Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-04-01
YEARLY ApVEERlEF1HIsINa! DIVER e


Under this heading the N. 7. "CourFier
Der Eos Uasr 1.-THE FFenc6JsPsHin that
eisy-in q long editorial articfe discusses
the comments of our leading newspapeFs
on Louis NapoleOnTs "Life of C@sar." The
editor il is not Rll surpfi7edr that ths-p1ess
of this country loudly p5rdoclaims that the
author of the "Lifa of julius Caesar" has
tortured -Et history for the purpose of prodbo
ing false ideas, the monArcAieaI idea, which
is condemned by the conclusive ee1am BILE
of the Republic of f4Re United States. The lee,
crisics, the French editor further states.
he4d:0pGFant and Sherman to prove that
there Is no truth in the historical argument,
that republics, though at first popular, snd
afterwards sristoerasic,- throw themselves
sooner or later in the hands of a military
dictator. Bot says thsE AGa.ryisg.'' Il -
fsLet us look back few months, let us
remember the tine preVf61 s5to the capture
of Atlanta, when the disaster on the Red
River restricted The occupation of Louisi.
ana to the nominal possession of the bbr-
ders of the Mississippi; when the Florida.
campaign came to n00Rbt;aWhen almost
the entire State of Missouri was in Confede.
rate hands; when Tennessee and Kentuckv
were threatened by invasion; when Grant
had made several vain e doFts to Aa1k Lee:
when Charleston VIGOROUSLY resisted a
prolonged seige; when the blocksdinp feet
was uusble to prevent the arrival Of beck
FAde.runRers; vixen, ia iine, gold was near
300 per cent: premium-at that time did
any body dare TO deny HAT the horizon was
charged With dark forehodines2- Did any
body deny that fhe RspubEe Ma ihreHt-
euef with dfsfutegrdtion; th8t doubt had
entered many minds,- and that it was high
time that fortune EOnee more should smile
upon the affairs OF the rep1biie2 Suppose
all these disasters adcoutinaed, .
can We be sure that gradually sad sIowly,
the Constitution would not have fallen IN.
der the heels of = successful military lead
Ter, Who would have made foot-stool of
It to reach the highest Office in the landHo
The editor does not want to say that
they would certainly have occurred, but he
neither desires to sfirm that they would
not have taken place. - o.
| r,s.Because, be coatinnes,. the American
republic has lasted ninety years, that is no
reason why it should be better or more
eternal than monarchies, which have exis
ted more than ten centuries. Neither must
it be admitted. that the republican system
is the cause of our growing prosperity
With such q country, virgin land, i'm
ueuse, rich, fnlI Of gold, metals, charcoal
precious substances, on both sides boedered
| by the sea, with ssiuerious climate, with
hardly any population, eyerywhere open
for the surplus populations Of urope.; near
enough other countries to make commerce
with It profitable far enough away from
other lands 80 as not to be annoyed by too
close proximity; specially set apart BY
| Providence for the benefit of constantly in.
creasiug maukiud-can any body imagine
any sort of government AT all which could
have been barrier to its development and
fortune The government has uoEtinz to do
with It, It is nonsense to honor a consti-
tu9pu for the sake of the soil or the climate
IjQst as it would be absurd to charge it with
abuses, such as felony, rowdyism, corsup
ton, civil war, drunkenness, ,leIc., etc.
The editor then comes to the coucIu sio Z
that the best government is that which
contains the greatestamounto liberty, and
which is based, upon the popular viii. Nc
Enatter whether the executive is called
President, as inthe United States, ,=oT King
or Emperor, as in mouarchical countries.
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