The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-09-13
Jrha limited States on the French
Raunblic.

This United States on the frenoa
#sS Republic.
$ Washington telegram TO Tue noS'o'
80, A6pert,ser says that Mr.. WAsunuRNf
sS. IN private dispatches, has expressed gray
& !. doubts whether the present organiza'io'
I /" In Paris can make itself permanent. IL
i "sonveys the idea that whilet the ieaoef
" themselves are hopeful, they still aistrus
"many who are prominent in both miata'.
D., and political circles !; and there Is a ieei','
.At that some who are active with the kep"p
a icans are secretly favoring the return V
9. the ORLEANS family to power. IN eA,'"
,''tive circles here there is a markeu
:" confidence in the stability OIL tnc pc ~-,
provisional Government OF france ~ y,
"this feeling is shared at all the ies"
Exacflv. There Is not only q wan ol
. faIth in the new Government, Wnate'eri.' NC
/ called. but there is o want OF sympa1ny
! win France. The tide Of public feeling,
controlled by partisan interests. had oee'
directed too strongly in favor OF the trus'
slams to be turned short u IN hVor OF
France, even as a Republic.
Such trepidity in this country towards
French Republic has never been seen be-
fore. The revolution of 1850 was hailed all
over the Union by celebrations, illumlna-
tons, and nil modes Of rejoicing. so was
that Of 1s4s. But it is now a very different
matter. Even President GRANT thinks II
will fall.
This sort of feeling has never before APP
peared in this country. There is a change
from more than one cause. In 1SS the
country was alive with excitement over the
spreading of the Republican phrenzy IN
Europe. Congress ran riot upon it. Con-
yressmen OF standing and ability predicted
that especially in France was RepublicanlSm
ixed-that it might experience temporary
reverses, but that it would triumph ana
endure.
1t is true, that long experience enables
I'LL public men to discern something OF the
discordant elements in France, and the I'M
substantial basis on which Republicanism,
If it exists at all, must rest. But there Is,
besides this, a change in the public mind
in this country. The spirit of ultra-De-
mocrscy 1--WE do not allude to the so-called
Democracy ofthis country is not so enthu-
sisstic or generally entertained towards the
outside world as formerly. Men here
have-possibly without thinking much
become less impressed with the principles
Of liberty, and more tolerant of the arbi-
trary measures of power. So that q spark
of liberty struck by the collisions of the
masses with the monarchical authority in a
foreign land, which has in former days
filed the popular mind in this country
with enthusiasm, is now regarded coldly,
and with not o 1.-THE of the satisfaction that
Is impaired by the northern lights,
which are themselves not more cold
than is the spirit Of liberty in this
country. Men who are tacitly tami-
liar with arbitrary i~mprisonments, suspen-
sions of the writ Of hdbedS corpus, the
hanging of men to make them confess
crimes, the passing Of laws for the protec-
ton Of one class and the humiliation and
oppression Of another, and, in short, de-
struction of the liberties of the citizen. and
the violations of the Constitution in many
ways BY the exercise of arbitrary power,
rannot feel the spirit Of liberty burning in
their y breasts; and it would he indeed
strange if no outline upon freedom at home
could enkindle that flame anew, that q lit
tie excitement amongst Red Republicans
In France, or the Charlists IN England, OIL
the Irish patriots, should cause the ember'
Of American liberty to burst forth in
fame.
The next stop will be n more imposing
attitude towards the world for this strou.
nation. 1t must have that form II ..sssss
which is embodied il s~sassa~eHstntive will
the Of Independent and prompt &C
ton, and the power TO embody and direct
the national force. There is a discussion
of the question Of cooperating with the
European Powers In preserving peace in
Europe. The Administrator is chary on
this point, and i~ndisposcd to cooperate with
other nations in the good Offices" of peac,
in the present European troubles; but it i
willing to undertake the task oil peace,
maker If both the belligerents ask it to Dc
40. BY and by our Government will &C
further. 1t will in time 60 just as far as thu
interests and ambition Of Il great and grow
ing nation may prompt it to go, and vii
become a conspicuous actor in the grea
dramas Of the world that are yet to b.
played.
We do not look upon these things witt
feelings of vain regrets and lamentations
They are all in the natural order Of u coun
try's history. True liberty cannot exist il
q powerful country. 1t is incompatible
with extravaganza, grandeur, and mmens'
power. The goddess we worshipped il
other days can only reign i'll simple land
where the people are frugal and nnamhi
tious, and where extreme poverty an
squalid misery are not engendered by over
grown wealth, and corruption is not born
Of extravaganza, and vanity and greed
This country has passed the age of sim
plicity and economy in public administra
ton, and so are the days of public honest.
and private rights come to an end.
England.