The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-02-25

European Correspondence Of the N. Y. Herald
PARIS, Feb. !, 1886
Aspect of Affairs in Enrope-1hs United States
The Oregon Questicn-Ihs Position of Gmisot
and IHiers-Ihe Neio Commercial Policy Of
Great Decentralization Of Trade-Hs Effect in
-Anierica-Statistics of France--Ertruordaar
Resuits-Norais of the Nation Calamities in
Atgeria-Ihe Planet Astr0a-Scientifc IsteLh-
gence-M4sic and the Drama, &c.
Another eventful month has passed, and new
year has begun to roll in the nterminable tide OF
time. Never was an epoch marked by more me-
morable events-events affecting not alone the well
being of the present Of men, but Of unborn mil
ons-afectng, not the people of this or that patch
of land, or limited by these or those shores, but
pregnant with and durable benefits to the myr-
ads OF denixens Of this terraqueous globe.
| The legislatures of the two great nations of the
world have reassembled The delegates Of the Bri-
fish people have been oonvoked in ST. Stephens.
and the representatives of France have again come
together in the Palais Bourbon. The gilded images
OF sovereign power have uttered from their respec-
tive thrones the speeches put into their mouths by
their responsible servants-speeches characterised
by the customary holowness of unmeaning gene
rality. What curious contrast with the elaborate
details and weighty importance of the periodical
manifesto of the great impersonation of the West
ern Republic!
| As must have been expected, the unqualified
claim advanced by the American President to the
whole territory of Oregon, and the apparent renun-
citation OF either diplomacy arbitration upon it,
has excited lively sensation; but the part Of
| the message which, this side of the Channel
at least, has called forth the strongest anindver-
siOn 10 the remuneration Of all allegiance to inter-
national lava sense which many impose on the
message. In short, 1t may be truly said, that no
State paper, for long period of time, has excited
50 universal and animated notice as Mr.. Folks
message. The Guzot ministry has commenced
the session with every ausplce of continued securi-
ance Of its stability The extreme left, or democra-
| tic party, 10 becoming more and more feeble, as
each successive year rolls over, and the Carlists or
old Royalists, still more So The strength Of the
ty or that which, whatever internal differences may
divide it, will support the throne Of the Barracades,
and maintain the principle that the prosperity Of
with the stability of the dynasty OF Orleans. and
the maintenance of the charter. This dynastic
partys divided into two sections, led respectively
BY Gn,zot and Theirs the latter constituting what
Is called the dynastc opposition. The protested
difference OF these parties, is that the Theirs oppo
son desires to asslmulare the practice Of the gov
eminent to that OF England, while the present ad-
French people are not yet capable Of being trusted
with those popular rights, without imminent hazard
for public order. On the American question, these
the claims Of England, while the Theirs party pro-
fesses sympathy with Mr.. Polk. G6izot insists on
the maintenance OF certain balance Of power in
the West by checking the encroaching policy Of
the republic; THEIRS on the contrary, dlsclaims any
other equilibrium except that 1.-THE European States
The one processes some fears from American az
grandisement-ihe other rePels, contemptuously,
party in the Chambers, pledged by inciination and
opinion 10 support the entente cordos and sustained
by the overwhelming personal influence of Louis
Philippe himself, holds the relns of power, and is
hkey to continue to hold them. 1t Is easy there
fore, to see the probable effect of any Intervention
or arbitration by France, upon the disputed questions
between England and the United States.
ruh1;r cs,a 1n as you wiz easily collect from the
party or opinion on the Oregon question All sec
tons OF the body polite are of one mind. Or II,
indeed there be any difference, it 10 that the feeling
OF the radical and popular section il more unmee-
sured and intemperaie in its spirit against the Unlon
even, than the tories themselves Sir Robert Peel
has, with less than the usual Official reserve express
ed regret that the British Minister at Washington
should have rejected the last proposals of the Ame-
rcan Cabinet, tor the settlement Of Oregon without
first transmitting them to Downing street for the
oa OF Inc home authorities The Wig
Pakenham, and declare that such course could
have no other object but to temporse and procrasti-
nate the settlement OF the question. 1t is strange
sign OF the public feeling, in regard to this difference
between the British and American governments,
/ that although no one can show way in which the
difference Is likely to be settled-ahoueh il is ad-
mtted that diplomacy has exhausted all its expedi-
ents upon IT. and has run again and again the entre
cycle OF It's devces-although II is known that arbi-
tratlon has been again and again offered and reject
ed yet no one can be found who has any rracti-
cal and lively faith In the imminence of war! No
one will believe that either Of these great countries
will really entail on themselves and The world the
calamites OF such a struggle for such cause It is
very well to talk of national honor and all that sort
| Ada faka ylxr
Fastaff g views OF honor; and if they admit it as
an ostenslble cause of war, will assuredly take care
| nature must Turk behind it.
| But the American question, and all others which
affect international relations, lost to the public
eye by the comparatively colossal dimensions Of the
theatre of public discussion by the head Of the Eng
sh Cabinet urged forward by the stern fiat of the
British people. To say that Sir Robert Peel has
announced his determination to fulfil the behests OF
the Corn Law League, would be offering but small
and inadequate measure Of justice to that singular
man. BY series OF small and, apparently incon-
sequentlal measures, he has been for years under
mining the whole fabric OF commercial policy in
England; and now he has put the match to the train
ana the explosion has ensued, sending, not the
laws only, but the entire structure OF protective
laws, IN fragments into the air! Never was such a
spectacle presented by Legislative assembly that
which was witnessed in the House of Commons on
the first night OF the session. The address had
scarcely been seconded, when the premier started
on ms ieet from the restless bench where he had
been waiting, In a state OF nervous and impatient
excitement, and, with the smallest conceivable
amount OF preliminary matter unfoIded to his asto
nished auditory the details Of the projected COM
mercial revolution which he is prepared 10 carry
out. The extent and details Of his project, nay,
even, its general nature and tendency, had been
sedulously kept secret, not only from the most
favored supporters of the cabinet in the press
but even from the members themselves OF the
government, save and except the individuals
composing the cabinet, and even to them the
designs at the eleventh hour. Imagine Sir Robert
speaking from the ministerial benches, surround.
ed BY his colleagues and the numerous members
OF the conservative party, and facing the wings,
opponents. Imagine him unfolding, in rounded pc
rods the utter destruction Of all protective egisa