Daily American telegraph., 1852-01-14
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
The Frenoh-Their Fiekleness and Rcvo-
lutlOns.

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American cause and aided materially in establish
ing republican principles and republican institu
tons upon the western continent. Peace being
restored, the revolution of the colonies reacted
upon the French people, and they in their turn
demanded a redress of grievances and free con-
stitution; and instead of gathering wisdom from
the history Of the past few years, and giving with
good grace what he could not withhold, he
hesitated-induged in suspicions-fa ltered-and
at length yielded, just in time and in such man
ner as to close his reign by the loss of his head.
Lafayette had saved him several times before,
and would have saved him again; but, jealous of
the unbounded popularity of this man of " taoo
hemispheres," the King refused salvation at his
hands, and died Bourbon.
The 18th of July, 1890, the people Of France
seemed to be perfectly happy, and entirely free.
1t was not long, however, before the King forgot
his oath, (as kings too frequently do) and the
people lost their confidence.
AT one time all France seemed to desire Lafay-
cite for its president. Soon after that the same
France compelled him to seek the safety of his
life by voluntary Punishment from his country;
and then it was that all hopes of moderation and
ultimate freedom fed also. AS he had been the
concentration of repubcanism in '89, so he was
the concentration of conservatism in '92--a con-
servatism which, if it had been partaken of by any
considerable number of his contemporaries, would
and arrested that reaction which finally reached
it's eliminating point when it placed the imperial
crown upon the brow of the Corsican, made up
of the gems of the kugly one but lately taken off
from the bleeding head of the Bourbon. But it
seems that more righteous men, were required
in that modern Sodom than could be found, and
for want of them France once more went down,
and hundreds of thousands of her young men also
went down. Their bones whiten the plains of
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are washed by each returning wave Of the Aledi-
terranean-and their ashes, mingling with the
ashes of the burning Kremlin of Moscow, have
been scattered by every Russian blast that comes
from the Northern ocean. Their blood has made
the blue waters of the Rhine turn red, and their
bodies choked up and impeded its onward flow.
The imperial star high above oil others.
The supernal flashes of one mans genius, reflect
ed back from the heroes of the past, pierced even
the shadowy veil of the future, and renewed the
fervency OF g one-man worship" With a pro-
phetic eye, and tongue always eloquent, this
transcendant genius foretold to the people of
Hungary as result of their refusal to abandon
the perfdious house of Hapsburg, that ultimately
their Emperor King would compass the downfall
of Hungarian liberty and independence but
that people had remained the faithful allies of
Austria when she divided Poland with the Bear,
and they remained faithful still. He said to
England and the world, that ere long the horse
men from the Ukraine would water their steeds
in the Rhine and the Seine but the Lion of
England, knowing himself to be the king of
beasts, joined his powers to the more enduring
ones of his northern brother, and they finally met
at the Bouleoards Of Paris, and dined upon the
body of the petit Corporal. As they finished their
repast and, blessed as it was by the Bourbon
then restored to the throne of France, they were
both doubt refreshed. The Lion was truly
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his voice there was a rustling in the junges of
India and Africa, and general commotion even in
North and South America. But he did not fatten
like the Bear upon the blood of his victim. The
growth of the latter has been vast and unprece-
denied that, while resting in his own territory
with one of his monstrous paars he can almost
oyershadow the effulgence of the Crescent, whilst
he places another upon millions Of Jidgyars, and
whisks his tail playfully among the Caucasian
mountains merely for exercise, and, half good-na-
turedly, half defantly, shows his teeth along the
North Sea for the contemplation of his ancient
friend and ally.
In few years more the world is aroused by
another change, and the revolution of July places
the wandering exile, Louis Philippe, Citizen
King, mt the head of q new constitution. He
was wise enough to make himself, in fifteen
years, the richest man in the world, and to save
his head at the sacrifice of its crown
The French people are now about sacrificing
their liberties upon their affairs of worship
erected to a name, the prestige of which, like
talisman, seems to give power to him who
possesses it to work miracles. For to us it seems
Il miracle, that man can tread upon the necks
of the people, and then secure their free-will
sanction for him to remain there; and, until the
whole act is played out, it seems almost impossi-
bic to tell whether Louis Napoleon is mad, or the
French people, or all of them together.
we Mt
the history of France, and of her people, for the
last sixty years. is n warning to as not to NEEDLE
in the affairs of other nations.
Whilst she has, at some periods, like the comet
in its eccentric fight, dazzled the world and
thrown off many specimens of brilliant creations
we have risen gradually, as a star from the polt-
cal horizon, always shedding bright, steady,
and clear light upon the cause of liberty, guide
and beacon of hope to those who would repoSe
in it or worship at its shrine. Whilst France
has dictated lac to others, we have been content
to obey our own, leaving to others the Quixotic
enterprises of hunting wild bears in the Ural
Mountains. Satisfied with the cultivation of our
our fields and the gathering of our own
harvests, the contrast is too evident to all to
require parallel to be drawn. "Let us judge
the future by the past, and let the light of er-
perience be the only to guide our footsteps
Following that, we need not fear of losing
way, even in the amalgamatcd labyrinths Of for
eign policy. Losing sight of it-clamoring for
change-preaching restlessness and inquietude-.-
coping with elements and spirits we know not Of
though led on by ever so brilliant an halluci-
nation, and cheered by the spirits of ever so
many millions, we will find, like France, that we
shall be eventually left alone in darkness, and
find the anthems sung in the moments Of tenn
poral triumph poor accompaniment to the
groanings of shame in the hour of defeat and
final ruin.
Men generally prosper most who mind their
own business. What is true Of men is true of