The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-05-28

esty and that he had taken occasion TO press the
same views TO the British cabinet, though il seems,
Without effect AT the late anniversary Of the indie
pendence Of Greece, the penipoentiaries Of France
Austria, Bavaria, and Spain, we're the only ones
surrounding the king. The Russian men-oi-war
mad moved of, not TO be obliged either TO fire sa
ute, or hoist the national flag While on board the
British ship, the Greek flag was truly hoisted to
the main mast the lower rigging being covered with
the dirty clothes Of the sailors hung up TO dry. All
these things are significant, indicating already
the possibility Of France and England entertaining
different views the subject. Let France feel
secure on the ocean, which she does not do now,
aud she will also feel independent Of Great Britain.
Her coast is, incompsrably better defended than
that Of Great Britain, and her people much more
military, il not warlike and at every moment pre-
pared 70 repe invaders. France, therefore, can turn
her whole feet against her enemy England must
have a large navy TO protect and defend her
coast
The arrival here of Lords Palmerston, Lands
downe, and Brougham, has given rise 20 all sorts Of
comment, angry and friendly but the latter, be
lieye, are, on the whole, the most numerous. Both
VI. GuiEot and M Theirs, treat the British ex -min-
ister Of foreign affairs with the utmost attention
and hospitality and the Revue de dsur Mondss made
40 bones ofavowng its belief that Lord Palmerston,
the late repudiated member of the ephemeral whig
cabinet, WILL after all, be soon in Office again. The
belief here is general that Sir Robert Peel AFTER
rying his great commercial and financial measures
will be glad 10 retire from office. Others say he
will be unable TO carry on the government. | do
not believe the latter but can easily imagine that
power has OF late lost great portion Of its attraction
10 the first lord Of the treasury; and that 10 punish
his own party who have heaped so much abuse on
him, he will, for a short time, abandon them TO the
fury OF the elements, without chart compass. This
or coalition ministry must be formed; for il is s-
possible that those who mainly support the prin.
ciples Of the present administration should be long
ban from hnlI linz off, han h. I.tf8a
Voted-the only measure, perhaps, to which a wing
administration would not have been equal-matters
will work pretty smooth; for the Irish difficulties
wing cabinet is much likely to solve than any
liberal section Of the tories; and II is precisely on
this Irish question, on which the wings mean TO
desert Sir Robert Peel II will be worth our while
TO watch these movements; they are important to
US A wing administration in England may not
feel disposed to treat with the same terms as
Sir Robert Peel and his friends and Lord Palmer
ton, il we judge Of his Intentions from his articles in
The Chronicle, may not be discreet Lord
Aberdeen. For some reason or other | afraid
Of the mastery diplomatic inactivity Of Great Brit
tain, joined It Is to the most uncommon activity
IN the dock yards.
The Polish revolution, so far from being settled
is spreading every day, especially in Austrian Gal
lIcla, where 1t is undoubtedly joined to communism
The Hungarlans and Sclavonians are also affected
by it, which, joined to the troubles in the Austrian
kingdom OF Lombardy and Venice and the ex-
pected instruction IN the Papal states, keeps Aus
tra and her deranged finances sufficiently in check
and perhaps threaten 10 sever the monarchy. This
shoH the vain boasts of the safety and stability Of
monarchical governments. Austria, the very en-
bodment Of legiumacy-she who presided at the
Congresses e Vienna, Carlsbad, and Verona-is
brought to the brink Of destruction, not by
violent inhammation-not by an epidemic which
spreads like whirlwind throughout Europe-but
by mere species of dry chOlic, if may use
the terms; the merest indisposition becomes
grave malady to her exhausted frame. She wastes
away under a slow fever brought on, not by the
malady itself, but by her absurd and wicked
way Of treating it. Wo to that government which
instgates one class Of society against another,
which seeks its own safety in the general eonfu-
sion, not of her enemies, but her own citizens
and subjects The peasants of Gallica, now that
the MOBILES are massacred, refuse lay down their
arms. They have tasted blood, and now turn their
goary weapons against the government itself The
emperor's proclamations have been made a bonfire
OF, and Szeack, the leader of the rebels signs HIM
self lord over life and death. The diplomatic POI
sltion OF Austria towards Russia and France has
also undergone a serious change. NJ Guzot has
refused TO exile the Polish refugees and Count D.
pony has left Paris on leave of absence.
The late news from America was received cum
grano sails, in England. The papers did not know
what to make of 1t, and therefore kept on an average
dignlhed silence, or contened themselves with
praisng the craftsmanship of Mr.. Calhoun. This
looks somewhat like mastery delay on the part OF
Great Britain, and Is deserving Of attention. The
fact Is, England, though victorious in the East, is
very far from having subugated the Skhs, who
have still an army of from thirty to forty thousand
men under arms, and being warlike people, may
yet swell that number and give the conquerors some
uneasness. II Afghans and Skhs were to bury
their old feuds and unite against the common enc
my, England would yet be put to her metal to re-
assure her possessions IN India. At all events
England, to prevent an attempt ofthe kind must be
prepared to crush it, and for that purpose reinforce
ments continue to be poured into India.
Another serious obstacle to the quiet progress OF
England, is the condition Of Ireland That country
is in terrible stale, physically, morally, rcgiousy
and politically, and the long of British indebt-
edness seems to be on the point Of being presented
for payment. believe that with the exception of
Poland, no country is more despotically governed,
or rather abused, maltreated, and condemned than
poor Ern but this not the time to re-enforce the
barbarsm of the conquests of the middle ages, by
Curfew bills and other leg saton, exclusively in ia
vor of property and the landlords. property il
to be protected it is but proper that labor should al
so be shielded from the abuse of the wealthy. With
out this reciprocity, any laws for the exclusive pro-
lection of the former MUST reasonable against
humanity, and destructive of all reasonable and
Christian ideas Of government. 1t is the general
fault Of English legislation, that every case is exclu
svely referred to mere property standard; but
this holds with twice the force in regard to Ireland
An lnshman without property is treated az a wild
beast against which all have a right to bolt their
doors, and which is to be chased back from the cul-
uvaed spots of the earth, its primitive 70 rest No
conviction, no faith Ia respected for it appears if
every Engllshman was satisfied that Ireland has no
right to think, feel, or act, except in accordance
with his own thoughts, feelings, and actions, and
that every deviation from this general rule were Wis
tied upon the poor transgressors with the utmost
lnhuman severity. Injustice and cruelty to Ireland
have become so regular, and have acquired in Eng.
iish minds such force from their being employed for
ages, that they are now looked upon as historical
acquisitions on the part of the conquerors, against
which tits sheer madness and crime to demur. Not
only the legislators, but the commonest people of
Great Britain, the very footmen and acqueys, affect
to look down with contempt upon that oppressed
and generous people, whose greatest fault is their
geographical position, too remote from other
country, and too near to her grssping neghbor.
And what are the prosecutions of the Catholics IN
Russia and Poland, compared to the systematic tor
ture of the Catholics in Ireland The autocrat Is,
at least, logically consequent He declares the unity
of religion and language necessary to the future
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