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cop.tituts, he most genuine legitimacy. Indeed,

constitutes tho most genuine legitimacy. Indees'
royal legitimacy is modern expression, hrst nt'o-
duced into tho political dictionary BY Tal'ey rana'
at the Congress Of Vienna, in 1916.
This very principle Of royal legitimacy Is not the
only perverson Of the primitive and genuine origin
Of ROYAL power. The monarchs Of Europe con-
s,antlv proclaim themselves slch "by the grace
"of God" as II to impress the people with tho d.
lief that their power wac Transmitted to them from
Heaven. This phrase however, originated not win
the little Hebrew seeker after bis iatherS asse'
David the son Of jesse, but with the hum'lity OF
Louis the Pious, son of Charlemsgne. He was tae
ar.t 10 nae t. not TO impress his subjects with bis
divine authority but to manifest his high sense OF
personal gratitude. SO much for legitimacy and
for special divine right The only legitimate and
tuly divine rieht is contained in the old and always
tue adage, Vor poprH, rOr Del, now 80 eii'cIVely
uttered in Italy.
The Hapsburgs would most probably have sunk
into nothir eness, like the KybuTgs, their Seniors
and most Of the other families Of petty barons In
the mountains of Switzerland, but for the principle
of election. After the extinction of the Hohen-
staufep. peither William of Holland nor Richard
Plantaganet was able to stay the extreme disorder
ard lawlessness prevailing allover Germany. There
fore, Rudolph of Hapsburg, rather poor feudal
baron. was elected Emperor, by other barons or
electors. in Frankfort, in 1878. The principle was
the same then as now, only feudallsm aud privilege
have disappeared, and universal right has taken
their place. -.
Bologna, and various other Giles Of the Emilia
and of the Flaminia, when, in times of disorder,
centuries ago, they oppressed by their tyrants
repeatedly invoked the Papals Supremacy and recog'
nized il By the popular vote. Thus, the votes OF
the peope of Bologna and other cities constitute
tie primitive source of the claims of the Holy See
If in the Ihirteentb century, and subsequently, the
peope of those regions had the right to vote the
Pores in, they now have the same right TO vote
them out They have used it, and that is all.
One of the most astonishing things in this affair is
the difpleasure of Alexander H., whose dynastic
tile has The purest perfume of genuine popular
election, not by barons and princes, but by the
long bearded, tallow.eatiDg Russian masses, or, as
legiiimists of the present day would call it, the mob
ard that not 10 the balls of castle or in church,
but literally on the public square of Moscow. The
fret Romsnoff was elevated TO the Czarship by
butchers, shOemakers all kinds of artisans and la
borers; whatever, in fact, large city contains OF
good and bad nominated and elected Michael
Attic beginning Of the seventeenth century, Rus
SIS torn by internal feuds by usurpers and pretend
ers was Frustrated at the feet the victorious Poles
The sacred city of Moscow was garrisoned by the
conquerors; the Russian Grand Dukes, the Schuis-
kis, and the Archbishop Romanof, were confined
in the prisons of Warsaw Minnie, a butcher of
Mini. Noygorod, and Pojarski, boyar Of Moscow,
aroused the nation, and called the people to arms.
The Poles were elected from Russia, as the Aus
TRANS have now been from Italy; and the public
place of Moscow the masses freely elected Michael
Rouaroff as Car. Why should the Tuscans or
Modenese be upbraided by his successor for doing
the same thing in an analogous situatiOni
England alone-if not, perhaps the Royal Family,
at least her Mnisters-was mindful of her his
tory and of the right of the people. Nevertheless,
English royalistic snobbery finds safety-valSe in
another manner. The English loyaists, with Queen
Victoria, the Prince Consort, and the Court sheer
at Victor Emanuel for freely abandoning the cradle
of his royal house to France. Are the children of
Queen Victoria reared in their original Guelphic,
Brunswick, or Hanoyerian cradles Or are their
cradles made of pine from the Saxo-ThuriDgian
forests Of their papas possessiOn' Windsor Castle
is better than the old burg in Hanover. So Victor
Emanuel has now built his house in the most
beautiful plains of the world and can transfer there
if he chooses, the cradle Of his from the rocks
of Savoy.
1t is not impossible nor unlikely that the will of
the Italian nation may prepare another pill to be
swallowed with or without contortons, by the world
of diplomats, crowned heads, and legitimists. Above
all, it will be repulsiye TO Vienna, Rome and
Naples. TIE denomination of kingdom of Sard
Liza OF Piedmont has now no meaning whatever.
1t is highly probable that the Elective House of
Representatives cOnvoked in Turin has already
charged it. la that case, the Courts and Cabinets
of Europe VIII in due time receive the official
notification of the disappearance of the Kingdom of
Sardinia, and the birth of the United Kingdom of
Northern Italy,