, 1859-06-01
L BULLET AND 4 FRENCH Re-
RI1HE.IE

would establish the Republic in France in a
week. The imperial power which he has
built up viii, sucl, Infinite pains.taking, and ut
the cost Of So many perjuries, and 50 much
blood, would disappear, and the dynasty which
he represents would be Of as little worth as
that Of the DourDons', which it succeeded. 1t
is not impossible that some daring Orsini, TAX
ing advantage Of the license Of the camp, or ef
the opportunities Of the battlefield, may send
that bullet On its way.
Until the miserable Socia1istic thcories-the
Communist doctrines - Of the French
devotccs Of Democracy he purgcd out
Of them, it is well enough that Napo-
leon-tyrant traitor and pcrjurcr as hc is
should rule, and tllat the fatal bullet should be-
stayed The experiment ofls4s-commenced Of
under auspices which ietokened success in the
quiet, peaceful government Of the majority, the
enjoyment Of wcll-won social status and lard
earned property, and defeated by tho insanity
Of the philosophical Quixotca. who attempted
to reap tile fruit Of tho Millennium from seed
sown il ignorance and despotism-ough to
be warning, thai, until the theories Of Four
rier cease to govern tile French mind, the eu-
lghtened dcspo,ism Of one man is to be ar
dently prayed for. rather than the uncontrolled
anarchy that would he introduced into govern
mental affairs hy the scntimcntalists who
guided and ruined tile revolution that hurled
Louis PHILIPPE from the throne It is hard
Judgment for americans topronounce on those
who arc seeking tile establishment Of what
they call Democratic Institutions but the reader
Of nodern French history cannot doubt that tie
failure oi the Liberal or Republican movement in
France is to be attributed to the crude ideas
and unlicensed iaaagiuings: Of the Barbss, Lc-
dru Rollins and Louis Blancs who inaugura-
ted it, nor t;iat the government which these
pI.l1,b!e f.1a:ics woull hare set up
would have been, il possible, ten times more
unbcarable than that (which they overthrew.--
The experience fthe period Of which we speak
is ample and tAongh dcvout believers in the
efficiency Of the people for scll-control, we
could not, If wcll:wisl,crs Of France and Dem
ocratic institutions, desire that the tolerable
government Of tic present, may be replaced by'
a mob SINS culottes. Our theories Of Dcmocra-
cy as maturcd ly:t liz: Of experience under
Democratic institutions, are as antagonistic to
the political yagar!cs Of tue red French pol
iticans 1s4S: as u tie hardened dcspotjs1n
Of Austria il 1859. Except upon compl1]slon,we
should lopt neither the one nor the other. Pre-
lerabeto either: is that milder tyranny Of Napo-
leon WIN above tile Influences which control the
socialists, is yet III sncl. wholesome fear Of pub
lie opinion aud the law O. right TINT lie nctl-
CT invites anarchy, nor dares r1l]c without ire
..1cnt recurrence to those fundamental princi.
l,'cs upoa which all governments are founded.
as may be supposed, We arc not among those
who desire that tho liberation M Italy may 'w
postponed by tho exercise Of tue assassin s
skill: or that the rule Of the Emperor should
be overthrown until sosuc:1ing better than the
practical application of tile crazicst Of I'LL l,.-
Free principles arc making their mark upon
the popular mind. even in Austria and France
aud the day will come in which tho services d
Kings. Emperars and Priests can I've dispensed
with: but it las not yet arrived.
THE POOR OLD POPE.
Among our latest adviccs from Europe art
halr a dozen roundabout hints that Ills ioli
ness. pio Nouo is j strict prisoner Of Louis Ma
polean within the walls Of the Eternal City
tAat he would fain leave the banks Of the Tibc
till the return Of quiet times, but that TIN
Frencl, Minister aud Colnmaudaut urge hiI1
with no end Of },owa aul sl,russ, 10 stay jus
where he is- Further, that when he insist
upon the danger to the everlasting Church, t
the cause Of pure religion, and ill that, III
cssrred '1y lis remaining in the midst or mob
aed revolutions, the Minister aforesaid says
will h. entirely Agreeable In his Govcrnmc,,
10 protect His Haliucss either III France Q
AlScria! Ills Holiness does not like Franc
Or Algeria; therclnrc !no sticks to Rome an
through the projection afforded linn by Il.
French |'ayonets is il the lust degree ir3
sa:ne When he wants TO 70 tn vienna, it is III
t. he despiscd willie he remains u tlle Eatic:!l
TIC plain English Of it is that lis personal Ill
cr,y is restrained 1'y TIC French Emperor
den,uilly.'
While travelling around inside tic circle
nuskcts U'lir'! keep him AMONG his own PEI
pie, and keep their hands of from his hol
corpr*, Plus IL viii have time 10 study up ii
history Of lis predecessor: Plus VII, who WI
tasen on Il sudden ca. sa. issued |tv Napolce
Booaparte in the ycar 1909, an
hurried into custody within the Imp
ri:l dorninions, Napoleon demanded
the Pope tia, lie should allow tie free publ
exercise u all forms Of religious worship
lis doalin.ons; TINT he should decree tho abb
ltiou O the nofast:c orders oI hoth sexes a,
that lie should abolish pcrcmptori|y tie cell
acy Of the clergy To these things His Ho
ness: ''f COURSE replied in the negative, deer
in; them the very essence Of Ant;chr;s
Napoleon wrote 10 the Ticeroy Eusen
with private instructions to have Il
letter carried To the Pope in pretend
alarm, MS follows: lis tho Pope
'no7ait now much The times have cl!ange&
'4DocE he take me for another Louis le Dcbo
''naire, and does lie think his cxcommunie
lions will make the weapons fall from Il
Hands Of my soidieFsY What would lie s.
IF were to separate from Catholicism t
"grcater par. Of Europe? Let hin, not for
mo to propose and To enforce form of Ut
"sIlip more rational than lis. This would
"lcss difficult than he thinks, in the prose
Estate Of mems ideas and when 50 many cs
"llavc been opened for half century to t
T. ''iniquities and follies Of Ills priesthood
Nevertheless the Pope grasped tho o,
weapon lie knew how to handle,
bull Of accommodation, and when
palcon proceeded To carry out his
forms in the Papal dominions by annexi
them bodily to France, Plus valicntly cut ],
OF from the holy communion. He then &
to the inmost room, oi the Quiri1lal palace u
caused the doors 10 be walled up will, br
aud mortar: The French troops, howe,
pounded them down and walked of with |
head Of the Church as aforesaid.