The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-03-27

MODERN TYRANNIcIDK. Establishments are made in this
quiet country about the crime OF attempting
the Emperor Of Austria, and told that the yranni
cides Of classic times have ceased TO excite admiration
II So the mawkh degeneacy of the times has advanced
further than supposed. and its Stiffness BIT these
forget OF the elements in the est-
OF a mans acton-, and they they thus render them
selves liable 10 the charge of conisundng good and bad
We are, seems licensed respect Cesar or even Ne
70 but Brutus Catne would be a hero in bi.torv #
he had succeeded, whom Lord Malmesbury would sno.
gize for his immense goryi" and Lord John Russell
would say that in doing Lord Malmesbury had sup.
ported the dignity Of this county" For such Is really
the fact Napoleon the Third and Francis joseph are
tho objects OF official euloey respect while the poor
wretch who has attempted avense The wrong. of Hun
gary hunted down to the portal Of the tomb execfa-
ton But where is the practical the distinction
Is Il that Lebeny attempted to take a mans life II he
did, the acts Of the al the imperial potential
whom we have named have taken lives by Wholesale and
that which bad in single instance become good
when multiplied. No has shown greater CONTEMPT
OF human life than Francis Joseph, whose execuioner.
continually at work with process, OF law, genuine or
sham or without any process of law whatever
Is IL that he approached his victim by ueacherou,
stealth Even here be is guilty that emperor is or
any other OF the European epcor Do not accent our mr.
guments but look at the facts for and say N lie beny
4, guilty as Francis Joseph, Loui, Napoleon in
the OF trcnchery and stealth Francis Jose ph
ualy employs hosts Of spies, who steal around his sub.
iecs night and day. betrsying them II Cling them
into destruction Of every shape Louis Napoleon organ
ized hos OF assassns, PINNED them with wine and
them TO nssassnate the people Of his capital At mid.
night That literally assassination Among the men
who fel in that deestable attempt how many had been
guilty Of the yannes and cruele that have made Fran.
els Joseph the object Of hatred the many peoples
whom royal accomplices maintain him by their alliance
Not but II those ght have been dared even 10
fair fight what the plea for ssassnaung women and
gsI Lebeny not accused OF like those any more
than with the ingenious susngings OF Manius.
Bat II is nonsense make the steahy approach m
Of accusation. Them in snob
cases. except that which is made by the yran himself
Francis Joephs whole conduct is defiance ranni-
eide. lie casts away moral obligation for he broken
his word with Hungary-the word of peror W ith
people; he has ret his spies in Italy break up family
ties, by Furnishing tho the wife, for denouncng
TO the police father husband guilty only OF acts
which are made crimes by Austrian tyranny he cannot
pay his bonds 10 the money market He has cast
away the respect for human life and avhes II support
the very caprces Of his tyranny for II Francis Joseph
would consent TO constitutions yhat L. by law
instead OF bayonet-we all know that he m gh be- roo-
rated but adored Yet he mprsons beats shoos, hangs
and tortures his subjects While he thus treats them, he
hedges himself round by great armies, and within them
by body guards And then he has troops OF spies and
scouts to warn him Of danger He away moral obl
cations he outrsges the feelings OF humanity
he surrounds himself by armies and body guards he keeps
watch against the avenger. ls such man " taken by
surprise" when the svenger comesf Nj he Is taken
his word, on his own terms.
IL that Francis Joseph ebides by law however harsh
while Lebeny breaks III Assuredy not No man living
Louis Napoleon, has broken the law In way
wholesale Frsnci. Joseph He reo.e, law Italy,
hi. law and IL one may decree his code, why
another II Francis Joseph may decree code
The slaughter Of Italians by the mass, why
lebehy decree his code warrsnt the slaughter Of
one man Bot Il needs no refinement 10 establish Francis