Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1846-07-10

F''luhdNF llNoltht Tor forming a correct
mate Of this mighty convulsion. Tho fury Of
party luminosity, and the bitter sense ofhean.
burning wrongs are buried in the grave, aud the
eurbng hand Of monarchy AGAIN controls the
dcstiuics Of a great nation. Nor has Time vet
thrown the mantle of mystery on those scenes.
which however favorable 20 the poet. casts upcar.
tauty on all the specuIatiou5 of the philosopher
and the details Of the historian.
Ii is not our intention 10 investigate the causes
of the Revolution; TO state the prayimate and
more obvious agencies in its production, requires
no peculiar sagacitv. The republican exampIc
Of the American colonies, unequal taxation, dis.
ordered finances, and the lcudal privileges ofihe
nobility, ushered in it commencement. But to
understand its ultimate aud remote causes we
need 10 search thenobe history Of France. from
the earliest ace of its distinct existence. 10 trace
the growth Of a cumberous monarchy, TO under
stand the pocularties of national character. and
tn, whole organization Of society. We need to
watch the elements of free Judging from its timid
infancy to impous manhood, when il sought 10
scale the heavens and hurl the ALMIGHTY from his
throne. Buff the causes of the Revolution are
thus recondita, its dcvclopements stand forth in
living light. During the 25 wears Of lis contin.
uance, more events were recorded in lis history
Men lived under the HIGH pressure system: OK.
citcmcnt was the elixir of iifs.-ThGsa restless
aspirations whiehim every class To mount 70
Ia higher grade in the scale OF being. thus furnish
ING in a healthy state. great stmuous 10 action.
now urged on to madness. A single stride placed
the illicrato peasant on the summit of powdr and
the boggar of one day reyelod the next in the
! halls of the Tuillorcs, and was dragged forth 10
q ,l,,;, H., IL. 81
The Revolution was also favorable TO the de-
veIopements of daring genius. 1t produced few
] characters Of that calm and profound intellect
! which is perfected best in the quotude of retire.
< ment 1t found many such at its commence
70 mnnt, but they were soon swallowed up inthe
= whirlpool of passion. BUTT cave birth tomanv
= minds whose genius was of that striking and
= brilliant kind, which gloros in the tempest and
whirIwind, and rovcls in turbulence and excite
e mcnt. These were the DAYS that tricd the dcnp
d foundations of mems souls, when passion vented
= itself in words of burning coqucnca Never
i was Grcciau Senate or Roman forum, electrified
S by strains more thrilling and profound than Mir
g tribune to the assembly. But it, this was an age
l. Of genius, it was also one Of cruel despotisn.-
= The voice Of wisdom was drowned in the wild
= clamor Of the populaca, and hoary experience
T. retired before untried theory. Having swept a.
= way the bulYarks of freedom and Justice, reyolu-
Il ton then laid its ruthless hand on the individual
d rights Of man, AT tirStit seized only the eXhor-
liant wealth of the clergy; but one aggression
Il paved the way for another, till the distinctions Of
|, private property were virtually annihiaed. In
u short time large portion Of the immense land
e ed estate OF France, was swallowed up in the
t,I,
Is capitalists gained prlncey wealth, but the nation
j. became bankrupt
? But the destruction OF private properly was
l. but an Introductory step in the march OF lawIess
o doSpotlsm. 1t trampIcd on mans sacred and In
yiolabIo rghts.-Characcr became an empty
T. name. U what avail was the patriotism of {
Y Blllly, or Lafayette in such struggle! They
NJ were swept away like the feather before the blast
10 Reputation was the gauge Of worth, and it rose
II and fell with every variation in the thermometer
s. Of popular feeling. Revolutionary desPodsn
IL went step llrthcr-t entered the very citado
lie of life and spored with the destnes of thirty
Il millions OF people. During that fearful period
a emphatically stilcd the "Raign of Terror," the
u guIounc was the laWgNcr OF France. 10 II
NJ stern mandate bent sage wisdom, proud nobility
Is and humble poverty, and still It's lnsauatc Voc,
lo cried give, give.
'' Each revolution IN the wheel OF fortune raiso'
y anew race to the summit Of power, and furnish
i9 ed fresh recruits for the life deyouror. Paris tn,
H. great slaughter house of France, continually re
ie sounded with the eXocralions Of the prescribed
rk the groans of sundered affection, and the unicol
lo ing jasts OF hardened impiety. The suburbs o
ly the city became vast Acedama, and the Sem
Iy rolled her tide to the sea- crmsoned with the j
ne blood OF butchered thousands.-Tho history o
u those terrible years is book of murders, writer
nc with blood, and sealed in tears.
he But the characteristic mark of the Fronc
hs Revolution was its dariag impicty. Having cas-
IL olIIhc fear of God, they subvcrted all huma