Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-12-25
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probably since the fall Of he Roman Empirr
The world has never seen year AZ eventfnl an,
dtstracting as lStS. II seemed like century
compressed into lustram. Never was there n
year so distinguished beyond al, previous exam.
pie by the magnitude and the utnltiplici,y OF its
| political changes--hy the violence az the shock
which u gave to the framework OF European SO.
ciety--by the cancellations Of oa,aion and success
between the two great parties N the Continental
struggle. Never was there year so pre- ruant
Win instruction and warning--so rich Ia all the
materials of wisdom both for sovereign aud for
| reople--so crowded with wrecks and ruins of
ancient grsndeas, and tAe wrecks Of glorious a,l-
helpat'nas~~so files with splendid promises md
paltry realszatioas, with hopes brilliant onl fan
'astlc as iairy-land, with disappo,ntments dismal
and bitter ~ the grave. Thr9pes which but ves-
ter,ay had seemed aase9 upon the everlasting
MUS, shattered " DAY; sovereigas, whose wis.,
dom had hscnma proverh, aud sovereisns
whose imaeeillty had been notorious, alike living
from their eapitols, aud ahdieating without a
natural mnrmnr or u gallant struggle; rulers,
who had long been the embodiment Of obstinate
resistance to all popular demands, vying with
each other IN the promphtuae aud the extent Of
their concessions; statesmen of the longest ex.
perlenee, the deepest insight the aeotest talent
---sta'esman like Metserniea and Guiket--haillaa,
beaten, and chased away, and reaching their For
eign hanishment only 10 turn and gaTe with
melancholy and howiaerea air on the ecroulemeat
OF schemes and systems Of policy, the caus,rue-
hen OF which had hees the labor Of life time
eminent men sinking Into ohScury, and going
out like snuff; obscure men rising AZ one bound
into eminence and powers ambitious men finding
tho objects OF their widest hopes suddenly placed
within their grasp, Utepian areamers staggered
and Intoxicated by seeing their most gorgeous
visions on the point Of realization patriots be-
holding the sudden and miraculous adven, of that
HAM, xh,.l. ha1 n.
suffered for, through years OF Imprisonment,
poverty, aud exile nations, which had long pined
IN darkness, aatsled and hcwiiderea hy tho blaze
OF instantaneous lights the powerful Smitten with
impotence the peasant and tho honasman en-.
dowed With freedom aud nnressted might, the
arst last, and the last frs, ,-~soeh weress the
strange phenonena of that mary vellous era, which
took away the breath III the heholdrr, which the
journalist was unable To keep pace with, and
(which pauiing Time teiled after In vain"
This Is lSlS, What follows In isAip
"Wherenew are all those bright prospects van.
lsheas--which " all those mighty changes have
become permanent e--what has been the endu-
ring fruit of these brilliant tySetoriess-where now
are tohe found all these fresh young constitutional
WITH scarcely an exception, every thing has fallen
eac& into i,s old condition In nearly evety
state the old demain of Aespotism has returaed,
bringing with II VERSE evils than itself, ltaa-
gary aud llesss are crushed; Ravarta has been
degraded into the brutal yranti the Prussian pee.
pla are snllen, aearrNstng, and alsarmea,--.ana
a,safmrJt t~-ona the trus(an government sunk In,
to terrible abyss af aesvaaa,eR; Austria has
new emperar, more tNsaiaatly tsSpetie than aRy
IT his predecessors feF lnany long wear, and
throughout GerMANy constitutional hhefty has
been aleetually tFameNeA cut, In Italy, Venice
and lamhaNsy AsNe been reeonaaeeet, and are
nav eNpestsnttpg the ess rIei(s; Tuscany il
worse, hsAaN,se maFe Austrian than before, ana
alarmeA nj &hv rer,l sAe has Incurred, tAa ANAL
tMehtts ave ~ bad ~ ever~-,hev eonNl not he
worse, the rope, terrified out ~ has saneyeleNea
and p,tvlat sm, has been restored ~ tareigN aFms
aud the eR eaeleslNstteal ahamlnllens are reia,
hsla,tA IA their olA sunremaeyi while NanNes
and N'HAy Are asNM peRsNtaNe Az the feet NJ the
most tAbtelle and htutNt at the tNNNEahle laoe ef
haNgheaS Two short years have passed. away
since ENsena preseNtea " the teser at liberty
aud hnMNn pFaaEass tho masl sMtlhg aspeet
shv hed eNRg WayR |-nAA IN this hrlef space M
uma, AN MeNarahlo aasl,ay has assAeEea tAgeiAeg
all Nts M TNAehtnS authorizations, all the Aeale
nQe,esotA all the spA eaNlNSsss, all ,ha Neh
achievements, W hA mhmaaNhta Ava, nal COW
w them NyeF VITA theNe twa NAtoW walAa-nHe
taeSsM
Nls il Wae, NNt atly pakeN haL ~ the same
writer gaas an ta shaW, Nala NiNlN hAs been gam,
Af--tA the AFeat NevNlNllaN MAt u AnpWNAehlNah
he friends N hheyN will eANwE tAa NqA NnriphaA
with eNpNFtaR0o and Wt,tu.i N1NAleNeN AMI eN.
SAtgagel hV the AsANEARNe thai they AAaW hata
Ne A1egWA and the W,NSNess vt NeW aayeEsa,
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