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

cbe vvouln nave seen them turn away from the
graves of their dead. dying for freedom, 10 ais
charge the duty that remalned-the DEBT OIL hohor'
Monarchy, which Bacourt worshlppod, lett 10
France. six years after our war closed, foreign
defeat and n debt of four Thousand millions OF
dollars of which we believe not one dollar has ever
been paid. The Republic of the United States came
ont of her war unified and strong Vi her co'Ossai
debt. one-half has been already paid. and IN all the
world stands but one rival and no superior to her
IN credit and that rival of her own Lineage, her
own blood Could the Countess Mirabeau nave
seen this had she been capable OF learning lt' BIO
would have spared her beloved uncle the exposure
OF his childish ana churlish conclusions, his super
cious and superficial prejudice his imperfectiy
yeneered vulgarity his garing and organic
incapacty
So utterly unable was De Bacourt to measure or
comprehend the situation that no succinctly ais
misses De Iocduevlle's book with tho easy argu-
ment that il is not true He satisfies himself with
the conclusive remark that it was merely made up
TO throw dscrelit on existing French institutions
and to make its authors popular with certain class
of European readers Yet not even lhe dwelt in
darkness So Eg, ptian a. that EMBEDDING cloud which
enables his niece to walk unseeing through an
elfulgeut world and summon his himslest oil
observations to transient and contemptible
resurrection. She sees no humOr IN the SITUATION
when he llments that though he makes long ais
matches to BASS away the time, the separate states
mind their own business 80 closely IA TO leave MN
nothing to say. They never trouble themselves
he complains about tine balance of power which
gives such movement and variety to European
correspondence such opportunity for acute
eloauent and elegant remark 10 European dipio-
mat.sts The central GDvernmrnt he fouun almost
equally regardless of the needs of diplomacy. 1t
consulted its own interests followed no precedent
Il loved. or pretended to love. Governments that
favored It's own systam, but would not break with
th $50 that did not. 1t recognized snch mjnirchS as
seemed to it firmly established. whether European
nations recognized thom or not. How could
trainoI diplomltist dispOrt himself on soil so
stubborn and 50 savage
He could not; vet he saw that there was soil. II
il was less rich than that furnished by European
complications he yet dIScerned and admitted that
the United States presented an interesting
spectacle. To its real grandeur, its vital, It's
pathetic its worldwide interest, he was stone
blind. No prehistoric. anti-fossilic toad, reused
from centuries of Old Siluriln sleep, could be more
insensible to tho problems winch this country was
set by the heavens to solve; nay even to the
problems which il set itself to solve. In what
direction Law its effort at what goal should rest its
laurel in what fltrring Turk ITS failure, he never
drelmrd. lilo could real no sign. He saw nothing
bat it, social crudity. its material prosperity.
Material prosperity the gros'est form of success
but il was the only torn his eyes were clear enough
to recognize That the country hal qulntupled It's
population in half century. had reached ont from
the Atlantic 10 the Pacific from the Great Lakes to
the Gulf of Mexico had multiplied its navigation
and it's means OF internal 60 communication, had
created a respectable navy and carried ITS commerce
to all parts ot the world;-tlis he cOuld see. lie
mt VII lpIfl int
Beyond tai, all was scaled vision. Ills trained
diplomatic. cultiya;ol- European mole of treating
the matter wI5 - remark airy that he did not
recognize in hn elf ne capacity 10 rlso TO the ro'e
of clairy0yant an prophetic observer. and
instantly 10 hrta',e himself t. the moro congenial
sphere of Ell Ter AMI etiquette!
II the hlill consideration Of the Countess
Mirabcau hid been snilrl by equal discretion, she
woull have permitted him - remain there. alice
tonatrly AMI elcc,uAy guarded by the mercy OF
her silence.