The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-06-27
THE DAILY SPY.
WORCESTER,
THURSDAY, JUNE 81, 1880.

Fzy-The profound quiet with which the last mon
trous nsrpation of the French government has been
submitted to- has been matter OF considerable sur
prise. One after another the elements of freedom
have been crushed by monarchca executive and
bv plant legislature. The freedom Of the press,
the raht of discussion. and finally the suffrage have
fallen. All the rights for the denial of which the
government of Louis Philippe was overthrown have
been retracted, and the people left under des-
potisn far more oppressive than that which they
threw off in 1913. Nor is this the worst. The tx
ecutive is constantly making new enactments, the
Assembly continually sanctions them, and the Peo-
ple finding in an increasing despotsm the only re-
lief from the worse evils of anarchy, quietly submit
to Them What is to be the end of this no one can
predict; or rather no one can predict how long be-
fore the end of these things will be reached. What
the end will be it is not difficult to say;-fresh out
breaks, new revolution, 4 short season of liberty,
and then new despotlsm. The people OF France
will not long submit to despotc government, but
they are exceedingly slow to educate themselves for
liberty In all the trials and revolutions through
which they have passed they have learned but little
have made but little progress towards sold consttu-
tional freedom They are still easily imposed upon
by false senent and false glory, and still run into
the same errors from which they have disentangled
themselves by long and painful effort, and still throw
off old abuses only to adopt them again under some
new form.-Propideace Journal.
We agree with the Journal, in part, and ia part we
differ in opinion The people Of France have not
learned all they migh-possiby not all they ought, in
their political experience, but think they have learn
ed much, and think they have made great progress
towards solid constitutional freedom, though they are
vet evidently far short of the mark. But the remarka
bic period of tranquility which they have enjoyed under
their present constitution has taught them lesson
which they viii not fully realize and appreciate, till their
electoral law shall be in practical operation, when
they viii understand fully, that that tranquility
was the effect of the system of universal suffrage and
they will be made to understand that in universal suf
frage Alone viii be found guaranty for the enjoyment
of true constitutional freedom The electoral law has
taken of their hands the remedy which they before
held, for any wrong oppression which might be in
fcted them, that, when the government becomes
more oppressive than they bear, they viii be again
driven to their old remedy of revolution In recon-
strucng the government they will put the conservative
principle of universal suffrage beyond the reach of leg
islative enactment We trust that they will also have
learned that there is little in a name, and that Pres-
dent may well be tyrant as King Emperor,
IT he have the power and that in providing for
executive officer, they will limit his patronage and
power as to teach him, that, instead of being ruler
of the people, he be simply their agent for CARRYING
will afford them very good example, where the Chief
Magistrate, at the present time, with his mquesoned
ability as SUCH is more distinguished Editor of the
Journal than as Governor of the State, and may rely
more securely on that the basis Of present influence
and posthumods fame.