Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-11-12
sTRhy n FaExcH POLITICS

DEIg1Z the EzIe pJlits-@l E-'-+s-l--e--- many
Of or eOteuporsri=s have zhoEa great ap;i-
iGde in rendering popular the expression
ssss-zzs.ss referring. hoEsE,er, not - the zosE-
u,s 9s D!rms once sported b. eeTtzin Popular
poet. nor even TO ihosc greatly loved stravs
which adOrn mint -jgIips and cobiers, bui sim
ply to the proyeTb that straTs show hoE tie
wind blows According 20 this rule. great eI-
forts were made 70 dedEce great results iron
minor indications some being wisely ealcula-
ted and others @otherEiss-''
But We fancy that there are certain straEs,
not merely in the eddying breezes Of American
politics, but in the rising wind Of European
affairs, which will afford the EherewithaI to
found conjecture and It nay b that, If ".
look to France, just at present. ne may see G.
uough to give czuse to believe that the siRd
in question portends something Of Storm
We haee heard OF late that the fierce proleta-
ries of Paris were growing deeply aEsd uRe-
GuiyocaIIy; we have good grounds for beliey-
ing that the middle orders are more complete
Is dizcontentcd than they ever were undrrLou-
is Philippe; we have seen thas measures appz-
rently we'll adapted to calm the population and
supply them with bread have had eventually
the contrary effect, and, finally, VIC learn that
the specires OF all the revolutions are rising
with terrible vitality from the grave Of silence,
inth which they had been thrust for iime.znd
are again alarming and enragiHg Paris. They
are found in printed form between the leaves
Of books on the book stands on the gBai, de-
posted there by mysterious readers, who had
little care, we imagine, for literature The
pronenader picks UP rejected basket. and
ddds in il a furious philippe against the gov
ernment. Bat one Of the most striking signs,
although but a mere straw, appears in the col
umn Of foreign news received by the Asia
An item in that summary states that French
correspondence gives prominence TO accounts
of imperial gaycties AZ Cornpeigne, where the
Emperor has been enjoying hunting by day and
fancy balls by night in the costume Of Louis
the XIV.
! beautiful picture indeed, ans one not with
ont propetic ccIoring. Following by day that
amusement which has become typical and pro-
verbal Of regal and aristocTatic ieRdal oppres-
siou-that amusement which las given TO
France, as to England, more game laws than
poor laws, and initiating by night the style OF
that reign and of that monarch who united in
himself every Characteristic Of the most heart
! less artificial, upholstery .debauehed age
/ which the Christian world ever Witnessed
/ 1t was Louis the XIV who frs, gave utter
ance to that axiom of unutterable wickedness,
which declared the king alone TO be the State,
and il was under Louis the NV and the Suc-
cessvrs in his policy, that the lower orders were
corrupted by the example, and Iashed By tI;
deSpotism Of their lords into that terrible con-
dition Of which revolution partly purified it.
Louis the NV was. beyond question, maa
of hifh talent-judged by the standard OF the
| age which he so truly represented, even man
| of great genius. So too is Louis Napoleon.
| He is man of iron will, great sagacity, and
leader. When he wrcsted the throne with an
| iron hand from the insane Genius of Liberty
which madly ccnvulsed France in ISiS, he wa,
| beyond question, the man for the times
man fearing nothing soul Of bronze. But
are not those times passing. and is not time
! al hand when be must either boldly proclaim
| himself the frienI Of the oppressed natioIali-
ties OF Europe and of more liberal principles
at home, or e!se die, sword in nand like the
Assyrian monarch, when crushed amid his lux
ury by Persian cohorts?
1t may be So for in the next paragraph To
which we refer, appears something which reads
/ like a handwriting or the wall, and which TO
the student of history is plainly enough the
modern reading of UphGrsfH. 1t is an item to
the effect that numerous ARE is had taken
| place in Department where secret society
| OF dangerous description had been discover
ell. The society was organized by tens and
hundreds, all trained to obey orders for the
destruction of the rich. Sixty persons, says
the account, We're apprehended, but the peas
ants, armed with pitch-forks, attacked the es-
cort and rescued the prisoners.
The Revolution has not been for years sol
terrible it is at this moment. Whether
Louis Napoleon viii be wise in time, and still
further develope that hereditary genius with
which he is SO amply gifted, remains 10 be
| seen. lie has the power to incredibly advance
the interest ofFrance and CT the world Will
he employ it : One thing, at least, he should
bear in mind the Rcrolufion aerer sleeps 6ut
di'cags progresses. If he viii fall in with its
onward step, he may yet be the foremost man
of the present world-perhaps of all history.
FROM MExIco.-N ewOrleans papers of Tues
day, of last week, contain full details of Mex-
lean news to tie 22d ult. The intelligence
is not of much general interest, but indicates
the continued growth of discomfort against the
present government. Numerous victories of
the Government troops over Observation-Disclosures,
are reported in different parts of the country