is happy to-day in her posses
sions and her pleasures. There is no visi
BILE scar of Prussian triumphs. There is
no sorrow here, Notwithstanding the recent
expulsion of the Jesuits. The aged
women of the Roman churches who keep
them clean gather on the sidewalk seats
and look as contented and peaceful as if
ultramontanism was at its height. You
know if old people have plenty to do and
are well fed, they care but little about the
tide of affairs. Some of the papers may
indicate that France is troubled about that
expulsion. Believe them not; they are
Spectators. In all our large cities the
most of our newspapers are in speculative
hands. So here. A Jew caters to the
depraved taste of many of the people,
and whines for them, because it sells the
paper of which he is the proprietor Look
out for men of the old Vanderbilt energy
and the Rothschild eye for the centimes.
If you want true information examine the
government from its own sources and
aims Besides, the Jesuits are men of
their kind of learning; they can use the
pen and patronize organs. and do, and can
whine for themselves. without signing
their name to an article. Do not be de-
ceived France is moving in the right
direction, There are many enemies. but
she will ultimately overcome them all.
The age of their triumph in these old
lands has forever passed by. God is in it
for the glorifying of His Son.
The Tuieries palace is monument to-
day, in its central building, of the coudi-
tion France is rising from. She cannot
60 any lower than she did in the commun-
ist rebellion of 1871. Then the attempt
was made to suddenly break down the
most refined and intelligent civilization of
the day into worse than savage barbarism.
That was the true, impracticable task the
communists took in hand. Nothing can
90 backward rs well rs forward under
divine control; but even then it is grad
ual. There is the Central palace burned,
with its blackeded walls of stone standing
over the miserable past. On its walls are
the words: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity;
Republic of France. Those words had no
influence on the men of communism.
When such words have no influence over
men what are they but demonsP Savages
are better than they In the midst of this
capital of the world, great lessons have
been taught the world since 1871. And
happily all the world is here to learn those
lessons, and carry them away to spread
them among the on-coming generations.
France is peacefully pursuing her way,
with wise intent to profit from all her ex-
perience since the first Napoleon. She
now sees that during and since his time,
France has been educated only externally.
This is the reason of her love of battle, of
her show, and her intense fondness for
pleasure. The gilded dome of the church
OF the Invaldes, and over the tomb of Ma
poeon l., is expressive of the outside edu-
cation of France during the entire Napo-
eonic period. Her statesmen have awaked
to the facts of the case. They see peace has
her victories and greater ones than war
They see the nation must be educated in
ternally. Brain, not muscle. is the need OF
France. The lack of internal education
is the father of communism, of nihilism,
of all these society running isms in all
lands France is awake, educationally
and religiously, for internal culture OF the
masses She desires no internal strifes
and no external collisions. Her whole pre-
sent policy has no ambition for the ex'
ternal in it. Her statesmen and learned
men are devoted to the Legitimate exist
ence and prosperity Of the common school
education, and the common experience Of
the true religion.
The continuance of the republic Is assur-
cd if this work goes on. This may be,