The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-10-06

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Providsass Post.
What are the obssaclesi Masses Of men,
II We may believe the teachings Of history
are made Of very yielding materials. They
are, In Governsr PEIRros1r,A yorsse,
"bunches Of dough-" 10 "absurd"s 70
pretend tina. Americans are superior to the
Romans, who were perhaps the most pa
srio,ic people that ever lived. Iii "sb-
/, tnrd " torsssume that measures which have
paovcd successful 10 eury Other cosatry
would prove unsuccessful in this. Louis
sNAroIsox was elected merely President
Of France. He decided 70 become her
emperor. A few unreliable persons were
imprisoned, few others sent out Of the
country, the army was judiciously manipu-
lated, and, lroila. tho oocp dttat was .
success. Is any other nation in the world
superior to the French
Il might have been considered "absurd
and insulting" BY few men In England,
vet HExlY VII. caused the whole king
dom to renounce the Pope as the head Of
the church and accept him instead. His
SON, EDwARD VII. converted the kingdom
into nation Of Protestants. EDWARDS
sister NARY turned these Protestants into
Catholics again, and caused them to recog-
nize the Pope Is the supreme head Of the
church. NARr's sister, elizabeth, once
more took them in hand and worked them
into Protestants, and Is she reigned . long
time, her people became accustomed TO
PrsAestantism, and England has remained
In that belief ever since. It may be very
true that there could not have been agreat
deal Of dncerity in these repeated CONVEX
sions, yet it is none the less true that in
contemplation Of law the English people
underwent all these changes. The secret
IN each case was that the strong arm Of
Executive power was brought into requisi-
ton to compel acquiescence in the wishes
of the monarch for the time being.
CROMWELL turned the English Parlia-
ment out Of their seats, and shut the doors
upon them. He became in fact absolute
monarch of England, ruled the people with
q rod of iron, managed to get along very
well without the assistance Of either Lords
or Commons except when he chose to con-
suit them, cut off the head of . king whom
his own people believed to be sacred per-
son, kept the rightful heir to the throne
in exile, and, notwithstanding all these il
legal and unconstitutional proceedings,
remained supreme ruler Of the kingdom
all his life, and died in peace. How con-
temptuously he had treated his people, and
how ignominiously they had submitted to
be thus trampled upon, may. be inferred
from the fact that CHARLES ii. came to the
throne very soon after CRoxwELL's death
amidst the acclsmations Of his subjects.
The army had changed sides, and the peo-
pie either changed with the army, or af-
fected to change, 1t is not material which.
The point is that strong measures will carry
the day. General Monk decided in favor
Of the restoration Of CHARLES, and the
people said "Amen," because General
Monk had marched his army into the neigh
borhood of London, or because they were
tired Of the Commonwealth.
From all these instances let the Radicals
learn lesson. They could just as easily
be put downby military power as were the
people Of Rome, Of France, and Of Eng
land. Many Of the noblest names upon
the roll Of fame were recorded upon it
during the struggles accompanying the
events at which we have glanced. No
greater men live now, certainly not among
the Radicals. What high and mighty
names, ancestral reputation, wealth, edu-
cation, popular prejudices, and patriotism,
could not do In England cannot he done in
America. 1t would be very easy to show
that Mr.. LINCOLN exercised powers as
clearly unconstitutional, and compelled
acquiescence in his measures by means as
illegal and unjusti6able, as any that Mr..
JOHNSON would have to use In order TO de-
stroy the Radical faction and secure an OPP
parently unanimous approval Of his own
policy. But we need not rehearse facts 80
familiar to every reader. No man who
has studied history can doubt that an alb
solute monarch, such as the events Of the
war have proved our President to be,
could, with the aid Of the army, accom-
plish sny purpose upon which his heart
was set. And history does not inform US
that armies are at all difficult to manage.