The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

largest degree Of happiness consistent with the
rights Of his brethren.
France.
France, poor France, has already lost every
thing Republican, but tle"name and faint shad-
ow The Legislative Assembly Of that i'll -fatcd
country is but the mere puppet Of the Admins
ton obcying the behests of power, like the hum
blest whiffet, that crnges to his masters nod.
When France adopted her late Constitution,
the friends of constitutional liberty throughout
the globe rejoced, for, as they supposed, another
broad and strong foundation was laid, whereon
to build the supcrstructurc Of mans rights, and
from which he could defend himself from the
encroachment of usurped power. That founda-
ton was laid in sand--it was laid on the tickle
minded masses of the French people, who
lemnly approve of Constitution to-day, and
tomorrow submit to It's utter violation. Such
has been the teachings Of past experience, and
| such we find them now.
The Constitution Of France fixes the salary
! Of the President, and makes it more than ample
| for his maintenance; but the President must be
ma eaifquc-hc must be grandc; and to be SO,
he must spend money in a grand, Hiagnlllcch'
manncr-hc must patronse art and literature
wine and women-in word, he must be in all
things else than the name, King or an Empe-
ror-namcs synonymous, ir our times, with
beastly monsters.
To carry on this style of refined rascaty, the
French Assembly has voted to Louis Napoleon
5000, 900 of francs besides raising his salary to
a sum greater than that paid to our President,
his cabinet and all other executive officers COM
bincd This is but one ofthc instances in which
shameless subscrviency to crime has characteri-
zed the recent proceedings of the French Ma
tional Legislature.
The very laws against which the people have
so frequently rebeled-against the enactment of
which they have frequently bled, and died
have been enacted with greater haste, with more
bitterness of opposition to popular feelings, and
with more insulting phraseology of dctaton,
than have for long time been displayed in the
making and wording of French laws.
Whence the cause Of these sudden changes?
We suppose it is but the legitimate result ofthe
instability of popular feeling, and we might sure
character. When the people are ready to re-
ioice on any sudden outbreak, and submit to ev
cry sudden enactment Of law against popular
rights, it is no wonder that they become the prey
of re,norseless tyranny, and of INSCRIPTIONS ig-
norance. Under the monarchy, France could
boast ofbeing governed by men, who based their
+ right to Cypress the people upon long endured
custom; but the present rulers can only base
, their proceedings upon their own brazen efron-
terry, and the volatile (but easily chained) dlspo-
stion of the subjected.
Poor France! we again cxclaim' The hopes
inspired by the revolution of February, have car
o rcd us on through many suspicious vicissitudes
!, which we were disposed to regard as necessary
h concomitants of Revolution, in which mon
q archy was to be forever overthrown, and popu
lar rights established but we have arrived at tho
6 end of the vista the veil of the future has beer
=, unified, and we behold the deception of the
past and the misery Of the future. France il
. worse governed now, and her people more i'm
', posed upon than they have been since the day
. when Louis said that he was France W.
will not even except the reign Of terror for eve1
9 then the name Of France was respected abroad
her armies were then fighting the battles ofpop
+ ular liberty, against the combined forces OF Eu
!. rope; but now neither is she respected abroad
q nor are her armies the side of popular rights
If the sword is drawn at all, it is against liberty
. abroad, and friends at home. ...
!. Such is France, after all the hopes which he
i past has inspired, after all the dear bought expc
n riencc which she has learned from multifariou
i systems of government, afterall her longings at
ter the blessings of equal liberty, she finds hel
selfcondemned to be silent, and bear her chains
without murmur, condemned to submit her pc
titons for redress to the Surveillance of the po
> lice, condemned to applaud the forger of hel
chains. ........ r.........
. France in this condition, would deserve the
pity of the friends of freedom, did they not know
:, that her position is the consequence ofsubnit
ting the duties of pure patriotism to be overru
led by the superstitious prestige of name. lr
the hour of trial, the people forget their country
: to worship the name of Napoleon. Now, and
for the future must she eat the bitter fruit Of hel
folly. 3g5 ea@st.nr.z, .ae~
A MuDERER CApTURED.-A murder was
committed on the 5th of August, in Washing.
r ton county, Mo-, on the person of one Albert
; Stacy The murderer fled, but was pursued by
: several citizens of the neighborhood, two Of
! whom tracked him through many devious cours.
es, till his final capture near Hasel Green, Wis.
t consin. He had assumed the name of John Ed