New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-09

B.xf a.. measure for moment, bu. do NOS remove IL
Thex try 10 amuse the people 70 provide shows. ana
exhibitions and parsdes, and examinations, 70 divert
them from the vita question OF their own cone .
and thus secure a little longer the tenure OF their
nov.r. Each one makes the most Of his b1ei pos
session, saying, After me, the delugeP'
PINT wise men zee that this cannot last. The peoPe
az Paris are delighted with military parade, but TINS
Soe. not satfy their craving for bread. Ia vain do
cabinets and cunning intrguers try TO postpone tne
inevitable hour" The crisis may be delayed a ie"
years, but sooner or later it mus. come. ,
And wien that day Of retI1bution comes u WI po
The more terrible from this long delay and these az
teups 10 deceive the people and defraud them oil tne
relts No one can form idea OF the terTlhc power
OF POPULAR insunectiOn who bas not seen one ~
chanced to TO be in Paris during the heyopuou
Feb. nav. ls4s when Louis Philippe was dethronen,
and the inpre three days VII never oe
fOrpotien-the lorg streets filed with DARK, moving
unsses of men; the barricades piled up al every o
per the fierce and determined look OF the people tne
firing Of euns and the shouts Of victory-aIe al before
ms For bours we stood in the garden OF the uH-
kr;es and saw the sackiDg OF the paa'e, N.lie ne
vbo was "but yesterday king was neens 10 us
cn;se Cor biz life We saw the throne carried through
~ .treets on the heads Of the mob. AL that glory
had vanished in an hour. 80
Since that dsy we have thought less Of the perma-
peney Of royal governments. The people may be con-
oueted for the moment and forced like blind Sam
,op. 10 grind in the prson-hOuse. Yet in the day Of
pride and security, this giant may rse up,
And drink 10; blood for wine,
And shout unto the earth
Nor has the Catholic Church been more wise than
the governments From the beginning It fought against
the Using spirit OF liberty. On the side Of the Oppressor
there was power and true 10 her instinct, Rome took
part with the strong against the weak. Thus che
aepaf.d from herself the affections Of the people IN
France and Germany. We were in the crowd before
the Hote de Vile those great days when Lanartne
thuncerod to the people Of Paris and heard on every
eide muttered curses against the priests. Nor this
vain for the sleek and wel-fed priest TO come and
ureacb The duty Of submission. They scOrn him to bis
face There are two classes which arc held in uni
venal execratiOn-prests and politicians. The former
they regard hypocrtes and the latter as ntnguers
Nor Las this apathy Of the Roman Church alienated
the people alone. Ii has Disguised thousands Of think
ing men all over Europe. Lammenais struggled
against long be could, but this cold and cruel
ind fference finally i" burst his mighty heart" aud
drove Kim to tot al unbelief.
The Protestant clergy have stood in different atti-
tude They have always been tue friends of liberty.
And yet they have sometimes allowed themselves 10
be placed in false position. Connecting Socialism
with lnfdelity, they have regarded every movement
OF the kind with suspicion, and from being silent or
adverse, have brought upon themselves the reproach
Of maintaining abuses and taking sides with power.
We cannot think that this is WISE or Christian.
Why should not the Social Question be considered
calmly, and by the highest light that of Christianity
Certainly it Is one Of the greatest problems which
task the mind of the world II is nothing es than the
question whether il is possible for mankind TO be all
happy-Or whether il is a fixed condition of humanity,
that ven in well regulated society the greater number
should be poor and ignorant, and miserable. In
Europe il is paramount to all political questions.
matter so vital is to be approached-nOt only with
seriousness and candor, but with religious sOemnty.
Next to those awful questions which respect thefste
Of the soul beyond the grave, If 1t of moment 70 know
what can tend to human happiness here.