. A larger history of the United States of America, to the close of President Jackson's administration . d. American political parties are to-day still imbittered by the traditions ofthat great division. Those who hadalways distrusted themksses of the peopleinevitably began todistrust them morethan ever. They readBurkes Reflectionson the French Revo-lution, they read Can-nings editorials, andthey attributed theFrench excesses toinnate depravity, toatheism, to the people haveits own way, they ar-gued, and it will al-ways wish to cut offthe heads of the better classes, or swing them
. A larger history of the United States of America, to the close of President Jackson's administration . d. American political parties are to-day still imbittered by the traditions ofthat great division. Those who hadalways distrusted themksses of the peopleinevitably began todistrust them morethan ever. They readBurkes Reflectionson the French Revo-lution, they read Can-nings editorials, andthey attributed theFrench excesses toinnate depravity, toatheism, to the people haveits own way, they ar-gued, and it will al-ways wish to cut offthe heads of the better classes, or swing them up to the street-lantern. Those who thus reasoned were themselves the betterclasses, in the ordinary sense; they were the clergy, the lawyers,the planters, the merchants—the men \Nho had, or thought theyhad, the largest stake in the country. The Frenchmen they hadseen were the young men of rank and fortune who had helpedAmerica to fight through the Revolution — generous, high-souled, joyous young soldiers, of whom Lafayette was the con-spicuous type. Of the same class were the Frenchmen w^ho had. COUNT FERSEN. THE EARLY AMERICAN PRESIDENTS. 335 visited America since the Revolution; who had been pleasedwith everything and had flattered everybody. The handsomeCount Fersen, who had charmed all hearts at Newport, was thevery man who had, in the disguise of a coachman, driven theFrench king and queen in their escape from Paris. Lauzun,the brilliant commander of French cavalry under Rochambeau,was also the picturesque hero who refused to have his handstied on ascending the guillotine, but said gayly to the execution-er, We are both Frenchmen ; we shall do our duty. Whocould help sympathizing with these fine young fellows} Butthis revolutionist in the red cap, this Jacques with wooden shoes,these knitting women, these terrible tricoteuses, the Federalistshad not seen; and doubtless the nearer they had seen themthe less they would have liked them. Consequently, like Burke,they piti
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