Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-08-02
REpusI1cANIsM I'M EUROPE.

o. III .
The excitement caused in Europe by the
rupture between the French Emperor and
Prince Napoleon. gives no sign Of abate.
ment, and is, in fact, the leading topic Of
discussion throughout the continent. The
ultra monarchial journals characterize the
Princes speech at Ajaccio as ga dis
grace the Emperor accuses him Of breach
of confidence; the French Ministers are
boiling over with indignation, and the in
fiction of hatred against the unlucky
laudator Of America and her institutions,
has spread like wildfre. But esee only
one side Of this exhibition of feeling, and
that is the side Of monarchy. There is nc
such thing a an independent journal IN
Europe-not one, in any European nation,
save in Switzerland, that dares to befriend
a man who speaks in favor of Republican
ism. Yet there are thousands, even mil
lions Of people in Europe, who would to-
day be glad to throw of their regal gov
ernments and build anew after the model
of the United States. The revolutions in
France, Hungary, Poland, Germany and
Italy prove that there is a latent spirit Of
republicanism in Europe which sympa.
,hises with Prince Napoleon, and which
is only prevented from public expression
by the pressure of tyranny. The oppo-
sition to the Prince shines forth in the
present difficulty, and all the world sees it,
for tits the sentiment of monarchial power,
and there is no impeachment in its way.
But there is an under current of feeling,
which flows along noiselessly, which
grows stronger from such connections as
that now noticeable, and which some day
in the future will burst forth upon the
surface of popular opinion and carry all
before it.
If it were possible to take a free vote
to-day in France to test the popular feel
ing with reference to the rupture between
the Emperor and the Prince, which would
the people sustain The history Of the
revolution which made France a Repub-
lie, and which records the treachery and
perfdy Of the present Emperor, is an in
dication Of what the result would be.
The masses throughout Europe are favor
able to republican institutions, and they,
doubtless, sympathize with Prince Napo-
leon in the crusade which he has brought
upon himself by daring to say a word in
favor of popular government. But this
sympathy is necessarily silent. Every
European sovereign feels that there is O
republican element in his domain which
it will not do to trust, and the fire Of lib.
erty is kept smothered year after year by
the strong arm of power. There is one
right, however, which no autocrat can
take away from his subjects-the right to
hink-and all the exhibitions Of wrath
that the monarchists can give against the
republican u~tterances Of the Prince, can
not prevent the masses in Europe from
treasuring up opinions of their W upon
the subject. Coming, as it does, at the
very time when America has proven the
greatness and grandeur Of republicanism,
the rupture between Napoleon III and his
cousin may prove to be the entering
wedge that will one day rend asunder the
tyrannical governments Of the Old World,
and build upon their ruins q structure
after the model of the American Repub
lie.