Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-04
ninprr in Paris of Representatives
ofa Bakers Dozen of Popular
Governments.
o...ir,istic View of Republican Insti
,ntions by an English Newspaper
Devoted to Mouarchial Ideas.
# qes in the Whole American Cont
nent but Five Bright Spots, and
Two Of These Are Monarchies.
London Telegraph.


t;,,.s 10 dinner. The number is
7-I-ckv and if the old superstition were
- one If them would die within the
80 of the year Perchance TO evate
- destiny the thirteen hosts calico In
.Sa members of the French government
5otber distinguished persons a. guests.
The Oldest republic extant' s"ltzeriand'
oIso REPRESENTED at the board. L.
was thus in way gathering OF tue re
r,prIics of the world, and the meaning OF
he festiyity wa- the more remarkable
tbroDgh the notable absence of nearly
oIltbe ministers of toe monarchles OF
tbs Garth. To show that there was no Ill
telling these gentlemen were invited;
Int ON being bidden they all, as If with
me- consent, began to make excuse.
Same .imrly declined; others referred
home for IN u,t ons, and were instruottd
IN stay away; few were absent on leave,
The italian ambassador was profuse IN
his regrets. The absence of the Span
isb minister was natural, and considering
that the Queen Is an Austrian princess.
Rn-s,a was not likely to patronize re-
nnhlicauism on the soil where sovereign
,ras mt TO death. 1t may excite some
snrnrise that America should possess so
many republics, while Europe should
have only two-in Switzerland and Ia
France. the mystery, however, is ex-
plaiued when we remember the origin of
all the American states except Brazil,
They are all former colonies enamel pate6
through war from the control of European
states. The United States are Onr revolt
ID children; the rest belonged TO Spain.
The mother countries from which they
broke of we're monarchial, hence a natur
al aversion TO that form of government.
The difficulty, also, of founding a new dy-
nasty is obvious in an age not prone to
reverence Iturbide failed in Mexico, SO
did Macmillan, his successor, and the
one man power of Fr8ncia in Paraguay
ended with his death. The republic there
fore ia the inevitable refuge of peoples en-
doued newly with the powers of self-gov-
eminent. The divinity that doth hedge
a king" or the res pect paid to hereditary
peers. can not be manufactured at will;
aud We see in Canada, Australia, and
South Africa the tendency of practically
independent states toward the essence if
not the forms of republican administra-
lions. One can not transplant old trees,
and Al institution so antique as monar-
chy can not be made to grow in new soil
uuuer the fierce light of modern oriti-
cism. Brazil as we have SAID is the one
exception. When Napoleon overran
Portugal the house of Braganza crossed
the Atlantic and was received with open
arms By loyal colonists. In 1915 the
colony was made kingdom, and in 1922
lhe son of the restored king of Portugal
was elected emperor. His son is the Dom
Pedro Of today.
Yet, although America has thirteen re-
pubhc7 or more, and although that form
of goverEmen. is, as we have said, ipev-
table iii a new land occu pied by revoltsd
subjects estranged from monarchy
through successful lnsurrectiou, 1t is still
question whether the republican System
has worked we'll upon the new continent.
Mexico was one of the republics repre-
seuted Saturday, and its history has
hitherto been melancholy record of in
solvrncy, anarchy, and revolution. 1t
has deposed some rulers by revolt, others
by assassination; it has elevated general
after general to the supreme
post; it has repudiated its
depths and compelled despairing
creditors TO accept or shilings IN the
pound II has wasted a magnifcentln heri.
,ancr OF territory ard mineral wealth
VI late years II seems to have turned
over a new leaf, and the Mexicaus now
'ao" -Igu- of some reverence for the
laws themselves have made" and some
respect for financial obligations. Thus
AFTER sixty or seventy years of republ-
can anarchy Mexico is settling down; but
htf history is not proof that liberation
ron disorder Is q pauacea for all ills.
lr'4 Aa- been a republic for about an
silAl period, but her present financial
oo'a'llon is not proof Of political sue
vs.. 9le owes over thirty million, main
J! - English creditors, to whom she has
Ya'l 10 interest since since 1876. Her
or! Is a story of turbulapce and civil
'-'e' eliminating In a mad war with
"'' zen wears ago, when she lost her
ana her guano ISLANDS, the main
s1-.'y lot her creditors. She also had
.sNe tne province OF Tarspaca, the
.D71 OF the nltrates which have caused
boom on our stock exchange. An
.'' american people had a different
az. be provinces that now form the
az mime republic had up to 1853 many
-" wars now they form a peaceful,
prosperous and progressive group
9la'es, with Buenos Ayres Rs
-s.i capital, their debts punctually
tl--. their trade increasing, emf
sa-'7 pouring in, ana their magnificent
'I."Ty more and more developed every
ombia is interesting because
ade7 the Isthmus Of Panama. 1t
ta-'sl through the internal strife, which,
Young republics, seems a kind Of
--t. measles and is now practically
aowu-not, however, to such an
a- 10 suggest an honorable settle
q its foreign creditors. BOLIVIA.
state, has had more ANARCHY
mas shown equal unpunctasli in the
-sIE Of her debts. Paraguay has
II more melancholy history in a
3l -enseless civil broils and insane
sL Epediiions. 0ther and smaller
are not Borth enumeration; bnt a
IN me monotonous story OF these
-.es iron from Spain is seen in the
progress OF Chill, which punstu al
s1!7 - debts, has increased it, terri
ana trade, and has beaten back
'kor the wanton aggression of
Ire general moral Of the history
counties Is the futility OF repub.
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