The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-04-15

20 up VaChlu8 MS sIStIeth vaor
nave never yet heard Or 4 non ana
mat age could change his cbarao VINO a.
exhibit qualities, not manifasta tier ! and
AND openness and courage AZ , oellore.
the TWO qualities least likely \ gbe ap
den and dormant in A man M II nd
score OF years. But come uh -, mree
our Austrian friends are rreo ~ may
austrian people will one dav NH nI.r n
role N tLe European stage, Tba pIay Il
gcvernme ~ be good or bad ''uer ia
Oar ele tons are NJ taLa
twelve days, and the public indl s,ace n
: not diminishing. Bat ONLY u1 ,ens
TO tell you a little anecde4 wan "an'ed
recollect that nearly balf Va p- iii VII
under martial law, which doa, 'uss'a
NOME exactly with The eons,; Iua oar.
lloerty OF elections. This W. aI.I
opinion ri q member ofihs p d. ihe
chamber who made an "inter,a .I',lal
10 government, ana wv the sn ,nauon
Martial ta'0 could NOT D. ra;,sJ L,,
er''"ent 'co"td grant tM Hbsrt,, 80, gor
the elections. The Prus.;on u4r'Ng
were satisfied, and those Hill n,Plue,
meetings and ~Peak freely will M Win
put IN prsOn-untll the aloo,,. w oe
over. Marital Tar and HBerty MN AZ
Bismarrk's transatlantic adn;r LIN N M
this pretty formula, So expressiv. ~ We il s
spirit ut this new tangjad "a we
empire m uerman
The result Of the French also,;,
has filled the reactionists with G L
and many democrats with ~ "oPe'
the Republic will Be soon ah I'M,
INTO monal cby Of some kind A. MN.
These hopes and fears appear II m
utterly unfounded, taking tbe;r n o.; u
n an incorrect view of nm Syn Ign
things. In the first place we r, n','e Z"
~ mind, that the question vbic Jt va "a
National Assembly IA destined II soI MN
has nothing whatever 10 do w;,S NJ
future government Of France -, ue
simply; Can we accept the con5;,;o.
Of peace % be offered by Prussia i,
have we TO continue the WARP Thu,
tlement OF the internal affairs y u Y.
ieit 70 q new assembly, which viii 4.
elected after the restoration of MAJ"
I'M then provisional government mn
or the existing or another one. wiIL,l.
the power. Under such cirepm.,an w.
It is not fair to classify the rqnrasoDt.
II
uves elected M Monarchists II RsnuL
leans, the question:: MONARCHY u IA
public ! not having been M issno ~.
they were elected; but they have - l.
CLASSIFIED as advocates If peace 4 ],
advocates of war. Id the former ara /,
the majority, this only proves that tbs
majority OF the French people M N,
think il advisable to continue Ana M,
now; and # this majority Of the elect.
ed mostly consists Of men who oDcs
adhered as still adhere N one ~ M
three dynasties driven from France
this only proves that the Republican,
who were the soul Of ne var Sincs
Sedan, have got identified with theId.,
Of war, and are not considered ~ n.
majority Of the people w w N favor
Of peace. Regarded IA tL.s IEhs-und
~ my opinion i ought MT 10 BE- regard.
ed in any other-the vote ~ Nv Freneb
people was a vote for peace, ADD for
nothing else. Had the Question Al issue
really been: Monarchy Or Republic The
result OF the election would. ~ doubt
have been a different one, and manv .
Monarchlsts, who was simply chosen
for his peaceful tendencies, would have
been rejected because Of IFS monarch
ical principles. s,ga ia
However, the existence ola monarch.
zeal majority in the first representative
assembly of the new French Republic
y an event, the importance OF which 10
under-rate-Would 10 FbeRsh Indeed
We must take things a. they are not
as we wish them to be-. Wish il a very
Dad father Of thought. Father Of ilu-
SioDs-the proverb should run. Apd
dangerous illusion ii would be, ID
believe that this minority was essent-
any hctIci6ds one, ne fife I Of cause.
which mistet tile current ~ tuiGe
feeling To some extent this is true
there was not time for Fr nee 10 collect
herself, one-third ~ the country bad 70
vote IN the shade Of foreign bayonet,
and, as ! explained jast now, the CUES
ton OF the future government bad
nothing at MI "a 40 with these election.
yet this monrchi-tic majority is not
IN accident, not mere whim Of the
People-it il TIE n.tural, aud On lie
whole, the necessary produce OF the
| PollJlcal circumstances aud tue polite
Al development and ,ducation 81
France. Let a. look blr. NJ the Pr
bisctte Of MAY lost. above revsn nil.
lions 6,lG0,0OOJ gave 7ote "a cont
dence to tn empire; our ma ont-bai
million (l,522, 0OOl voted against the
empire and three millions abstained.
Ii We adj one million II the abstainer'
10 the enemies w thp empire, VIZ have
still an immense majority in favor q
the empire, and if we make the ample't
allowance tor cheating, trckery, c0r.
ruPt influences and practices ETC., vi
Do still not get rid of hat major F
Facts are stubborn things, ANA t'
tact Is: the immense majority Vi
French peasan s,who torn three.fouri
Oh the total population, were Up " tby
war for Louis Bouaparte, the nephew
(at least according to respectable hlsie
ry, and according y the Code Napo
leon, which di~cretyly "forblds re.
searches" into the paternity Of children
born Up wedlnck) the tancied nephew
Of their fancied benefactor, the grea'
emperor.t The peasants, o. q class
are conservative everywhere now hefe
more - thar IN France. The gradus
deterioration Wy their social cOndl.lon'
the economical ruin, which ~ the 'hapF
Of mortgages and uSuro loan adVan
ces has o.c.t AIKEN. unv half ot them b.
wv adv ana v thrrJcnug the oInr'
halt-he heavy oh lt mind a AM
French peasants. llI having Oeel