Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-05-03


phlosophcr: and be beyond all, cmi.
ncn.ly the man Of his time. If no; all
dis We prescrbc--to this lie should as
far rs possible, a, lcas, in his character
approximate.
Revolutionary Agitation In Europe.
Every steamer from Europe confirms
the aAyicos previously received Of the
revolutionary agitation tha, exists all
over iha. continent 10 some extent. but
particularly in the German and Italian
States. The same unvnrying talc o.
political arrests made by order of the
authorities, and OF plots discovered 10y
the Government, the object Of which
was revelation, and the sanguinnry
measure take to reprcss them, bypulling
TO death all those who were suspec:c cd Of
having any agency in theif lorma. ion,
and the frequent acts Of vengeance per.
pc.rated BY the people upon the persons
oftileir ,yranls and the minions who
obey their bchcats, has been the purpori
Of all Our fofeign news for some months
past. We wcyo at frs, inclined not to
attach much Importance 10 these reports
ofinsurycction, 3upposing that their eS.
tent was greatly lnagnifel, either by the
enthusiasm Of some .cpubIicans or by .hc
ffiars Of tyrannical rulers; but their ffe.
quent repetition ,lr ugh sources entitled
10 credit, has overcome our crclulity,
and VIC arc now satisfied tina, the revolu
tnnary disturbances in Europe have
been Of much more serious and threat.
cning character than has been supposed
in this county.
1t is true, we have believed for lons
,ime that nearly all the governmental
systems in Europe rested npon n very
insecure foundation, and were liable to
be swept away by revolutionary hur.
ricane; but we did not suppose that the
danger that mcnaccd them was so i'm.
mediate rs that through which they are
now passing. The plans OF the tcvolu.
;onists have been ma,urci, and thelo
has been better concert ofaction amongc
them, and the popular disaiiac;ion has
beer greater and more decided than our
most sangune anitcipations led US to
expect; but, owing 20 their premature ri.
sing and iusuryaclionr, they have lailcJ
to accomplish any other result than to
show the tyrantS the deep abyss olpopu.
lar indignation over which they stand.
1t is clearly evident now that the revo.
!ulionary fires which were rcindlci in
in Europe in lS48 have not been by any
means put out. but have been only
srnouIdcfing, for the time, in the ashes OF
popular tllsconent, and that they are yet
destined to break out into q devour.c
and consuming fame that will make a
great conhagration Of the existing poll.
teal institutions upon that continent.
The reaction in favor Of tyranny that
succ ceded the revolution Of 1913 has
certainly spent its force, and the era on
which we are now entering will be
much less favorable for conservatism,
than any which has elapsed since then.
The advantages gained to despotism
! by it have not been half as great as
those were the result Of the reaction that
Iollonel the revolution OF 1880, land that,
in turn, was not as scrvicable a the
benefits it derived from the Holy ALI.
ance, as the league Of despots was
inpiously called, which was formed in
1915, when the first great French rev.
olutou had been thcn, as it was suppo.
sed, finally put down. The cause OF
arbitrary power is much less firmly cs.
tabiisled in Europe now .han it was in
the days Of the Holy Alliance, and Re.
publicanism has made great advance.
mentin the popular mind since tha.
memorable period. This is fact on
account Of which every lover Of liberty
may we'll rejoice, as it indicates that
time, which nothing earthly can resist,
is working gradually but certainly in
lis favor. 1t is surely undermining the
pillars Of ignorance and superstition,
upon which despolism relies for its sup.
port. Absolulism now has no such
powerful supporters as ALEXANDER Met.
TERNIcn, TALLEYnANp, the Duke ofWel.
ling,on, legitimate Bourbon King in
France, as those upon whom their man.
ties have fallen, such as LOUIS NAPoLE.
or, the boy JosEPn Of Austria, and the
old Gear Of Russia, can not begin to
max good their place in the political
world, even if they We're as we'll united
which is certainly no! the case. Eng.
land, too, is not now connected in her
political policy with tho continental