The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-12

Editorial Opinions of the LEADING Jonrn'''
Upon Current Topics-Compiled Ever'
DRy for the Evening Telegr"P"'
popu1AR upHEAvrNGs IN EUROPE.

From the ~ y Herald. it,otion in
since 184s-40 we have had no situaIlon IN III
Y,,.a,,o - ali resembling that which now
~;ata Tben, perhaps, the popular uprising
Is.,vo ,,iolent and more nearly slmulta-
Seous If at this time there has been less OF
Shat we should call unity Oh enort, ana less
rf Immediate and irresistible force, IL must
be admitted that now the PoP'llar uisoonvens e
e. ouite as general and that the expression OF
sbid d;scontent, if less violent, is quite as de-
s;5od oe we'll as more continuous and more
nnccessful. The 1S4S outburst was failure
The popular uprisings OF these last TWO OF
sbree wears have all been more or less success
Ful. The British people have demanded two
oreat reforms One has been obtained. The
ether is on the point of being achieved. The
13aForm hill carried under Mr.. Disraeli and the
extinction of the Irish Church Establishment
s,nder MIR. Gladstone have given ample proof
a. tbe world that in England the people are
now masters of the situation. The resurrec-
sion and reconstruction of Italy, the resur-
reaction and reconstruction of Germany, the
revolutions which have been accomplished In
Austria and Spain, the reforms now being
inaugurated in France, not to speak OF the
nbanGes in favor of the people which have
taken place in Russia and Turkey, show that
ahe European Continent, from some cause or
causes, has entered upon a new era less In the
Interest of absolutism and more IN favor OF
popular rights.
It would not be uninteresting to enter into
"a full explanation of these changes, to show
how tyrannies and privileges are everywhere
yielding to justice and in favor of popular
rights; but full explanation is not compai-
BILE with our present purpose. This is the
less to be regretted that a satisfactory expla-
nation is visible and lies on the surface of
things. The secret of the success of all re-
cent popular demands is to be found in the
telegraph, the railroad, the printing press,
md particularly in the newspaper.
Formerly it was difficult to get up on any
question q common and vigorous public senti-
Nent. In the olden times nations might
struggle for months and even years and the
world would be ignorant of the fact. This
was not more true of nations in regard to each
other than it was true of one section of q
country towards every other section. A COM
mon sentiment could not be created except by
years of effort, and hence a powerful public
sentiment was next to impossible. Now all
is changed. Nothing is more easy now than
TO thrill the world with thought Steam,
electricity, the printing press have destroyed
all the ancient barriers, have spanned the
deep valleys, pierced the everlasting hills,
bridged the mighty wastes of waters-have,
in fact, in the language of ancient prophecy,
A'made the crooked places straight and the
rough places plain"-and thus made the world
n unit and brought every man close to the ear
of every other. If great thought now finds
expression, the world hears it. If a great
action is contemplated, sections and nations
can move as one man.
The success of recent popular outbursts
finds secondary explanation in the extra
ordinary success of popular government in
the United States. 1t is something to be
taught what to do. 1t is something to have
the mechanical appliances put into ones
hand to give the lessons received a practica
shape. 1t is another and a more importan
thing to have set before one a living, power
full, compelling example. Such example the
United States now exhibits to the world. TIM
was when the republic was despised. Later
and before the civil war broke out, it wa
regarded as an experiment. During the wa
1t was pronounced failure. Since the wa
1t has universally been pronounced an un
questioned, a complete success. AS peopl
we have passed through an ordeal of fir
such as no people have passed through il
the worlds history. The nations of Europ
have seen us emerge from the flames with hal
comparatively unsinged and with scarcel
the smell of fire upon our garments. Gu
deliverance has been almost as miraculous a
that of the three Hebrew youths upon who's
bodies the fire had no power" This does no
fully state the case. Not only have we sus
fained little or no injury. We have grown il
might and majesty. We have increased il
wealth and influence. The late war revealed
to ourselves our greatness; and that greatnes
is now confessed before and admitted by tn
world. Hence the magnetic power whicl
these shores have over the millions of Europe
and hence too, the confidence which the peo
pie have found in themselves. If popula
government be such a blessing, why shoul
not that blessing be shared by all? Expressed
or unexpressed, this is the revolutionary sen
timent of the hour and the sentiment is a
much terror to tyrants as it is an anchor o
hope to the oppressed.
With the growing power of steam, electri
city, and the printing press, and with the in
creasing influential example of the Unitet
States, we may expect to witness more won
derful changes in Europe. We scarcely knoy
what we are. We can form no adequate con
ception of what we are to become. Wit
truth we can say all our victories are victorie
IN the interests of Christian civilization an
human progress All our movements are on
ward and upward. AS we move on the peo
pies everywhere feel the impulse and talk
Eourage. AS we triumph, liberty all the worl
over nails victory to her standard Our sue
cess already makes it certain that the time
not far distant when the monarchs, the oil
Rarchs, the monopolists, the tyrants of tn
Old World, by whatever name named, sha
be no more. We approach that grand perio
which shall witness the parliament of maj
the federation of the world.
THE "WORLD" AND SICKLES.