Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-05-03

! should not have said one word to you
tonight, my follow-ci,izens had / not
been induced to do so by particular cir
cumstance. A few years since when in
France, published in the Democratic Re-
view..some remarks upon the condition Of
that country. Among these we're sliu-
sions to the emeutes which were often
breaking out in the streets Of Paris, and
occasioning CONSERVATION and alarm to
the quiet citizens, who we're disturbed in
their occupations by the din Of arms, and
sometimes by bloody conflicts in the mids.
of their city; and al! this without the least
beneficial result, or any expectation Of it.
They we're not revolutions; they were
riots and instructions. ] communicated
also the fact, as disclosed by the witnesses
on the trials Of persons indicted for these
offences. 1t was shown concIusiyely that
the persons engaged in them belon gcd to
secret societies sworn to abolish the Chris
tian religion, to destroy all the rights Of
property, and TO over,urn, in fact, social
order. | was describing more particular
ly wha: in France were technically call
ed the days Of May, 1889. The sen,i-
ments Of a journal which favored these
proceedings, may be judged by the terms
it employs when speaking Of the United
States, whose government it calls "ri-
diculous republic and moncyed aristocra-
cv."
d. The following quotations mark its spir-
it and Objects: 49,.
81. is, without doubt, beautiful to be an
atheist; but that isnot enough" &c.
at ought 10 say, all that is connected
with religious worship is contrary TO our
progress; while, at the same time, when
ever people are religious, they talk non
sense"
"Our Savior is called the democratic
SOD Of Mary"
My condemnation Of such principles
has recently been construed into a con-
domination Of the principles Of revolutions
brought about by the people seeking The
redress Of their grievances. There ncv-
err was feeling Of my heart, word of
my mouth, nor an act Of my life, which
would give any man right to call in
question my sympathy with the strug.
Cling masses, or the sincerity of my hope
for their success; and Idefy any mar 10
quote from my remarks upon the condi-
ton Of France, one single sentence incon-
sistent with the progress of rational lib
erty,
What thought, and what I foresaw,
are shown by the following extract, allu-
ding to the condition Of Europe. and to
the changes that were in progress:
'But in Europe this last great element
! Of public happiness is beyond the reach
; Of the governments, and it is therefore
the more necessary that they should use
all the means within their power to i'm
! prove the condition Of the poorer classes
, Of society, to extend the advantages fed
: ucation to all, TO diminish the public e&
penses, TO put stop to oppression, and te
r introduce the most impartial equality be
: fore the law, and into public emp!oyments
$ In this way, and in this alone, can the pc
!, li,ical efervescence which is every
: where visible in Europe, be safely gui
: Led, when il cannot be wholly control
: cd, There is forward movement il
: opinion, which can neither be misunder
: stood nor put down. 1t has produced
y great changes, and will produce still
: greater. It's operation is question O
: Time only; but the extent and intensity
= Of that operation depend essentially upor
| the wisdom and justice Of the govern
: mcnts, and upon the forbearence Of the
? people. Happy will it be for both, il
: the changes demanded by the present
: state Of society, and called for by the
= thinking class Of community, are made
Y in time to prevent revolutions. instead o
e being the consequences of them.''
It Is there one American in this broa<
Y land who will not reciprocate these sen
j. timents?
Unfortunately for the late dynasty
: these liberal views were not adopted b,
d it; and fits principles did not undergo
}! change, certainly many of its most OBJ
r noxious measures were adopted and pur
j. sued after that period, and have givel
: to its government: character for insin
l. cerity and love Of power, which, if the,
f were before charged upon it, it had no
S acquired by such a course of conduc, a
n has since been adopted, and which lef
j. the French people no choice between
# tame submission and armed resistance
: At that period, or about that period
) (forI do not recollect the date precisely
e NJ. Theirs was the Prime Minister; AM
}, his character and principles were
a guarantee for rational progress, ant
1 against arbitrary mearures. But tn
s later years of the fallen dynasty hav
is been marked by measures evincing sci
c tied determination to strengthen til
r. powers Of the government, and to maj
J. row more and more the circle of popula
l. rights, TIL the foolish project Of prevent
A ing even a social banquet, 10 be partake
r by a largo portion of the Chamber {
e Deputies, and by much that was able an
n liberal in France, and where public meas
S, ures were to be discussed, applied tn
Q torch to the inhamable materials, an
n kindled that confagration which, thong
IS iii has consumed little, has purged much
e and will become beacon. light, invitin