ABSTRACT
Before the commercial embarrassment was over, the political trouble of the impending revolutions had begun to make all the governments of Europe very anxious. No man’s life was ever more justly forfeited to the laws of his country than his; and it makes all considerate persons aghast to think what consequences have ensued to society and to the course of civilization from the good-nature - the somewhat contemptuous levity - which spared his life. King Louis Philippe had had every advantage for his career of sovereignty. His people were so eager for peace, throughout his reign of eighteen years, that they were ready to forego much, and to endure more, from a ruler who would save them from war. In Sardinia, the King, Charles Albert, gave his people a new constitution, with significant hints of what fate had in store for Italy. This was while the revolution in France was going forward.
