The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-06-06

THE GRoANs OF THE BOuRBoNs.
The disagreement and tyranny of the
Bourbon dynastry drove them from power, and
involved the hereditary aristocracy of France
in their misfortunes long years ago. France
has hourished as Republic, as an Empire,
as Kingdom, and again as an Empire for
generations since, and the people have pros>
pered as they never did before mall her his
tory; but the Bourbonists still lament and
groan, still refuse to be comforted, still de-
plore the present, and recall with tender re-
greet the glorious days of royal splendour and
despotic power, when the arstocracy lorded
over the people, and the masses had no rights
which the nobility were bound to respect.
Now, few years Of great historical events
have ilangurated as great q change in this
country as that experienced in France, but
the Conservative aristoeracy, the rebelized
Democracy, don't see it. They roar like the
ancient Cyclops over theloss of the precious
apple of their eye, the pet and "peculiar in-
stilution - of their order and will not be
comforted. They mourn over the loss of
their chattels, like Rachael for her children,
and refuse to be comiorted. The present is
full'of diseomforti the future is charged with
all the unnumbered ills to which flesh is heir;
the pail OF RadcaTsm envelopes the pros
pect with the blackness of darkness.
The recent gathering of the Notables of the
old Bourbon aristocracy of the North and
the South at Louisville, afforded an admira-
Bile opportunity for the csnonizaiion Of the
dead past, for matchmaking the living pres
ent, and for pronouncing the ban of exeom-
munication on the coming future.
We honor the past for the good achieved in
it, and we rejoice in the present with hopeful
Anticipations, that its opportunities may be
improved for the Inauguration Of better
future for mankind than either the past or
the present has had the good fortune to real
ize. But this effort Of maudin folly, and
senile conservatism, TO resurrect from the
buried past, the evil institutions and abuses
which we have ontgrown and cast of, and
10 carp and growl and groan and sigh like a
furnace over the progress that the world is
making, in extending the blessings of liberty
and elevating the condition Of the masses, i.
insufferable, on general principles. But wher
il is made by traitors and sympathisers in tbs
interests of aristocracy and slavery, and re-
bellion, over the grave Of Henry Clay, WIT
advocated emancipation and denounced dis
union and treason, and proclaimed before th,
world that he owed "a param ount alegian c,
to the Government of the Uniea, and no, t,
the State Of Kentucky, the exhibition he
comes both insufferable and Infamous.
The Louisville Courier, paper whicl
travelled over Dixie in advance of our " boy
in blue, and in dread Of the Flag of th
Union, is the organ of the Democracy in Ken
lucky. and the medium through which thes
sombre minded gentry cast upon the world tn
lurid light which emanates from the mouder
ing abuses and decaying nusances Of the cat
scombs of the buried past. This peripateti
traitor and rebel OF the wal
is permitted, by the clemeney c
the Government which he sough
to Destroy. and the forbearance of th
loyal people whose sons and brothers poure
out their blood TO quench a rebellion, whie
he assisted to kindle, to return unmoleste
to enjoy in peace the common blessings O
the land. But instead of accepting, will
humble gratitude, the gift Of the worthless
life which his crimes had forfeited to the gal
lows, he sets himselfu up as the organ of tn
Democracy, to denounce our people and on
institutions, our Government and our laws
and to bewal the present and bemosn IN
future, in contrast with the much eulogise
past, in which the slave olgarchy dominate
with resistless power over the masses Of ID
people in all sections of the country.
1t is lamentable that such sentiments shout
still prevail after the oceans of preciou
blood which has been poured forth like waite
to wash them out; but it is still more deploI
able that such organs as the Courier furns
the warp and wool which constitutes the t.,
ture Of Democratic sentiment and opinion i
the North as well as the South.