The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-06-28
From lie Iorlh American.
POLITICAL HAPPINESS.

Ill man," Gays tsibbon, . were 10
Ok The penod in the history Of The wo1ld, /
during which the condition Of the human
race was mol happy and prosperous,
he would. without hesitation, name that
which elapsed from The death of nomitlan
tn the accession Of CommodnsS This
declaration, generally accepted BY reflect
ing men as embodyipg truth, is. in il
avn nature. full of sadness and humi~
lialion. That happy period. extending
through a term Of sixly.fiye years, was
one ol bondage; and tile universal felici.
" If The race was The gift OF enihroned
masters. Liberty and popular intelli-
gence had nothing 10 Do with The result;
they slept; il was a golden age willed
hy four empeIors, who, wise and yiriuous
though they were, ruled The honndless
Roman stale with absolute power. and
with sword and whip. compelled mankind
IL he happy. There never was such a
period of felicity conferred by men upon
i is,r:aselyes; and now, ~ crowns and
scepirts melt away, and all men under
stand The rights and power of freedom,
The great problem Of Tie age is a. to The
capacity OF The eniranchised human fami-
lis To secure TO themselves by their own
act such another elysian epoch--sixis-
Eve years Of universal peace, quiet and
prnsperi,y--once granted 10 The world BY
; despois. ~..-z+a4.>.s..
|, The instance of The American republic,
! perfectly democratic rs il Is, which has
| now endured for sixty years under lis pre-
sent constitutional form. affords an illus.
| ua,ion Of The capacity Of man for self
} government which has not been without
4 lis effect, and which, indeed, has been
= great cause Of the progress Of revolutions
|, airy ideas in Europe. But while i gives
E encouragement. 10 hope a greater happt
/ ness for the world, hereafter, from The be
E nlgn influence &c liberty, Than was eve
/; bestowed by the wisdom and virtue Q
b imperial power, il does not prove tina
: men. full of all ambitions, passions, follie'
il and frenzies, should be capahle Of the he
d role moderation and self.conirol. the wis
prudence and sober philanthropy, wi,hou
II which there can be neither perpetual sale
" 10 a state nor universal concord ANON
,e nalions. How much Of all the happines
"a of some countries depends upon The vi
A E,ues of a few individuals. Cesar and Ma
,e lpoleon are of themselves nothing; yet
j. never needed more than one Cesar or on
Nanoleon 10 set The world by The earl
m and produce that stale Of calainitons cor
At fusion, in which men are, a, last. wiiin
E, to buy peace a, The: expense Of liberty
of Demagogues are the jackalls who hunt b'
10 fore The lion of subjugation.
ii How strongly all the pcrils OF iibert
ii, were depicted in the histnry of PafI
ur and the memorable 5,l, oil May. On II
ia morning of that dav, France was an
\, ganized republic, 10 appearance stable,
II. well as the m,gh,iest on the glohe--mls
8. ~ in her immense population and u
ar unanimiiy of her patriotism. And y.
ire by midday, all was anarchy; the Leg
We la,iye Hall in the hands Of wild mob
Ith the Representatives of The people tirlv'
from their seais--,he tribunals occnpi
nj by bandits. assuming The name OF dem
ISIS Gratis, who came 10 issue DEGREES OF v
10 and taxation. and rampant bedlami,es W
, a proclaimed the dissolution Of the new
ne. puhlic; and bandits and belamies be
aw backed hy 4 hundred thousand freemt
-ou who called themselves The people, q
in were, in reality, portion Of the peopl
,ch This revolution oil anarchy was, inde'
by arrested, and the disgraeeiul scene 50
us. Ihrougltio an end but il was BY the fir