| Show republicanism ABROAD THIS evidences are accumulating that france and the pope have made a bargain and that one of the 8 stipulations t 1 pul a involves the republican izing of fealy it is certain that the pope and the heads of prance france are in very close confide confidence rice and that the heads of italy are feeling anything but pleasant about it it to ie positively poel stated that within the past twelve months the dawan has become a sort of head quarters for the european republican boom and that this revolution in the politics of the church began to manifest itself not at the italian establishment as might naturally be expected but among the bishops ot 01 france and when the world at large were looking for the pope to raise a roar about it he did bothi nothing ng of the kind but on the contrary tacitly announced himself in hearty sympathy with the revolutionary doctrine the vatican just now la is in a bad strait for money and france though in debt up to her neck and with no inu mediate prospect of relief is yet said to be assisting the pope substantially in his this may be the key to the situation but it I 1 is no matter about that the vatican seems to have unequivocally gone republican and it is ia fairly certain that italy has charged F france ran ce with being officiously concerned in it in consequence of this there is liable to be trouble between these governments of all the european powers italy seems just now to have the greatest need of wisdom of a high order in her government councils whereas it if she possesses any at all it is so shadowed by what may be properly designated that it is more than us useless eleer its efforts to be heard only tend to urge the pompous shallow pates in power to more overt foolery than their naturally aDf feeble energies would lead them to in the meantime the republicanism ing of italy is only a small part of the con conflict filet there is a clashing of war preparations on every side of her republicanism seems now to be a small factor of the agitation but should violence be resorted to before it ceases republicanism will be found to have been the principle in the conflict it is true that republican principles in europe have been making such astonishing advances as to almost diaco concert 11 cert at times the powers upon the thrones if the emperor of germany has indeed as reported quite lost his wits it would be no stretch ot of the imagination to charge the affliction to republicanism in england it has taken practical possession in spain and portugal the overthrow of im peria peri liem allem would not be a surprise tur prise any day austria could not hold herself together twelve months without the patronage of other nations who themselves are in almost as precarious a fix the triple alliance forsooth a combination against russian encroachment but it savors mightily of an entrenchment against the advance of republicanism but that will make no difference freedom does not always require the forfeit of blood for past grievances it has in one instance taken peaceable possession exacting nothing but the total and eternal retirement of heredi fr ary power it is to be hoped that the experiment will be repe repeater ateo in order to gain their rights in that way the people can afford to delay their revolution u for a long time yet it is to be hoped they will let patience and diligence do their perfect work |
