Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-07-03

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say this aud this and that ls right
because n king did il,
In lhe dark ages Of the world,
when ignorance aud superu,ioR
enyelOped tho human family, when
men were rolled together as 1. were
ia food OF darkness, when the
throne with It's glarirg insignia Was
light, which hart their ayes 10
look upon, when no man Ia e. In
quire into the mysterious workings
Of government, the king pretended
10 rule by pure dlgilO," But those
dark ages OF ignorance and, ,snIer'
stitiOn are gone, forever gone. TX
perienee, literature aud religion
Rave dispersed the fearful gloom,
The spirit Of liberty, like the sun
bursting, through thet primoval
chaos, that reigRed over earth, has
enlightened the world, and awak'
ened men from thoir dormant state.
Men have at last realized the great
fact that government 10 for the ben
eft OF the governed, and not mys'
terlous something, that none but
kings dare touch. ~. - 80 -,
In no country where tho artificial
barriers, which monarchy throws
around society, have free" irstitu-
tions gained so much by tho mere
power OF persuasion rs they have in
England, tho people have not risen
there In tl,e full force Of revoluti On,
thrown of every shackle and step
ped at onco upon tho broad plat
form of FREQ government, but they
have advanced slowly but surely,
step by step, snatching this from
tho power Of the kings, eddiag that
70 the liberty Of the people, binding
their rulers with q written constitu-
ton, instiruting first @ house of
Lords, and then o house Commons,
who reflect the opinion Of their
electors, and at last wc see n great
middle class rising. up and over
balancing the power Of hereditary
rulers, and giving shape to the ad-
mihistration of public affairs; We
Charles James Fox address British
subjects, rs English citizens, and
"sulus populi" is recognized as the
great "ultimatum" Of English laws.
1t is true that q crowned head and
hereditary powers still exist in Eng
land, but they are but relics Of by
gone days. Tho theory the Plan
tagcncts, Tudors and Stuarts may
still be found in the English Consti-
tuition, but the spirit Of monarchy
is gone; its practical workings arc
changed and it stands upon an en-
tircly different platform.
Monarchy, in its truo sense, in
England is mere historical fact, a
shadow without q substance, a tale
that is told, n something that the
river of time has rolled into the sea
Of ohliyion,, and future generations
will read the imperious mandates
of Henry and Elizabeth, with the
same curiosity that kindles in the
mind of a modern traveler,a as he gazes
upon the stupendous ruins OF tho
coliseum of Rome, or the Mauso-
lcum of Greece.
And have those monarchical insti-
tutions, so thoroughly established
IN Franco, stood tie test of the en-
ligKtenti1eht which the 18th centu-
ry has thrown upon the world, or
have they not rather fled from
it's presence, like spirits of darkness
chased to their gloomy abodes by
the rays of the morning sun? The
heart of every lover of freedom
must swell with praise when ho
compares the present; political con
dition of Franco With that which
existed under the Bourbons. No
longer can q hahghty king pretend
to rule by divine right. The pen
of Abbe SoycS proclaimed to the
world, that a new element had risen
tpin French government; today the
potent power of the "ticrs ctat' IS
felt and Acknowledged, Ata n writ
ten constitution says to the world
thGt tho will of one shall never
again be known as law to the chill
dren of sunny Franco. But it is to
!A.merica that we are to look for the
brightest examples Of civil govern
ment; the practical demonstration
of the most startling facts in politi-
cal history. Here for the first TING
in the annals of the world We find
the welfare of the people taken as
the guiding star and "vox populi"
as the helInsman of the ship of state.
1t is true that in ancient times there
were governments in which the
voice of the citizens was recognized
as the, chief power; Such was the
government Of Athens. But let it
e. remembered that tho. laws of
Athens weto the offspring, Of one
mind, and the citizens, these who
bad a voice in the public council,
were only as one among thousand
compared with those over whom
Athenian laws had jurisdiction.
The same Objectionable feature is
observed in the government OF
Rome tEcre a few thousand patri-
clans dictated laws to millions Of
their fellow beings. But the indc-
pcndence of America opened a new
era in the : history of the world.
Hero we behold nation. commenc-
ing where others left off. They
discarded every crude theory, that
had deluded the world; disowned
every hereditary power, the remains
of fendal despotisr1, and having at
tained to tlrat manhood which the
people Of England have so long
desired, they put away the childish
things Of infant society. "a.
/ know the proneneSs of men to
be discouraged when trouble comes
upon them. When hunger and
thirst overlook the Isrealites in the
wilderness, they would fain have
turned back into Egypt, and were
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