New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-07
q" THE RESTORAIION."

The delight with which our Democratic con-
tempOrares have described the imposing IN
angural ceremonies of last Saturday and inc
apparent satisfaction with which they have
dwct upon the circumstance that they mark
the recall of Mr.. Cleveland to office and the
restoration Of the Democratic party to power,
are not unnatural. Some of them lead off their
iubilant columns of glowing description with
the words Called Back" Others, adopting
perhaps unconsciousy the phrase with when
TIE TRIBUNE from somewhat different point
of view had already described the situation, TAX
of "The Restoration; and all are Ill Joyful
mood over the beginning of a new epoch the
dawn of new era 1t will perhaps occur TO
reflective minds net upset by the excitement
of the hour that the phrases "Caled Back
and 1.-THE Restoration - have been in use IN
other countries in former periods, and are not
without historic significance. 1t may be re-
membered that France has two or three times
gone through the cxhilaration of calling back
| rulers who had once been repudiated and cast
out. The Bourbons were called back in 1914.
NAPOLEON was called back year later for the
Hundred Days, after which the Bourbons were
recalled. Then the French people called back
the Orleans family in 1880, and in 1851 they
called back the BOnapartes. On each occasion
there were great demonstrations Of delight
which presently tapcrcd off into dissatisfaction
and disgust, and ended in general upset and
| a new calling back In France the calling back
| business has been repeatedly tried and the re-
suits have been generally unsatisfactory
| But the enthusiasts who describe the re-entry
| of the Democratic party upon power Is Inc
II. q hot
Restoration" while seizlng upon phrase tha'
seems most natural under the circumstances,
have made still mere unfortunate cholcc
| For it is a phrase with well-known historic
| significance. II suggests analogieS ard paral-
| Iels "The Restoration" followed period in
English history not dissimiar from the poicd
| inst ended in our OWL The Puritanism which
overthrow the Stuans and governed England
| from 1G49 till the Restoration was the fountain
| and source of the PurtaniSm of New-Engand
which 600 years later overthrow the slave OIL
| garchy of America Observe the further paral-
| lei that under Cromwell England. under Re-
publican administration the United States, adj
vanced by leaps and bounds in prosperous
| careers. Under the Commonwealth. says a
French author, British preponderance had
been created Germany had been overcome
Franco Inundated, the power Of Spain less
| ened Cromwell had tanned Mazarin Algicrs
| and Tunis had been attacked. Jamaica con-
quered, Lisbon humhicd Portugal had been
| made fast to England the seas had been swept
Of Barbary pirates from Gibraltar ID Crete;
| maritime domination had been founded under
| two forms-Victory and Commerce. The At
| lantc had been cleared of the Spanish Navy,
| the Pacific OF the Dutch, the Mediterranean OF
| the Venetian, and by the po.tent Of navigation
| England had taken possession OF the Staccast
| of the world The Continent had been taught
| to tremble peace had been dictated, war de-
| clared, the British ensign raised on every pin
nacle. No longer were dclusions held sacred ;
speech was free. the press was free"
| Not less fruitful in its results nor less brill
liant in achievements has been the period just
ended in this country, in which the ideas that
were planted in New England by the Puritans
of Old England more than two hundred years
| ago have been dominant. Over there they had
Restoration" and for time went wild about
| it. How the nation rctrogradcd for the next
quarter of a century until the foics, excuses
| and crimes of the Stuars brought in another
revolution is a familiar story. And now we
| have another Restoration in this country
| Let us hope the parallel will not 50 further.