The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-12-02

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|rig,a to appear ln ihe chamb eis, and aeeords
Che veto. THIS was q triumph for y. TaiEas.
But still the law has to befraned and passed,
and as the minority vote was stsongs we can
not be very positive about the result yet
THEIRS isan old man, and though wonder
fully preserved and for bis age vigorous,
physically, aud mentally, perhaps beyond
any great public man Of the times, except
possibly the Emperor. Of Germany, he Is
nevertheless old, and the excitement that
must be occasioned by the impulsive ana
wayward French Chambers may have us ell
feet upon his nerves and energies, which
must have lost the recuperative power they
possessed in earlier days. THEIRS may, there
fore, yet give way in the trying ordeal ana
then what?
Still, we put faith in THEIRS. Ii ne gets
his conservative republic he will more than
probably save France. The next step VIII
be constitutional monarchy: and that, from
conservative republic, SO called, is the easiest
matter imaginable. But for the limited term
and the election of the President in the
United States our Government would De a
very good specimen of a constitutional
monarchy.
Tho fact is, France cannot exist without
the trusting of arbitrary power in the hands
of ruler We doubt whether any old ma
ton can or ever will for any considerable
period exist as republic. 4 people Of mod
crate and equally distributed wealth and
sparse population is suited to republican
government. But as soon as the population
becomes dense, the possession OF wealth
widely variant, and the extremes Of wealth
and poverty therefore great, the introduce
ton of the arbitrary authority ensues, it
may be supposed, from absolute necessity;
because the conflicting interests and opin"
ions of the community make it impossible for
government Of the people to be free from
violence of some sort. In this country,
since the war, there has been violence done
BY people Of one section OF the country TO
the rights and safety of the people OF an
other that would not probably have taken
place had the country been under the rule
Of a monarch; but the popular sentiment
and the fancied popular Interest OF
one part, and that the ruling part OF
the people, demanded this Outrage,
and it was perpetratcd with as little of feel
inr or reluctance as if the minority-the
oppressed minority-had been of different
race and nation from their opprcssors. 1t is
from this kind of tyranny, which the world
has found to be the worst, that people have
taken refuge under the wings of that strong
individual authority which is generally i'm
partial. If it is cruel it is impartially So
not recognizing any section as peculiarly de-
serving to be crushed under its heel; and if
il is bencficont it is equally impartial in the
distribution of It's favors. From the tyranny
Of the many the prayer OF all civilized peo-
pe might run, God save the nations.
NJ. THEIRS understands this whole subject
well, and toresees the future of France. He
has seen boodshed enough, and his great
object is now to pass his country through the
irving intermediate period TO that of we'll
regulated and vigorous government under
which they may be once more at peace and
enjoying all the blessings Of thrift and con-
tentmcnt. This France deserves; for in
many respects, in the matter Of civilization
and art, she surpasscs all other nations.