New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-02-13
PARIS, January 2, lsi9.

Vsv Year DAY passed on happliy enough HVi'
sd. Al least 90 Il seemed, though tie Old siasers
,red that IL the perfection OF all that was Gull
a m Paris ike contrssted with the gaety that pre-
: "A under the ancient regime. But Tor al VINO hao
recollection of by-gone glories TO dim the eh'er
drown the laughing Of the holiday, there was
.,g wanting The thesters were al open with
u. o,ost attractive pieces the streets were crowded
- bg.v travellers or with buster dealers In toys and
-. for gifts Of the season the shop-windows
.o,s their brightest and there was such ffolc and
1,v tba, no one would have imagined tina. within
,.rrer. of the same capital there were two or three
-,sred thousand persons living on the public bounty
"a out a, the rate Of two cents dsy. Sill, less was
= history of the year jus. closed 10 be read In the
,,,ognomy Of tina, changing crowd The victory OF
.srusry-,he mournful days Of June-were alike for
,sp And why should they not be- torgetiulnes'
me Of the blessings of human nature.
What a year was that which has just gone 10 its &C
gn,, History does not reckon its parallel either In
.,,,deur or weakness, triumph or calamity, hope or
fsre The Future will judge it more wisely doubt
a. than those who have lived amid its events and
,red il, aations but still every man must now pass
, verdict whether he will or 10 - be without an
,nion is impossible. Let US then attempt to SUN up
/, case and form judgment which shall at least not
unworthy OF the ideas and impulses which have
ed in In this great historical tragedy, surprising IN.
.-ing aud alarming tho world.
can il tragedy not without reason Tor II has hsd
ay terrible ca,astroyhcs. At Paris, at Milan At Mes
II, Al Vienna what blood has been shed, what yio
e done % Justice and humanity, what stern sup
s..on Of aspirations and purposes and energies that
I'D have resulted 10 unminglcd Good None Of tho
4, ehroD -les of human peryerson can show pages
4. - seooly stained never have conflicting parties
reused to more desperate aud fatal collisions
with ali this evil the year has no, closed till il has
N the blight Of the fsircst hopes whose birth 1t bad
1 messed Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, are stli
.,ed of the supremacy that seemed 80 surely theirs
Europe and those who few months since under
] "a their meaning in terror now mock at them ne
i.h and mpracticRble dreams Seeing how much
performance has fallen short OF the promise, we
appreciate the despair that has fallen on many ar
., souls who thought that the great day of human
,,ny had dawned and that cloud could rise 10 oh
re ia brightness There 10 no more hope OF Eo
oe"s say these men let US go to America" Aud
they turn their backs on the homes where they are
.Sed more than ever, and where to talent patriotism
a generous self sacrifice is opened most fruitful
"a
The view of the ultra aristocraiic and conservative
atty IL substantially the same. With them the keVo
son is not tragedy of which they are the victims
4 an accidental explosion by which they have been
rperstely frightened and from which they have os-
Jed II has not proved the overwhelming deluge
dch their alarm anticipated, and now they rejoice IN
disappointment They are still safe, aud the world
sie with them
Both these parties then. concur In the opinion thst
x Revolution has amounted To nothing more then
ne months wonder and excitement attended by vast
"a. Of blood shed and suffering the utter stagnaton OF
aaustry and the ruin Of trade Things, they believe
n essentially as they were, or are rapidly tending 10
e,ome 90 with one party many noble Illusions nave
su destroyed with the other many exaggerated fears
are been dissipsted-sll at cost enormously disPro
sraons,e to the results which remain.
Amoments candid thought Is enough to produce the
susicton that this view however despsiringy or ex
algly proclaimed, is not the only nor the more rea
[1nabe one. Such crisis cannot have passed away
si,ess social earthquake in the nineteenth century
hast leave behind 1t something more than smoke and
Lns.
II the Revolution has anywhere proved failure Is
france There much was expected, there 1t is true
1T comparatively little has been attained. Elsewhere
sends directly sought only political at Paris
world heard the promise OF the Organization OF La
q and the abolition Of poverty how far this promise
been kept the hundreds Of thousands of psupers IN
city NAV testify. But with all this, and with the
tia, the dss.pated and foolish pretsnder Of stras
"a occup,es the Presidential Chair 1t is still not
r,uuptuou. TO say that gres, deal has been gained
the Revelation in France This gain consists In the
ID has N
ne. This may appear to some TO be small advance
q in itself !, may make not the slightest difference IN
hsAsppines. of aoy individual Frenehmsn or rStner
certain that myrisds are much worse on than they
ere when the whole power OF the nation was IN the
ssis of mean and selfish Monarch and his two hun
I'd thousand legal voters Nevertheless, It Is great
q forward and that because ii has opened the path
sa,ure progress and put an end to the series OF
Zach Revolutions. repeat this the establishment
universal suffrage has closed the revolutionary era
France.
hs will perhap, seem the rashes. Of prophecies
= coufes. that II IL one on which would not take
large ri.k as on the punetus rising of the sun to
'srow morning not however for the reason usually
sgned, namely the hekleness Of the French people
Act 10 that Universal Suffrage is the utmost limit
aNg,cal Democracy. Having reached H. the ire
asssle energies of whose activity throughout Eu
rAe revolution is a sufficient evidence, busy them
'ns IN terrifying and defending the gosl Tor whose
iaanen, ihey have fought SO long and hard battle
- con.plre no more for Whist Is there 10 eonspiro
y They aim no blows al the established public or
r br /, /, one TO which the people have consented
S.ssleh their collective voice has proclaimed lhey
s2ee 30 revelations for the Wy OF reform is oP a.
ares5es are done away by bsilo, boxes. Questions
low l. be settled by discussion and by the general
e. revolt hAs become obsolete ana useless
Nos, whatever may be said Of the French people
are no, fools and do not FIRE ball cartridges al each
eer in she streets 10. nothing The ample catalogue
ssissn insurrectons dees not afford single ID
zee 10 which there has not been serious purpose
asAst serious purpose can there be In any extern
rseoas attempt 70 oyerturn the Republic To set
haonNch Those who fear this msy remember
sstook Napoleon a, the hegh, Of his glory to &C
eslsh the 18th Brumsire. though the Government
- Constitution he suppsnted utterly feeble and
Supported Even then be did 10, dare to approach
aaearehy but by degrees Where is the Nsyo.
~sho "a TO repeat such an experiment now, to say
@ssg OF exceeding IL Such man does no, exist
sssnother seryile nsurrec,ion 10 be feared or one
90 viii ii be more successful than tina, Of Junef |
$2ose there are few persons who entertain fears in
~arection and 10 them IL may be said that such an
erection does not occur except after . period Of
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