The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-06

er has given better evidence Of his being the maj
for the crisis than those members Of the whig OPP
position whose principal claim to the government
lor the country is derived from an Hereditary usag
IN their families Sir Robert Peel may resign, bu
his administrative talents will not be spared long
England, in her present condition, wants not only
political PHILOSOPHERS, but man Of detail and exps
riencei and in this respect Sir Robert has no com
Ipetitor in Europe. ~"
The condition Of Ireland, and the relative positoI
OF o'Connell and O'Bnen, are highly important Pc
liucal elements in the present computation Of at
fairs, The repeal movement is yisiby declining
and the late speech Of Mr.. O'Connell at Concilia
uon Hall, was, indeed, conciating to the present
administration. He gayet the government credit fo
what they had done, hoped they would do more
bsl contented himself with keeping repeal suspend
cd over their heads. Lord Lincoln was the only
man he personally abused, calling him eoxcomb;
but he has since spoken in approval Of his thre.
bills to regulate the relations between the Irish land
lords and their tenants, These three bills ought e
have been enacted two hundred years ago. their pro
visions, considering that they have been omitted e
this day, show the absence Of the comnonest princ
Piles OF Justice in the past administration Of Ireland
The question is, will the wings be able 70 continue
on the road Of Improvement and justice which, witt
one single exception, lthe Irish coercion bill ~ th,
present administration have selected, 30 as 10 con
tent the people, and at the same time command .
sufficient support 10 Parliament 10 carry on thego
ernmene II they attempt il, they must not be Tic
wings Of old, with their mere technical construc-
tons Of liberty, law, and government but party
of enlarged views, with progressive ideas, and nc
antiquated notions Of final measures Is my Lord
such course Of conduct, He nay do so in the be-
ginning, but doubt his sincerity and what Is more
his ability To do 40. The wings, as such, Can no
longer govern Great Britain and the old party dis
netlons must necessarily give way 70 the new order
Of things. '.'
The revolution in Portugal is complete, and the
chartists routed all over the kingdom, These Por-
tagese charusts must not be COMPOUNDED with the
EogIsh-the Portuguese partissns called by that
name being the advocates Of the old constitution OF
Don Pedro, mere mockery Of liberal institutions,
and nothing more.) The new Palmella ministry
has abolished all the acts of its predecessors; the
Cabrals have fed, and the national guards are being
recognized all over the country. Thus ended q
despotism Of the hercest and basest kind, COM
menced by violence and fraud, and oVerthrown lit
orally by the clamors of a few old women. How
completely short-lyed these despotisms Of Europe
are, and how easy it Is for dsaffected corporal or
sergeant in that complicated machine, called stand
ing army, to overthrow ii And yet the facetious
Partsans of monarchy affect to pirate OF the instability
of republican forms Of government Let us count
the respective victims Of these governments
in Europe and the United States, and we shall
soon see on which side the scale nclines. We have
in Europe agitation and famine in lreland in Aus
tria, in Prussia, and Russia sanguinary struggles
and unfortunate attempts at revolution; IN France,
an attempted assassination OF the king; in Spain an
unfortunate revolution in Gallicia; in Portugal, a
successful revolution, which completely changes the
form Of the government IN Italy, commotion and
popular outbreaks, which require the presence OF
large armies TO suppress them and, TO crown all IN
England, the model country Of political dreamers, a
measure brought forward which is considered equal
10 revolution, both by its supporters and oppo-
nents Mark the comparative tranquility, even IN
the midst Of war; of the American people COM
pared TO such turmoil. Twenty years war would
not change our government, which would probably
receive new strength from the popular effort; while
but six months Of general melee would change the
form of almost every government in Europe. 1t is
this dread Of impending internal changes and revo-
luuons, shared by the rulers themselves, which, in
the eyes of Europeans, renders a conflict with the
United States dangerous and it is the instructive
dread of the probable result ofsuch conflict which
renders the hireing advocates Of monarchy bitter
against America. The death of Pope Gregory
XVI is, at this moment, of much consequence to
France and Austria, who, each in its own way,
consider themselves the champions of catholicism in
Europe, France, however, has more liberal views,
while Austria uses catholicism merely as political
instrument in her critical position. The election of
Pope may have some influence the political pros
poets of Italy, and perhaps diminish the hanefuI in
fuenee of Austria on the peninsula. Everything
will depend whether the successor to Cardinal Cap
ellari ia chosen from the purely religious body of
cardinals, or from those who combine statesman
ship and an enlarged knowledge of the world with
their zeal for the welfare Of the church. Among the
cardinal statesman Cardinals Lambruschini, Ber-
netti, Acton, and Mai the most prominent, and
the opinion is that one of these may be chosen.
Ali hopes Of a constitution have again vanished in
Prussia, the king having substituted theological
discussions for political ones Those who know
the king, and the persons by whom he is surround
ed, have never hoped for any thing better. The
Bank of Berlin has issued additional notes to the
amount of ten millions Of rix dollars; but even
that does not Salty the want of money occasioned
by theprogress of public and private enterprise, and
it is supposed that the government will be compelled
by the moneyed arisocraoy to to charter additional
banking Institutions The moueyed power is the
only that inspires fear to the most abstract
despotism Of Europe.