The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-06-17
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There Is bus lstle rehson ta ahope that
France viii long enjoy peace .'AhE :tfaini.-
4dAiity nnder thpl Yeisailles Government.
She has already had, fourteen different
Gohstitutions since the reform transports
OF: l7a9, and there is bRt little doubt
that she viii haveaa many more within
the next 100 years.. Not, one Of those
constitutions lasted longer than two
years, except those which we're main
tained BY the Napoleopa and the bayo-
nets OF the allies. In'hor present state
It is impossible to give her government
which will be at once permanent md
benefcent. You can. no more give to
such nation q new constitution than
you oaa give heslthful frame to man
without passing through the gradual de-
welopment Of youth. Government is
not an edifioe nor machine that can
spring into perfection within a week, a
month or year. 1t is q. bundle Of
uBages which already exist and Hnd ex-
preston In! the Fundamental law. ut
is not framed after model" says Sir
james Maokinsosh, ''but all it's parts
grow out of occasional acts, prompted
by some urgent expedients or some pri-
vate interest, which, in the course Of
time, epaleacs md harden into usage"
::Ahis is tho object Of respect and the
Yai iaa. .4af lhqMan Irepdnct; and this Is
-wHat' Ffappe doea not now possess, and
what hi;' heri; rnercuria il ,pa9nle may may possibly
aevar achieve: ..Thess habits. /" says the
aape ,,thougEtfall d obHsjaasiar. & :';liks ali
h9Shesf,' e4h only be- Iibtmed. by;'repeasea
aota: they, eeannot be suddenly Unused
by the law -giter.' nor ban they imhedi-
ately follow the most perfect conviction
81 their propriety. ri Many, causes have
more power over the human mind than
written law" - - Hni
Never were observations nore just and
applicable. France has never had q CO.
vernment based upon the consent of the
governed that lasted six months. The
idea that Republican constitution lcan
now he cut and dried to. suit her aud
bring to her people peace and solAce, is
absurd. The French people. we fear,
Dan never be free. They are incapable
OF enjoying as much liberty as Ameri-
cans or, Englishmen. They can make
governments for others better than for
@hemseises. where liberty may exist. ."It
is ordained, y says Burke. sin the eternal
order Of things, that men of intemperate
minds cannot be free. Their passions
forge their fetters." A previous revolu-
tion called forth this expression from the
great philosophio statesm4p, and the
present one would oonflrmitst truth, did
ltsneed any confirmation. Burke saw
'fhen what the whole world secs now, and
what NJ. Theirs has for q long time seen.
We regret to admit that any nation OF
Dancalinns cannot live under O republic
Ees6lated by law. The admission is
m9urnful. but who, will deny it2 The
!AQwl of drunken passion, the mutilation
OF temples. the desecration of nltars and
the vile blasphemies against God, which
characterized the last revolution, afford
proof of the fact ''as strong rs holy
writ" What France needs is education
and religion. Reason md ..piety alone
can tame tho tiger spirit of her people.
The snecrs Of Voltaire are her bane, and
despotism has thus far proved the only
antidote. Her people. when left free,
are the sport Of the demagogue and
fanatic. and are ruled only by epigrams.
When Napoleon said: 'You are govern
ed by opithets," he showed doep in
eight into the nature OF Frenchmen.
Her people must learn to think. or no
liberal form of government can survive
a decade. The heart must be made pure
and the mind enlightened, or that un-
happy country must be in the future
what she has been in the past:
s.The sport OF racking whiriwindu
Upon LIQUID sea Of 6re."'
HohAon GREELEY AND1HE Ku K1ux.-
Ut seems impossible for Horace Greeley