Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1848-06-08

these basis area President Of the Germans
Confederation, elected for three years. us
President is invested with the right OF peace
and war. The Parliament is composed % TWO
chambers one, ENJOYS OF the princess anu 'ue
other elected by the people. 1t has Tor ITS exc
cutiye force an armed national guard It's first
session opened at Frankfort in the same month
ne orr Constituent Assembly. Thus, from all
nnrts. since the proclamation Of the Republic,
nnder varied forms and analogous TO the genius
of the people, Democracy organizes itself on
the French model shall not truce through
the other states of Europe the more or less rapid
march of the national principle, or of the liberal
principle, or of the liberal principle accelerated
BY the revolution of February. Ideas overflow
their channels everywhere, and these ideas bear
the name of Francel On every side you have
but to choose between a certain and honorable
peace and q partial war with nations for allies.
(Cheers.)
Thus, by the mere fact of a double principle
at once disclosed to Europe, the democratic
principle and sympathetic principle the exter-
nal power with one hand resting on the right o.!
Nations, the other on the inaggresslve bot i'm
posing masses Of tour armies of observation,
witnesseth the up.heavngs OF the continent,
without ambition as without weakness ready to
negotiate or to combat-to preserve her present
boundaries, or to enlarge them according to her
right, her honor and the security of her frontiers.
Her frontiers use word which has lost part
of lis meaning under the Republic. The dem
ocratic and iraternal principle has become the
real frontier Of France (Cheers.) 1t is not her
soil that cnlarges; it is her influence, it is her
sphere of radiation and attraction on the CONT
nent, it is the number of her natural allies, it is
the disnterested and intellectual patronage
she exercises over nations in short it is the
French system, substituted, in three days and in
three months, for the system of the Holy ALI
ance The Republic understood at the first
word the new policy which the philosophy, the
humanity the reason of the age were at last to
inaugurate among nations by the hands Of our
country
want no farther proof than this of the divine
origin of Democracy, and that it will triumph
throughout Europe as rapidly and as gloriousIy
as at Paris. Loud uppause.) France will have
changed her glory; nothing more Ifsome few
minds, still backward in understanding what is
real strength and true greatness, or impatient TO
push on tie fortunes Of France, reproached the
Republic with moi having done violence to ma
tons by offering them liberty at bayonct's point
which would have resembled conquest, we will
say to them: behold what royalty of eight
cen years did for France abroad behold what the
Republic has effected in less than three months p
Compare the France OF the 23d February with
the France of the 9th May, and wait with pa.
tience even for glory, and give time to the prin
ciple which works, which combats, which trans
forms, and which assimllates the world for you
France abroad was imprisoned in limits which
she could not break but by general war. Eu
rope, populations and governments, were all q.
gainst us. We had five great powers. compac
and united together by an anti revolutionary in
terest against France. Switzerland was betray
ed. Italy sold, Germany hostile. France wa
obliged TO conceal her revolutionary nature nnt
to make herself as insignificant as possible, 70
fear of agtaing people, or dsquietirg king
Once that this weight was removed, see VIVA
other destiny has been given to her by republi
can peace! The great powers regard with IN
easiness the slightest of her movements No
one of them has protested against the eventua
and legitimate revision of the treaties of 1915
which a word of ours has boted out Just as wei
as 10000 could do England has no longer an,
cause 10 suspect US with respect TO Spain. Rus
STA has time to reflect on the only bond Of unit
that can exist between her and us the recon
stitntion OF Poland, independent and Free
Loud Cheers) TIE Empire Of Austria TO lon
ger treats, except Of ransoming ltaly Prussi
renounces all other ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, except b
liberty. All this shows the approaching coal
ton OF nations, leaning by necessity Oh the sur
port of France, in place of being turned agains
her by the policy of their governments; Turi
is becoming stronger and stronger, by concer
tratlng her power; Italy is free. n cyy Of dis
tress DOuld call France there, mol 10 effect conques
but 10 afford protection. (Cheers.J The on!
conquest that we desire beyond the Alps, is til
friendship of the nations that have been enfrar
chsed in a word, we were thirty-sx millior
Of men isolated on the continent; no Europea
thought was ermitted US; no collective acto
was possible; such system was one of reprcss
ion and iorcc the horizon was exceedingly lin
tied; air was wanting TO our dignity as to OF
policy
At present, our system is the system OF den
ocratlc truth, which shall swell to the proportion
OF social universal faith; our horizon is the fl
turiiy of civilized nations; our vital air is til
breath of liberty in the free breasts Of the who
universe. Immense Cheering) Three month
have not yet passed over; and, If democracy
10 have its thirty years war, as Protestantis
had, France, in place Of marching ut the hea
OF thirty-six millions of men, counting in ht
system allies, Switzerland, Italy, and the emal
clpated populations of Germany, marches a
ready at the head of Lightweight millions
friends and confederatcs What victories coul
have procured to The Republic such a confeder
tlon, obtained without having cost single life
France, at the fall of royalty, has risen from h,
abasement, as a vessel, when too heavily lade
rights itself when relieved. Such is the exa
picture of our foreign situation. The happine.
or the glory of this situation belongs atogoh
to the Republic. We accept only the rcspons
piity OF 1t; and we shall always ielcitate GU
selves, IN appearing before the representatives
the people, TO be able to hand over to them II
Republic in peace, with every assurance
greatness, and its hands full Of alliances al
pure from human blood. (Long continued a
plause.)