Democratic banner., 1848-04-24
THE PROGRESS. or NAN.

thus granted, their power gradually gre"
to that exercised BY Patriarchs and the
heads of tribes. Here was borrowed the
idea of Monarchy, which has engfafted
itself upon the human mind and weighed
down the rightsof Man, from the ascension
|of the first Monarch or Chief, to the rising
of the SrAR OF LIBERTY in the west. True,
resistance to the divine right Of Kings has
been made at various stages of the worlds
history, but i. has generally been the re-
suit Of a multiplicity of tyrants seeking to
gain hat power they condemned. Their
success has mostly resulted in the forging
of letters more %odherous than the shackles
they DOTTED. The masses, used to submit,
have bowed to power in all its phases, with
out a knowledge that in themselves that
power had its being. For six Thousand
years the mind of man has trailed in the
dust, occasionally elevated to see itself in
false MIRROR, and to study all problemsbx Dot
the problem of man. Slow, indeed, has been
the workings Of nature, but not slower than
the progress of man in knowledge essential
to the designs of natures revelations.-
Whilst the old world has been the theatre
of science in its infancy-the blotting-book
of protenders through time, it was reserv-
ed to be demonstrated upon the new, the.
Science of government-that A IsBy Ma
|TURB EQUAL AND FREE.
The discovery of America opened an
ASYLUM TO the oppressed, where religious
federation could be observed, and a gov
eminent formed without the entailment
of hereditary Monarchy, and unsurround-
ed by a chain of despots ready to smoth-.
Ell the first ray of human liberty. Once es-
t~ablished, the sky of freedom has. been
studded with star after star in the west, till
their combined rays have cleaned oycr
Europe, lighting With freedom the hearts
Of the people, and ~crumblipg to dust the
pillows Of Monarchy. The advancement
of civil liberty in Europe has prepared tie
way for tie exteasiot Of tle electric spark
that has ignitedinthe bcsomof the French,
end holdsinaxsth
bined tyrsnts d. the sword. That the lib.
erty Of the world will wrought is no lon
ger a doubt upon the minds of the republican
who holds that. 'struth is o~mnipotent and
public justice certain.'' Sooner or later it
must come, aid the true republican says in
his heart,
"Waft, watt ye winds and ye waters roll,
And spread the truth from poll 10 psll."
The following extract, from an exchange,
wildly Portrays the political condition Of
Europe, as detailed in the long columns Of
news brought over by the H6es~
MA:
The French Republic has set the ~revolu-
tionary ball in motion. The progress t =
makes is electric. 1t flies from city to civ.
passes over frontiers, mountains and VAL
leys, like the rays Of the morning sum-
Treaties vanish, and tyrrany and vslor bow
down in humility as it approaches. Guards -.
and courtiers cannot resist it; royal life
seems an Illusion as the news forces itself
into Che palace. The patriot r~eioices in his
cell, and the ~jailor's hand trembles. As It
travels over Europe, it .demsnds freedom Of
he press, liberty Of speech, universal suf-
rage, the sacred right to assemble for the
Of political subjects, abolition
# standing armies, and a guarantee that
fruits of industry shall be enjoyed by
hose who labor. Germany is striving to
:mulats France. Harmstadt end Hessa
;asselt have gained great reforms. Baya-
IA and Munich have been seized with tb.
evolutionary contagion. Passing M The
danube, Wurtemburg has caught The spir-
!, and obtained freedom of tks-press. ~.
light to assemble aud a Burgher Gusrd,~
'axony's King has yielded to the demand.
I the people, and abolished the censorship
: the press. Throughout Germany, !
rance, the press with all the restriction,
upon it, has been the soul of tbs
evolutionary movement. Hungary and
'ohemia, united to Austria, have sddressea
} III Emperor an able State paper, scarce
second p Lamartine's manifesto. WEN. !
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