The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1866-12-15

the people oh JIG OHl1O't D'eseN' |
mented in Republicanism. The form
of civil poIity which we had fashioned
for ourselves was no ncv thing in the
world. 1t had existed before in other
lands and in every age. 1t was, as far |
as we know, in Greece that the first
trial of it was made, and there, after |
having illuminated the intellectual
world with blaze of genius such as no
other country has ever kindled, it lam
guished and finally expired. From the
land of Socrates, Plato. and Aristotle
and Demosthenes, we trace it to the
City of Seven Hills, on the banks of the
Tiber. There it hourished about seven
hundred years and during that period
extended the limits of the Roman sway
to the furthest corners of the world.
After Julius Caesar crossed the Rubi-
con, and with his legions destroyed the
liberties of his country, we see it no
more until after the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
the Roman Empire; when we again
| find it at Venice, Genoa, and in one or
two other Italian States. When our
revolutionary war broke out, the spec
ulative spirit, which the French PHI
losophers had kindled, was everywhere
on the alert for opportunities oinnovate
upon old establishments and as the
monarchal was, at that time, the most
prevalent from of Government, it of
course became the object of constant
and persistent attack. An idea pre-
vailed that the whole existing system
of things was wrong. This idea had a
wide and deeply rooted biding place in
the minds of the founders of our gov.
eminent. Hence, when they came to
the task of framing system of govern
ment for the territory which they haC
wrested ftom the English crown, {
Republic was at once the most obViou:
and the most feasible scheme which oc-
cured to them. While the transition
from limited monarchy to Repub-
lie seemed more accordant with the
vaunted theory of progressiveness
than from a modified monarchy to al
unlimited cespotism, it was. at tbs
same time more consistent with TIL
teachings of the philosophy which wa
known at that day under the appel
t lation of the Rights of Man." Blu
the innovating spirit, which gave brit
to this change, soon began to find faul
g with its workmanship. From the foun
: dation of the Government up to thu
) present day, political tinkers hav
i been busily at work trying to improv
: the machine which the fathers bull
! until at last, Disguised with repeate
- failure, they now demand its entir
IS destruction. We repeatit, the Rad
ieals desire nothing less than the con
plete destruction of the America
Republic. And this desire is ne
n founded In the belief that our preser
} system is not IL good one, or that il
% not adequate to the performance of tn
- functions for which it was intended
1t has its origin in the mere lore
+" change. And were these people a
h lowed to have their own way, and I
Re alter, entirely and radically, the who
h framework of our political structur
and erect, in its stead. another fashior
T. ed i'll every particular in perfect a,
le cordance with their own ideas, fly
ne years would not elapse before the
would again begin to clamor for anoth,
" change. Tie TRUTHS. Radicalism
AZ another name for Jaeobinism. ar
Jacobinism, according to MIR. Burk
en- is the revolt of the enterprising talen
nj of a country against its property al
its established institutions. And
e rebellious pioprensities never slice
Is' 1t is the most active, the most malii
le nant, and the most mischievous oh
"A nomena in the moral world. What Il
- most fatal diseases are to the physic
ne body, such is Jacobinism to the pol
r. teal body. The one is the enemy al
US destroyer of the physical health, t
40 other is the unrelenting foe of Il
- well being of State. And as no i
hu herent strength of constitution is al
he protection against the one, so no a
he titiciR Yigor in the build, or eunnir
;, IN the construction. is any securi
= against the assaults of the other.
a. Those who derive pleasure from t
W. contemplation ofthe welfare of til,
~ species, and reflect, that for nearly O.
hundred years, the career of the Unit
Vi States was one of uninterrupted
IS, increasing prosperity in the growth
on all the elements which enter into t
~ composition of great and benefce
government, cannot avoid having tn,
,at faith in the stability of Republic
for institutions shaken, when they consi
an the tremendous efforts now bel
10 made by powerful praty, to undo
:" mine the system which produced Il
at prosperous state of things, and t
ne strong probability of the final sucee