The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-01-13
More Trouble in EurOpe---The IT.
Pepressible Conflict.

MVFo lfOuDlC III LuIOpo---1 lie II
Pepressible Conflict.
The assassination Of General
Prim and the renewed revolutiona-
ry fer1nent in Spain, verifies what
we have said of that restless agita-
tor and mOnarchical mtriguer here
tofore. Prim was, indeed, the devil
let loose to disturb the nations and
to plunge them into war. The
dreadful and bloody conflict be-
tween France and Germany was the
regultof his king making intrigues.
Every one is familiar with the his
tory of the Hohenzollern affair
which led to the F'raneo-Prussian
war. After having set the north
and west of Europe in a blaze by
attempting TO put a Northern prince
IA foreigner and a Prussian-on
the throne of Spain, he turned his
eyes to the south-to ItaIy-foran-
other alien and foreign prince to
occupy that position and create
more trouble. The assassination
of Prim, attrOciOus as the act may
be, is the natural consequence of
this mans reactionary and mon
archical schemes. Therepublicans
Of Spain see that his conduct and
assumption Of power are rendering
the revolution against the Bourbon
dynasty abortive. They see that
if he be permitted to carry out his
views they will only change mas
ters; that instead of a native mon
arch and a descendant of the old
royal line Of Spain to rule over
them, they will have an alien in
blood, race and language for a mas
ter. 1t is evident now that both
Spanish pride and the republican
sentiment are aroused against the
schemes of this royaiist Mephisto-
pheles.
The old saying that "whom the
gods would destroy they first make
mad, . seems to be applicable now to
the monarchs, princes and royalists
generally of Europe. Louis Napo-
leon fell from the highest pinnacle
Of power through his insane desire
to check the growth Of German
unity and nationality and to perpet-
uate his dynasty through war and
by fattering the vanity of the
French with military glory. Itwas
not France he cared about, but the
BOnaparte dynasty. The blood of
Frenchmen and hecatOmbs of slain
weighed as nothing in the mind of
this autocrat when his OWL ambi-
tion and the interests of his fami-
" were in question. He was at
war with the laws of the moral
world and he moral forces of this
enlightened age, and he fell, like Lu-
cifer from his high estate.
Look, too, at the conduct of the
King Of Prussia and of the princes,
royalists and aristocracy of Ger
many in the present war. The war
was commenced ostensibly and
properly to defend the fatherland
against the aggression and assump-
tiOn of the Emperor Napoleon. The
| object aYOwed at first, and probably
no other was then contemplated by
Prussia, was to defend Germany and
to remove, if possible, the cause of
the war. In other words, the sub
jugation of the Napoleon dynasty,
or the deposition of it, was the first
object after successfully defending
the fatherland. This, as is well
known, was accomplished at Sedan.
Then, however, new issues arose.
The surrender of Napoleon and the
flight of the Empress Regent left
the French people to improvise n
new government and to defend the
nation. The republic was the only
thing possible then. There was no
other party than the republican to
form q government of national de-
tense. This alarmed the old Prus-
sian monarch, the most determined
representative of monarchy and abb
solutism in Europe, and the princes
and aristocracy Of Germany. More
than that, the proclamation Of the
French republic left France utterly
isolated.
The monarchs and aristocraeies
Of Europe dreaded this mighty
spectre of revolution and republi-
can propagandism. Prussia then
determined to carry on the war to
squelch the rising republic of
France, and the ruling powers of
Europe looked on cOmplacently.-
The latter would rather see Prussia
Overwhelmingly powerful, and
would submit to indignities even
from that power rather than have
France a republic. England, not
withstanding her beasted freedom
and iberality, stood aioof; Russia
became the fast friend Of Prussia;
the King Of Italy was afraid Of re-
publicanism crossing the Alps from
France; Austria had no sympathy
with the French republic, and the
pretended liberal leaders Of Spain
were plotting to perpetuate mon
archical governments Yes, even
the Pope and the hierarchy of the
Church stand forth as the champi-
ons of nonarehical privileges
against the republican ideas and
| aspirations OF the people. Apart
from the masses Of people in Eu-