The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-22

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CITIZENS or AAuRicA WINS tne great Fathers OF
your Rel blic forth wi,h tcst enOrsbls dccla
ration, separati re themselves tt0u tne tyranny
OF Eng AND TOR size GrsJ unr The Old system of gov
eminent sbHkeu alton. They pro
claimed aloud and solsmny to al he world, that all
ated equal Chat tney enGo red by theic
Creator with certain niiis nshe rights tia; to Sc
cure these rights goveruwent' ars instituted among
men that whenever form OF COVER nnant becomes
destructive OF these ends the right OF the p pie
to alter or aboli 1t ana 10 iuslJdtc new govern
ments, such to them mos; kci, 10 effect their
Facis speak better than words The spi't wish
which YoGug Liberty irbu, her warriors ganq uiehed
all asault . reyengstul despotism. rne British
Lion, bun.bed, drew back dis cass. and 10 the view
of the en- Law. nations Of europe arose your Repub
lie, te basis Of tne insheuab,s rights Of man, while
the tyTants If TIE old w'rld continued u trsmple
down every right of man by = tne grace OF God 7"
Your onsUtgtoD being adopted, also in Europe
began the struggle agaibst dospotism The noble
people. taking tldes with YOU ~ Your struggle for
your fathers they opposed TO "tbe divine rights OF
kings ami lords The charter o; the rights of man,
and the despots of Europe joining go bring the
rebels to Obedience by tits force of arms, the
people rofe in ther might, crushiag tue old
throne OF the BourbODs To pieces Then, for the frs
amid the de- O. is!ns Thong ca elaveIy OF csn
tures had degGsd The peore tn 6e at thai Time
yet unit to enjoy peiiy IN peace snd happiness the
charm q her name never oisappt SsaS and faint idea
OH er LII bic mage continued s"rS the hearts OF
. no people Even We splendid Vice rios vi poiton
could not tenith tbs memory OF tho Republic But
when the 1--WE Ct gor gone wher, with the al of
the enenresoi the c"uotry he odious Bnurbons again
took pos ion OF the brone, Napoleon and his
son oeao the Old t4iinga Of reonbicanism grew
warmer ri mig htitr aoi the obsoiutism began
to show its face, the more the people pautug
hbert,. Fifteen Seal the Bocrbops occupied them
selves with the restorationo damages which their
old syst of tyranny had received the revolution,
the peopl, looking On in si-nFage BAG dull pot
daring to seze open volelcs even their last poor
remnant Unconstitutional rghe the people rose again
in their majesty in three dan Charles X and his
accompccs we're driven out o yrauce The people
were ongpg tor republic but t'eir leaders, remem-
teripg the sad event Of lie first eToto did not dare
toinstitute IT. They pr, seated theta citizen king"
In hmm h. Hnu p ms mai MIA
sympathy with the people lie tney SD would keep
his treaties with the people; under nis egn rSe
stitution " GU be truth such kingd'u and such
king would be better securities for their eedom and
happiness, than even republic The peots believed
them, but OILY to depore it in eighteen yeas OF bitter
dlssppointu lent. once more they were TO srn that
the peoples happiness and the princes anb'ion
incompatible They lived To see the good citizu king
trampiing pom all their rights and liberties with the
same EInI uGence the Bo rbon had done bfore.
violent of bis predecessor unpublished at ist he
also trtaken by his day OF jud5ment-andnow
France will never see another KING
The German people less speedy in action, but qetly
observing. diIating and rejecting kept wathful
eye all proceedings N the land OF their nigh
bors, profting by taeir experiences Even thearst
fresh storm agsinst the prejudices aud monepo3 of
past dark ages excited their Lively ympathies all
they felt fer it in silent examination their most beNed
poets gave tune ana expression. Though they sud
deringly turned away their eyes when they saw tose
terror sts not only judging ideas but executing en-,
yet they found many a revolving injustice, whit in
France was justly condemned their own thre4old
lett in full power; and what they once had concoef,
they did not forget again. The uiisses oeginni, to
move the princes made just in time f. sna on
Gessions thereby appeasing more the goona.
tured people But when Napoleon put his foot o the
neck Of these princes when the curse OF the syst by
which they had quenched for centuries past Affect
ngs of independe in the mass of their subjec, fell
back on their ow shoulders when they saw, TIT to
secure and against forrg INVASION it is not cough
to keep or'pies OF venai when neessity
to put bll at stake to shake on the we OF
foreign de- potsm and ohsr way was left tiF FOR
their own reese then these pr gave peril IL
be1ty to the champions of the regeneration Of Gina
E. hoy dose ed
ranks Of The p opie, preaching liberty and equity
then they made The best PROMISES conhrming I'm py
the most cred oaths then they attracted anueiu-
ded the hebesC people by showing them In q oanbg
light the prospect Of good time coming whe they
would be nothing more than their ftrst ferv Antoniy
occupied TO their happiness and freedom And
q new spirit animated the people; Napoieon'sower
The warriors came home triumphant the lople
hailed them, celebrating their glorious victaif aud
all waited in confidence for the good tine wlle was
promised to them They waited long ana IVAN
Also in Germany the people were TO learn ha pncss,
in their sublime situation, far above truth andiith,
not bound to pledged word or an oath, Iicon-
mon homes people All that was promised andForn
to them proved TO be hes aud perjury. Aud vh' tae
people saw old deepotism going on its resnifr .th-
when they saw . ude ceDsure continuing u initiate
the works of genus-when they saw tnaltn same
ideas with which they had been Induced TO y tnsne
against Napoleon, now were stamped as criaes when
they their patriots who dared to speaSin lie OLD
way and to remind the princes Of Their lro1ses-
when they saw hopeful youth after aaotr de-
livored IN the hands of secret ipquisitdi ma 20
ianguish through the years of their live ia onely
prisops-when they saw that they notaoed to
dshste th,ir own coscerns even their intass con-
versa,ion being watched by listening spes- Tho they
saw that the princes instead of a due rerseration
Of the whole German people, constitutes tht Diet
with the clear view to prevent every y, 0's1e u,
being prevailed upon to 1uIhl his pfouss, M 10
cede to his subjects some dangerous rights nney
saw that the constitutions which some th' niue
petty prn oes granted. most generously ere INNING
but schemes 10 get in a better mani erhe lat far
thing out of the poor mans poeket-lrnort wn as
they taw themselves condemned To DO inning Dr. ene
sake of their land but to obey, to kee still nd to
pay, sullcn feelings of discon'ent stole nto a,nou
sand hearts, and there was whisperi~ii -onssr 10
ear ,--s W e AZ abused-we are ba ely aised
When in France the Bourbons tumed frn their
thrones, and the Poles arose TO break cnsib WIN
which unholy trinity Of despots hasoadel the en-
then, ass, in great part of the Ger'tn peoIe the
lopg-supJ retted feeling of independend broksiorsh
Bold orators threw flashing words 10 the tirring
masses. They proclaimed the spirit he' sine,
calling all the oppressed under IT'S Hhet, nS re,
minded the people OF their rights and the trachery
of their 'pribces And the princes to bonn tlnr own
conscience ght whisper that they derived better
fate than the BouIb oas dared not to pose te nrst
ioyful movement of the people The be of or first
awakipg promising, but short tfnd nder
the bloody strokes OF the Russian Eieror 30 new
King Of the French made his treachels stip,atio as
with the other murderers of Liberty, ID tne o. lords
of the world felt more secure than et before Our
patriots W, re thrown nto prisons cwds, an thou.
lands fed away foreign land, to esct the refngetu
arm of prrcey violence The people ply ye. 70 tlma
to rise to open resistance, partly no'et eninteheu
enough to understand their own trI lnseref' ana
ruled by deep veneration Of Old uies quh,ty SUD-
hitting bent once more their neckmder th'accus-
toned yoke
But tie time of rupture cane neEr and carer
Though the allegiance to the inhtrit houses their
princes Ind been transferred in people trough
many uries from father TO soni bough " feel
ing through long habit had becomecred 70 lem as
the re on of their fathers being rty every oment
to sacrifice fer 1t life and property.e princeitnem
selves thought them by and by to la the teof sa-
cred feelings The more the pup mipu rs en-
lehtened by the doctrines of truth, ven fout their
way into The hearts of the people in ~ OF IA, dieure
secret police, aud ops violence, the re the dae was
epreadipg for "A better wortbier time tome-e more
degrading and unworthy became th'ystemf our
Governments Not enough. thst philo,hy. Gerany's
pride, could go no farther than policelowedn even
religious freedom, the dear won rgp' our tthers,
was boldly violated. The rights OF C Peep wero
openly insGlted. Here prince 70 in,op'eces
n Constitution, and proclaimed u haveo law