The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-09-04

in the institutions with which he would
govern the people. ~
They tell us we need strong Govern
ment, that we need to clOthe the nation
with the power to execute its will. Strong
for what? Has not the Federal system
been strong enough? Has it not executed
its civil and criminal laws Has it not
executed its civil and criminal law? Has
it not waged successful war both OF offence
and defence? Has it not by force Of arms
overcome q gigantic rebellion, and for
wears sustained most exhausting civil
ware Has it not had the power to pre-
serve order at home and maintain it's posi-
ton in the world9 Has it not been strong
enough to protect the rights--alas strong
enough to ieopardize the liberties OF its
citisensl History tells US that contedera-
ton is liberty; that consolidation is des-
notism; that a confederation is the strong
est Government for defence and the weak
est for oppression. A Government which
holds In it's hand the power to prererye
order, to enforce justice, to make and adj
minister all the local law applicable to
thirty millions of people, and thus to enter
into the details of their daily LITE, has that
hand mailed Id iron, and may lay Its
wei ght upon and crush out their liberties
| A Government whose power is so concen-
trate d is ruined if is defeated In single
battle, or if the various cords OF power are
not all closely gathered in one strong
grasp. If power be dispersed among many
local governments, equal and independent,
except they are bound in confederation, it
never passes beyond the control OF the
people SO far as to Cypress them, and it
| disasters come, itpresents many organized
fronts and rallying points around which
armed forces can cluster, and discipline
and order be maintained. The Austrian
army was defeated at Austerlitz, almost
under the walls of the capital, and consol-
idated Austria lay at the mercy OF Napo-
leon. The Prussian army was conquered
at jena and Auerstadt, and consolidated
Prussia was almost obliterated from Eu'
rope, The Russian army was struck at
Eula and overwhelmed at Friedland, and
Russia submitted to the dictation Of peace
] The Gar and Napoleon divided the world
at Tilsit, and with seven hundred thou
sand i nen at his command the French EN-
peror turned to the conquest OF Spain
| He inveigled the royal family to his camp
aud kept them prisoners He bought the
mobiles, he seized the fortresses, he declared
Joseph King, and sent three hundred
thouss nd men to place him on his throne
! Men called Spain weak. 1t lacked unity
!, Its parts were loosely confeferated
through the crown. Catalonia, and Anda
lusia, aud Arragon, and old CASTLE retain
ed their separate organizations, and mani
tested jealousy, even hostility to eacf
other. Yet when Napoleon reached The
capital and sent his forces to oyerrnn the
country, these provinces called their troops
together, and acting each for itself, drove
back those veterans who had never pauset
in thei,. victorious march from the Mincit
to the vistula, and by the capture of Du
, mont shattered that prestige of success
, which had made France inyincible. gla
They tell us We Democrats will cling tt
dead issues. The integrity Of the Republi
can Government, the preservation OF lib
, erty, the maintenance Of our Constitution
and Government, the happiness of man
! kind! Are these dead issues! Our love o
them may be dead, our fidelity may b.
dead, our worthiness for them and our en-
ioyment may be dead, but the Issues will
. live till they are settled in their full frui
ton, and the principles which underli
) them are as durable as the eternal throne
J They tell us that, like the Bourbons, W,
viii forget nothing and learn nothing; W
will not submit to accomplished facts
, It is a mistake. It were wicked folly t,
resist the inevitable. We would bow re
yerently in it's presence. But who shall
omen the book Of fate, and say of any cours
| ofeyents, or of any condition of things, j
+ is fixed forever. Who shall with propheti
power read the secrets of the Almighty
9 and repeat in another connection the word
i. which only once uttered throughout al
y the ages reyerberate along the course Q
= eighteen centuries: ut is finished" Til
human mind has no power to discern th
;, unchangeable. The DEGREES Of destiny ar
! hidden from its view, that it's aspiration
may not be checked, its efforts may not b
r nalsied. When William Pitt came bac
TO the ministry, he formed with incredibl
t energy and exertion the Continental All
Y ance. 1t required the labor OF two years
8 NAPOLEON broke up his camp at Boulogne
r marched his heroic legions to the Danube
s and in one hundred days captured an arm
4 at him, and shattered the coalition On th
|. bloody field of Austerlitz. The grea
e Statesman was bowed to the earth-hi
n hope was gone-hss courage broken hi
Il efforts at an end. Broken-heatted he 9,
d clasmed, s'Roll up the map Of, Europe fe
@ half a century," and died, believing tia
It Napoleon had attained to universal d
i. minnion. Austria was despoiled of her fai
! est possessions Jena followed, and Pru
e STA was humbled to 1.-THE DUST Friedlan
d followed, and the monarch Of the Mort
o bowed his naughty head before the imp
e rial eagles. Napoleon was mighty. H
! fat vacated tue throne Of Naples. He pr
d nounced the sentence, "The, House ,
d Braganza has ceased to reign" and thu
q family went fngitives from Portugal
i Brazil. Louis was King Of Holland, j
i seph was King of Spain, Murat was Kin
5, of Naples. The confederation Of the Rhir
le guarded. his frontier. The Dukedom
rs Warsaw and the Kingdom Of Westphal
is were the props Of his throne. Here seer
i ed to be an accomplished fact. But =
Is gland refused to accept the situation
a. and in less than three years Austria ";
IN in arms, Prussia was Tecuperated, Russ