New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-03-03
PERIL TO REPUBLICANIsM IN EUROPE.


the part of the people. Living as We
We're twelve years ago, under government
that was hardly felt by the citizens, pro-
crossing with wonderful rapidity, accu-
mulating wealth intelligence and add
tional comforts yearly, with everything to
gain and nothing to lose by the continu-
ance of peace, we deliberately plunged
into war that burdened us with taxation,
retarded our development, dissipated our
wealth, destroyed our schools, swept away
all comfort, and gave usAa heritage that the
wisest of our philosophers and the most
hopeful Of our statesmen do not forecast
without anticipations of trouble and dis
aster. History, with its bountiful teach
ings and examples, all discouraging our
madness, did not arrest the fearful conflict
into which the people entered with re-
joicings and acclamations, although there
was seemingly but a step between the
gayety that prevailed and the grave to
which it was an invitation.
And We claimed what it was our right to
claim superior civilization and the best
government in the world at the time Of our
entry upon this madness. If, then, the
people of the South could be so blind, if,
in the face of exhortation and demonstra
ton, we could commit such woful mis-
take, why not accept the possibility that
worse governed and more poorly informed
people than We were, may be, aye, are
presently about to be, misled into revo-
lutions that will leave them poorer and
weaker and more abject than they now are.
It is no doubt true that thousands of
men are conspiring to establish republican
governments in Europe by force of arms.
We believe this as fully as We hope for the
ultimate prevalence Of republicanism
everywhere. The signs are as plenty and
as sufficient as were those that ushered in
our own conflict, and they betoken the
same result to the revolutionists. The
enemies of republicanism are the strongest,
because the revolt is only local, and not
general The rebellion in the United
States had this quality-that the rebels
madly selected to make their fight one of
the weaker section against the stronger,
against the other. The impending con-
vulsion in Europe will break out as fires
do, here and there, which will give the
royalists an opportunity to suppress
it in detail with their reserves. Rus
STA Will not be fired, and all her ire
force will be hurled against
the coniagration III Austria and
Italy Prussia will be but slightly
which will allow of her giving
assistance to the Bonapartists in France.
The centre of the trouble will be Paris
its last fight will be made in England.
The greatest frontage which the revolu-
tionary societies can make at present is in
England, where the republicans have been
winning victories over prejudice and caste
by the simple power of the orator and the
press. Not content with this reasonable
which seems to be the method |
hat nature adopts in her demonstrations,
he liberal elements are insisting upon
'orcing the proclamation of republic.
At first they were willing to wait until
Victoria was dead, but it seems that |
Mr.. Bradlaugh cannot delay his pro-
ectorate, and has fixed next year as the
late for his entry into office.
The proclamation Of war for the over
brow Of monarchies will probably be first
made in London, to be followed by an i'm
Mediate uprising in France. Possibly the |
late of this trouble is still nearer at hand |
II the revolutionists of Paris, who, dread |
ng Bonaparte's unceasing influence, may |
rise to set up red republic instead of the
lybrid concern that pretends to give to
france republican form of government |
It present. If so, then the day of liberal
progress in Europe will recede from the
we of hope, for the monarchists are too
trong to-day. FRANCE is exhausted, and |
he is divided. Belgium is somewhat
Effected toward the Internationals, but she |
Mill defend the royalists more than she
will their enemies. Spain can not
axe care Of herself. Italy will |
hardly move, because her people are
ather well pleased at present at having
conquered Rome and united the King
lom of the Tarquin. Hungary may make
movement, but it will be summarily sup
'ressed by Russia and Prussia These
wo latter powers will combine to crush
epublicanism outside of France first,
hitch, being done, they will establish
and marshal all the monarch
,ts to a crusade that will leave France
rostrate at the foot OF any man who may
e named to rule her. She is giant now
} what the next war will leave her. Re
ublicanism being exti1pated on the CONT
ent of Europe, the great powers will prob
bly, allow England to satisfy herself, which
aey will speedily do, because, if she
an not be satisfied with growing into
etter government gradually, which is the
My genuine growth, she will weaken,
$ all other forced systems weaken, for
ant of symmetry and strength in every
art alike
II the republicans of Europe would act
'lsely, they will do as the Southern people
hould have done-trust to the reason and
lstlce OF their fellow citizens for that pro-
ection and iberality which have been