The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-11-30
EUROPEAN POLITICS.


; EUROPEAN POLITICS.
The political aspect Of Europe is daily be.
coming more interesting gand ominous; and
il is hardly possible to contemplate it, with
out the conviction that crisis Is approaeh-
lngwhich may speedily change the whole
face Of affairs in that portion Of the Globe. n
4 The most surprising fac. in all its current
history is, the Pope of Romo appears in ,hS
foreground as the patron Of liberal sen,i.
nen's, and the leader Of progressive
movement, against the bitter opposition sf
his Cardinals, and in front of the bristlinq
bayonets Of Austiia. If such q thing had
been predicted twenty years ago, the prOph.
e. had been laughed to scorn. Yet il 10 even
SO. We see it with our own eyes, thar tho
head OF thess Roman church is also the head
OF alpoPdlar liberal movement, and that he
IS risking everything for the sake Of giving
his people taste Of freedom. In vain do
domestic intrigue and treason gnash their
teeth upon hith, threatning and plotting in
surreclion and massacre; in vain does Louis
PHILIPPE blandIy suggest that Italy may not
yet be ready for .ha reforms which the Holy
Father is Introducing. All these fail TO turn
him from lis purpose Of giving the Ponti6.
cal States taste Of the sweet and longed-
for draught Of liberty. And if report IS Ia
be credited, the opposition, within and with.
out, which was intended tn alarm the Poa-
,if, has only rous.d his courage and his firm
hess; and he threatens, if it becomes neces-
sary, to mount horse end lead his people to
The conflict with. tyranny, and, as head Of
the church, to put the Austrian government
under the ban Of accommodation. The
friends Of human progress need no longef
demand, "Can any good come sdt Of Remei,'
tor II present appearances are to he tftsled,
il seems destined to become the cradle OF
Italian independence and European freedom.
Heaven grant that tho omen be not illusive.
France is again attracting anxious atien.
tion. Tbs low deep mutter Of the faubomgs
is heard again, as in the days Of the revolu.
ton. The ten thousand students of Paris
are denouncing the vices Of the aris,ocracy
and the imbecle grasping dotaee Of the
throne. The journals Of Paris are seeming
corruption in high places, and hurIing abuse
and defiance at the ministry aud the peerage.
"Uneasy lies theihead that wears crown"
assassins haunt his slumbsrs, and waylay
him in his hurried drives. Outbreaks, od
various pretexts, in different quarters, show
tho restlessness of the populace, and all par-
ties seem 10 await one event,as the signal Of
universal fermeIt and dissolu,iou-.tha:
event is tho death Of the King, which the
assassin may hasten--which nature will not
lsng defer.
And poor, wUrn. .out, wasted Spaih-what
fate awaits 1t, the future cannot long con.
ceal. Its crisis cannot be lung postponsd-
The world sickens at the recital Of It's court
scandal and the groans Of its people. lie
young Queen, bound TO husband whom
she despises and shuns, longs, it 10 said, to
lay down her sceptre; aAd Louis Philippe
hopes to see il pass to the grasp of his dahghs
ter-in.laS, her sister. The plot thickens
daily, and the denouemeni is not distant,
though i, may disappolnt the chief players.
and proclaim hope for the chief sufferers, tho
down-trodden million.
But perhaps the most interesting point in
The whole picture is Germany, ,witl. her mil
ions OF thinking, hoping, but hitherto disap.
pointed people. From the days the
masses Of Germany rose up in confederated
',reng,h against Napoleon 10 the present,
hey have bsen tainted with the premise OF
nclioiated governments; but they have
uoked in vain for the fulfment Mean
while the German mind, this German imag-
nation, has heen dwelling upon the dream Of
political emancipation, until il has becomes
necessity of their being In vain do their
ulers seek any longer, by idle premises Of
10 quiet their minds They
rave caugh, glimpses Of morning ofpoli,icsl
ight and freedom, and they sigh to bask III
Is beams. The German heart swslls and
eats responsive to the songs Of freedom,
nd 10 Of the belief that their fatherland is
estnsd to enjoy political millennium
The first bugle-note. Of redemption, whether
nunded in Italy Or along the Rhine, like
he shrill whistle of Rhoderick Dhu, will
tar tie battalions Of living men from every
usl and glen, and millions will echo aud
ASS it on 10 other millions Of their brethren;
nd every valley and hillside, and mountains
op, will be crowded with redeemed peo.
le. All the signs in the political horizos Of
'uaope foretoken change, progress, Free
ON. No power on earth can arrest tho
arch ofliberal principles. They may be
opposed; but they will only make sorrow
nd defeat for the opposers, By substituting
elanf E,r ,,as f,,1 vavriut,oa