New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-24

q slicht ATTEMPT to emancipate the masses from
the direct influence of its Government. The
honesty of the helmsmen was destructive.
Lamartine and his partisans, less decidedly rev
olufiousry than the other members of the Pro-
yisioual Government, insisted on abstalnlng
from any immediate interference IN tue n"
general elections This opened door 20 mis-
chievous local influences and the country
sent 70 Paris an anti-Republlcan majority
We can remember the yituperstions heaped on
Iedru Roliip. then Minister of the Interior, for
his cir liar, written By George sand, lnsfuctinS
the electors and on CarnOt, Minister OF Puohc
Instruction, for his Recommendation To com
munal s,hcclmssters to prevail on the Viiiisers
and sasantry TO elect 10 the National Assembly
individuals from among themselves and NOT
empty politicians snd declamstory orators.
Those who raised an cutlery against these TWO
circulars knew well that the masses OF the
pessaptry, if not directed by the central revolt
tionary government, would instantly become DO
Gle TO parish notsbitios to the priest, the ricn
landowner and the inhabitsnt OF the chateau,
usuaIl, = noble. There combined inlaences
selected Louis Napoleon by such sn overwhelm-
ing majority for the Presidency against CaSaig-
mac. who. though he held the power, did not
use ii for purposes of personal success.
The idea of domestic selfgoYernment never
enters at elections into the minds Of the
French people II is al unknesn idea. No
IN. recognizes IL. not ,ven the Socialists of all
shades and degrees, nor she less radical Reform
er. nor political spectators or writers, neither
the Republicans of the Grondlst nor those OF the
Montaenafd school But, We repeat the French
people fad a compensatioL for this deficiency IN
that feeling Of social equality which furnishes
balm even for the destruction Of liberty. Ana
vet II must be the principal element of any Re-
publican formation Time and opportunity must
ciyethe necessary formula for future action
England, the so-cslled land of liberty, towers
certainly in self government over all other
Fnropesn countries. Under the Royal aud
aristocratic pressure she has preserved many
features OF freedom. Despotism and centIaliza-
tion sometimes attempted, as for example BY the
Tudors, could never take root. But the bulAoi
the people. more than any other nation on earth.
reverence the past, with all It's Gothic and ieudal
remains. If the French lack the conception OF
general. and above all, of loo 81 freedom, the En-
qlish have none at all of social equality. The
ENGLISH have not yet manifested any positive
longing for democracy. Occasional growls
from the multitude are no evidence that
democratic spirit exists Aspirations for Re
public, if such exist are scarcely noticeable.
The English laborer or journeymaa Is more
proud of bis lords, nobility aud gentry; looks
with more satisfaction on their manors, castles
and parks than do the aristocratic owners them-
selves. If from time to time the middle classes
raise their voices against the mobiles privileges,
il is principally because their self-loye IS
wounded by the naughty demeanOr OF the proud
somebodies" who keep the Inferior mo
"bodies" at a distance. The middle classes In
general do net desire to destroy the aristocracy
but eagerly thirst for admission into their ranks
that they in turn may strut over those beneath
IN, H. A live lord is and will for time be con-
sidered as demi-gOd, even by the literateurs
and novel writers, who ridicule the mobiles oc-
casionaly in fiction or in speeches, but COVER
before them when face to face with a slayish
and abiect submission. 1t may be maintained
that with very limited exceptions the English
nation would lose its senses out of despair If
some fine morning it should awake and find
lis beloved monarchy, male and female, and
aristocracy, gone
However, new lever is now in action. TIE
Press ia liberated from the stamp. wedge will
be forced into the intellect of the masses, which
will shake the nations brain and start it from Us
dumbpess. The English people are now entering
on a new career, and we trust will be placed
under genuine cylizng influence. Their too
servlle reverence for the past and all its rotten
surround ihgs will pass away like dull heavy
cloud before the rising sun of knowlei ge.
The public reason will be emancipated. Then
perhaps England may begin to move forward on
the political arena Unforeseen events may
bssten forward this result, but it just nov looms
but at distance on the political horizon. Soon
er or later however, Republic must come.
This was Lord Brougham's opinion yesrs ago, as
necessary result to the extension Of the suf-
rage. Obedient to the stern rules Of logic, rare
occurrence with his lOrdship, be predicted the
advent Of Republic on the track Of universal
suffrage in ore of the volumes OF his political
history. But startled at his own holiness, in
another volume he bowed submissiyely to the
Queen, and recanted the offensive statement,
ayerriDg that theoretical deductions are not
necessarily followed by facts. Let US hope that
be was mistaken.
AZ matter of course, the leading Administrs-