The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-04-25

their dlssensions relative to Mr.. Clay and Gen.
Taylor, without any prospect Of reconciliation
or union. About year ago. the wings, with
Gen. Taylor for their candidate, could have car.
ried overwhelmingly two-thirds of the Union.
But now, from their foies, and indiscretlons, and
circulars, together with the shrewd policy and
skilful management Of Mr.. Polk, there is every
probability that we shall have the continuation
of the Polk dynasty for another Presidential
term. We have much to say on these points
before we have done with the subject. Enough
tor to-day. Mr.. Polk reads the Bible regularly
and says his prayers every morning and even
ing; while, in the intervals of his devotlons, he
cheats the office seekers, and humbugs the poll
tic;ans with tie skill of Metternich, the cool.
ness OF Machlavelli, and the courtesy and eau.
ton of Judas Iscariot
The Foreign Nsws-Dangsrsus state OF Eng
land and Irsland-Erance ana the Contl-
nent.
Our readers will find in to-day's Herald, copi-
Gus extracts from English and Continental news
papers, on the revolutionary movements now
going on with such vigor in Europe, received by
| the steamship Acadia, at Boston. The principles
of democracy, it will be seen. in full career,
and will, in all probability, sweep the whole
lace OF tnat part OF the world.
| The intelligence from England and ireland is
| extremely interesting. The chartists are more
violent than ever, and announce their determi-
nation to present their petition, and make their
demonstration, in spite of the government procla.
nation forbidding them; and the leaders of the
| Irish never were so violent. Both the chartists
and the repealers openly defy the authorities,
| and momentous crisis is at hand, one which,
to our mind, was inevitable at some time, but
which has been fastened by the course of events
on the Continent. The chartsts, by themselves,
are incapable of effecting revolution similar to
that which has taken place in France; neither
are the Irish capable of engaging in any revolu-
tionary movement that might endanger the in
tegrity of the empire; but by an understanding
and unity between them, or a concurrence of
circumstances which we shall refer to in this
article, by which they could obtain the help of
the French republic, they could accomplish all
they wish. The position of matters in England
is extremely alarming, and concerns deeply the
mercantile world.
The English press continues to abuse and Will
fly the members of the French provisional GO
vernment, and predicts consolidated despotism
of the poor over the rich, as the result of the
revolution which drove Louis Philippe from the
throne of that country. This is only what might
be expected, under the circumstances, and is in
consonance with their first and earliest epecula-
tons on the same event, and will, we have no
doubt, be re-echocd by the presses on this side
| of the Atlantic which have followed in their
wake, and predicted similar. if not worse, con-
| sequences, from the upheaving of the masses in
that country.
| AS we have before stated, the English news
paper writers are not capable of forming an I'M
| prejudiced opinion on these events. The recent
revolution In Paris was a revolution OF the
blolses, not only over Louis Philippe, their mo-
march, but over the bourg eoisis, rs much az the
| first revolution was victory of the bourgeoisie
| over the nobility. AS the consequence OF the de-
claratioR of the republic, society has divided
itself into two classes-the woI1Rg mepSrWho
constitute the majority, as they do -
tries; and the rich, who are the minorif 80 TT
the fear of a similar revolution, with slmiI1f
consequences, in England, which .actuates the
English press in forming and puhphing these
opinions and predictions. Hence their hos
tiIity to the course of the provisional o.;
vernment, and their predictions Of snoE.s
chy and despotism, worse than whatwas exss
pcrienced under the monarchy which has been
repudiated recently. These divisions Of society
which exist at present in France, are identically
the same as those which exist in this republic.
We see the democracy, or the biouses, arrayed
against the wings, or the bourgeoisie, in the United
States. In this city, in this State, throughout
the whole country, the rich portion of our clti-
zens have identified themselves with the wing
party, and compose it; while on the other hand,
the working people, the poor, constitute the de-
Ic oy ,v,-
ded in this way from the beginning of our 90
vernment, and has continued to this day, and
will continue so divided; for with the abo-
lition of all nobility and titles, and the estab-
lishment of a republic, there can, in the
nature of things, be NO other mode in
which society can be divided But to argue
from this, that our republic will degenerate
into despotism of the poor over the rich, would
be the height of absurdity and if conclusion
of that kind cannot be correctly drawn In the
United States, neither can it be drawn in France.
The contests between the two parties-the rich
and the poor-which commenced in this couu-
try, and have been continued to this day, have
Just now begun in France. With the liberty of
the press, in the widest form, as we have it here,
both parties have the right OF unlimited discus
sion, and already tho war of words has COM
menccd; but there is no probability that it will
result In such lamentable consequences as the
stckcrs for monarchy In England would fain be-
lieve. 1t must be borne in mind that the revo-
luton was the work of the working people of
Paris, and it is only natural that they should
seek to enjoy portion of its benefits. Let
similar revolution take place in England, and
the whole fabric of government, as it now exists
there, would be swept away, and society 70:
organised and divided, in precisely the same
way as it is in France and in the United States.
This is what the rich, the bourgtoisie of England,
dread; and hence their prediction of disaster.
anarchy and despotism. Thus, far, there is
thing on which such consequences as are pre-
dicted by the English press, and it's shadows
trary, when the circumstances attending the re-
voution, and subse quent events, up to the latest
dates received from there, are taken into con-