The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-04-27

clubs and cables for the rurihpreucc If its
peculiar object. la Germany the idea was
theIevivalufi that imperial OF national unity
which has SO long been a prescribed theory.
In Poland the spark oi undyinG aspiration
Tor distinct national existence. though hone
lcSS,aLd in fact useless TO her, Still survived
10 threaten her OpTTCSSofS with cohfacra-
ton. Italy had less definite object. but
equal provucatveS 10 incite these latent
means OF instruction; while France, the
very hot-bcd Of revolutionary principles,
was yet kept in check by the allied army Of
oi occupation, and her cabinet politely ex-
ciuded from the councils ofthe august allies.
The frequent rcvoltS and commotion~
thus faS'cred in secret, and rc,tinaciou,ly
INDUCED in by the people, were mainly in
strlimenial in CONVEYING" the allied congress
at AK Ia Chapcllc in 1878, where under the
euiSe Of continuing that power for rreserv-
ing the peace, with winch thew were char.
Hcd for the purpose of freeing Europe from
Napoleon's non rule, and which object had
originally given them the name Of the .IIo.
ly Alliance" they deliberately proceeded
TO concert scheme for the ultimate sun
preston Of these outbreaks Of popular dis
content. Thee high contracting parties
tranquility oi Europe and they proceeded
TO form n perpetual League Of crowned
heads for Ibis ostenS.ble object. But this
combination was sometimes brought to
bear on license, it was soon made availa-
ble against liberty; and the principle was
promulgated at Carlsbad and Verona that
# any ont break, calculated TO disturb the
'uauquilty" with which they considered
themselves charged, in any part Of Europe.
the entire power Of the "iIuly Alliancc''
should at once be put into rcGui>itinn
to suppress il. Thus. then. origin.
atcd that royal machine for preserving
monarchics that las bound Europe in n
| 'hrai! Of dc>poijsm almost equal to that re-
>ul'iug from the old fcudal system, and
which the events Of the past year have
/ hardly yet broken.
The French Revolution Of 1880, only al
tered the action Of the system in >lipht
! particular; the "A,lIanco Auglais" took
I the place uf the ''Alliauce Russo" in the
favor oi the French cabinet under Louis
/ PHILIPPE: aud.a.tl ough the new kingdom Of
/ the Netherlands >1ou broke up. the govern.
ment Of Belgium continued 10 perform lis
functions IN the European system.
il was this system which went TO wreck
amid the storm Of popular revolution that
tho Ie.t,nc,inn nC ,lfs a,'',', "''" y, " a.
.rcb a,,r,o,.,rs :,., ',.', '.'',, v
" o. Va ,'''
subsidized as yet. lc. Russia, the sole de-.
nor,v rcoJv f. ,trio ~, 60 ,'''.," ,,','
lion Of an irrp,,ion u,", Lor i'.i."
pro.,rate and di.rr,.LircJ p,i,nJ ,,',i,,',.
L,uca,I, tho non r,,l ,r ,,,,,,,.- '','.'
the svort oC r,a oar, ,e,., ,',,., i. '''"
any hehinc, hand ry,rrlrd to,,,.,s l,r
With thc >irrlr cxrertirpor Russ;, ,l,,ra
de<pon,rn nav be taid I'm he t.c r,n,,,, >.
form Of Government. scarce a If,Il ,,,,' ~,
uriuciualiy If Eurorc has ,sc,,,rL r.a ~,
neral conmo,ion. Every where fbr,,,c.
have to,tcrcd. ryi,ccs hove GcJ in tnr,,.,
from their capitals. aud royal cabinets have
gone begging through the rloviuccs thcy
had lately omruvui>hcd Nv their orpro<-
sion. The spark Of revolution Heh,cd in
Paris in February last. fred a train that
communicated with almost cvcrv govern.
men, of central aud southern l.urCpc. The
oldest thrones lavc tovrlcd down. ,mriics
have been di>mcmbcr,d. kings have sur.
rendered their dearest riorogaiiycS almost
without n Struggle. and ,lr Viii If thc non
pie. in IFS ,roadc.t sense. is now the dGrli-
uaut rowCr in Europc. The Tirht arm nj
de>poliSm las been broken. file uubnI,.
tenCt> cGthc Holy Alliance have brcD H..
rCca;cd and the freedom Of nations has liern
declared and established from tho Balifc :,
the Mediterranean and from the (i>tula IN
the borders Of the Seine. France is = re-
public, Loiuhardy and Sicily are iudcron-