THE FREE LANCE. "His good Wade carves /he c•asques of men, for' he Free Lance thrusledh sure." Vol. XV I. IS OUR COUNTRY SECURE ? IN THE drama of the world's,,history various forms of government, theocracy, monarchy, and democracy, have played their part. Each has appeared on the stage and presented to mankind its own peculiar principles and legitimacy. One has swayed its scepter under the guise of a divine right and to-clay only exists in a few Asiatic coun tries; the idea of monarchy to-clay, does not share the re spect it had in past centuries; and, in the century just past, democracy has come upon the arena to engage the g overnments of the world in mortal combat. When we study the history of monarchy and learn how revolution after revolution has taken place, we rejoice that the land of our birth has no such lorm of government; but when we also make inquiry into the countries which have been called republics, we see that they have not, as a rule, exhibited that kind or degree of durability that we desire for our own free nation. Switzerland exists simply because any attempt to overthrow her would plunge the whole of Europe into an international war. The so-called republics of Greece and Rome, and the two French republics have per ished, and to-clay, Mexico and the South American govern ments are by no means secure; for the embers of revolution are continually smoldering ready to burst forth whenever April, 1902: No. 1.
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