Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-06-07
THE PROGRESS OF FREE Gov
ERNMENT.

EhN MENU.
Much has been ssid about the recent
Of Chief Executive In France,
md many speculatious are rife As to
he future government Of that great
Those who have little faith In
he capability Of the Latin races for
Republican Institutions, and others who
damn with faint praise" all efforts to
,pliit the lxboring classes and accord
o man the Unborn right Of sslf-geyern-
nent. gloat over the recent change In
France as a surs indication that their
theory of tho unhtness Of her people
for a Republican government Is true,
and that the resumption Of Monarchial
forms therein i, rapidly approaching.
presents to-day the curious
spectacle OF a country peaceably cub
hitting to an administration against
which 1t has just pronounced at tho
polls. Not over 100000 out Of the
$50, 900 votes recently cast in eight OF
her Departments can be justly said to
be In favor OF the policy OF the major
ity In the National Assembly, which
has. In spite Of this, boldly deposed
10y compelling his resignation) Presi-
dent Theirs and elected the soldier
McMahon. This state OF things Will
doubtless continue until September,
possibly longer. Under the last treaty
with Germany, France must keep
peace until September 9Th, and till
that time Gambetta and his faction
will be quiet. But n determined strug-
gle between Monarchy and Republic
canism must come. 1t cannot be long
averted, and the recent popular vote
shows which way the masses tend.
Spain, with her Republican system,
Is gaining ground. The dissolute no.
bles, and withered branches Of her dis
cardsd rulers, are struggling, 1t Is true,
to retain their hold upon her people,
but nre slowly and surely losing heart.
Their attacks on the Republicans show
the same merciless vindictiveness
which marked the volunteers In Cuba.
Fifty years, aye twenty years ago, had
Don Carlos needed aid to suppress an
effort to establish a Republic In Spain,
every monarch In Europe would have
aided. 1t would have been popular.
Now no rsignlng power dare aid the
cause Of despotism in that country
An ominous neutrality prevails. The
people Of all Europe demand It.
Italy marches with rapid stride:
towards free Government. Church and
State are not now united and the
Chamber of Deputies elected BY and
representing the Liberal element o
Italy, are gradually paving the way
for permanent freedom of thought, both
religious and secular-ln fact for a
Republic.
In England, a Convention Of Re,
publicans very recently passed resolu.
tions in favor Of the abolition OF the
British throne and House of Lords,
and = general election will soon take
place which, In the language Of
Disraeli, will decide whether or no,
the country will cherish that great
body Of laws, customs and traditions
which has converted a small island
into one OF the mightiest powers ofthe
world" Disraeli Is a Monarchist, IA
vors the ancient order Of things, and,
OF course. secs nothing but disaster in
the proposed change. We have heard
of no arrests being made Of members
Of this Convention, though Its avowed
object Is the demolition Of Monarchlal
government In Great Britain ami the
establishment Of q Republic. That Its
strength is great is shown by the pro,
test Of Disrseli. Thirty years ago, the
members Of such a convention would
have been arrested and condemned fol
treason. Now. Its power is too mighty
for such measures. The principles Of
complete self-govsrnment haye been
too firmly implanted in the masses o.
the laborlug people.
German public sentiment Is perhaps
becoming more conspicuously republi.
canized than that of any nation which
yet adheres to Monarchy, and the Ger
man character Is doubtless most favor
Bile to Its growth. No class Of eni
grants to our shores more readily as
simulate with our institutions, or have
better ideas OF constitutional free gov
ernment than the Germans. The masse:
are educated, frugal, ~peaceable ant
moral, and readily comprehend their
duties as Republican citizens. 1t vii,
not be a distant day when the mos
perfect Of Republics will be that Of the
intelligent German people.
And so we find it everywhere. The
principles Of our immortal Declaration
not now when first announced, but
crystallzing the belief of patriots since
the creation, have even now so fully
permeated tho civilized world, thai
their power Is irresistible. Nations
join the cause u country made sue
cessful, and progress keeps on in steady
march toward universal liberty.
Two convicts, Griffin aud Mordecai,
while at their spiritual devotions at
the Raleigh, N. c., Jail, yesterday,
preparatory to giving up the ghost in
a regular and legal manner In the Jail
yard, were happily interrupted in the
most fsrvent part thereof BY the advent
Of a messenger bringing a commute
ton of their sentences to Imprisonment
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