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awaiting sectional repose. The political
philosopher knows the end is not pei, and
the sectional harmony impossible he
Knows this because lie alone can trace
The cause in which it origihaled-she
cause which MiR}make il perpetual
The great idea OF constitutional liberty
had its origin with the slareocracy n
Greece, and soHjealous were the lords Ct
the soil, those lords Of their slaves, of
change and innovation, that he who pro
posed tbs repealeo Of q Law, Of the stubsti5
tuition Of a new law, made The experiment.
III the hazard of his life : and even when
4it was effected, it was after a long and
tedioaas process. So guarded were they
againstftheir own passions, so fearful Of
loosing the moorinss Of their liberties, In
the enthusiasm Of the people fol- some
hero Of the day. who had rendered y
nesnt service to the State, that they es-
ablished the ostracism, Tile object and
design Of this ostracism was the Danish.
ment Of the man who, from his popularity.
might become dangerous to the State,
and such person whenever the ostraeism1I
was held, was sure to be ostracised or
banished the State, and that without dis
arrangement to himself. This wasa great
Safeguard to Athenian liberty.
Again, these3fords or Shareholders Of
Greece founded#f for the States of Greece d
Union, some features Of whichbore a very.
strong resemblance to- our own. Whilst
the orders 10 Grecian society remained,
she. too, remained the wonder Of the
world. But tie power Of her lords orI
barons was at last overthrewn BY plebeian
ascendency, aided by foreign conquest,
and the liberty and5gloryo Of Greece crum
bled into the dust. Thus the great
Greciap idea of constitutional liberty
sprung from her a~layeocracy, Or ruling
east. and as 1t sprung from them. 90 il.
departed with them. u
The same great principle. the same
bulwark Of freedom and repose-consti.
,utional 1iberty--was the polar star and
secret cause Of che power, the majesty.
the liberty Of Rome I; and as ID Greece.
60 in Rome it originated with the same
class Of men-the,~ slaveoc1acy of Rome.
the lords Of the soil and Of their slaves
and the idea in Rome developed itself
into the visest and most perfect %consti
tutional government Of which history.
gives IS the record. Sd long as the
Of Rome governed Rome,
maintaining their ascendancy in the State,
just so long Rome remained the great
power Of the earth and her people happy
but the power in the State gradually de-
parted from the ~slaveocfacy 81 patriicilans,
As they were called. and fell into the
the plebeians: from thence, as
natural consequence, it went into. the
hands Of military chieftains. The reign
u the Emperor begun-the liberties Of
Rome were not TIE Roman eagles
Fhich, ir0the bands Of her slaveocracy,
Fere the vtstch-vord+of liberty and great
leeds, became tho ravenous yIu,iture, and
he shadow Of their wings appalled, the
'arth with darkness. !.
A Thousand years passed away, and
ID great State, no great deeds mark the
page Of European history. Gradually
fho feudal system perfects itself III Eu-
'ope, and as its development is going On.
gain constitutional liberty begins %
pake disappearance and to raise i'll God.
Ike form over Europe ia darkness and |
shes. AZ FIRST became perfect inspain,
md Spain was the seat Of empire-the
'etreat q liberty-the barons or ~slayeoc-
'acy CIV ing her==her laws, her constitution,
md standing almighty bulwark between
Elngg-craft and priest-craft and the peo-
'le. checking tie one and protecting the
'theer. So with Germany, France, Po-
md, Austria, Hungary and other small
q States. But finally the kings and,
lriestsovercome and crushed the barons
/ slayeocracy Of these States, and du-
Ing the conflict betweenthe slaveocracyt
nd TIE unity Of kings and priests. the
arons fighting for constitutional libertg,
10 kings for absolute power, the priests
\ ghosay supremacy, the liberties and |
appiness Of the people we're forgotten.
irngg.eraft and priest:craft swept the !
ewer Of the barons away, and with itli
l hope of constitutional liberty is gone. /
'urope remains governed 4. the point of |
ie bayonet, bleeding at the foot OF the l
Itar that enchains it. Had the slsreoc- /
ICY or baroniai power been the victor, j
le European States would gradually have ]
sseloped themselves into constitutional s
overnraents like that OF England. Why j
h Because England was the only D
lropean S.ste IN which. during this PEI s
ID, the bafons o. slaveocraey success i