The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-05-17

There can be no effects siIh6el e>peon.
liant causes. there caa " no great eoleas
wi,hou, causes equally great, asd sssss.
quen,ly the grand results which Asss
developed ihemsslvesin the secsai Fiesel
revolution have been preceded b s>ssss
of no ordinary character. That ths n.
ments which produced The svssts ssselline
in so sudden and 90 radical . ehaoas Z
government in France have ben very 10.
por,ant ones no one cen fos uomsns
dispute.
The mighty uphesving Of the mssses
rising with more than the moral majesty
of Ti,ans. and literally tearing the sissl
from crowned heads, driving them ffem
their palaces, and hurting the throne 81
Of doors, % has been done in Francs, d @
event that cannot proceed from trivial
causes, and an event which does not mark
every page Of the history Of the world.
But what has been the cause, or rsihsr
the formidable combination, The rare union
Of causes that has e,en,uated 10 such s,u.
pendous fesultsl
We think il may be accounted fos by
mol more than q glance at her history.
You have to go back, beyond the 18th
century, TO find the remote causes Of The
recent movement. After the peace Of
AK ls.ChspelIs, Q74s,) France enjoyed
seven years respite o." external peace and
tranquility" bu, there wss wsged fierce
dispute within, involving tho clergy, the
courts, the parliamen,s, and the people;
wilhou, detailing the miru'e particulars, Il
i, sufficient 10 say, that ihis general Goa.
ties, grew out Of u contention between the
Jesuils on the one side. and the Janssnisis
on the other, on some obscure points 10
church. mnttsrs; the matter OF dispute much
too trivial TO excite in our day, more than
a momsniary polemic discussion, or The
celebration Of Independence" Of 'chism.
But the King aud court took one side.
while the pafliamenis ssrsyed ihemselse.
with tina, portion ofths people who differed
from the King on the other: the breach sooa
widened, and the contest assumed difiar.
ent character, that Of the strengthening Of
the kinaly prerogative. and The exercise Of
new powers on the part Of The throne, and
q determined resistance on the part Of The
people.
Public opinion ives treated 9th con.
tempt, the freedom Of though, was curbsd,
end nothing coming from the opponents Of
the throne vas treated with any degree Of
respect; and, says historian. at may
no, be unreosoosbIe, perhaps, TO date the
COMMENCE men, Of the revolution that broke
out nearly thirty years cf'frudrds, from
his period" About lsyears afterwards,
tina, very order Loysla's or Jesu'.'s) which
had sustained . mutual relationship with
the throne. and which together with il bad
imposed such unjust exsc,ioos, wss sbol.
ished BY Lewis Nv; and lei il bs rsmsm.
bcred here, that the very discussion BE-.
tween them and the Janscnisis, which b.
came subsequently las ssated-s dispute
between The King and q great portion Of
bis subjects, thu, very discussion. IL, !, b
borne in miht, developed in clearer ligh,
than was before exhibited, or observed. lbs
rights Of the people, and The usurpa,ions
Of the crown: and that ligh, though ssca.
siooally nbscursd BY the smoke Of rsvelu-
lions. and soms,imes psled BY the bon6rss
OF thrones, sni The flames Of war. hss Gen.
,inued 10 burn with pure and sssady %.
Ounce. incrcasing in biiabsnrss end vol.
ums. The Jssaii's pawer being lost, their
opponents, no better Than they, when tie
naxer had changed iutU ns~,. L.sa. -.
cd such arbitrary measures, as 10 call inls
existence sect Of philosophers opposed
TO all religion. whose motto was: .Lib.
erty IN speech and se,iou. and emaneipa.
lion OF thought" voltsre took the lead
OF these, IN exposing III. Jurisprudence 81
The country and attacking both the laws,
and their administrators, and row, wss JIG.
fused more generally, kno~Iedss Of their
condition, and Gas shown exposures Of tho
grievances Of the people.
Lcwisthe sixteenth nrended the throne.
and I! vas during hi. reign. ,La, the "di.
zine righof Kiags," was denied ia such
tones OF thunder, IS have not YET ceased to
rock the ivory symbols Of greatness, and
the STAR chambers Of royalty. Look VIA,
astonishing, what magni6cen, scenes the
close OF tho eighteenth century painted on
the drama Of time. Tho American Dec.
laraiion Of Independence, was declared,
and the waves ef the Atlantic, taving both
the coasts Of France and Auctica, bore
from shore 10 shore, the echs, Liberty
Liberty
The theme was caught up by Paine. Vol.
taire, d. Alembert Dldefot, and others
and IN the glowing robes Of eloqusncs end
the refined grace Of philosophy, they IN.
tfoduccd Il, 10 tho wondering and applau.
ding gaze, Of oil France. The celebrated
Encyclopedias was the vehicle conveying il
TO every mind, every one ~ho could, read;
and thosa who couldn't listened: all hearts
were touched as il by mage wand. Die
content showed they werc DESTROYS Of
change, bur history has shcwn they we're
not ripe enough for liberty, in its full sense.
The good old King. as inlimated in pre-.
vious article, endeavourcd, 10 please them
Minister after minister was removed, aad
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