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CONCLUSION. 



Holy Alliance have allowed to have that form 

 of government which the people themselves 

 considered most conducive to their security 

 and happiness — witness Naples, Piedmont, and 

 many of the States of Germany. But this 

 state of things cannot last ; it is impossible it 

 should ; it is against all the laws of human na- 

 ture. No great nation was ever insulted with 

 impunity, nor is there a discerning people in 

 Europe that will fail, sooner or later, to over- 

 turn the throne of the most legitimate sove- 

 reign, if the principles of his government are 

 opposed to the interest and happiness of his 

 subjects. 



