Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-06-26

Woy1H4Urs o. 1oYAIrY
The following paragraphs, from French
letter. give some aews as to the movements
q Royal persoasges in connection with she
Paris Exhisilion. We presume that the
present badness snd unfinished state OF
The Palace, which has been noticed and
eonueated upon by letter writers, will all
- senedied and removed by the CON-
nelesmcn, Of August, the time set for its
b1iAg visited ~ the high ana mighty Of the
earth. The ex ract says
.The visit OF Queen Victoria is officially
announced fer the .fete Narcleon'enna.' on
the 18th of August. Her Gracious Majesty
viii res. de during her visit At the chateau Of
q. Ciosa, where che win be able TO refresh
he.scH with walks under delightful shades.
The Empress. il is said. intends to present to
-hcr' rirdle, Get with diamonds. which will
- q marvel Of taste and magndccrce.
Il ID also announced that during the ek-
hibinon we shall be visited BY tbs Arch
Dske Of Austria, the King Of Wurtcmberg'
and the King of Sardinia, our ally. IN or.
der u receive these illustrious personagee,
i, the Eaperes has abandoned HE project Of =
xpyage to the Est. The last packet from
Constsntinople brought back all the bag.
!. .xsae that had been sentthere tor the use OF
6Sis Nsjes,ies.
TIC young King Of Portugal and his
: brother arrived here on the evening OF MY
25tbr and visited the Tuilleries and tle Ex-
-hi6iiou."
Torepublican ears. such anaonn sem ents
sberdcr somewhat upon the ridiculous we
iSvolsntarily think of Tom Paine's sar-
casm-that if men could not govern them
selves, had angels in the forms OF kings and
queens been sent to govern thems Paine
~ro,e his book when George the Third was
lsn tic. and The government, Of England
! continued to be administered in his name;
bst, csstainly, the sting of the satire has
lost none OF its venom or applicability to
presen. times and present royalties. We
would speak respectfully of Queen Victo
ria, because. in the first place, as far as the
government of England is concerned. she is
ncneatty. and, in the second place. as
far as We are aware, she has conducted her.
self with remarkable proprie.y.
Bat when we look at Louis Napoleon.
the bankrupt loafer Of yesterday and the
Emperor Of the French to-day. We are con-
strained to conclude that we do things as
wisely 10 4 republic as in those countries
where they held to the right divine Of
kings to govern wrong" Tie fact of the
Empress Eagenie giving Queen Victoria a
rirdie ornam ented with diamonds. suggest.
70, republican economy the inquiry. who
furnished the money. II the French are
willing to pay ,ha, dearly for the whistle. it
10, to. be sure. none Of our business to OBJ
jeet to the arrangement; bat, in merely
speculative view Of the subject, il is some
: what curious to reflect that the suppositious
heir of the Bonapartes should, BY any acct
dent Of human affairs. be made the almost
Indispensable autocrat Of the most enlight
eued and most powerful nation on The
European ea.azent. The small fry o.
Munrmberg, Sardinia and the lesser prin
c;palities Of Germany. are scarcely worth .
thought. except for the purpose of express
ing surprise that any people would submit
to such heavy taxation in order to sustain 50
miserable an imitation of royalty. In all
his travels. Lemuel CULVER never me, with
greater burlesqaes upon greatness than can
be found in the minor Courts of Germany
though the Queen Of the Liliiputians her.
self could not insist more upon ceremony
if the palace were a-fre, than do these dig
aitaries Of the lesser order.
We are willing to make every prope
allowance for the force OF habit and tn.
force Of circumstsnces-but we do not con
slider it improper TO occasionally coutras
the situaiion Of European countries will
that of the United States. We have NJ
Isabella or Louis Napoleon 70 rule over US
and We can say with pride and confidence
that "the submission Of free people to the
executive authority Of government, is nc
more than just compliance with laws
which they themselves have enacted."-
While the sentiment embodied In this ex.
tract continues to be our Characteristic, we
can safely compare notes with any othe,
form of government at present existing in
the world. As Mr.. Webster said in one Of
his speeches, 'tbe past is secure" and re-
ferring TO il. We can safely challenge the
history of any country to show an instance
OF Improvement and prosperity equal to that
whish has been exhibited by the United
States. We have been trying the sexperi-
ment7 Of a republican form of government
for nearly eighty years. and, as yet, we have
seen DO cause TO doubt its correctness
We occasionally have ebuliitions Of excited
feel e. but they are distinguished for their
singulariiy," and are for the mos, part got
up BY interested demagegues for selfish 2ur-
poses.
We mean not to uuneee ssarily glorify
ourselves upon the peeulisrities or the ad-
vsntages Of our Republic. but we d. mean
{, inciterenewed attention to the doctrines
on which that republic was founded, and to
the conduct BY which alone it can be main
tanned. The people being sovereign, an
hsbitual obedience to the laws enacted by
the nnonip IL fha IN iy Ia, n