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jltud soars o ' er matter , sordidaess * Sinks with ' rine to the earth , And wealth , that long hath claimed the bow , Succumbs to humbUr worth ; Base systems born in ages dark -Ire falling to decacy . And soon a blast by Progress blown Shall sweep them all away . And cant no loneer shall be palmed As virtue en the good , Xor shall pale-faced Hypocrisy
Stand where it long hath stood ; The semi-blind shall have their sight , And opening their eyes Thinas shall be known whenever seen , "Whaterer their disguise .
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sSo -va MoodE . 2 vols . London : Bentley . Xe can hardly conceive a better antidote to the ose-coloured descriptions which speculating emigrai on-mongers give , of the life and prospects of eminnts , & an Mrs . Hoodie ' s graphic record of the aiible privations , hardships , and snffenngs endured , v herself , bnsband , and family , for many a long ear in the depths of a Canadian forest , terminated , utter failure , bo far as their primary object was ancerned . The independence , if not wealth , which he y aimed at was never attained , notwithstanding hB brave and persevering efforts they made to
genre it Life in the bush is no holiday matter to any ne and it must have been trebly trying to Captain foodie and his wife , whose previous hahits and posij on in this country could not have familiarised or irepared them for the troubles which beset them . ' crhaps this want of preparation and previous trainee grapp le with fl , e stern realities of their new Ksition , had no small share in producing the ultimate eiulf and those who cry up emigration as the isnacea for many of the evils of our social system , rj ] j tell us that such people should never have gone to ^ anadaatall . But , on the other hand , the colonies
crv out for persons of small capital , and the tastes , iabits , and intelligence of educated persons , as a Urerfal means of promoting not only the material , U the intellectual and moral progress of their respective communities ; aud not a few books recommend imitrration to the class of persons , who , with limited ncomes and increasing families , seethat it is hopeless ' or them to maintain the position they have been icenstomed to in this country . Kowcroft , in his 1 Adventures of an Emgrant in Search of a Colony , ' apressly recommends Canada to the class of officers m half pay , and draws quite a seductive picture of he independence , plenty , and happiness , achieved iv one of that class . Mrs . Moodie ' s narrative will
dispel the delusion festered by such works , and open Ihe eyes of many to the real nature of the difficulties and trials which await settlers in the 'bush' or backwoods of North America . Mrs . Aloodie thas graphically narrates their arriral at their new home (?) It was the 22 nd of September that we left the steamboat Satal , to take possession of onr new above . During the iiiree weeks we had sojourned at — — , I had not seen a drop of rain , and I began to think that the fine weather would last for ever ; but this eventful day arose in clouds . Sfoodie had hired a covered carriage to convey the baby , tbe servant-maid , and myself to the farm , as our driver [• roiraosticated a wet day ; while he followed with Tom
poison and the teams that conveyed our luggage . The [ scenery through which we were passing was so new to me , » unlike anything that I had ever beheld before , that in fj'ite of its monotonous character , it won me from my BrhncaoVy , and I began to look about me with , cousidenble interest Xotsomy English servant , who declared that the woods were frightful to look upon ; that it was a . country only fit for wild beasts ; that she hated it with all 1-r heart and soul , and would go back as soon as she was ' Me . About a mile from the place of onr destination the tan begin to fall in torrents , and the air , which had been lalmy as a spring morning , turned as chilly as that of a Sorember day . Hannah shivered ; the baby cried , and I Bre * my summer sh . i wl as closely round as possible , to
project her from the sudden change in our hitherto delightful [ temperature . Just then , the carriage turned into a parrow , steep path , overhung with lofty woods , and after labouring up it with considerable difficulty , and at the risk of breaking our necks , it brought us at length to a rocky ' upland clearing partially covered with a second growth of timber , and surrounded on all sides by the dark forest . " 1 ku . ? ss . " quoth our Yankee driver , " that at the bottom of Ms ' ere swell , you'll find yourself to hum ; " and plunging B ' lto a short path cut through the wood , he pointed to a aniserahle hut , at the bottom of a steep descent , and craefcins his whip , exclaimed , "'Tisa smart location that . 1 wish you Britishers may enjoy it . " I gazed upon the place in perfect dismay , for f had never seen such a shed called a
Loose before . "Ton must be mistaken ; that is not a tonse , but a cattle-shed , or pig-sty . " The man turned his knovrin ? , keen eye upon me , and smiled , half-humorously , hslf-nwlicionsly , as he said , " You were raised in the old country , I guess ; yon have much to learn , and more , perlnps , than you'll like to know , before the winter is over . " * * The driver was . well used to such roads , and , steering us dexteriously between the black stumps , at length drove up , not to the door , for there was none to the house , bat to the open space from which that absent but very necessary appendage had been removed . Three young steers and two heifers , which the driver proceeded to drive out , wrc quietly reposing upon the floor . A few strokes of his * hip , and a loud burst of gratuitous curses , soon effected
an ejectment ; and I dismounted , and took possession of iks untenable tenement . Moodie was not yet in sight * ith the teams . I begged the man to stay until he arrived , a < I f . 'lt terrified at being left alone in this -wild , strange io ? kini' place . He laughed , as well he might , at our fears , ^ sd said that he had a long way to go , and must he ofi ; tien , cracking his whip , and nodding to tbe girl , who was crriaiT aloud , he went his way , and Hannah and myself were 1 st staiidinv in the middle of the dirty floor . Tho prospect * is indeed " dreary . Without , pouring rain ; within a fire-1 * hearth j a room but with one window , and that con-U ning only one whole pane of glass ; not an article of furti-arAo he seen , save an old painted pine-wood cradle , finch had been left there bv some freak of fortune . This ,
limed upon its side , served us for a seat , and there we inpatiently awaited the arrival of Aloodie , Wilson , and a tta-j whom the former had hired that morning to assist on ttefirin . * * The males of our party no sooner ? rrived than they set about making things more compilable . James , our servant , pulled up some of the delved stumps , with which the small clearing that sur * landed the shanty was thickly covered , and made a fire , acd Hannah roused herself from the stupor of despair , * > C'l seized the corn broom from the top of the loaded fasson . and began to sweep the house , raising such an intolerable cloak
cloud of dust that I was glad to throw my ^ erinrhead , and runout of doors , to avoid suffocation . Tiien commenced the awful bustle of unloading the two ^ wily-loaded waaaons . The small space within the « nse was soon entirely blocked up with trunks and pack-= ?* s of all descriptions . There was scarcely room to move , " ; ti : « ut stumbling over some article of household stuff , M « " ? poared in at the open door , beat In at the shatj * M window , and dropped upon our heads from the holes «» roof . The wind blew keenlv through a thousand J * tnres in the log walls ; and nothing could exceed the i oa uortal » leness of em- sihiatinn TV > r a lniiir time the
ism * * COtita'ned a hammer and nails was not to be Uda ' . ' en 2 th Hannah discovered it , tied up witb some tvj - ? - ' she was opening out in order to dry . I forfol I . sP'e ( l the door lying among some old bords at the linT- 1 ^ nonse * znd -Moodie immediately commenced fit-J % 110 its ^ " This , once accomplished , was a great ei ,. J V * comfort . We then nailed a piece of white jj ^ p 't'rcly over the broken window , which , without di" •' a-M ""' * ll 8 ht , keptouttherain . James constructed 4 c-d i - oftbcol ( lbit 3 ofboards ' andTom Wilson asn < m in slowing the lugs » ge away in tbe loft . Tl ~ fob C ^ Beighboiirs in this colonial paradise seem llifinJ - - n ° ^ a reH , arkal ) ly free and easy turn , uiiuf . ,, raderstood that tho offensive manners Uall rOPIlerV U-lllMl Minraotaricii * lio c ^ tlorn nn
J W 7 er !! ^ 6 ' ^ ) een modified if not obliteto 0 g y tno topse of time . The Yankees appear ftep , T ° favourites with the authoress ; while ° * ard s , - ? , who are fasfc Pushing heforethe * £ ar Tres f ! ° ^ ^ Am erican backwoodsmen to the - *» are as evidently favourites :
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The Indians are great imitators , and possess a nice tact in adopting the customs and manners of those with whom they associate . An Indian is Nature ' s gentleman—never familiar , course , or vulgar . If he take a meal with you , he waits to see how you make use of the implements on the table , and the manner in which you eat , which he imitates with a grave decorum , as if he had been accustomed to the same usages from childhood . He never attempts to help himself , or demand more food , but waits patiently until you perceive what he requires . I was perfectly astonished at this innate politeness , for it seems natural to all the Indians with whom I have had any dealings .
Let us contrast these 'Nature ' s gentlemen' with the * barbarians' who are dragged up , ' to use Charles Lamb ' s expression , in the midst of our boasted civilization , and then shot like so much rubbish , on the nearest colony , in order to get rid of it . Here is a picture of the results of ignorance and home neglect . OnMrs . Moodie ' s arrival , there was a quarantine for steerage passengers , on account of cholera , and they were confined to an island in the river immediately on tbeir landing . Never shall I forget the extraordinary spectacle that me * our sight the moment we passed the low range of bushe 8 which formed a screen in front of the river . A crowd o f many hundred Irish emigrants had been landed during the present and former day ; and all this motley crew—men , women , and children , who were not confined by sickness to the sheds ( which greatly resembled cattle pens )—were employed in washing clothes , or spreading them out on the rocks and bushes to dry . * * *
1 had heard and read much of savages , and have since seen , during my long residence in the bush , somewhat of uncivilised life ; but tbe Indian is one of Nature ' s gentlemen—he never says or does a rude or vulgar thing . The vicious uneducated barbarians who form the surplus of over-populous European countries , are far behind the wild man in delicacy of feeling or natural courtesy . The people who covered the island appeared perfectly destitute of shame , or even of a sense of common decency . Many were almost naked , still more but partially clothed . We turned in
disgust from the revolting scene , but were unable to leave the spot until the captain had satisfied a noisy group of his own people , who were demanding a supply of stores . And here I must observe that our passengers , who were chiefly honest Scotch labourers aud mechanics from the vicinity of Edinburgh , and who while on board ship had conducted themselves with the greatest propriety , and appeared the most quiet , orderly set of people in the world , no sooner set foot upon tbe island than they became infected by the same spirit of insubordination and misrule , and were just as insolent and noisy as the rest .
They fell in with a sergeant charged with the duty of keeping order . ' Captain Moodie remarked to him , that it could be no easy task . " You may well say that , sir , but our night scenes far exceed those of the day . You would think they were incarnate devils—singing , drinking , dancing , shouting , and cutting antics that would surprise the leader of a circus . They havo no shame—are under no restraint-nobody knows them here , and they think they can speak and act as they please , and they are such thieves that they rob one another of the little tney possess . The healthy actually run the risk of taking the cholera by robbing the sick . If you have not hired one or two stout honest fellows from among your
fellow passengers to guard your clothes while they are drying , you will never see half of them again . They are a sad set , sir , a sad set . We could , perhaps , manage the men ; but the women , sir!—the women!—Oh , sir . " As to the f ortunes o f our settlers , it need only he said that their money was gradually , or rather rapidly , spent . Their stores ran low ; their helps and labourers deserted them ; their land proved unproductive ; and , at length , poverty , sickness , and almost want stared au increasing family in the face . 'It is au ill wind that blows nobody good . ' The 'troubles'in Canada gave Captain Moodie employment in his profession ; and his wife thus gives the result o f their long and courageous struggle : —
The potato crop was gathered in , and I had collected my store of dandelion roots for our winter supply of coffee , when one day brought a letter to my husband from the Governor ' s secretary , offering him the situation of sheriff of the Y district . Though perfectly unacquainted with the difficulties and responsibilities of such' au important office , my husband looked upon it as a gift sent from heaven to remove us from the sorrows and poverty with which we were surrounded in the woods . Once more he bade ns farewell ; but it was to go and make ready a home for us , that we should no more be separated from each other . * * FromB , my husband wrote to me to make what baste I could in disposing of our crops , household furniture , stock , and farming implements ; and
to prepare myself ' and the children to join him on the first fall of snow that would make the roads practicable for sleighing . To facilitate this object , he sent me a box of clothing , to make up for myself and tbe children . For seven years I had lived out of the world entirely ; my person had been rendered coarse by hard work and exposure to the weather . I looked double the age I really was , and my hair was already thickly sprinkled with grey . I clung to my solitude . I did not like to be dragged from it to mingle in gay scenes , in a busy town , and with gaily-dressed people . I was no longer fit for the world ; I had lost all relish for the pursuits and pleasures which are so essential to its votaries ; I was contented to live and die in obscurity .
Here is the moral of the story of 'Life in Canada' : — To the poor , industrious working man it presents many advantages ; to the poor gentleman , none ! The former works hand , puts up with coarse , scanty fair , and submits , with a good grace , to hardships that would kill a domesticated animal at home . Thus be becomes independent , inasmuch as the land that he has cleared finds him in the common necessaries of life ; but it seldom , if ever , in remote situations , accomplices more than this . The gentleman can neither work so hard , live so coarsely , nor endure so many privations as his poorer but more fortunate neighbour . Unaccustomed to manual labour , his services in the field are not of a nature to secure for him a profitable return . The task , is new to him , he knows not how to perform it well ; and , conscious of his deficiency , he expends his little means in hiring labour , which his bush farm can never repay . Difficulties increase , debts grow upon him , he struggles in vain to extricate himself , and finally sees his family sink into hopeless ruin .
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LIFE AND CHARACTER OF LOUIS NAPOLEON . [ The ' Athenaeum , ' in a review of the political and historical works of the present ruler of the French , which havo just appeared in two volumes , gives a resume of his career more complete than wo have elsewhere seen , and which may be instructive , as well as interesting , to our readers , at a time when his character and motives exercise so important an influence over European politics . ]
Prince Louis Napoleon was born at the Palace of the Tuileries , oa the 20 th ot April , 1808 . His birth was announced to the capital of France , aud along tho whole line of the " yraj ! cfe « rmee * ' throughout the empire , by salvos of artillery . On the question of his pedigree the tongue of scandal has been busy at various periods . His mother was Ilortense , the daughter of tbe Empress Josephine by her marriage with the "Viscount deBeauharnois . Ilortense , thus step-daughter to the Emperor , became the wife of his brother , Louis Bonaparte , the ex-King of Holland . That this was a marriage de convenancc is a fact everywhere admitted ; but there have been rumours—wliich , however , Napoleon always indignantly repelled—assigning reasons that would give to the present governor- of France a closer relationship to the Emperor than that of nephew . There has been so much scandal about all the chief persons who figured in the French Revolution , that we treat with some scepticism the various tales put in circulation respecting tbe birth of Louis Napoleon .
In 1810 Lonis Napoleon was baptized at Fontainebleau amid great splendour , the Emperor and Maria Louisa acting as sponsors . After the Restoration his mother took tbe title of Duchess of St . Leu , and with her son retired to Bivaria . Driven thence , and afterwards from Switzerland , by political motives , they finally settled at Eome . For the young " Prince" a very singular tutor was provided : tbis was M . Lebas , a staunch Republican , the son of Robespierre ' s associate , —tbat Lebas who , rather than outlive his master , committed suicide . In 1 S 30 a family council of the Buonapartes was held at Rome , in order to determine whether they could turn events to their purposes . The members present were , Madame Mete , Cardinal Fesche , Jerome Buonaparte . Louis Buonaparte , and his mother . The young Prince was thus
at the very threshold of life initiated into schemes of ambition . Constituted authority took fright at the Buonaparte family council , —and Louis Napoleon was by force compelled to leave the Papal territory , and escorted beyond the frontier . . Expelled from Rome , the Prince threw himself with ardour into the Italian revolution . His elder brother shared his fortunes , —and aided by General Sercognani , they defeated the Papal forces . But the ruling powers of Austria and Franco combined to crush them . The two young Princes were deprived of their command , and banished frornltalv . The elder brother fell sick , and died of inflammaticm ( March 27 , 1831 . ) From that time to the
present the life of Louis Aapoieon has been a strange one , — and is comprised under five heads : —1 . His Strasbourg * invasion 2 His American wanderings ; 3 . His Boulogne invasion and subsequent imprisoumeDt at Ham ; L His esciiie from Ram , and residence as a private person in London 5 Ris Presidency of the French Republic—We will brieflv treat these several phases of his career . I The Strasbourg invasion thoroughly displays some of the * main ingredients of the President ' s character ;—his vauntine self-reliance , amounting to blipd credulity in . his fortunes . -and his unflinching personal audacity . From his childhood he must have been accustomed to hear innumerable anecdot » s tending to sow the seeds of an unscrupu-
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lous ambition in his nature . His uncle was to him as a Mohammed , a prophet of revolution , a founder of a dynasty , the incarnation of a principle ( pretending to be democratic , but transparently absolutist . ) Glancing at his life before the Strasbourg invasion r we may remark that , when banished from Italy , he applied to Louis Philippe for permission to serve even as a common soldier in the army of France . The wary King of the French answered by ordering him to quit the kingdom . He at once came to England , —and remained here until August , 1831 . We
were then passing through the Reform Bill crisis , —and Louis Napoleon bad an opportunity of noting the working of the British Constitution . He then wentagain to Switzerland , —and commenced military studies afresh as a volun . teer at the military school of Thun . He was presented with the right of communal citizenship by the Canton of Thurgovia ; in return for which honour , he presented the canton —( what will our readers guess?)—two six-pounders , with trains and equipages complete . From first to last in his career , we are made to think of the salvos of artillery that announced his birth .
_ At this period he employed his pen in writing his " Political Reveries" and his " Political and Military Reflections upon Switzerland . " These works are worthy of passing notice , as showing how early he had begun to systematise his thinking . In tbe presence of the grave facts of his career , -we cannot take the light tone of the sarcastic , —but in reading tbe following passage from his first essay , our readers will perhaps think that the work which contains ifc was rightly called tho author's " Reveries . " He says" The first wants of a nation are independence , libevty , stability , the supremacy of merit , and the enjoyments of life equally diffused . The best form of government would be that under which every abuse of power might in any case be corrected ; under which without social disturbance ' without effusion of blood , not only the laws but the head of the State might be susceptible of change : —for one generation has no right to subject to its laws generation s to come . " All through his writings are interspersed vague platitudes of political morality , —everything , however
being subordinated to the idea of " Emperor . He says , in his ' Reveries" — " Tbe three bodies of the State should * be the people , the legislative body , and the emperor . " Upon this last political term lie had clearer views than on the words " liberty , " « ' abuse ot power , " or " people . " ' Emperor" and the first personal pronoun were obviously synonymous in his vocabulary . Of his " Essay on Switzerland , " we may say , that it attests industry and pains on the part of the writer , and indicates considerable mental activity . It is the production of an exercised intellect ;—and these volumes give us abundant proofs that be has never received sufficient credit from the world on the score of his understanding . Is it tbat the world can adore only success ? No ; but because his projects were so intensely personal , his objects so wild , and his means so ridiculous , that whatever ability he displayed with his pen was derided because of its accompanying drawbacks . He had visibly set his fortunes on a cast , —and determined to be Emperor or nothing .
Such being the man , he resolved now to hurl Louia Philippe from his throne , and occupy it himself . For his period of assault he chose the 30 th of October , 1830 . He has himself , iu a long letter to his mother , f to be found in these volumes , and worthy of perusal , ) narrated the event . How be addressed t ! ic " soldiers ,--how ho displayed "tho eagle of Austerlitz , "—how he proclaimed , " Frenchmen , everything that is established without your authority is illegitimate , "—how a few soldiers cried " Five VEmperew , " —how , after wavering , the troops obeyed their officers , and took Louis Napoleon prisoner , after some of them had desired to bayonet him , —are narrated at full length , with tho garrulity of self-importance . —This escapade of his was visited with singular clemency . Its gravest chastisement was the ridicule of Paris . Louis Philippe displayed great forbearance and magnanimity under the circumstances . The youn * adventurer was sent off at onco to the United States " . —where we enter on the next period of his eventful story .
2 . He visited both North and South America , and corresponded with his mother , —his letters to her exhibiting good feeling and filial respect . But all through there runs the under-current of Napoleonism . They are dashed also with a great deal of what to our English taste looks like affected sentimentalism , of that Frepch school of writers of whom Chateaubriand is the type . —We doubt whether any Stuart from 1650 to their family extinction brooded so constantly on the fortunes of his family and its chance of resurrection as did Louis Napoleon . Even the foreign scenery of South America did not distract his mind from the grand object of his life . The intensity of his f'imily passion—a determination to arrive at supreme power—la visible throughout all his letters : —on the genuineness of which there does not appear any strong grounds for throwing doubt . They are not numerous , —and . they are in harmony with all that passed in the early and later parts of
his career . —While he was travelling in tho Now World , his character and his descent at Strasbourg became subjects of discussion in Paris ; and it was whispered that Lafayette looked on him with some favour , —and that the high-souled Republican journalist Armand Carrel did not show himself perfectly hostile to the eventuality of the role to which Louis Napoleon aspired . Having returned to Europe to attend the death bed of his mother , who expired October 5 th , 1837 , LouisNapoloon commenced a paper war against Louis Philippe , under cover of defending his attempt at Strasbourg . The French Government began to fear the pertinacity and ambition of the Prince , and insisted thit he should he removed from Switzerland . He accordingly again took refuge in England , — "the only country in Europe , " says one of hi & biographers , ' « where the laws of hospitality are not subject to the exigencies of policy . " This brings us to the next division of his life : —in which he committed himself again by his descent at Boulogne .
3 . The life which Louis Napoleon led in London from the end of 1838 till the month of August , 1840 , is described hriefiy but emphatically as what is called in vulgar parlance , " that of a man about town . " His days and nights , it is here stated , were passed " on the turf , in the bettingroom , or in tho clubs , where highway and desperate stakes roused the jaded energy of tho blase gambler . " Whatever may havo been his private habits , however , ho resolved to play again for power . He left Margate in August , 1840 , on board the City of Edinburgh steamer . lie voyaged en prince , with a well supplied cellar and larder , cook , scullions , valet , a maitre-d'hotel , a secretary , a chasseur , ft hair-dresser , grooms , and last of all—a tame eagle . Ho had two travelling carriages , footmen and grooms in English liveries , and a splendid dressing case . Tho party
amounted in all to fifty-six , among whom was Count Montholon , the champion of the Emperor at St . Helena . The whole affair reads like a farce—even by present lights . They summoned the troops at Bolougno ' to surrenderor join . A young lieutenant , called Aladenize , was the only one who accepted the call to enrol . Finding the soldiers not willing to join , Louis Napoleon retreated with his motley followers to the Napoleon column , OH the hill above the town , —and there he planted a flag with a golden eagle on the staff . In the meanwhile the garrison turned out . Several of his adherents were shot down . Louis Napoleon wounded one person , —and is described as having been as calm and phlegmatic as a Dutchman . He retreated to the beech , and tried to get back to the steamer , —but , with his followers , he was taken prisoner .
When th » news of this second attempt reached the authorities at Paris , it was resolved that something more than ridicule should be employed to turn Louis Napoleon from his dynastic desperation , as his passion then appeared to be . Some of the particulars of the descent caused much amusement . The tame eagle had been intended for stage effect . It was to he let loose from the vessel , —and to fly straight , it was said , to tho Napoleon column , where it was expected to alight as an omen . For that purpose , the bird had been trained to take its food from the hand of Louis Napoleon . Such farcical and clap-trap incidents were to make part of the serious history of the age . The " tame eaele" of Boulogne now flies wild over France . Louis Napoleon was tried before the House of Peers . His speech was strong , and full of that self-reliance which whether for good or for ill has been his main resource . His defence was conducted by the great French orator Berrver ,
—who had in it a theme favourable to tho display of his powers . The eloquent advocate skilfully attacked the government of the Barricades under the mask of defending his client . —Louis Napol « on was sentenced to perpetual imprisonment at Ham . lie was looked on as a political lunatic , worthy of compassion rather than vengeance . Immured in his prison , be became irritable , and quarrelled often with the authorities . But he still devoted himself to elaborating on paper his Napoleonian system , and did not fail in passive energy . He corresponded with his friends , read in various departments of literature , and cultivated flowers . He made repeated applications to the government on various subjects , —and begged hard to be allowed to go and seo his dying father . In prison treatment it would appear that the authorities were not harsh towards him , the fortress was a large one , and he was allowed to take horse exercise . He escaped from Ham , with the aid of Dr . Conneau and his valet .
4 . Again Prmco Louis Napoleon arrived in England , in May , 1840 . —And now , without seeking to invade ground which is generally forbidden to us , it is not necessary that we should historically overlook certain political errors on the part of Louis Philippe by which the chances of the adventurer ; wd pretender had been vastly improved . " Why should we , " Raid Horace Walpelo , " not see h \ stor > with as much impartiality as we read it ? " —The Monarchy of July was confessedly deficient in historical associations . In lieu , thereof , by a fatal mistake , it courted popularity through tbe means of deifying the Emperor Napoleon , bringing back his remains to France , and entombing thorn with prodigious pomp . Unconsciously , it was pursuing the , very path most likely to lead Louis Napoleon to bis objects . It was
Napoleonising the public mind . Such a mistake gave Louis Napoleon ( without his perceiving it at the time ) a large amount of political capital , which served him largely in the latter part of his career . Had he been weak or irresolute , there might have been little harm done by the homage to Napoleon ' s memory shown by the House of Orleans . But stntesmen took the tame eagle of Boulogne as the crest of Prince Louis : —and the policy pursued was the public embalming of the cause for which bis life had been one of apostleship . —The Prince renewed in London much the same life which he had before led ; and cultivated , it is stated in those volumes , " a certain class of notabilities , whose advica and experience have not been without influence upon his conduct . " '
5 . It would be more tedious than the telling of a " thrice told tale" were we to recapitulate tbe subsequent events of the career of Prince Louis Napoleon . Europe is ringing with them . His recent acts acquire a logical meaning from tbe history of the education of his life . Let us look at some of the main elements of his character as shown in that and in the works collected here . —A passionate system-monger is often the most unscrupulous of public characters . Rather
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than his system should break down , the man devoted to his plan will obstinately adhere even to his errors . Louis Napoleon is presented to us from the sketch which we hare given as mentally , a system-monger—a thorough Napoleon st from first to last : —morally , as a man of stern and deliberate audacity , of much phlegmatic resolution , and of utter recklessness as to his means . Accident gave him the opportunity of appealing to the memory of bis uncle and to the passions of an army . His power rests on what the late Mr . Grattan called " a stratocracy , "—and its endurance cannot be safely predicted .
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A NEW RELIGIOUS SECT OF POLTGAMISTS . The "Baltimore Patriot" of the 3 rd ult ., contains tbe following account of a new and startling development of "Christianity " . 'We have had some startling accounts of the progress of polygamy among the Mormons of Utah , but their practices seem tone propriety itself , compared to those which prevail among a society , which calls itself " Perfectionists , " and claims to be religious and Christian . The peculiarity of the system of tho Perfectionists , is that all the law * , both human and divine , that are designed to regulate the marriage relation , are set aside and denounced , while the unrestrained indulgence of the humnn passions is practised , not merely as the means to prevent enjoyment , hut as means of grace or helps to holiness . The founder of tho Society is a graduate of a New England college , a student in two theological seminaries , aud now the editor of a paper , published in New York , to sustain and advocate his doctrines .
The centre of this sect is in the town of Lenox , Madison County , N . Y „ where about 150 men , women , and children lire together in one house , with no distinction Of property family , or authority . Each one does what seems good in his own eyes . The Bible is their nominal constitution , and how curiously they must follow its teachings , is evident from the fact , tbat they disavow all separate or individual right in " property , wives , or children . " Literally , they have " all things in common . " But tho sect is by no means confined to Oneida and Madison Counties . In New York and Brooklyn , and in Newarkj N . J ., and in many other places , thera are groups of practical members . The " New York Observer , " in a notice of the propagandists , says : —
" In Utah , among the Mormons , the distinction of husband and wife is rigidly maintained , and non-intervention insisted upon , even ' at tbe peril of life . But in the Oneida Association , and in the boarding houses established on similar principles in this vicinity , these distinctions are utterly abolished , and the freest licentiousness practised as the highest developments of holiness . We have been furnished with a large number of certificates , signed by females of this community , stating that at first they were fearful they were not doing right , but the longer they have practised on the system here pursued , the holier they are sure to grow . On the principle we suppose that where there is no law there is no transgression , they havo abrogated all authority but inclination , and they never sin , because they never do anything but what they like . The reader may be amused at the practical operation of the association at Lennox , as we find it detailed in one of their reports ,
" The children are trained in a general nursery , and ' it is found to be altogether a more comfortable task to take care of six in the new way , than it had been to wait on one in ordinary circumstances . ' ' The only drawback on the operation was the temporary distress of the mothers in giving up their little ones to the care of others , which made occasion for some melo dramatic scenes ; but the wounds were soon healed , and the mothers learned to value their own freedom and opportunity of education , and the improved condition of their children , more than the luxury-of a sickly maternal tenderness . ' This is tho language of the report . " The way thoy sleep is curious . One large room is set apart for a dormitory , and'each bed is encompassed by a sort of square tent ; so that one stove warms the whole
space , and ' as the principles and habits of the Association are more gregarious than usual , the sacrifice of privacy ' is a small affair . ' " The women found that much time was spent in dressing their hair , so they looked into Paul ' s theory of long hair , and says this report , ' the discovery was made that Paul ' s language expressly points out the object for which women should wear long hair , and that object is not ornament , but a covering . In this light it was immediately manifest that the long hair of women , as it was usually worn , coiled aud combed upward to tho top of the head , instead of answering to Paul ' s object of covering , actually exposes the back part of the head more than the short hair of men . ' This mode of reasoning was carried on till the 'bolder women' cut off their hair and wore it on their
necks as girls do , and soon the practice became general . In the next place the women laid aside the usual dress , and substituted a short frock and pantaloons , which was found to be altogether more convenient . The report says — ' The women say they are far move free and comfortable in this dress than in long gowns ; the men think that it improves their looks , and some insist that it is entirely more modest than the common dress . ' This is plainly the germ of Bloomerism . " The religious exercises of this association consist of public meetings , when each one is called on to relate his own experience , or to make such exhortations or reflections as * are on the mind waiting fov vent . ' Different evenings are set apart for different purposes ; one for
musio , one for dancing , one for Bible reading , & e . The religious influence is said to bo wonderful on those who have joined the association . All who come in while in an unconverted state are declared to have been converted , and one man who was a confirmed lunatic has been entirely cured ! The Annual Report sets forth a theory of promiscuous intercourse of the sexes , as compatible with tho highest state of holiness on earth , so loathsome in its details , so shocking to all tbe sensibilities even of the coarsest of decent people , that we cannot defile the columns of our paper with their recital . It must be sufficient to say , that the doctrine is taught and the attempt is made to defend it from Scripture , that unbridled licentiousness is the Jaw of heaven , the perfection of human happiness , and tho realisation of tho highest stylo of divine virtue . "
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AMERICAN WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATIONS . ( From tho " Cincinnati Nonpariel . " After all , we occasionally see among the mechanics evidence that tho doctrine of Labour Association is getting to be better understood and appreciated . The leaven is working , and the labourer is sure of better " " times ahead . An association , consisting of forty Germans , has recently been established in our city , for tho purpose of carrying on the manufacture of furniture in all its variety . Thoy have purchased an establishment in Smith-street , near Columbia , which they have beon fitting up with a new boiler , planing machine , and other improvements necessary to enable them to compete with any manufactory of the kind in the city . The men belonging to this organisation are of the right stamp , and they have already paid into the capital stock over 10 , 000 dollars . We have never known a more encouraging-looking enterprise of this character than the one alluded to ; and we think the individual members will thank their stars that circumstances induced
them to project and carry out a plan which will give them all steady employment , good wages , and an independent position . This cannot fail of being the effect of their associations , if they labour half as hard for themselves as they have heretofore done fur others . Let no seeming difficulties and little vexations , at first , cause them to swerve from their purpose . A steady perseverance and unflinching energy will remove every obstacle from the road to success , and place them at once beyond the pale of dependent , discontented , and dissatisfied labourers for hire . We learn , also , that another organisation of the same class of mechanics hare opened , or are about opening , a factory in Home-street , between Fourth and Fifth , with bright prospects ahead ; but of the details wo are yet uninformed . Prosperity attend them !
We cannot leave this subject without urging upon the friends of labour reformation , tbeir duty of patronising associations of this kind before all others . The influence of all mechanics and working men should be thrown into the scale on the side of labour . The only hope of the labourer is in associated effort—all other schemes and plans for bettering his condition have utterly failed . Strikes and societies , and orders , have sometimes afforded temporary relief , but they all come very far short of that permanency which is indispensable to the happiness and comfort , and even necessities of nine-tenths of our labouring population . Let , then , no effort be spared to place all organisations oj mechanics on a sure foundation by throwing into their hands all tho business that tho friends of labour can command . Redemption will follow !
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Femalk Emigration Fd . vd . — -The twenty-first party of female emigrantssent out under the auspices of the committee of this fund left the Fenchurch-stroet station of the Blackwall Railway , on Saturday morning , to join the ship Fortitude , of Scarborough , Captain Hey ward , bound for Port Philip , and which lay at anchor off the Town Pier , Gravesend . The weather was very unfavourable . Among those present were the two most indefatigable lady members , the Hon . Mrs . Sidney Herbert and the Hon . Mrs . Stuart Wonley , accompanied by Miss Carlton . The gentlemen were Mr . M . T . Higgins and the Rev . Joseph Brown , Rector of Christ Church , Blackfriars . The emigrants were fifty in number , inclusive of four under the denomination ot " protected passengers " —that is , less destitute emigrants ,
who were permitted to form part of the party by paying the cost of their own passage . The party , whose ages vary from sixteen to thirty-five , consist principally of semptresses , shoe-binders , stockingmakers , and domestic servants . The emigrants appeared to be iu a comfortable and well-tended condition ' , a circumstance attributable , doubtless , to their stay for a few weeks previous at tho committee ' s * ' Home " in Hatton-garden . The party , having arrived at Blackwall , were conducted on board the Vesper Gravesend steam-boat , which conveyed them to the Fortitude , a fine ship of 850 tons burden . The girls wore addressed by Mr . Higgins in the absence of the Right Hon . Sidney Herbert , and the Rev . Mr . Brown . Tho visiting party ' having taken their final leave of the emigrants , returned to town by the same conveyance as they left it .
A Dumb Wjbddikg .-A few days ago a man and woman presented themselves at the altar of the church of Richonberg , in Bohemia , each of whom was deaf and dumb . The bride , tho daughter of a citizen , had become acquainted with her husband in a deaf and dumb institution at Prague , where both had been educated . The marriage ceremony was performed in perfect silence . The questions were handed to each written on slips of paper , and tho answers were returned by nods or shakes of the head .
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Lawtebs are like scissors ; they never cut each other , but what is between them . Good Advicb , —Don't moralise to a man who is on his back . Help him up ,. set him firmly on his feet , and then give him advice and means . Ou vT . 0 RlD - —" They pass best over tbe world , " said wn „ " t Eliza beth , " who trip over it quickly ; for it is but a ° wTjA we st ° P we sink . " than a tn * 7 ™ rannot P osses 8 W that is better one .-SjM oNil 0 man ' " ° anythin S tiiat is worse than a bad COTTO \ — _ Tk i mavbeeniimir , ueofour annua' importation of cotton 55 elh nl at * ° . 000 . 000 . Of this enormous quan-States . } P cei , t is brought to us from the United thtlTvValTmlr ^ ? rder h «* bce . n issued forbidding the police . Missionaries havo been closed by
turlsfX r ^^ the horticulpro ^ a ^ * £ EJuK ? aiXl ^ So ^ tiuf ^ f ? f circulation rent ^ cm £ 20 T' « n $ ' ' , le the "otes in circulation reptesenc * iJU , id 8 , yoo or on ? ahou . » nn ftnft in excess of the bullion . y aoout ^ W . UW Remember , Gihw ! -Om of the most important female qualities is sweetness of temper . Heaven did not 25 tl women insinuation and persuasion in order to be imperious —it aid not give tbem a sweet voice to be emploved in scolding , r ;«»»»» The net national income of 1851 was £ 52 233 008 and the expenditure £ 49 , 500 , 610 . Surplus . £ 2 , 726 , 306 , ' The balance of public money in the Exchequer , at the op . niiiB of 1851 , was £ 9 , 245 , 670 ; at the opening of 1852 , £ 8 . 381 , 037 . Imk Swei . lv Rocks . —These rocks , tho removal of which has so long been desired , in consequence of tho obstruction they form to the free navigation of the Menai Straits , will shortly undergo the operation of blasting .
TnB French Constitution . —An elderly boofcseiler in Pans , one of tbe old-fashioned routine school , on being asked the other day fur the "New French Constitution , " replied that" he did not sell periodicals . " Bachelors , Beware ! -Dabster says he would not mind nvmg a bachelor , but when becomes to think that bachelors must die—that they have to go down to the grave without anybod y to cry for them—it gives him a chill that quite frostbites Ins philosophy . OniEs ' s Belt .-Ah Irishman , in contending for the antiquity of certain families in his native country , urged as a proot , that from time immemorial a certain constellation had borne the name of O'R yan ( Orion ) , adding— " Sure , an ' iverybody knows that it was a prizefighter he was , and that ' s how he came by the belt !"
An Unanswerable : Defence . —Fontenelle , at the age ot ninety-seven , after saying many amiable and gallant things to a beautiful yomu ! lady , passed before her to place himself at table . "See , " said the young lady , " how I oughtto value your Roliantries ; you pass without looking at me . " Madam , " replied tho old man , " if I had looked at you I could nut have passed . " An Artificial MiN .-Near St . Sevier , there lives an old soldier with a false leg , a false arm , a glass eye , a complete set of false teeth , a silver nose covered with a substance resembling fl-sb , and a silver plate replacing part of his skull , lie was under Napoleon , and these arc his trophies .
PtioFKSsoR . Anderson gave , at New "Sork , a fine silver tea set ot fire pieci-s , valued at 400 dollars , as a prize for the best conundrum . A young lady , the author of the following , carried away the prize : — " Why is the writer of this conumdrum like a domestic servant out of employment?—Because she wants to get a « ruice ; and is willing to carry off the tea things . " Parafpise , or Solidified Gas , ~ A company is now oa the eve of practically working Mr . lleeco ' s process for extracting paraffine from Irish peat . Pavaffine resembles white wax , and will burn with a beautiful clear lightwhen
manu-, factured into candles . 100 tons of peat will yield 300 pounds of paraffine , and the company expect to be able to fell it at Is . per pound , and reap a handsome profit . Othello Executed . — "Don ' t you think my execution of Othello a capital performance ? It is in my line , is it not ? " asked an eminent tragedian of Cooke . — "Why , yes , " replied the provoking punster , " all executions may be considered capital performances , and your performances , of Othello is certainly of that class , for you execute him , in your line , ' so effectually , that as soon as you lay hands upon him , he is mo Moorl "
Things Lost for Ever . —Lost wealth may be restored by industry—the wreck of health regained by temperanceforgotten knowledge restored by study—alienated friendship smoothed into forgetfulness—even forfeited reputation won by penitence and virtue . But who ever looked upon his vanished hours—recalled his slighted years—stamped them with wisdom—or effaced fr ; im heaven ' s record the fearful blot of wasted time?—Mrs . Sigourney . A Spirit Stove . —It i * stated in an American paper that a resident of Milwaukie has invented a spirit stove , yhich , only a foot square , will warm any ordinary-sized room . It weighs less than teu pounds , is convenient lor carriages , & c . ; and even small ones may be carried in one ' s pocket on a cold day , and producing neither soot , smoke , nor ashes , may be made as ornamental a piece of personal wear as a watch or breast-pin . It only consumes a pint of alcohol per day .
In a Dilemma . —We are much amused by an incident xe « lated tho other day . A gentleman who had been absent for a considerable time , and who , during his absence , had raised a pretty luxuriant crop of whiskers , moustaches , & c , visited a relative , whose child , an artless little girl of five or six years , he was very fond of . The little girl made no demonstration towardssalutinghira with a kiss , as was usual . " Why , child , " said the mother , " don't you give Uncle P a kiss ?'•'— " Why , ma , ' ' returned the little girl , with the most perfect simplicity , " J don ' t see any place . " Catching an Old Bird . —A celebrated writer having been overtaken in a shower , took refuge under a portico at the West Knd . A young and beautiful lady , who was at the parlour window , after looking attentively at him for a
moment , scuta servant out with an umbrella . Tbe next day , tbe delighted author dressed himself up to his last result of the problem of what was becoming ; and , as the umbrella was an old one , kid it aside as a souvenir , and , purchasing a new one of the costliest taste , called on the lady to return her flattering loan . She received the new umbrella evidently without remarking the change , and after listening , with envious gravity , to the rather pressing tenderness of the dramatist ' s acknowledgments , she suddenly comprehended that hej was under the impression tbat she was enamoured of him ; and forthwith naively explained , that , as he had stood in the way of an expected visit from her intended , who wished lo come and see her unobserved , she had sent him the umbrella to get off her front steps I
EXTRACTS FROM " PUNCH . Thb Chiltern Hundreds . —When a member is sick of parliament , he always calls out for the " Steward !" Queiiv as to the Navy Preserves . —Does not so much corruption imply bribery somewhere ? Patriotic Toast and Sentiment . —May no foreigner ever be before us iu civilisation , ov behind us in battle . Maxim of Napoleon ( the Littlb . )—In political 1 discussions there is nothing like coming to the ( bayonet ' s ) ) point . Confiscation of tub Orleans Property . —A "Little s Bird" tells us , that this act » f spoliation is called at Paris— - " Le Premier Vol de l' Aigle . '" Fatal Chimes . —How precarious is political existence ! Tbe St . Albau ' a voters , rejoicing in the music of Bell metal , 1 , little thought it would turn out 10 be a knell .
What Lord Naas took by his Motion . —The re-esponse of the House of CornmoiiH to the Naas-ty attempt to : o damage the Earl of Clarendon was—Pooh-pooh ! RoGUY-Poour . —Tho name of "the President ' s ' aida-dc- ccamp , we believe , is lloguet . Noscitur a sociis , says the iss proverb . General Roguet had better either cut the " Pre- e- sident" or drop the t . Fair Enough !—The British youth say—in reference to to » the contemplated Militia Law—that they have no objection mi to it , provided they could be first fairly drawn , and then mi cemfort :. bly quartered . Plea for the Queen ' s English . —It seems to be the lie ) desire of our leading statesmen that the Press should on all ilL occasions use parliamentary language . For the ctinlinued ndl reputation of English literature , we hope journalists will do Joi no such thing .
No One is Safe . —As if the temptations for robbery ryr were not already quite sufficient , we sec some Mephiste- ;« - philes of an individual , who evidently has been studying the he weakness of human nature with the view of turning it to t 0 J large profit , has been inventing a Pocket Umbrella , ! " Impossible , Sir ? that ' s no Reason , Sir . "—ColoneW ' Dunne ( need we say a respected Irish member ?) demanded edl last week certain Parliamentary information ; and the Hon'Onv curable and exigeant Member added , " the reasons for nolaoli giving any of the above information viken it is found imprae < a « t ticable lo do so , " Giujat Love for their Native Land . —If a landlordorn means a lord who lias always remained upon land , then thOthti Lords of the A , dmiv « t \ ty are three of the greatest Land-lordordJ this country can boast of , for not one of them , wo bclieveev « has ever been further out at sea than Chel—sea .
Our Imaginative Neighbours . —A great change hoi hoc taken place in the romantic literature of France . The propr « ductions of such writers as M . Eugene Sue have given placolacc to an entirely new class of compositions . The only workiorMi o' fiction in the French language that are now published nrd an the government newspapers . . ,, Louis Napoleos ' s Next . —Considering that printing mg v a dangerous art , fand liable to be greatly abused , the 1 rel rn sident of the Republic decrees the seizure and appropriationiioa to ths government-of all Presses except those necessary foy fc < the manufacture of wine and cheese . True Sons of GuNS .-Someof the spirited young mcimee " liable to be drawn for the Militia , " are angry at the sup su „ position that they will be anxious to shirk it . 1 hey say the ; th « have no vivjht to have their courage in any way diallengedigetj and that to call them out is the best way to give them satisatu faction
. .. . . . . Thu Last Nbw Decree . — Considering that tbere are aa certain maxims and proverbs current in a sense hostile tiles the government , it is hereby ( leeieed , that the maxims ams ai proverbs hereinafter set forth shall be abolished , ov altereUerr in the manner following : —For , The truth is not to be tole tec at all times—Rxad , The truth is not to be told at any tim tim For , Needs niuafc when a certain person drives—ReurRea Needs must when Louis iXapoieon drives . For , PosessioessBi is nine points— Read , Possession is as many points as thes thai are bayonets . For , Speak the truth and shame the dcviWcvil Read , Uold your tongue 4 and respec " . the President .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 6, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06031852/page/7/
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