New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-06

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standard. but NJ. de Bacourt has found him out
He, may as well remember henceforth' was
pompous, tresome, embarrassed. lie enveloped
his triste medIocrity in a repusive dignity That
he unbent a little to NJ. de Bacourt 1T the Presi-
dents dinner cannot be counted unto him for right
eOusuess but was mere consequence OF the reserve
with which the stern but modest Frenchman han
treated him! Unfortunately, too, as he unheht Dc
became Mandolin so that the last state OF IhlS
mediocre man was worse tnan the hrst
President Tyler was more coarcaabie than PreSi-
dent Harrison, but this advantage was more thah
offset by the humiliatng discovery that the hOnors
of the Execution Mansion" were done by an
actress his widowed daughter-in'law. she must
have been something of romancer' since sho
gravely informed her guest that married women
were not invited anywhere III this country thaI
bachelor never dared speak to them, and that gen
orally the fate of married woman was ike that Oh
the Parahs. 1t is to be feared that young Mrs
Tyler was amusing herself with the to serious
Frenchman, besides possibly conducting some
daring cOquetries under the Kind unseelnS e9cS u
her conceivable father-n-law.
One raw of light illumned the darkness of the
French exile-the advent of the Prince de Jolnvle.
1t is truly touching to SEQ the unieigned delight
with which this Batrachianakin, stranded on drv
and thirsty Republic where no King 49, dlSporteu
himself in the short sudden purllng OF prlncey
rll q He is vertabe Prince Charming OK
claimed the enthusiastic diplomat returning froIn
his first nterview with the young gentleman 10
great dignity he adds perfect simplicity ne
charms all who have the honor to approach HIM.
His intelligence is remarkable. / loresee for hm
brilliant future"
He assumes throughout that this visit was 10 the
Prince only al appalling bore IMPERATIVE IL ho'
iminitigabe If So the Prince carried 1t on nerfiy'
NOT 70 say manfully De Bacourt afirms that the
Prince received with great satisfaction the
announcement that his visit had been compressed TO
thirty-six hours but nothing shows that the frIhce
himself was in a hurry to leave. Pretty Miss Tyler
declared she had lost her heart to him. The dis
gusted diplomat, unable to imagine that American
womauhool could invade with badinage tue solemn
precinc.s of ROYALTY Immediately believes that the
creature really had designs on the Prince. But
when he warned the Prince. that gallant young'ter
made up to her at once, though he had before
protested himself too bashfu to talk TO ladies'! lio
represents the Prince extremely reluctant I"
&C, ept the Boston ball. and consentng only IN view
of the international complications which might
rise from refusal. But he came back 50 enchahted
that De Bacourt plumes himself on having been the
one that induced hun to go! The Presidents solr'e
was ridiculous and tesome to the courter, yet the
Prince was entertained TO be sure. De Bacourt
con.olel himself that it was the barbarOn,ness OF
toilet, manners and language which was amusing
but it was far more intelligent to be amused than
to lie bored by them. Nay, it Is barely possible that
the Prince found something deeper and higher. at
least other, than barbarism.
With the final setting of his royal san, Washing
ton became more gloomy and horrible than ever
Even President Tyler RAPIDLY deteriorated and his
4 % mo o. and
more ridiculous since those dreams of greatness
crossed her BRAIN There IS not the smallest >ign
that her dream of greatness had any existence
except in that simple and purely conventional organ
which constituted VI. de Bacourts brain; ani why
# should be so prepOsterOus greatness for the
daughter OF temporary President 10 marry the son
of an equally temporary King remains eNpiaLcd.
The ladys father has been accodnted at times not
quite straightforward. but IN that game the gen
teman's father could give him points; ana
mcaner man than his grandfather never died ia the
odor of sanctty scahOld. Far more to the
purpose was the spirit of that reverend member oi
the Massachusetts Williams family who acco,ted
tho supposed Daupbin: Eleazar Williams, DO y0u
fancy Yourself related to the Bourbons of France
Either YOU must abandon your name or the notion
OF being a Bourbon for will not have the name o
Williams disSrlCed by even Hypothetical conhec
ton with such family a. that!
FOR position French Kings tenure Of Office Is
scarcely longer and certainly not stronger than Al
American Presidents john FLYERS incn,noency
was little late in beginning, and Louis
Phillppes a little premature in clos,n, Tyler and
Philippe both held their places rather by chance
than the usual way but Tyler served ont his
term which Is more than can be said OF the other
ruler Son of an dd interim King JOinvilles family
did but Craze the French throne, ana as rc9nins
| family have long been as extinct as Flyers. The
| gracious young Prince seems 10 have been uncX-
ceptionably civil. For anght know. he has led a
fairly reputable life. but his brilliant future has
turned into a commonplace past, and while an
American girl might have done worse than marry
| him, thousands of them have done better
To De Bacourts swift and accurate penetration.
sure sign OF the failure of our form OF government
was the total absence vi police and the consequent
certainty of being surrounded by thieves. say
certainty" says this extraordinary Penetration
because not because he saw thieving or had 10,
his money, but because all around him inscr.p
toos to Beware Of the pickpockets.' lie i, 50 sur
of his English that he ventures on thin Ice and o
course comes ms antly to grief IL Is tolerat ly
certain that the pickpochets" were never affixed
in just that style to any post wbatevor- except
indeed, NJ. do BacOurts post of observation; bh
such as they were his insight dscernod in them
proof that the populace could lend itself 10 any
Imaginable excess without fear OF restraint
Forty years exercise of the family penetration lad
not scOy cred that pOpulace educated.by freedom
restraints itself. That tho army for l7,OOOOOi
| inhabitants was only 10000 seemed TO his soil,
Judgment a sign of rank administrative incom
potency, not justification of self-goyernment. liz
presaged the need of armed force and prophcsct
that " ihe day when that armed force Will have th
preponderance in the county will also tAe Ell,
of the Constitution and the destruction of ID
Tocquevle's dream"
The Countess of Mirabeau has never heard tina
since that day this country has armed n million .
her sons; that when their warfare was accom-
plished they melted away upon every hillside o
the North in every valley of the South harmless a
the dews Of Heaven; and that the Constitution