The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-09-19
EUROPEAN LETTERS.
kMIH,IAR FACES SEEN IN THE
STREETS OF PARIS.
nOuxh Road Is That to DiepPe,
rlanSI a bad Trip Across the Cham
neI-EurOpean Customs Conn
sared with Those of America,

LONDON, September 3, 1889.
EDITOR Citizen Once more i'll the me-
ffopolis, to find it as muddy and dingy
tafd crowded and disagreeable as 1t was
one month ago. Yet there is hope for 1t,
because the horrid Strand is blockadcd
by workmen laying mains for electric
lirhting, which, it is to be hoped, will
banish the multitude who prefer dark
ness rather than light" No better step
can be taken towards stopping the
beastly immortality of this city THAI a free
introduction of electricity.
On Yesterday we jolted along at rapid
rate over the roughcst road we ever
tfaversed from Paris to Dieppc and there
tonk very inferior steamboat for Eng
< land. To give YOU an idea of hcnotinns
that these people have of accommodating
travellers, one Of our ladies being tatigued
Nc asked for stuteroom, that she might
liz down for the three hours we were on
fhe Channel "Oh, yes; you can have 1t.
fhe charge will be thirty shillings."
Ercat heavens! Seven dollars and a hall
lor statcroom for three hours!
Although provided with lirst-cIass
tickcts we scarcely found chairs or
benches to sit comfortably and were glad
when the CHdl' DltllS dlJpS'iN'i "''H W
could part company with the seaslck
strangers with whom we had been pent
up. .........., 49,,
aNe were leaving Paris. The long tram
was almost filled, and as we were late
NC anxiously sought compartment
when we heard our name called, and be-
hold, five splendid North Carolinians
svcrc ready to grasp hands and take US
into their carriage. This party consisted
IN three gentlemen and two ladies, the
Messrs. Wood and sisters, OF Edenton.
Nc had last met as members OF the happy
compauy sailing across the sound from
Edenton to Avoca, and YOU may be sure
this meeting was appreciated by us. How
earnestly each inquired for the latest
news from the dear old State, which hap
pily was all good, and compared notes OF
Experiences in Europe. We concluded
that they had not had as fine time as
we, but they will stay longer and be able
TO visit the Highlau' of Scotland, which
we SO wish to do if we only had the time
One of the great places OF rendezvous
for Americans in London is the office OF
Brown Shipley' & Co. Their letters OF
credit are universally used, and they have
4,roven exceedingly polite and accommo-
dating. This morning, among scores OF
States folk there, we met Mr.. Frank >.
Coke. who is preparing to sail on the
7th. day later than we, but by faster
steamer, so that he will be again at Bat
terry Park by the date of our arrival i'll
New York
No doubt you are glad to think that
4his will p1 1obably be the last of our Eu-
ropean letters, and as we may not have
a chance to bore you again for fort
" night, we will inflict a little moraIizing,
Z which the discomforts of London always
have tendency to develop.
n We have endcavored to compare the
United States with the European coun-
tries that we have been SO fortunate as
to visit, and the result is to make us more
and more satisfied with our own, and
~ thankful that our destiny is to live and
die n citizen of America. In many re-
& snects we are even now ahead, not only
in the comforts but the decencieS OF htc.
To have gained this pre-emincncc Ill the
short space of one century, to compete
with these nations of boundleSS wealth
and the experiences of many hundreds OF
wears, can be accounted Tor III no other
way than by the superiority OF our form
bf Government, and it surely bchooves
eycry man true to his nation to guard
this safely from every threatened contain
nation. No unprejudiced man can deny
the great advantages we ENJOY over any
uionarchical government, while the two
republics of Europe, Switzerland and
France; the first is oppressed by the ne
cesstv of protecting itself from cncroach,
fiient of it's more powerful neighbors and
the latter is so imbucd with the spirit OF
ROYALTY that we must think its existence
will be limited.
Take time to read DR.. Strong's book
descriptive of our land, and you must be
conyinced, as we are, that it is destined
to stand at the head of the list OF nations
and that, too, ere the lapse of many more
wears. What can prevent this: Only
two things can do so: the excessive III
troduction of foreign peoples and tho
muzzling Of the press.
The first of these dangers may b'
checked by an educational qualification
"a the right of suffrage. Let no mal
White or black, foreign or native, wli
hereafter becomes of age, or lands II
america be permitted to vote until Il,
San read easily and readily the EngiiSl
4 language. II IhlS NSlS u'hN' '"N P'N
might hope to educate the voters i'll tn
science Of selI-govcrnmcnt, provided, l
can itself be kept free from restriction
and dictation of demagogues and part,
bosses. This,is cOnsummation deVoutl.
e to be wished, but probably never to b
perfectly attained. The necessity Tor twt
4 narties is manifest; and while an evil, l
an unavoidable one; but ii our news
vi papers will only speak out boldly, ant
keep the voters informed i'll sincerity AM
81 truth of the good or evil doing OF eithe
y party, the people can be trusted to pre-
tect themselves by sooner or later turn
ing the rascals out"
M Let THE CITIZEN set the example OF II
dependent fairness, and boldness in dis
cussing every public matter, and ever
public man, and then ii 1t dies, rs 1t
Enemies predict, it will at least have til
Consolation of having lived an homes
advocate of the peoples interests.
The difference between English an
american newspapers, we saw eXemplihe
this morning. Seeing crowd collccte
at window, we squeezed i'll to hear
hopeful with eyeglass screwed into OF
: eve, exclaim, "ah! it's BLASTED tunn.
You know" and anxious to see any fui
gazed anxiously at the last issue
Aoonshine anillustrated comic p pape
WE'LL we concluded, if one of these jok'
or cartoons should appear in Puck {
Judge they would go into mourning Il
the rest of their lives. Absolutely devoi
of all point, flat, tasteless, stale, atra
10 represent the misdoings of the gram
les, or the miseries of the poor wretch
who are their subjects, and this is the
Idea of fun, and of what paper ougl
to be.
We believe that Puck and Judge a
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