Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-04-09

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union bsing aftsrward ssnctiooed ~ Iur-
kew. II January, 1859. ~ eleesesel a.
ssmblies Of the two priocipe!itass chose -
their eoysrsieu . certain Col: Alexander
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Hospodar Of Roumsnia. He took posses
sioo Of The goyssnmsat, and far . time
things went on smoothly. But he became
ambitious, and undertook 70 play the
PCT of 49, Napoleon. There were gradual
Nnesoe6hhesss upon the constitutional
rights Of the people, then usurpatiUn, and
6pally he inflated his model By coup d
etst % The 4E6 81 1(aY. 1854, feld}IKK t6]
sanction . new Sassoss1 ~. nd Disabling
r. s -. e d, 5<I,n. ~ .,.,,sd
16ldl ! xlSh 1 very high Hind, deprivihg the
people Of one right sftsr asethG t1l 6neeI
his government became > complete despot
lismJ tAh3pog his 1aeo1iyU 90 tss the
journalist named S6sst9}, wh3 lad tlfdS
beeom0 - ,enitely ruined ID fortune that
he Na3 10 longer thought ddhgesouS. But
Tho tnao qujckly etsanised sooisty Of
| NV hundred civilians and so)diers, who
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to bed in tbs palace. - iqusftAt Of m
hour aftsrward. party Of forty or ffty
Of the conspirators, headed by Gregoire
6orrssisr aud Stau Popesco, we're admit
I'D by the officer on guard, and proceeded
to the bed>chamber Of the princes broth
CT in.law, Lambrino, who was also in bed.
Waking up, he called out TO his visitors,
"What do you, you wretches?" Couza,
who was in tho next room, took the
alarm, and tried to balricade his door,
but II was kicked open, and his highresa
appeared in great terror in . night shirt
Sorrurier said to him, I'VE do not want
your life; but, in the name Of the Rou-
msnian people, who named Alexander John
Cousa sovereign prince Of this country
We come to order you to sign your abdi
cation" He signed it without . word,
and then dressed himself, being assisted
by Sorrurier and Popescu. IL was then
put under guard, ~ were his ex>ministera
1t their homes. Tho princess, his wife
was respectfully conducted TO tho house
iof . friend. at daylight Eucharist wal
occupied by the whole army, except ons
regiment Of Moldavian lancers, Of which
there were doubts. A proclamation al
nouncing the abdication was issued, sr,! /:
provisional. government, was created. The
Legislative chambers met, the abtlication
vas accepted, and the Count Of Flanders
brother to the King Of the Belgians, wa
chosen nospodar, with the title Of Philip
/. There was immense joy and snthusi
asm among the army and the people a
a these proceedings, but not IN act o.
violence or disorder Of any kind.
The ex-hospodar was allowed 10 yleay,
bucharest without molcstation. He ac-
cepted the situation without even . pro-
test, and went medistely to Pars. Tn,
Count Of Flanders, it appears, declines thu
honor offered to him, and the Koumsniani
and the great powers are looking abou
for some other available person, Russis
favofine the Duke Of Leachtsnburg, who i,
Russian prince. But Turkey, and SOM
Of the other powers, object to him, ant
there is little bad feeling on thcsubject. -
indeed, there is considerable movement o
Russian and Turkish troops on the respect
i've borders, and there are apprehensions .
serious difficulty, and perhaps war; Blu
whatever may-6s the result, this night
shirt abdicatiop Of sovereign prince vii
make a laughahle pegs In history.