The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-23
The News from Europe.


The News from Europe.
Our readers will find In our columns compre-
hensive account of the intelligence brought to Bos
ton and New York by the steamers Caledonia and
Hermann, giving us the movements of the great re-
volutions in Europe for week later than our for
mer accounts. Although they are less astounding,
for the general reader than the accounts of the first
volcanic eruption of society, yet they become still
more and more interesting as showing the progress
of the eruption, its agitatlons its changes and the
various shapes and phases 1t assumes.
The first enquiries is, what is the news from
Paris What are the accounts from France and
lastly, what is the intelligence from the rest of
Europe!
In Paris, the National Assembly of the French
republic has met. We have only the particulars of
its organization. Everything in Paris and France
seems to be going on remarkably well, in spite Of
the Misrepresentation made by the English press,
and in other prejudiced quarters. Great stress
has been laid by some journalists upon a few
emeutes which took place in some Of the provincial
towns, in consequence the result ofthe elections.
These riots have been rather violent and des-
tructive in Rouen, Nantes, Limages, and two or
three places. 1t appears that the rioters were COM
posed of the defeated factions of socialists instl-
gated by their disappointment at the result of the
elections of the I'D, 23d and 24th of April. These
socialists comprehend communists, Fourlerites,
and various other sects, which have had their head
quarters in Paris, with branches extending through
out the republic, and they seem to have been much
disappointed at the result of the elections. BY the
returns which we have at present received, the So
clallsts appear every where throughout France to
have been signally defeated, owing to the union,
wisdom, and moderation of the republicans and
the sensible moderate men of all parties.
The riots, however, which these men have Gre
ated. ought not to cast any stigma the first at
tempt of the French people at universal suffrage.
The English journals draw very gloomy conclu-
sions from such unfortunate emeutes. We, on this
side of the Atlantic, however, understand such
disorders little better. The American republic
has had Its riots, its emeutes, and election SQUAD
bles Who can have forgotten the famous whis-
key instruction in Pennsylvania, in which the
venerable Albert Gallatin, then young sans GU
lotte, took great part ! Who has forgotten the
famous riots in New England And to come
nearer to the present day, who has forgotten the
late Philadelphia riots, and the burning of the
Catholic churches? Or even the notification
excitement and emeute in Charleston or the anti
rent murders In New York State, instigated and
set by the wild doctrines of of the socialist
organs of this city!
All these <meutes took place in our republic; but
such unfortunate disasters were merely accidents,
producing no general result against the march of
the constitution, or the success of the republic.
We are persuaded that the French people will
be equally successful with ourselves, IN establish
ing an organized and energetic government, upon
sound principles, in spite of the gloomy forebod-
ings thrown out by the English press, in conse-
qucnce of these Sn,eutes of the Fouriertes and So
calists, after they had been defeated at the cleo
tons.
The next accounts from France will give us
some inklings of the new form Of government
which the convention has, doubt, by this
time, given to the republic. The chances seem to
be that single legislative body will be the plan
agreed upon, to be elected for one or two years
The executive power will probably be committed
to several hands, each the head of department
Possibly single executive may be created, with
the title of President, with the appointment of the
heads of departments in the power of the Legisa-
ture. Others, however, give out the idea that
plan of government will be adopted similar to that
of the United States. The next arrival will ena-
BILE us to see clearly what that form of government
will be.
In other countries of Europe-Germany, Italy,
England, &c.--revolutionary movements march
onward with more or less momentum. In Ireland
the predicted revolution has turned out to be only
a Donnybrook riot between the partizans Of
O'Connell, or moral force party, and those Of
O'Bnan, or the physical force party. The blud-
geons of the moral force had the day. In Germany
and Italy, the first establishment has somewhat
abated; and from the multiplicity of efforts and
projects, it is probable that the monarchists and
the aristocrats of the old regimes will adopt all
possible plans, and fly to all sorts of resources to
prevent the progress of republican principles in
other parts of Europe. Nothing decided In the
alteration of the state of Europe since the first
general uprising has yet taken place, it appears
to the American spectator. We are persuaded
that the English, Russian, and other monarchies
still remaining, would fly to the field Of battle in
an instant, if they thought it possible to put down
the French republic, and prevent the spread of de-
mocracy throughout the continent. At present,
the policy of monarchy consists in delay, procras-
tination, and division, until they are ready to
enter the field under favorable prospects. The
war between the French republic and the old rot
ten institutions of Europe, may, therefore, be de-
laycd but that, sooner later, il will take place,
is equally as certain as that the will rise to-
morrow and the tides of the ocean roll their
waters, and ebb and flow again, as before.