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

made in rebuke Of his courtiers, and plant
himself upon the shore Of the ocean, say
ng to its tides aoao mol, than he who
should say to the spirit Of the age ad-
'ance not. There are many who fear
he progress and result of this great
ceiling. | am not among them. | have
watched it and mingled with it for fifty
years. In my opinion, it is yet but in
is commencement. Let us all attempt
% instruct and guide, what we could not
check if we would, and ought not if we
could. Human liberty, human equality,
human Improvement, moral and phys
cal, should be the objects Of our desires,
as we'll as our efforts.
Some peculiar characte rstics have
marked the progress OF the recent events
in rance.-The capital is surrounded
by wall of decentralization upwards of
thirty miles in extent. Detached forts
strengthen the approaches, and smaller
defensive works are placed, at regular
intervals, along the whole wall. 1t is
an imcnse fortification. one Of the most
extensive in tho world. 1t completely
commands the city Of Paris, and is gar
isoncd with an immense train Of arti!le-
ny. ready for any operations the govern
mcnt might direct. In this fertilization,
and IN the city itself, when these troubles
broke out, the government had collected
u great army of one hundred thousand
men, among the best disc plned troops
in the world, and collected for the very
purpose of putting down all opposition TO
the course it was proposed to adopt. And
what was the resul, Of this great political
foresight, as it seemed to be? The for
did not fire gun; the resist
ance in the street did not produce as
much bloodshcd as an ordinary emeutc;
and the troops fraternized with the pco-
pie, and went over to them in the hour
of trial. The colossal power which
Louis Philippe had been building up for
eighteen years, disappeared like dream.
His government was dissolved, his dy-
nasty terminated, his family expelled
from the kingdom, and the people took
possession Of the power that belonged to
them. And what then? Any more blood?
Any more violence? Any Of those reac-
lions Of feeling, which have too often
marked the progress of revolutions, and
have rendered the.word itself unaccepta
be to tlmid ears? There has been moth
ing Of all this; and let lis hope there will
not be.-A provisional government has
been organized, composed of able and
eminent men, some of them known
through the civilized world; and all Of
them we'll fitted for their position, and
with characters which furnish the best
guarantee for their patriotic conduct.
They have summoned a national assem-
bly, to convene in a short time, in order
to prepare a constitution for the French
people; and, IN the meantime, all VIC
encc and resistance have ceased. The
equality Of all French citizens before the
law has been acknowledged; universal
suffrage has been established; and the
great principles Of liberty have been rec
ognlzed as freely as they are recognized
in our country. And a public vessel
has actually been offered to one of the
Kings sons, TO 90 where he pleased.
What beautiful! Illustration are all these
proceedings Of the progress OF a health
full public opinion in France and what a
beautiful example for the other nations
Of Europe, who feel tae same evils, End
may resort to the same remedy
The people ofthis country are no prop
agandists. They permit no other nation
to interfere with them in their own inter
nal concerns, and they seek to inter
fere with no other in theirs. They pro-
claimed, on The 4th of July 1776, that it
is the right of every people to abolish
its government, and to institute a new
one-"laying its foundations on such
principles, and organizing its power in
such form, as TO them shall seem most
likely to effect their safety and happi
ness" But every people must judge for
themselves, as we'll whether they will
continue an existing government, as
whether they will change it; and if so:
what form they will substitute. We
know the priceless value Of liberty; we
know it suits our condition, and that i,
has given US greater measure Of politi
cal happiness than any nation ever
enjoyed before us. But, while we
feel all this, and wish that every othel
people were as we'll fitted for the ENJOY
ment Of liberty as we are, still these con
victlons and these wishes have no inHu
ence upon our political conduct we hold
all other nations as our fathers did =
enemies in aar, in peace, friends.
But there is no Just principle Of ma
tional comfy which forbids US to indulge
and express sympathy with struggling
millions, who, feeling their right ane
their expressions, are rising in theil
strength to recover their long-lost free
dom. We ought neither to shut oul
ears to the welcome sound Of their sue
cessful efforts, nor our hearts 10 the emo
tons which these are so we'll calculated
to inspire. France does not want mel
or means to defend herself, or to main
tain the position she has assumed. Sht
has sons enough to protect her and he
rights, and all they have is at their dis
posal. But the sympathy Of twenty mil
lions Of people, is Presen: fit TO sen'