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Show Til EITeet of a Republic in t rance. The following well-timed hi.-torical aiticle, under the above caption, is from :he Cincinnati Enquirer: ''The European e'livts of the c.-:al-lishment of a Republic in France, H it is not crashed by the heels ot despotism. despot-ism. can be appreciated by the reniims- cences of li4S. The lUulli.-ans el the continent had the! , and have imw their affiliated societies. On the 1 of February, 1!-4n i W ash'.ngton s birth-day) the revoiuli 'n ia Paris ef-feetivolv ef-feetivolv c limn need, and ty the ey-n-ing of the -4;!i it was ail over. 1 lie monarchy of L mis I':... ; ; -troved, and a Re) uKi p-r':,xd in its'stead. On the L'Vth f.f rtbruary, onlv five davs after, the lv.ut: Hur-U-Uil.ur-'. 'ia:,d i'UKC ot La u a. and the K'-ct-r f il o Ca-cl. w ;v eonipe'.;. J I y i p. p;....r u; r.-.i .- t , craw t ' th- i '" !.- . pro-, a :,.,:::...: fta: ;. :r: I y . ." and the r ; t : ;t.',e a- . i K .: : t at.l ti--.r.::t i'.- . t ..V W e: :,e.r-K'- ' !. lar i r - '.n 2-r :r: lV, H.e Kit - ..f l--a .t. ' p,;.ei it, a r ra - ,v.: ' ' ; ' j ei.ha. :i: A . '' - ! o' ..-'.i '; 1 i- v ." Prince Metternieh. the Prime Minister, and obliged him to flee from the ccun- I "On the 1-kh of March the inhabi-i inhabi-i tacts of Berlin. Prussia, were in arms, j and. after a -ht with the troops, the Kins tthe brother of the present King H iiii;m . who had returned to Potsdam, Pots-dam, granted the popular demands, j But the contest was sanguinary, and was attended with 3 large- less of life. '"In the States of Italy similar proceedings pro-ceedings took place. On the 2d of j j March the King of Bavaria abdieaied j his throne in favor of his son, Maxi- j I milian II. I 'Tn Great Britain the Chartists i were in motion, and so strong was the demand of the people lor their reform of universal suffrage, vote by ballot, no property qualification, and annual parliaments, that SO.OtXt special constables con-stables were sworn in in London, on I the loth of April, to preserve the peace at one of their demonstrations. Among these constables, as a volunteer, was the late Emperor of the French, Louis Napoleon. "A fierce revolutionary war for independence inde-pendence was begun by Hungary against Austria, and by Italy against power. There were revolutionary disturbances dis-turbances of a violent character in Poland Po-land and in Ireland. On the ISth of May fresh insurrections occurred in Vienna, and the Emperor of Austria was obliged to fly for safety to the Tyrol. On the 12th of August he re turned to his capital; but on the th of October the people arose, stormed the arsenal, murdered Latour, and obliged the Emperor to flee to Olmutz '"Such were some of the leading events that followed the French Republic Re-public twenty-two years ago. The establishment es-tablishment of republican institutions among nations was everywhere imminent. immi-nent. Not a sovereign could remain upon his throne, without granting the largest concessions. Thi all resulted from the moral influence of Fiance, for not a soldier was emploj'ed by her to effect that result. In the sequel j there was treachery aud betrayal on all hands. The kings who had made these concessions afterward willfully revoked re-voked them, and again ruled by the employment of the standing army. But their governments received a stroke that will, sooner or later, overturn over-turn the principles upon which they were founded. The new Republic of France has burst like a thunder-bolt upon the kings and princes of the earth. They know that it is the match which will produce a general conflagration conflag-ration of monarchy and aristocracy in Europe, unless it is put out. Fierce and desperate will be their exertions to that end. But will any hone-t American lend himself to the pur-loseg pur-loseg of the tools of despotism?" |