The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-11-18
Fallen Sovereigus.
THE WRECKS OF LOYALTY.
We copy as follows from the Paris Sic.

| W. copy os lohoWs tfOm the IarlS Sle-
Gle: ~
At the moment when tho Queen OF
Spain who might SD ea4ly have retained
her throne Is compelled to seek an ASYLUM
abroad, it can not be uninteresting to men.
ton the names of the Princes, who, within
the last half century, by circumstances
foreseen or unforeseen. by their own fault
or in consequence of unwise resistance, by
false calculations or enterprise which, could
not possibly succeed, have fallen from
power or lost portion Of their authority,
The great conqneror of the country. he
who transmitted the French Republic into
sort Of universal monarchy, Napoleon I,
was thrown down definitely in 1915. His
brothers, the Kings Jerome and Joseph,
had already succumbed. Murat, King OF
Naples, disappeared soon after, Immedi-
ately upon being restored, the Bourbon
monarchy in Spain began to totter. 1t
lost all its American colonies, which be-
came Republics, and Ferdinand VII was
kept on the throne only by the French ex
petition in 1923. In the following wear
took place the fall of Iturbide, Emperor of
Mexico. The Sultan of Turkey was short.
ly afterward deprived of Greece, which was
proclaimed an Independent monarchy on
tho Sd of February, 1880. In the same
year fell the DEFY Of Algiers, and also
Charles x, led on by NJ. De Polignac and
the Ultra Legitimist and Clerical fraction.
The King of Holland lost Belgium, that is
to soy, one-half Of his States, on the 25th
of August, and the deposition of the House
Of Orange Nassau was proclaimed ut Brus.
sells. The Duke Charles, Of Brunswick,
was, on tho 18th of September, 1880, driven
from his dominions by an insurrection.-
The Gar, at the some epoch, lost Poland
for time. In 1888, the too famous Don
Miguel, King Of Portugal, was compelled
to cede the crown to bona Maria, daughter
of Don Pedro, who still retains the sover-
eighty Of Brazil. Louis Philippe was sac
iificed to the faults aud Ohstinacy of NJ.
Guizot. On the LIST of December, 1913,
the Emperor ferdinand, of Austria, had to
abdicate in order to avoid being expelled.
AT that epoch Plus TX was brought back
to, and has since been supported ut Rome,
only by French arms. Austria, for short
time, lost possession of Hungary. The
King g. e. Prussia, Frederick William Nv,
threatened all along from 1S48, was forced,
on the 9th OF February. 1850, to take an
oath to preserve the Prussion charter. In
1855, Nicholas I. died of vcxation and
wounded selflove, because he was stopped
on the road to Constantinople. In 1859,
the Duke of Modena, tho Duchess of Par
ma, and the Grand Duke OF Tuscany were
struck out from the list of reigning Prin-
ces. Soulouque, the Emperor of Hayti,
was hurled from his throne on the 18th of
January. 1859. In the following year.
Francis ii, King Of Naples, saw Garibaldi
enter bis capital on the It'll of September,
and again another deposition was announc-
ed. Ohio, King of the Helenes, was driv:
en- from his throne by an instruction in
1862. Three, years later Prince Couza lost
the quasi-sovereignty of Roumania. In
1855 the Emperor of Austria definitatively
gave up Venetia the surrender of which
may, perhaps, have saved his empire. In
the same year Prussia overthrow the
thrones of Hanover, Nassau, Brunswick
aud Electoral Hesse and Maximiian fell
In Mexico. During al this lapse of time
no constitutional monarchy has been dis
turbed-no revolution has taken place in
England or in Sweden, where the Young
dynasty continues /; in Belgium the royal
house has survived the storms of 1913; so
in Portugal; in tho United States no
President has been overthrow, with the
exception of tho Confederate leader Jeifer-
son Davis, now engaged in commercial af-
fairs. The military Presidents and Dicta-
tors in the South American States have
been, on the other hand, sent adrilt, each
alternately by the others. Such is sketch
of the downfall Of monarchies within the
last half century. Every reader will draw
from it the conclusion which is most agree
able to his opinions, be they royalist or in
favor of the popular cause. To reproach
the latter, however, with 30 many yiCissi-
tudes would be difficult.