Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-11-04

FALLEN SovEREIGNs.-At the moment
when the Queen of Spain, who might 50
easily have retained her throne, Is COM
PEELED to seek an asylum abroad, 1t cannot
be uninteresting TO mention the names oi
the Princes who, within the last halt
century, by circumstances foreseen or un-
foreseen, BY their own fault or i'll conse-
quence of unwise resistance, by false cal
culatons or enterprises which could not
possibly succeed, have fallen from power
or lost a portion of their authority. The
great conaueror of the century, he who
transmitted the French Republic into a
sort of universal monarchy, Napoleon L,
was thrown down definitely III 1919. His
brothers. the Kings Jerome and Joseph,
had already succumbed. Murat, King oi
Naples. disappeared soon after. lmmedl-
ateIy upon being restored the Bourbon
monarchy in Spain began to totter. 1t lost
all its American colonies, which became
Republics, and Ferdinand VII was Aept
on the throne only by the French cx-
petition in 1928. In the following year
took place the fall OF lturbide, Emperor
of Mexico. The Sultan of Turkey was
shortly afterward deprived of Greece,
which was proclaimed an Independents
monarchy on the Sd of February, 1880.
In the same year fell the Dey of Algiers,
and also Charles Y, led on by VI. De
Polignac and the Ultra Legitimist an1
Clerical faction The King Of Holland
lost Belgium. that is to say, one-half of his
states. on the 25th August. and the depo-
sition of the House of Orange-Nassau was
proclaimed at Brussels. The Duke
Charles of Brunswick was. on the 9TH ofI
September, 1880, driven from dominions
by an insurrection. The Gar, at the
same epoch, lost Poland for a time. In
1888. the too famous Don Miguel, King OF
Portugal, was compelled to cede the crown
TO Dona Maria, daughter of Don Pedro.
who retains the sovereignty OF Brazil.
Louis Philippe was sacrificed to the faults
and obstinacy of VI. Guizot. On the IL
of December, 1S4s. the Emperor Ferdi-
nand Of Austria had to abdicate, in order
to avoid being expelled. At that epoch
Plus IX. was brought back to, and has
since been supported at, Rome only by
French arms Austria, for short time.
lost possession of Hungary. The King OF
Prussia. Fredrick William ", threatened
all along from lS4S. was forced on the 18th
of February. 1880, TO take an oath to
preserve the Prussian charter. In 1880,
Nicholas |. died of vexation and wounded
self-love. because he was stopped on the
road to Constantinople. La 1889, the
Duke of Modena. the Duchess of Parma.
and the Grand Duke of Tuscany were
struck out from the list of reigning
Princes Soulouque, the Emperor o.
Hayti, was hurled from his throne on the
10Th of January, 1883. In the following
year, Francis IL, King of Naples. saw
Garabaldi enter his capital on the 1th OF
September. and again another deposition
was announced Otho, King of the Hel |
lenes. was driven from his throne by al |
insurrection in 1862 Three years later
Prince Couza lost the quasi-sovereignty OF |
Roumania. In 1866 the Emperor o. |
Austria definitely gave up y netia ; the
surren Ter of which may, perhaps, have
saved his empire. La the same year
Prussia overthrew the thrones of Hanover. I
Nassau. Brunswick and Electoral Hesse; |
and Maximilian fell in Mexico. During |
all this lapse of time no constitutions
monarchy has been disturbed-nO revolu-
luton has taken place in England or in
Sweden, where the young dynasty con-
tinues; in Belgium the royal house has
survived the storms of 1S4S; so in Portu
gal : in the United States no President
has been overthrown with the exception OF
the Confederate leader, Jefferson Davis,
now engaged in commercial affairs. The
military Presidents and Dictators in the
South American States have been on the
other hand sent adrift. each alternately BY
the others. Such is sketch of the down
fal. of monarchies within the last half
century. Every reader will draw from It
the conclusion which Is most agreeable to
his opinions, be they royalist or in favor
Of the popular cause To reproach the
latter, however. with so many vicissitudes
would be dificult.-Paris Seicle.