Show THE GENERAL TENDENCY FHE monarchial governments ot of europe are exercised over the recent transition of brazil from a kingly to a popular form of government this every step in the diorec tion of popular sovereignty is in the nature of an excavation made under the fou foundation ti dation of autocracy popular combustion with a fuse attached is liable to be laid there and explode under thrones resulting in demolition it is therefore not sui that monarchism should resist with logged dogged determination the march of modern republicanism we do not anticipate that the powers of europe will be successful in any attempt to reestablish establish re a kingly government in brazil if ibe be effort to is made zhe result will be as predicted when the revolution occurred republicanism or an achy why arhy the flood of human affairs as already stated is toward popular forms of rule and the leaven is working powerfully the great danger in the tendency of the times is that the flow will wash over the appropriate line of demarcation which limits the government for of and by the people and run into anarchy which soon reduces man to a state of barbari barbarism sni this to is the great danger of the age and the nations seem to be hastening towards it they are drifting away from the moorings oo rings of mon moll are archied chiem ar hism and it will be well if they stop midway between the two extremes one th thing i ng is certain there will be no turning back towards anto autocracy to cracy the sun of that system is setting and it will not rise again until he whose right it is to reign shall assume dominion and even under uni d er his benign rule the popular vo voice 0 ce will be potent as there will be a universal understanding of the principles of correct government I 1 I 1 he laws will be exactly protective of the rights of all and a knowledge of their nature joined to a di disposition spool to conform to them will pro atice a universal consent to their establishment and application thus will be inaugurated a system the operation of which will produce unbroken peace and unqualified goodwill among men before that time the whole earth will pass through the throes of a mighty revolution the like of which has never before been experienced upon its surface out of pre prevailing chaos the brighter era will arise in glorious majesty I 1 |