The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-07-14

. Gently Illuminated terror ana de-
struction. SO far he achieved
grandIy and triumphed nobly.
His theory was Il permanent, an
changing executive, with all open
career TO merit for all. But there
was no hope for him. He COM
, mitted the unpardonable sin. He
substituted choice by the people,
, IN place ofHereditary right. This
principle admitted, the corner
stone Of every throne in Europe
, was struck from under it and the
knell Of aristocracy was toIled,
from the -steeplo of St. Pauls to
tho towers Of Moscow. All the
! Monarchs Of Europe united in a
: common canse against the Icon
oclast. Napoleon felt he must
eventually 90 down before such
an appalling coalition No man
or nation can fight the world. We
have some experience Of that our
selves. To break this fatal charm,
| he did the worst act Of his life.
He divorced Josephine (the wife
Of bis bosom and choice of bis
youth) and married u daughter Of
the proudest Of the Imperial
Houses and his father-in law be-
came the most persistent Of his
enemies. lie said the Aristocracy
of Europe have minds they have
no hearts. Ny star began to de-
cline, from the day | divorced
Josephine.' He fell. The allies
thought for awhile of u Regency,
with his son as future Monarch.
They thought al so OF dlsmem0er-
ing France. Talleyrard proclaim
ed. TO dismember France would
be a crime against nations; not to
restore the Bourbons would be a
crime against thrones So France
was not disturbed Napoleon went
to St. Helena: and the Bourbons
came back. Waterloo canonized
the old political system Of Europe.
Napoleon said Pitt and the aristo-
Gratis are fools. My theory was
the break-water. In fifty years
Europe will be Democratic or Co.'S
sack. To-day France is Demo
cratic-the Queen OF England and
Empress Of India has been OBJ
liged to take leave of the lingo
Minister whom she likes, and with
a wry face to ask the aid Of the
great Democratic leader whom
she does not ike. Germany is
quiet only because under the mail
cd heel Of the man Of blood and
iron-and the poor Gar cannot
even eat his dinner, without grave
apprehension lest he may be called
upon involnntarily to finish it in
the moon. Verify Napolcon's pro-
phesy is on the march. Are we in
America in much more stable
condition of mind? | have taken
this bird'seye view of European
politics, because in this age Of the
press, and telegraph, the general
sentiment Of three-fourths Of the
civilized world, necessar1 y reflects
it's influence over the rest.
The Fundamental difference in
American politics dates from the
! Convention that framed the Con-
stitution. The variance was in
digenous to the nature Of the Sit
uation. All united in the wish
to create q great and free gov
ernment; that would secure the
blessings of liberty to a remote
posterity. The new government
was an experiment. ene class
of statesmen feared the ad-
vent Of disruption through the
weakness of the General Govern
ment-anothcr (proved by time
to be the wisest Of the two) ap-
pretended the destruction of the
autonomy Of The States and the
liberty of the people from the CEN
trepetal force Of that Govern
ment. Hamilton and Jefferson
embodied the respective principles
of the antagonistlc theories. The
objective point of the one was to
draw power to the government,
through the agency ofliberal con-
struction. The cardinal idea of
the other was 10 confne the op-
erations Of the Federal Govern
ment strictly within the lines pre-
scribed by the Constitution. Both
planted themselves on that inStru-
msnt, and justified their policy
under it. This great conflict Of
opinion divided the parties of the
country up to 1861. 1t was the