West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-03-03
INHIsroKICII PlRALLsE.

1usIo WAS SIduu oaul uck Nv ehC
opera house in Versailles on the first
day OF October, 1889, says the New
York Tribune. 1t was given by ar
dent admirers OF those who were the
leading e1ponsnts OF the minority oil
France-a minority which the peo-
pie had already stsrnly condemned,
aud which, little later, they eoh-
PEELED TO reap the awful whnlwind
OF their righteous wrath. An un-
commonly gay dinner-while it last-
elaborated with what Carlyle
characterizes as asny "E OF valo-
rous" speeches. By the waving OF
wkite Bourbon cockades, by tramp
ling Of national cock Ades, and by
much vociierHtiop, the jewellers gave
vent to their passionate sdmirsti ton
for their ijols, the caief OF whom, sc-
cording to the same reporter Of the
dinner, was Sitting dul'ed.' Nor
wao this idol the only one Of the
company that was sitting dullsd.
History peays witness that every
man OF them eat dullrd, 30 far AS the
discernmsut of popular sentiment
was concernEd; or if thew did appre-
bend what they were doing, they
were stupldly reckless oil the conse-
quencts. Silence and ssclusion were
what best became them; were what
alone bscsme them. Nevertheless
" tn a l4tal folly they feteted IN un-
restrained o?uienCe and os ent alton,
and 20 the tune OF 40 Richard. O
mon Roi, they A1unted them OBJ
noEious sentiments in the face of the
French people.
Ninety three years later. An
other fPi,nd:I banquet. Not at
Vertailles this time, but in Rev
York. Again ;ke spectscle is pre-
8ented OF a band OF admirers assem-
blnR to make obeisance to the viii
Of tie minority and to the. great ex-
ponenDs OF that will. And even as
the trenzlsd mirth Of the Versallles
jewellers mingled wl,h h the groans OF
a people wrought to fufn by famine,
so the nlrth of these New York rev.
eiIers, equally untimed, mingled
with the sighs of nation rot yet
forgelIul of the assassination of its
best, its orsyest, its COST patriotic
son. And, to complete the ana isis,
cns New York revellsrs. like then
Vsrsailles "xemplars, INDUCED IL
quantities of pot vslorous speech.
true, their vocieratiOn WASH accom-
panied by ne waving ofwhite Bour-
6on or any other variety OF cockades
but H. Is not clear that it was not
sccentuated by the display Of sun.
| dry brass sslf conferred msdals.
They d d not trsmple upon the ma
ticna cocksdrs, but they did, there
New York jewellers, take care to
soub be IstiCnilseutiment. And
surely not the most reck ess of the
Versailles jewellers evinced a denser
incspscity to discern or a more
shameless willingness to disregard
The face OF tbe times. Obivious to
be fact that all they could iustly
ask OF the American people was the
charity OF iheir forgetfulne.s, to the
:uae Of 20 Roscoe. q o,o,s Poi," they
invited the emptyiDg upos their
heads OF the visls Of popular con
demDstlon.
The parallel is not quite perfect.
Where it is deficient appears when
vs cCutrsst TIE personnel Of the ear
lisr with that oi the later dinner.
! The Versailles jewellers may have
b!sn born TO dazzle not Illume man
kind But they did dazzle; they
were mea OF brilliant parts, lofty e
character aud rich in accom- o lish-
m'nts and achievements, unsel6sh Of
purpose. But who were they who
poured out the incense at the New
/ York dinner Prominent among tbe
guests were hungry oGice-sseksrs,
blatant demagogues, dime prolss-
sionsl politicians, and clerical ez-
Inspector OF Consuates.
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ANOTHER LEARNED BL1CKSAITH.
| Another learned blacksmith bias
arisen to take the place Of the late
! Elihu BurIitt, albeit hio acquire
ments are almost exclusively Biblical.
lie is about publishing a book OF 5G6
pages which he has named "Curiosi-
ties olthe Bible lie has spent nearly
thirteen years in the preparation Of
the work, and has gone through the
Bible thirteen times with minute
examination Of every verse, deduoinq