The Morning herald., 1876-12-20
FxENCH FASHIONS DU b N q
FEBRUARY.

EHENCH FASHIONS DU b NC
FEBRUARY.
A peaceable solution Of our present
troubles. is to be desired by every lover
Of his country, and it is to be hoped and
prayed for, that such will be the result;
but ii the election is to be like game Of
thimblerig, wherein fraud and trick is to
arbiter, then and in that case, resistance
becomes an absolute necessity-no matter
what may be the consequence: No mere
compliance with part Of the forms Of law
will satisfy,-there must be an honest
equitable and legal ful6llment Of the
functions and duties Of voters, election
officers, and returning boards, Of the three
provinces of South Carolila, Louisiana, and
Florida, apparent-to command respect
obedience-or disarm opposition. If the
Imperialist junta at Washington, desire
to be consistent, let them declare the
three provinces, out Of the pale of con-
stitutional privilege, reject their votes
altogether, and declare the Grant dynasty
founded. Pending the great drama of
February, We must rigidly obey the law,
and bessech the people of the United
States, to give no excuse of any kind, to
bring in the policeman, or the soldier.
There is = word of rare political signif
cance, Fraternize" and which might be
advantageously adopted for use. The
army is to be the means used to set aside
the peoples verdict. Whenever a soldier
is met with a little Fraternization"
would not be bad, show him how the
rulers of the land intend, to use him, as an
instrument to sustain fraud, and to over
turn the institutions of the :country-that
his oath does not embrace obedience to do
such wrongs-that ifcalled out to do 40, his
duty is to "fraternize" with his brethren,
the people, instead of firing upon them.
The liberties he is called upon to murder,
are as valuable to him, as to the citizen
fighting for them, and should be defended
by him. Indoctrinate the soldier, that il
he 20 acts, if the evil comes upon US, he
will be true soldier of liberty. When
Charles X. Of France, made up his mind tc
Get at naught the contract by which he sa,
upon the throne, just as Grant, Chandler
and Cameron, are now doing in respect Of
the pact by which they hold Office, he re.
lied upon the army to carry his schemes
through. Protests, meetings, organization
At last arms, were the successive stages O
popular resistance. The bloody work G
the three days Of July 1880 followed
Upon the morning Of the 10th of July
1880, as the 18th Light Infantry wer
marching from the Madeleine to Rue S
Dennis, shouts Of 'Vive la Ligne!" ver
heard; the soldiers, fattered, at once hes
tated elegantly dressed women cried ou
"don't hurt the peoplep' "Fraternization
followed, and the neuclus was foun
which gathered round it popular powe
10 irresistible, as to chase the elder Bou
bons out of France for ever. A placard (
curious import was posted, as if by magi
over Paris upon the memorable 30th
July. "The country has marshaPs tru
cheon to bestow on the first colonel WI
shall make common cause with the pei
p!e." More than one colonel sought Il
prize, but before there was time t
acceptance, the King was fugiti
In 1s4s Louis Philippe the constitution
king of the French, forgetful Of the lesso
taught the elder branch Of his house, co
cluded to disrespect the law, and forbac
a referm meeting, to be presided over
Odillion Barrot, one of the most eminent m
ofFrance Resistance swiftly came: "the fo1
ofParis, and the army" said the King
enough let the people rave, 81 will n
listen." The army fraternized with t
people, and most of us remember the resu
This was in February, 1S4S. In two da
after his confident sneer, the King "
breasting the waves Of the channel betwe
France and England, an anxious passene
in . wherry disguised as John Smit
Such were the French fashion for lS
and 1S4s. They are pregnant with lesso
of duty, alike to soldier and civilian. '
again repeat, nothing short of the dir
necessity, will justify popular resistanc
but az resistance to death is lawful al
commendable to save ones own life--st
like resistance is lawful, and commendat
to save the life Of the Republic.