The morning call., 1891-06-08
The Live Journals of the End of
Last Century.
Bonaparte on the Condition Of the Egyptians
4 Standing Army Not Wanted.
Curious Advertisements.

their contents.
An old newspaper has an attractive flavor
of its own. 1t stimulates the historical
Imagination far more than the perusal OF
any number of volumes of pecturesquely
dressed up history. The old notables seem
TO be alive and acting, the old causes and
war-cries to be affairs of moment, as the
reader peTuses the words which come hot
from the pens of the men who were doing
their utmost for or against them. 1t is a
good thing to have newspaper wet from
the press, but the next good is to have an
old one, and the older the better.
The earlier copy Of the General Adver-
tiser bears the date of January 21st, and
the whole of the issue. devoted to news, is
taken up with dispatches OF General Bona
parte to the Executive Directory in Paris.
NAPoLEoN's DISPATCHES. .
These fill seven columns, and the remain
ing half column of matter, otherwise than
advertisements, is occupied by comment on
this magnificent scoop.
I'VE have deemed it preferable" says an
editorial note, ito publish the authentic
details of the conquest of Egypt in prefer
ence to the vague and awkwardly- framed
reports which have been circulated with
more industry than discernment for some
days past" The self-congratulatOn of the
newspaper seems a trifie ludcrOus to the
modern reader who has seen the evidence
given by the Prince of Wales in a London
Court reproduced in the San Francisco even
ing papers of the same day. The dispatches
were sent off from Egypt between July 18th
and August 10, 1898, and are dated from
Paris on October DIST. Yet it is not till jan
uaTy 21st of the next year that they are
printed in the American paper as recent
news.
Bonaparte narrates the departure of his
army from Malta, the debarkation al point
four and a half miles distant from Alexan-
dria and the subsequent operations down to
the humiliation of the French feet by Mel
son AT the battle of the Nile. lie describes
in considerable detail the operations attend
ing the capture of Alexandria. the repulse
of the Mamelukes at Chebreissa and their
still more decisive route at the battle Of the
Pyramids.
THE EGYPTIAN WAR.
The dispatch relating to the battle in
Aboukir Bay deals mainly with the orders
given Admiral Bruyes that he should stay as
short time as possible on the coast Of
Egypt and a discussion of the causes which
probably prevented his carrying out these
instructions. eff in this calamitous event."
Bouaparte adds, she was to blame he has
expiated his faults by a glorious DEATH"
Another officer makes a somewhat out Of
the way display of galantry. General
Casserelly proved that nothing is impracti-
cable for Frenchmen. That brave and dis
tinguished officer followed US through the
sand with his wooden leg. We were all
overcome with fatigue"
The condition OF the Egyptian people in
1898 was no better than later visitors have
described it to be. BOnapsrte uses dark
enough cOlorS in his account. 1t is difficult
to ind n country more fertile or n people
more miserable, more ignorant and more
stupid. In the villages they do not even
know the use OF pair of scissors. They
have no mOveableS but straw mat and
two or three eartheu pots. In general they
eat but a few things. They do not know
the use Of Wind-millS so that we have con-
StantlY imme nSe quantities of grain without
any d0ur. The small quantity of grain
which they convert to flour, they bruse with
stones; and IN some OF the large villages
they have mills, which are turned by oxen.
4 national indictment follows: I'VE have
ben continually harraSSed by the Arabs,
who are the greatest robbers and the great
est villains on earth, assaSsinatlng the
Turks as well as the French. and all who
fall into their hands"
AMERICAN POLITICS.
American matters are exclusively dealt
with in the other issue, that of February
Dist. Il was a time of stress and storm.
The alien and sedition laws had been passed
in the preceding June and July, AMI had
aroused strong opposition. The alien acts
raised the period of residence for the pur-
pose Of naturalization TO II years, aud gave
d., e.
the country any alien considered dangerous;
if he did not leave he might be imprisoned
for three years. The SeditiOn Bill made the
hindrance of United States officer, or op-
position 10 any OF its laws. high crime and
misdemeanOT, to which heavy penalty of
fine and Imprisonment was attached. Fine
and Imprisonment also followed writing.
printing or publishing any false. scandalous
aud malicious writing against Congress or
the President.
The paper reflects the turbulence of the
time from end to end. Captain Price ar
rives at Wilmington, n. c., and informs of
his having been captured on his outward
bound passage from NewburypOrt to Surf
nam, carried to Cayenne aud condemned.
vessel and cargo; that he purchased his yes
sci and received as passengers Citizens
ROustegneuq and Paupe. two Frenchmen,
tie former of whom, as Administrator of
the Navy, had been very active in condemn
he bad on board, instead of touching at
St. Bartholomew to land them he made
the best OF his voyage TO North Carolina,
and delivered up his prisoners TO proper
authority" On reading which one admires
Captain Prices prOmptness in getting even,
and wonders at the guileless truthfulness
Of MeSseurS Roustegneuq and Paupe.
OPPOSITION THE ARMY.
An anonymous writer addresses q long
diatribe against standing armies to the edi-
tor, and ranSacks history for examples to
bolster up his case. duly giving the author
ity for every statement in fOotnotes ut the
bottom OF the page.
The standing army bugbear is referred to
more than once. 1t is one Of four griev-
aDces in a memorial addressed by some
Freemen Of the County Of Rutland and
State of Vermont to the Representatives
of the Freemen of the United States in Con-
gress assembled" . The experience of
ages" they claim, "has uniformly enforced
this truth, that standing armies In time of
peace are dangerous TO liberty, subversiye
of government aud oppressive to the people.
Convinced of this truth. IL Is with the utmost
regret that we contemplate the acts OF our
Government, which authorizes tho raising
and organizing regular standing army UNI
der the present circumstances of our coun-
try"
The freemen have also many grounds for
Directing TO the alien and sedition laws. "By
the former" they urge, "lhe unfortunate
emigrant from the land of despotism to the
nominal residence Of liberty is liable to be
suspected. Condemned and transported or
imprisoned without even the form Of pub
lie trial"
THE SEDTTION ACT.
The other was a more personal grievance.
The Sedition Act has deprived US OF our
representation in Congress when We deemed
it most important. Our representative, who
ought 10 have been considered as an object
OF the protection contemplated by that act,
after sustaining every effort of the faction
few, in this district, to depreciate his in
fiuence and cast shade over his patriotic
virtues. has been, by their united exertions,
procured to be arrested, thrown into dirty
prison and amerced in heavy sum-"
The release and reelection OF the repre-
sentative, Colonel Matthew Long, is an
nOunced in another page.
1t Is among the advertisements ana COM
munications that the greatest number of