, 1873-12-27
or likely tu exiBt III tho FUTURE uni cHcape tllu
per1lB or domocrAtio opposition mud revolution,
hllnh as were experienced III l9iG.

nDFEUSNfENTA
renetntug In Europe which hnyu mt n.loptcl
i'm l3ritsl, form aro Russia. MI cu,gltete,l uili
tary .capot|a1u; Turkey, d burbarol,n military
donputiam Switxor'atHl, n prptty cloBu copy vf
a Hopnlllc; Hl,nin, wel, III Compounded or
l,ourlou l)ivInn Right Cartl.auc1,a Gouununiyn,.
md Ntnt1r,ll ptctatprsl,ip mixturn torothor
nro]urint, civil wnr mud auarcllv: Md. lastly
France. which In T. noullencr)t f3oyorunont. -
noitlor MI 1mporin1 Doapolian Constitutional
Monnrcl,y, ,,or nof-go;soulIng 1sopnhllo, but a
sort Of provisional military Dictatorship
Tho Troncll Kings llnd long r1lod Tranco on
lcAputio princit,leH, baclSod by tho nobIes al
priests. 4 time cauo, about eighty yoara ago
whom tho majority Of lhy GotIoraf Assembly or
Parliament oatno into eolllalon with tic Wit Of
tho King, WIN njlhorcd TO tho cnu,,sels Of LiB
| courtorn and tho traditions Of hiH raeo. Tho
rc5iA,n,,co iuitupod tic nation, or rather tho
Paris part Of It. French exc{tnbility quickly
ot,fsI1NATED IN NEyd1ulIoN.
The King waH iirHt dotilroncd md then To-
1aatlol fte Government wns for u year n,atl-
aged by what was called the 1loliublio a1.
Convention, and ten It passed. Under tho
tho practical operations of The prit.-
ciplcs OF Communism wore tried. Noxt
junta called tho Directory "ran lilo machino"
for time. This waH succeeded by tho Consulate
everything oxcopt tho na1,,o hut II waH Aoon fol-
lowed by lilo l,il,pire, being tloal1oiAm puro
aud simple. Aftor the overthrow Of tho.I3n,-
pire by tho other nations Of Europe, aud the
peace as long as nho wna garfisoned by tho mr.
mics Of tho alcB. When Tho inyadelp with
drow, tho Fronci refuscd 10 submit to tile dcB-
potic sway Of Charles X, and chased him AWAY.
bona.-
LOUIS rl11I1rrE.s
mild, well-dsposcd King, WHO attempted to
Introduce md tasuralizo tue british system Of
government aB bost adapted to tllo character Of
tho French people. IIo waN the mort liberal
King tint over reigncn III France. Ho cBtall-
1Bl,cfl Constitutional form Of government, wttl
two ChambcrA-ono Of mobiles md eminent mon,
md tho other Of Commons; atopted tho system
nf n responsible Ministry, mud yiolded greater
latitude to tho press tLn1l my ruler before Or snco
his time iii FRANCO. 1Ie reignrd for ciglItcon
years; hut, with scarcely pasticlo Of resistance
indicated and tlol from lis Throne. OIL account
ruEn1LE AND p1saNAcEFu1
termination OF M otherwise wise and liberal
reign was never Witnessed in modern tlmcs. Tile
masaos Of tho Fro,,cll people vera woll satisfied
with his r,,le and lie wsH supported by an im-
monso majority Of tic Assembly but lie became
pnnic-stticken ut tho loWlillgB Of tho Paris rnb
bio, aud BuccnmIed at tho first pull Of wind.
The mob then proclaimed tho "Nopubl!cl"
with Liberty, Equality, anu E1ntornltS FOR the.r
WatchWords. The civil eoltllery Joined thoni.
Tho Parliament was broken mp alNl dispersed.
and Prosisional Government was organized III
!ho Bliapc of q committee OF inbl'c sntetS.
D!sse1lsons qnick!y aroao among tlie domasoguos
who led tile Sociasistic faction. The ConlllIlll-
sts insisted TINT it wqs tho duty of tho Stater
M tile great father. to
PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT AND sUhs1SrENcF
| for Eib children md, for time. tue rabblo
s,1bsistcd OH the rroetcds Of French bonds, or
"rcntcp," Willie the national debt rnpid-
ly augmented. An indignant ontery aronaa
over France, especially among tito farmers and
shopkeopers, asninst this systcn, Of loafartlonl
nt.d "dcn-boatiam." Civil war began III earness
between the Communists and Conservatives.
EttEGtE
nry inAllrroctions broke ont i'll vnrlons partA ot
France. Tho stato Of sioge vas declared. den.
Cavatg11ac was 'nalo Dictator, and ho
sIAuo11rEnED THE COMMUNISTS III THOUSANDS,
| scheme. -..-.-...-,
After tho Socialists lind been suppressed ana
frustrated by gnnpowtor, the Assembly, Which
inst before these ayontH nad baen eloctad:
framcd Constitution providil'E for Frcstdent
70 DO cloctou, ny universal suffrage. Tor -FOUR
years. anu fc-clginlc oniy atter an Mtervai ol
ioar ia years; also, Ior Corps Legtslatl OF TWO
CiamheEa, etc. Ah eIeet1on lor treslaens wan
the exile,
LOUIS NAPOLEON.
| WHO wns iii England Mt tue tiNc and elected him
BY q inajority. of some millions OF yotes The
Socialists poiletl Tor I.oaru Nollin but 200
votes. Most OF tho 1soyalsts voted lor tho Die.
tator, Cayaignac who received !, ,600: 900; but
| tho farmers alld the wofslipors Of his uncle
rallied to the support Of Louis Napoleon. and
| gayo him 800, ,ooo votes. -.
After two years Of tho ttepubllc, Which wAH
full OF plots md colinterplotB, camo tho famous,
Or infamous,
corr D'ErAr
OF Dec. =, 1851, Wincl1 waa planned with COOL
anducity, and executed with fearless courage;
and tic thing called " tho Republic" ceased for
| twenty years to exist.
Louis Napoleon had baen President but q
short year until he found himself ut loggorhcads
wiah the minority OF tho Assembly, which pulled