Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-01-14

Fallen SoyERIG<s At the nyomeut
when the Queen OF s AIN. who might 50
easily hsve retained her throne, is eoEl-
PEELED TO seek an asylum abroad. II can
70. be uninteres,ing Il mentor the
names Of the princes who, w:thsa thc last
half century. BY circumstances unforeseen.
BY their own fault or in consequence of
unvise resistance, by false calculations or
enterprises which could no, possibly SUE
coed, have fallen from power. or lost a
portion Of their authority. The great
conquero- Of the century. he who trans
mu.ed the French Republic into 8 sort Of
universal monarchy, Napoleon l. was
overthrown definitely in 1915. His bro
theirs. tue Kings Jerome 2nd Joseph. had
already succumbed Nura,, King Of Ma
pies. disappeared sooa after.
Immediately upon being restored the
Bourbon monarchy in Spain began TO tot
ter. 1t lost all is American colonies
which became republics. and Ferdinand
VII was kept on the throne only By the
French expedition in 1928. In the fol-
! loaiug year took place the tal! Of I.urbii .
Emperor Of Mexico. Tnc Sultan of Tur-
key was shortly afterwards deprived o
Greece. which was proclai ned IN indie
pendent monarchy on the Snd of Februa-
~, 1880. In the same year fell the Boy
of Algier., and also. Charles Y, led Oh
by NJ. de Poligpac and the Ultra Lesiti-
mist AMI Clerical faction. The King Of
Holland lest Belgium-that IS to say. one
half Of his States-ou The 18th Of August,
the disposition Of the House Of Orange
Nassau was proclaimed At Brussels. The
Duke Charles OF Brunswick was, on the
7th of Scp;em Der, 1880. driven from his
do,ninions by al insu.rtc ion.
The Gar, at the same epoch -lost Pol
land for time In 1888, the two famous
Don Miguel, King Of Portugal, was COM
PEELED to cede the crown to Dona Marin,
daughter Of Don Pedro, who retains the
sovereignty Of Brazil. Louis Philippe
was sacrificed to :ae faults and obstiuacy
Of NJ Gui1ot Or the Is. of December,
1913, TIE Emperor ferdinand, of Austria
had to abcicate. in order to syoii bang
expelled At that epoch Plus X. was
brought back 20, and has since been assisted
st Rome by French arms. Austria, for
short time, lost possession of hungry
The King Of Prusslr, Frederick William
", threa.ened a.! along from le4S. was
forced on the 9th OF FEBRUARY, 1880, to
take Al oath TO preserve the Prussian
charter. IL 1855 Nicholas l.. died Of
vexasioa aud wounded sclf-love. because
he was stopped on tie ro,i to Constan
tinople
In 1850 the Duke Of Modena. the
Duchess Of Parma, and the Grand DHke
Of Tuscany were strucN out from the list
Of rcigniug princes Soulouque, the Em-
peror Of Hayti, WAS hurl d from his
throne on the 10Th OF january 1889. II
the following year Francis H., King Of
Naples. saw GaribAidi enter his capital
Oh the III Of, September. and again an
other deposition was announced Ohio,
King of the Hellcnes, was driven from
lis thr ne in 1862 by an instruction.
Three years later Prince Conzs los: the
quasi sovereignty Of Roumania. In 1866
the Emperor Of Austria definitely gave
up Veuitia the surrender Of which may,
perhaps, have gay d the Empire In the
same wear Prussia overthrow the thrones,
Of Hanover, Nassau, Brunswick and FL
ectoral Il sse ana Macmillan fell IL
Mexico
During all t.ais lapse of time no consti
tutional monarchy has been disturbed
no revolution has taksn place IN 8 and
OF il Sweden, where the young dynasty
continues IN BELGIUM the royal house
has survived the storms OF le4o :;
SO III Portugal (, in the Un,sed States no
President has been overthrow with the
exception Of the Confederate leader, Jet-
fcrson Davis, now engaged IN commercial
affairs. The military President and die
tators in the South American States have
been on the ether hand seut adrift. each
alternately by tho others suon IS l sketch
of the downfall o. mn..arehios within tie
last half century Every rcsdcr will
draw from it the concusi IA which is most
agrccabls to his op MONS be they royallst
or in favor of the popular cause. 10 re-
proaca the latter, however, with 50 many
! VIII 81 u.ic., 20 Id ie difficult.