The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-08-21

You have seen the reluctant waters OF the ONO snt
mississippi, at the point where Nature intended they
should minge. fly OF from each other, and founder
prouelte In eddies with the strongest instructive aversion
to unite you have heard the majestic thunder meeting
in the hemisp the fiery orb OF day. and max ne
the retrogsde circuit OF the heavens TO restore the equb
ru Of the elements the lightning cleaves the clouds
make path for the terrible thunder, which rends the
air from pole TO pole " now it sends its orked shafts
into the bosom of the EARTH and its fear into the remb
ling souls OF men then il flashes, for moment like the
light Of the full orbed noon and al last it struggles and
filters in the distant horizon like expiring flame the
coapsng clouds and the mpetuous rush OF anitive OF
antagonisc elements send forth clap--a pes-which
tears up the giant orestee and shakes the foundations
OF the world What the commoton OF the waters or the
elements is in the physical world the commissions
OF society in the moral II the constituent parts of society
exist not in those proportions and in that unity which
reason religion, and policy prescribe; if the eternal law
OF liberty, equality. and fraternity, which philosophers
have made the basis Of society, and Christianity confirmed
oy her divine peceps and examples, be violated by
srous social dspropoons and political inequalities if
those human sympathes which Nature gives and of which
God requires the exercise exist longer among the va
rous classes OF society," and the rich look upon the poor
with disdan and suspicion while the poor regard the rich
with hatred and hosty if there be no fusion of the ele
ments then will the universal law, which applies alike
to the material and the moral world excite storm which
turmoil OF the waters continues till the force Of the cur
rents has destroyed their anipa,hy. The confusion in
the heavens abaes only when the air has attained its nat
ural state. So with society-so with France.
For upwards OF sixty years the storm has ragged in
France AT intervals there has been a calm when the
distant thunder has died away like murmur or heavy
sigh. and all appeared tranquil but il only partial
publication OF the elements, and the nation had sunk
like strong man exhausted, into temporary repose
hv -hyap
small cloud was just above the horizons scud-
ding cloud OF which but the experienced eye of the
mariner knew the import He. wise man, double eefed
his sails and cleared his deck, for he knew it the
harbinger of hurricane. But the world in general un-
derssnds not the signs of the times" Who could see
a tempest in small white clouds
Soon, however, other eyes than the mariners were
fixed upon it, for it seemed suddenly to have an extraor
binary power of multiplying itself 1t spread wider and
wider, and became darker and darker, uni, il looked
porentous and the people wondered their blindness
On the 22l, 23d and gath OF February the air became
agated, and the rumbng noise of the thunder an
angry presage Of what was 10 follow There was mo-
ments lu and then, the days of June-the terrible
days OF June-the tempest burst forth with fury that
threatened to destroy the whole framework of society
It was the cloud of socalism-it was the tempest of
communism.
The details OF the instruction Of June are familiar TO
ALL and it is not my purpose to speak of events than
necessary to show the progress of ideas and the deve
opment OF principles sign Of the present and index
to the future That deporabe event. which has no par
ael in history to its fratricda character and deter
mined energy OF the combatants, in which fourteen
thousand men were killed, and general officers fell
than in any of Napoeons battles. not prepared and
ruled by the rabble OF Paris contest sustained three
days against such powerful army and many able
generals have dawn its force from principles wide
spread and irradcably fixed in the human mind II was
contest against reaction and retogression il was waged
in defence Of not merely republc, but the republic
democrdtgue ct soeia-such republic in fact France
was not prepared for The republic of February was
surprise. True, the mass of the people-the mind OF
France-was republican; bu, those who had actually
any share in either the legislative power or govern
menl OF the country. and those OF the opposition
who arranged the banquets and organized hostility,
not prepared to admit did they anticipate. republic
The opposition statesmen and politicians who saw that
there safety in the future from the doefrnatre
system OF government OF Louis Philippe and Guzo,. be
leved il necessary to extend the suffrage materially and
relax the highly concentrated system that existed The
movers OF the opposition had no sympathy with the
masses; they only political necessity. What
could such man Baroche the minister of Louis Ma
poeon who under the republic despoed three millions
OF OF their right OF suffrage, careor the people
And yet this Baroche Of the leaders of the oppos
on proposed put the ministry OF the King under ac
and interests OF France abroad, having violently de-
spoiled the citizens OF inherent right to free constiu
ton the exercise OF which had been guaranteed by the
charter, and OF having, by policy openly counter revo
given up the conques,s OF revolutions and
thrown the country into profound perturbation"
But there were republicans OF the uiee few bu, ener-
gec among the leaders Of the opposition and the sym
pathies Of the counuy-of the masses-were with them
While Theirs specializing a change Of ministry
and OdlIon Baot the regency Of The Duchess OF Or.
leans, the advanced party pronounced the word
/" republic" They struck chord which vibra,ed in the
hearts Of the people From city to city and village vii
age the welcome word was received with accama,ions
the race was 10 the strong and the swift. They, how
ever, up and confessed themselves republicans OF
the ienden1n Yes the aristocrac bourgeoise ffaier
nized with the workman for their coward souls rem
bled al his power Bat they turned away TO lave their
hands alter the contaninatny grip OF the honest,
washed artisan They deemed it huma,ing connex.
ion. which would destroy their respectabduy Their pro-
fesson OF fraternity was like the kiss OF Judaso be.
tray.
No sooner had tranquility been restored than the re-
action commenced Both parties accelerated IT. The re.
aconists Of all sbades-he Lcgi,imsts, the Oreaniss,
the Bonapartiss, and the republicans OF the Gironds
school, who affected TO dread or really dreaded the com.
plee disorganization OF society, who had ambitious
schemes to realize and whose little vain souls hated the
evelng principles OF democracy, and the ultra republi.
cans with whom were associated all the disciples OF the
various school. OF socialism and communism and who
actually held the reins of government-conmcnced a
course Of phanthropic operations unsound in theory and
utterly impossible in application, the tendency OF which
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