The _Drapeau Rouge is down_--HUGO, BLANC and LEDRU ROLLIN
Are as harmless as three kittens with their teeth and talons drawn;
And now my own loved France, with returns from every poll in,
I bid thee hail of Liberty the true and genial dawn.

Though the Left's intemperate oracles, political and clerical,
Deny there's force or purpose in the People's mighty "Aye!"
They stultify their principles, for by ordeal numerical
Their Creed declares all policy should either live or die.

To France I said, "My Country, behold I freely tender thee
All swords e'er won for freedom in the ages long ago,
All prerogatives that clash with it I offer to surrender thee,
Wilt take or spurn the guerdon? prithee, answer 'yes' or 'no.'"

She has answered, France has answered, in thunderings articulate,
From the Alps and either Seaboard, to the Pyrenees, the Rhine;
And though a horde of demagogues may bellow and gesticulate,
They _know_ this is a victory of the PEOPLE'S RIGHT DIVINE.

* * * * *

The Dominion Again.

What a set of grumblers the Canadians are. They seem never to be
satisfied with their public men. First they were berating the minister
of Justice for too large a practice at the Bar. Now they have turned
their attention to the gentleman (Mr. LANGEVIN) who is to engineer the
domestic relations between the Confederate Provinces, on the ground of
looking after his own Domestic Relations first. Surely, this is