Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-04-29

-,,orchicaI, aristocratical. constitution
sses--,mir Governments are the expression o.
regaO", "., degrees of the maturity of the genius
dlH'rIag nations. They demand more
be u nroporton as they feel themselves Ca
kstE ~ f!annn6r,ing more. They demand more
be and democracy in proportion as they are
kaIN ;nspired with the feeling of justice and
Hol0 ,bs DeopIe. II is question Of time. A
siH ~. ,stray in outrunning the hour of that
1gA ,s it dishonors itself in allowing it to
aI!; !bout seizing upon it. The monarchy
ei2s .annbIic are not, in the eyes of true
:" absolute principles which are enemies
'aI"' 9TH: they are facts which are contrasted
s ~ab o,ber. and which can live face to face,
s';l ~ U,I understand and respect each other.
W. hen. is not the principle of the French
"m, as # became the fatal and glorious ne
fP1'yf = the Republic in 1872. Between 1892
ksl % ,bere IS half century. To return,
's0 i.nse OF half n century, TO the prlnci-
a !I-o2 w or to the principles of conquest and
e;a - roud not be to advance, it would be
snPH',d with the advance of time. The
leio5,af Il Yesterday is step in advance, and
FFou'lOLt Lt.Urfaard. The world and ourselves
p one .D.D-b to fraternity and peace.
flsn .,n,tion of The Republic in 1892 ex-
Y II mS =. war, the difference which exists be-
lnsa ,eriod of our history and that in which
en- 'Drr .rdaius the peace. Apply yourself to
~. ID,..isr.tanding of these differences, and ex-
'. .I.m to those around you.
y I-q9 the nation was not one. Two nations
d ~ nSI visited on the same soil. A terrible
'srp .N prolonged itself between the classes
Os7..,,i of their privileges, and the classes
p; inst succeeded in achieving equality and
The classes dispossessed united them
!r,b the captive royalty and with jealous
/ 80 10 deny, its revolution in France, and
,55,Dose upon il the monarchy, the aristocra-
.ni the theocracy by invasion. At the pres
ia- there are no longer any distinctions and
.T,v of classes. Liberty has freed all.
.r,y berore the law has leve!led everything.
-,,,v Of which We proclaim the application,
d; e which the National Assembly is to or
,,s The benefits, is about to unite all. There
-, single citizen in France. to whatsoever
IL, he may belong, who does not rally TO the
,,iJa Of the country before everything else.
! wbo does not render, by that very union. all
5amn,s imOregnabIe TO the attempt 10 the fears
the INVASION.
/ IN 1872 it was not the entire population who
krni into possession of the Government. II
L the middle classes only who wished to ex-
rise liberty and enjoy it. The triumph ofevery
i,rehv must be. Il wished TO retain for itself
Sarisbts achieved for all. 1t was necessary for
70 operate a strong diversion against the ad-
,e Of the people by preciPitatng it (the people)
he field of battle, in order to prevent il from
tsrag into the exercise of lis own government.
E diversion was the war. War was the idea
HE MOnarchians and GirondinS. 1t was not
Il idea of the most advanced democrats, who
|shed Ike Us the sincere regards and the COM
reign Of the people itself, comprising in that
re all classes, withou. exclusion or preference,
1.-THE nation is composed.
ln 1892 the people was only the instrument of
| revolution. To-day the revolution was made
the people and for the people. The people
aself the revolution. In entering into it its
bE necessities of labor, of industry, of instruc-
b, Of agriculture, of commerce, of morality. of
kk2eriy, of property, of cheap living, of navi-
kion and in short, of civilization, which are all
necessities of peace. The people and peace
e bat one word.
! u l19z the ideas of France and Europe were
Psnared to comprehend and 10 except the great
tmony OF nations among each other TO the ben
Of The human race. The idea of the age
a vas closing was only in the heads of some
57Plers. Philosophy at the present day is
llE Fifty years of liberty of thinking, of
-klng and Of writing, have produced their re-
Books, journals and the tribune have acted
Z apostles Of European intelligence. Reason
Faang everywhere, and overstePping the from
sol naIlOn has created that intellectual nation
which will be the achievement Of the French
F11aon and the constitution of international
e'aIiy all over the globe.
Il Eoli, in 1892 liberty was 4 novelty, equal
Easa sandal, and the republic was problem.
lsG Gsot nations, which had only just been dis
'fia BY Femelon, Montesquieu and Rousseau,
50 completely forgotten, buried, profane0 by
el1al dynaslic and sacerdotal traditions, that
most legitimate Intervention of the people in
aaalrs appeared a monstrosity 10 the states.
? Oh The old schools. Democracy made the
-aichs, and at the same time the foundations
sce'y Iremble. To-day thrones and the peo'
are accustomed TO the word, TO the forms and
'HV regular agitatIons of liberty, exercise i'll
E-E 0Lnerent proportions in all states, and
y III inonarchies. They will accustom them-
" ~ me Republic, which is its complete form
~ 'ne nPest of nations. They will recognise
mere Is a conservative liberty. They will
.-'|Iedge that there may be in the Republic
"a! better, but that there may be more real
= a hat government of all for all than in the
5SfnIent of the few for the few.
~, besides these dIsinteres:ed considerations
soc interest of the consolidation and the du.
~ The Republic would inspire in the states.
q France the thoughts of peace. 1t is not
0'ntry that runs the greatest danger in the
- IS the liberty. War is almost always q
-"saiP. Soldiers forget institutions for men
-.oass tempt the ambitious-glory dazzles
".sn-the prestige of a glorious name wells
1afk p upon the sovereignty of the nation