The Portland daily press., 1890-09-16
coMIEc TO THE UNITED STATES.
The Count of Paris Will Visit Us Next
Neutrality-suspicious. for His Recep-
tIon.

The Comte de Paris, accompanied by his
son, the Due d'Orleans, will sail for the
United States Sept. "a, and arrive in New
York probably Oct or q
In letter accepting an invitation to be
their guest at banquet to be given In Phil
adelphia in his honor the Comte de Paris
gays to his former comrades of the Army of
the Potomac: II am particularly anxious to
visit to America In purely military charac-
ter. come as an old member Of the
Army OF the Potomac. Having lived
through the darkest hours in the history of
the United States, 1t will be pleasure to
me to witness the present prosperity aud
happiness of the country"
The commandery of the State of Pennsyl-
varia Of the Loyal Legion. of which the
Comte de Paris is member, will give him a
reception. Prominent officers of the Loyal
Legion will accompany the Comte de Paris
to the Gettysburg battlefield. where they will
be received by the Gettysburg Memorial AS
ISOLATION. The Public Ledger of Philadel-
phia has the following editorial reference to
the Counts visit:
The visit Of this distinguished Frenchman
should have similar interest for the present
patriotic generation of Americans to that of
Gen. Lafayette for the generation he came to
visit when the light of peace and prosperity
had followed those dark hours in the history
Of the American people through which he
had fought so valiantly to secure their free
their enemies when they were but col0nists
and subjects Of King; he visited them
when they were free and prosperous citizens
of new and alreSdy powerful nation.
The parallel between these two distin-
gnished Frenchmen is somewhat close. They
were both soldiers in wars fought for Ameri-
can freedom. They both offered their SER
vices to the country voluntarily. The Comte
de Paris was known to his comrades of the
Army of the Potomac simply as Captain and
serving at his own request without pay or
allowances on the staff of Major General
Mcclellan, commanding. though the descen-
dant and representative of the house of King
Louis XVI, who, in the perilous time of the
Revolution, warmly esp0used the cause of
American liberty. The Comte de Paris con-
tinued, with his brother, the Due de Chatres.
and his uncle, the. Prince de Joinville, to
cause of the Union through several cam
paigns, and until forced to return to France
to attend to important dynastic and family
affairs, which during his absence had grown
urgent.
But, conspicuous and great as were his
services as soldier in the field to the country,
he, subsequently, as the historian of the war
Tor the Union, rendered services even more
conspicuous and great. Until the Comte de
Paris wrote his History of the Civil War in
| America, the truth regarding that moment
GUS struggle, its causes and its consequences
had never been rightly told by European
1 writer of large distinction. Much had been
previously written and given general publ
| cation regarding 1t, but Of the mass of the
| foreign literature having for its subject the
| contest for supremacy between the friend:
| and the enemies Of the Federal Union there
spired and written by alien prejudice ani
bias from the Confederate point of view
The distinguished character, the high posi-
ton. the dignity, the learning, the stern i'm
Partially Of the Comte de Paris were united
in the historian for the correction of error
and the published opinions and statements Of
unfriendly critics were revised and modified
by their Confederate authors in harmony
with his statements. Colonel Freemantle
one Of the most biased Of the English his.
torians of the war, its causes and sequences
was among the first to rectlfy his published
upon the appearance of the Comte de Paris'l
faithful and comprehensive account of thu
civil war.
1t will become the people to give him wei
come BETTING his deserving 1t is not onl!
his old comrades Of the Army of the Potomac
but AL patriotic. citizens of the great Re
public that should join in adding to the i'm
pressiyeness of his reception. 1t will bef
both the honor and the dignity of the country
to which In its hour Of peril he offered hi
sword and services to receive him as CUES
of the greatest distinction; with affectionate
did and said for it when, being begirt By
alien and domestic enemies, it sorely needed
| the aid of the friendly sword and pen of thi,
| prlncely soldier and faithful historian.