Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-04-15
The insecurity Of Wfops.

The Insecurity Of WropG.
| Everything in sntagoDism to the
absolute and universal law Of Right
must necessarily be based upon founda-
tod % pekshALle 'matcrials. This Is
true in individual, social. and sponta-
neous outgrowth Of inherent truth.
TINS law is especially manifest when
applied to the governments Of men,
To secure stable government demands
two essential pre-requisites,-the first
| Of which 18th, At the government should
be adopted to the wants and condition
Of the people. An intelligent, relig-
| ious, and educated people will not live
.ubmissively under an arbitrary govern
mcnt. An ignorant, superstitious, and
licentious people cannot live under a
free government. Thus it is, that Re-
publies, Monarchies, and absolute Des-
potisms have from time immemorial,
been established among men. Revo-
lutions, anarchies, RESERVATIONS, and
changes will from time to time occur
in those coutr,es, where either the peo-
pie and government are unsuited to
each other, and where the people are
divided either by race, mental and
moral qualifications or from other
causes.
Thus in England, with three distinct
classes in antagonism we see no revo-
lutions, simply because each Of these
classes has a potent representative in
the government. The Commons, the
Lords, and the Royal family, are so
tremendously blended in government
that unity Of action is secured, with
out any real unity of sentiment in the
different divisions 49,,
In France such is not the case, and
government is, therefore, not the rep
resentative of the classes, but the out
growths Of political necessity resulting
from sudden revolutions. The govern
ment, is class Of itself, and is in an
tsgonism with the people. The people
have no substantial voice in the govern
mcnt, but yet they feel the right, with
out possessing the power of legislative
action. When therefore they do ex-
erc,se the power, 1t is by revolution,
and punishment falls upon the govern
ment.
Louis Napoleon is tho reigning agent
Of great WHoSo. The people elect
cd him President, and he made himself
Emperor IN antagonism to the voice Of
the people. His throne is a powder
house, and the people are iucendiaries
ready to apply the torch. His defense
is in those bayonets, which have won
for France i,nperishable glory, and
which at any time may become allied
with the people. The antsgonism be-
tween him and the French will never
be reconciled SO long as his govern
mcnt is not the reflex and representa-
tive of French sentiment, under the
differnt clauses of the people. BY
making himself the government, the
people look directly to him as the au-
thor of all their wrongs and will Go
80 until he erects between him and the
people, parliament, as q bulwark Of
defence to Royalty. This parliament
must represent the classes Of France.
It must be composed of two houses, so
that the people may pour out upon
their immediate representatives, the
wrath they feel under bad laws.
But Napoleon clutches at absolute
power among a.people who Will never
YIELD it long, to any ruler. Here is his
mistake. If he would be great mon
arch and consolidate his dynasty, let
him create safety valves for popular
cffervcesence. His suppression Of free
speech, and free press, only renders
the danger more imminent and..t ex-
plosion more disastrous when it shall
come. The attempted assassination by
Orsini is only the first phenomenal ap-
pearance Of the deeper and more gener-
al attempt that will be made to over
throw the Tyrant. Wrong cannot tri-
umph where . people possess so~many
elements Of enlightenment asin France.
In every mail from Europe We shall
expect to hear Of a new Royal exile in