Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-10
Correspondence Of the HERALD
Movements Abroad = Are Americans
Awake ?-Napoleon Suppressed and
Europe Free-Religlous Free
dom-England the Star
of Progress Re
publicanism.

publicanism.
Mr.. CovER:-The progressive
movements in Europe since the war
are astonishing. Americans give
these matters but passing notice,
then lose thought about them, little
thinking that our individual and
general interests are so largely in
volved in the tendencies Of foreign
events. Americans are hardly any
more fast people, us they surely
were few years or even months ago.
True, we have more miles Of railroad
than all Europe, but the leap Europe
has just taken may speedily change
the current and leave Us high and dry,
they ta>ing the lead.
Think for moment, were the
foreign events to so turn that our
American securities were al to be
sent bone and drain of gold follow;
we're the productive energies Of Eu-
rope to redouble, and interest upon
money and securities be raised to six
or eight instead of four per cent
were emigration to America to cease
or labor in Europe TO doublo up ;
wore free trade TO become the Ameri-
can and dear tariffs upon Ameican
provisions to become tho European
policy and practice, IS Swallowed in
brief, were we largely overbid for
the gold of our country, overbid for
the labor of Europe and overbid for
the enterprises, we should in all such
contingencies have but little to fall
back upon, except our cheap lands.
Have you heard the news from
abroad 1t involves vast changes
in our country. We are too apt
to regard such changes as among the
ruins of empires and fallen nations.
This is q mistake; they are new
births Of future giants. Napoleonism
was dead weight upon the aspira-
tons OF a nation as populous as
America. The same dead weight of
Napoleonism has long been upon the
shoulders of aspiring Italy and Ger
many, for neither could move for
ward from fear of Napoleon. Spain
lay crouchod in dread Of the lion, and
all the nations Of Europe supported
large armies for resisting the man of
destiny. Industry lay paralyzed and
the people were impoverished by
taxes toprovide against this Ishmael.
lite, whose hand was equally merci-
less to friend and foe.
But the war has at once relieved
Europe OF Napoleon and the large
armies, with the burthens for their
support. Industry cannot fail to in
dnce prosperity, and prosperity in
dependence, progress and govern,
ment of the people for the people.
With prosperity and progress must
follow popular government, the sew
eral props of monarchy to fall one af,
ter another till America shall become
the model for European government.
With the fall Of Napoleon the des-
potism OF religious government m ust
fall, and the several episcopal estab-
lishments, papal and protesta Mt,
abandon their temporal powers agnd
their machinery for keeping the peo.
pie Ignorant and united to mother
churches. Primary schools for edu-
eating the masses at the public OK,
pense will sprout up at once from
The sick rooms and grave yards oil
these ancient mothers of extortion
The faith, hope and charity of new
era will soon adorn Europe, and the
people will be the engineers of gov
eminent and religious for them.
selves, not for the aristocracy and
priests.
Since the French German war,
England has advanced even more
than what q civil revolution could
have extorted for her people. She
has enacted general public school
laws for the people, all the children
TO be educated at the public charge,
and without religious bias. The
British parliament has adopted the
secret ballot, thus enabling the cleo
tors to cast their ballot without in
timidation or exposure to brides.
Cambridge and the Universities have
been opened TO dissentcrs, and relig-
ious tests are no longer in the way 20
learning and honors. Army positions
are not longer to be purchased. as
stocks at public auction, but intel
lectual accomplishment is to be look
ed TO as we'll as family connection in
the selection of the men to command
British armies. Any one of these
five reforms is an immense conces-
sion to the people, and all amount to
virtual new government, especially
as such concession insures sundry
additional reforms to follow in quick
succession. Besides, the enactment
of such laws removes so many and
more props from the monarchy, and
so many from the established church.
and several from the hereditary sys-
tenn which upholds the entire fabric,
leaving hardly anything in the way
OF pure republic but the law pro-
viding for succession.
But a single evil, in the shape of
an immoral and unpopular King is
wanting in tho way of a total aboli-
ton of Sovereignty in England aud
there is assurance almost doubly as
sured that Victoria, EngIand's best
Sovereign and dearly honored, is
the mother of him to be the dishon-
ored, for his vices. England would
never stand by the like of George
III. The Prince of Wales inherits
the vices of the Georges, and more of
their weaknesses thar their virtues.
The British nation has so far advanc-
ed in republican civilization that it
can only honor drafts tor first class
Sovereigns.
Chief Justice Chase, Senator Will