Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-09-15
FRENCH REVOLUTIONS.

trItlCc I.lS iHdO lLiSS liuiCSA xsCpluiiS,
three times an Imperial monarchy
under the Bonapartes, three times a
Bourbon kingdom, ono a Constitu-
tional monarchy under Louis Phil
lippe, and once n military Dictator
ship under Cavaignac. But ever that
statement does not show all the
changes in the form of government
within the period named. The first
Napoleon was Consul for q term Of
years, then Consul for life, then En-
peror. Louis Napoleon was first Pres
ident, then President for life, then
Emperor. or all these various forms
of government the republics have been
the shortest lived, with the single ex-
ception of the "hundred days" Of the
first Napoleon, from March to June,
1915. The duration Of the rule Of
Louis Napoleon from lstS to 1870, as
President and Emperor, vas the long
eat Of all ; and next to that was the
reign of the constitutional king"
Lous Philippe, from 1880 to lS4s. OF
those who were ~soyereigns for life, or
who have held executive power for a
specified term of years in France, from
the days of Louis XIV. down to tie
present time, only n man, Louis
XVIII, reached the end Of his term.
Louis XVI. died on the scaffold; his
republican successors We're either
suillotined or assassinated; the first
Consul declared himself Emperor and
then died in exile !; Charles y. was
then driven from the throne by the
| Revolution Of 1880 and died In exile;
Louis Philippe was dethroned by the
Revolution of lSiS, and ended his
career rs an exile the Provisional
| Republic Of Lamartine, which succeed
ed him, was u short-liyed failure, sue
cecded by the Military Dictatorship OF
| Cavaimac; then came the Presidency
Of Louis Napoleon which was ended
by his coup d'e,at of December, 1851, to
be followed by the Empire in De-
cember, 1852, and this, after a lapse of
eighteen years, is followed by captiv-
ity, dethronement, and exile In 1870.
How long now is the new Republic to
lrst? Not long, if the NEIL to whom
the power of the Government has been
transferred occupy themselves in such
petty work as changing the names OF
the streets in Paris, to gratify personal
and political passion, and in "restor-
ing the traditions of 1902" rs they call
1t, whilst the victorious Prussians are
marching OH Paris. The declaration
Of the Republic, If the Republic had
been entrusted to competent hands.
might have electrified Europe, and
utterly changed the fortunes Of the
present war. The whole of southern
Europe Is ripe for the change from
monarchy to re~publicanism. With \
firmly established republican govern
ment in France, the restoration Of the
monarchy in Spain would be most diff
icult, if not impossible, nc matter how
Prim and Serrano may try to BATTLE
the wishes of the people there. In
Italy, too, the monarchy is on a shaky
foundation, which can hardly fail to
crumble away with q Republic firmly
established in France. But the popular
enthusiasm which might have been
aroused throughout the whole Of Con-
%tinental Europe by the establishment
Of the French Republic under the gull
dance OF sagacious and able statesmen,
canno. be excited BY the ascendancy
of such men rs Gambetta, Keratry,
Rochefort and their school. These
T men have neither constructive nor adj
illustrative ability. They are simply
disturbers and d%estructives, or else po'
litical incompetents Of the kind o.
which Lainartine was an illustrlou:
type. They are Of the school which
has made a permanent Republic i'm
possible In France for the last three
generations. There can be nothing
like stability In government under the
rule of demagogues. After each short
experience of the denomination Of such
men, the people. who are tho victims,
revert to the old order Of things, be-
cause they prefer the promise of order,
tranquility and safety under a mon
archy, to the never-endlng disorders,
violent changes and confusion Of anar-
cny. How different from such mel rs
Gambetta and Rochefort were the wise
and thoughtful statesmen who laid the
foundations of the American Republic.
Look at the petty proceedings Of the
Paris Provisional Government In the
last three days, and compare them
with the f%r-reaching deliberations OF
our Revolutionary Congresses under
similar circumstances. We hope to
see a permanent Republic in France,
but do not expect it nom the men now
in power there, nor do we expect to
see them rescue France from her ex-
listing perils.
The population of Paris, according
to 4 census taken In 1865, amounted to