The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-26 00:00:00

conclusion.

prise to a good - _____ It is impossible to
be ignorant that the weakness of some, and the:
ambition of others, hoped to profit by our intemiee
embarrassments to decline to do us justice. Now that the
dangers which threatened us arc happily averted, it me,
not be without interest to recall the importance of this
questinn, and to examine with boldness, hut without ruh.
ness, the extreme consequences that an energetic reseg„,ion
to bring ahuut the triumph of the good clue.: might
to. A great number of penises, seeing religious indite:a
spreading in our country, cannot uudendetal how Fit e°
should be the exclusive protectress of catholic interval, is
foreign countries:, how she elintild remain the sole supper
the sole political succour nt phi. faith, Disine Previa:lig
in his mercy has vouchsafed to us this glorious unseen.. .4
which we have not always shown ourselves eruct y
Whoever in travelling abroad has hail the happiness to e• ei." •
municate with the catholic. spread over the surface of ;iv.
globe, to take part in their fears :aid to :hare their hoe!.
will have understood, without difficulty, the hianoun'ed
position and the sublime mission of our en:entry,
under the niece of I ontlis Philippe, fatal tendencies edema,
WI from the secular traditions of our pil icy, the catholic.
„t
the Levant, abandoned to themselves, booed their le: e'
and looked for no human aid to diminish or to 'elanii; e
mitering. They maid, with conviction, his state
cannot last. Either the French government must chat
its course of action, ur else its overterow cannot NOR
hayed." Ercuts have verified their entity:items. See
men, when they enter upon the practice of alf drs, see 1..,
necessary this soh ilienuse action is fur the prie rutin: .f
our polleal influence, that, whatever may have been t..
personal opii,jriti., they have found th iiiselves forced p,
in this respect in the same soeuner. Of all ,cuss
traditions at hi the only one that Las been cuestantly
served in the midst of all the internal champ, that ac 1..t.i
experienced. We know that the Cesar:aim, which p ~,.
crated the catholic. in Frame., protected them in see.;
n.
tinople. I have heard French unity-re, yii,ditr Men a tii
little enough of devotion, speak with astunishimeut of hai
found themselves led away, on visiting Leheemi, to
themselves to external demonstration of ph.ty
the beet days of their childhood. Ming rtti it. „
with great pomp at the doors of the duo.
treated as brothers and friend% Itiy fervent c ithel
nee, proud of the eulogies that they heard Lento*, .
their country, they dared not by en Mildli me, wiMe
would have *boon bad taste, check those d, nionseresa,,,
and sadden such confiding hearts. I myself, in itatine tee
island. of the Arehipelego, Lave met withthe in, :anti....
and the same sympathies frim catholic*. With te • pre: •
of the great king who had founded their church,. the y
Bled those of France, who Lad alwas vette: the in. It
in usual in the east in embolic ehureeia to boor pro as a.
the faithful of all nations, Mute -e, Ttuliens,
Armenians sing with a oud voice public pray, c, fee e
prosperity of France and for the preservation et the , .
ate gone:anent. At another extremity of the world, ill ta.
Philippines, the former arehhinisop of Manilla, a seiterehe:
old mate, who had passed long year. iv. the Ctimese
said: ..tithoutch he wee a subject of cellimie speak, lea
the church of the true God had not ninneg the pane, up n
earth any other protector than France ; that iv r anion
alone war at once t Incarnate and &sinter...ed." Betere
Lilting asleep in the peace of the herd, this huly confesea
,AW French influence üb:ain religion+ h....rate:it on China
In each of the various bathing that totujio, the (Manta!
Empire. the catholic part is beyond contrattienan that
which in the most honest and the moat pure. In the mast
of general demoralisation thin part of the poputition cannot
be lung without obtaining gre.a political imp:rutin. I.
less these floc countries are dest:eed to push entirely, to
he named by barbarians, to be devastated ! the secure,'
of heaven, and, in short, to !acme like the tti nen and un-
cultivated land: of Egypt :and Arabia, if a ,octal n imeetien
is yet possible, the ctitholies alone can bring it Ghent, and
render it desirable. Everybody known that .ifs is leaving
that great NI ussulman body formerly eo ferinieelile. It tan
without doubt only regain some pre cesiees assail toncriee
power, by borrowing from the Wt. net yet cud,: sound
some part of their vigour. If this hope
pointed, if the Turkish empire is to h. divided, the Canine
races are still the only ones that could form tee makes of
nationalities endowed with some life, and destined to have a
future. It is then of the last importance fur us to prim rya
with regard to those races our erne nt influence, now, un-
fortunately, much shaken, and of which the abandonment
of the defence of catholic intereetn in Palestine, interests to
which our brethren of tlic Levant attach the night et salve,
would complete the destruction. If, instead ot taking
ad-
vantage of the religious sympathies of the populations of
Lebanon for the profit of mierable parliament:ay intrinus,
we bad seriously endeavoured to found in theee mountains
a Christian anti catholic principality, protected by us as the
principalities of the Danube are protected hp Its sin, if we
had succeeded in confiding to it the guardianship ef the
places isanetined by the aweteuplishment of the mem ries of
our LW', we should have founded a work as ghat iota, es
great. The dynasty and the bourgeois chassis that g rued
us were, without doubt, too unworthy to participate in se
splendid a design, and to deecrue so meat an honour ; it
way necessary that the blast of a storm should overturn thew
pewees as weak as they were proud. Now popular instinct
lees corrupt, more devoted, more sincere, rule and govern. It
has already been given to France to re-fate's/hat the Pope
in the Eternal City ; may it yet be granted to l'rance to solve
the question of the holy pleces to the autisfection
of catholies. France, in punutne such an cud, may repeat
with confidence the words of the hero of the battle of
Nlittet—. Bow should I he conquered since the uuivi red
church prays for the success of my army?" When Europa
rose to march to the crusades, princes were jealous mid
divided, society sow its loots menaced, as now, by the
Albigenses, those ancestors of the socialists. Shall we ban
the boldness to offer the assistance of our fleet and our army
to the Porte if she will do to justice, and to threat n her
in the contrary ease, with an ins aeion of Syria ? Ido not
know, but these enterprises would not be so rash as might
be thought on the fleet impression. Twilit). teousand men
in Syria would be enough to raise the mountain and to
group around no a numerous body of disciplined sharp-
'hooter,. Egypt would proclaim its independence, the
Wahatiites that Mehemet Ali only could subdue, would
again rise ; the Porte, threatened with general
ffisorganieetion, would be fenced to throw herself into
the arms of Russia, and would excite the fears
and rivalry of all Europe. Austrie is not tranquil
enough. to wish to extend her possessions; Rusin, mistress
of the mouths and of the lower part of the Danube, esta-
blished in Threw and et Constantinople, would inspire her
with serious appreheinions. England would not resign
herself to ace the entry of the Bed Sea in the heath of her
rivets. The changes efficted at Trehisoode are too impor-
tant for the relations of Great Britain with l'pper Asia.
This negotiation enters fur too considerable a part into the
general commerce of England not to provoke serious and
persevering efforts on her part. In a Collirnenet SO extended,
SO various, let but one of its important branches make tie-
fault, and this shock may bring down the commereiel
editive altogether. If, ou the other hand, the Turkish
empire should claim our asnistauce, Europe would
take good care not to help Ituseta. Diplomacy would
rather tend to arn st its end. wises. Everybody
mistrusts the anibitiout views of that power. in
these circumstances, Russia, obliged to guard her Mintier!.
could at most get together an invading army of 1.10,000
men ; the bad state of her finances would n nder it eery
difficult to put even such an army upon it war footing. For
und which it
would co-operate with its resources, still energetic, but lisusEllacnieanut Itolliruy forcerniehtoo'ffurArk"ey amc,enn,trewouladrol doubt not he
en-
tirely disorganiscd. Hewn again would enuipromise her
maritime establishment., and tie prospect. of her caturacree
recently grown up and already flourishing. This is not all,
the l'orte would tied in its Emmert with us a means of rege-
neration. The families that remained faithful to the catholic
faith, aided by our protection, would assume a great imp,-
ttnte iu the empire, and by a natural and deserved negren-
dizement would replace the enfeebled race of the (Monona
I have already said, these families ore the only ones that
have preserved any svorth, any morality, their development
and their political, preponderance can alone preserve this
unhirtunate country from intestine anarchy and foreign. in-

M. de Lavatette had on the Gth instant a con•
femme with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of tlx
Su'tun.

lie union has an article upon the enormous in-
crease of the power of Russia since the commence-
ment of the present century. This journal, no longer
under the influence of M. 'lterryer, has for some days
shown symptoms of adhesion to the government.
The secret of the simultaneous attack upon Russia
by the racers and the rnim is probably to Fe
found in the obduracy with which the Emperor has
declined to favour the re-establishment of the impe-
rial ~,gime in France.
M. Persigny, the new Minister of the Interior,
received this morning. the chefs de hattni.lons, mayors,
and captains of tin. 16 battalions of the national
guard of Paris just appointed by the President of
the Republic.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

A letter dated Copenhagen, Jan. In, is given in
the semi-official Prussian Gazette, stating that the
Danish Ministry had resigned in a body, and that its
resignation had been accepted by the *King. Couu-
cillor Itluhme, Minister of Foreign Affairs, nud
Count Charles Moltke, are charged with the tusk of
forming a new cabinet. The accession to office of
M. Tillisch is considered a probable event. The
present President of the Council, Count William
Moltke. is said to Lace refused any position in the
I new cabinet, but it was thought likely that he would
give way to the wishes of the King. The iledre-
tandet states that it was a pcisonal yucstiou, namely
the nomination of Count Charles loltke, to the nu-
nistry of Schleswig, which produced the crisis.