New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-05-23
Things In Europe.


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Things In Europe.
We devote this morning large space to the In
,eIlcepoe from Europe brought by the Caledonia
and the Hermann. The extracts from the Euro
pesn journals and the letters OF our Paris cores
pondeni will, we think, enable readers to form
Just idea Of the perplcxed and lowering condition
of the old world. OF the views Of our correspon-
dent we beg leave TO say that they are his and not
ours We make this little statement for the ben
eft Of the stupidity which might attempt TO charge
them upon The Tribune.
The European war which we have been ex-
pecting has at last begun. The Army Of the Alps
under General Oudinot has entered Savoy on It's
way TO the help of Lombardy against the Austn.
ans Who can tell where this will end And at
what sacrifice will France prosecute such war
Where from her almost bankrupt treasury are TO
come the enormous sums which will meet its ex-
pensesl And how amid the sound of arms and the
excitement Of victories is she TO accomplish that
great work Of elevating the masses and founding
the State on the guarantee Of Education, OF Labor
and of Comfort to all the industrious, which is her
peculiar Office 1t is not by the means of war that
the toiing millions are emancipated and benefited.
War slaughters them in the field, consumes the
fruit of their industry, inspires them with brutal
passions and only fixes on them more firmly the
burdens under which they have groaned from time
immemorisl but from which they might now be
freed
Still il is impossible to condemn that generous
enthusiasm which urges the French people acroSs
e A. tbo old ~ Pm
Italy. The Lombard Republic is sore beset, and
Venice is probably again in the power OF her ty-
rants. Should France be inactive when tho APP
peal of a whole people whose cause is consecra-
ted by the participation and blessing OF Rome
summons her power to those classic and beautl-
Gl fields where the worlds battles are once
more, and per~ps FOR the last time, to be repeat
ed Should she stand by uninterested III such a
struggle Such was Tive policy of Louis Philippe,
who sold the glory Of France to the money chang
ers. Such is not the impulse Of the French peo-
pie such cannot be the policy Of the Republic.
PRAY Heaven that this Aid to Italy may not deliv-
err her to tho money changers also
Careful reflection, we think, points at no reason
which makes war between France and Germa-
ny Immediately probable. The case OF Poland can
now scarcely command a movement on the part OF
the French Republic, for armed propaganda OF
Republicsnism is very different thing from an
armed defence of Republicanlsm, as embodied IN
united and threatened people. Were Poland
risen and organized, France would never see her
suppressed without raising the strong hand to
prevent it, But she will be slow to act in behalf
Of a nation which as yet has not manifested its
power and desire for n change.
Meanwhile we see no sufficient CAUSE to expect
another revolution in France and the Overthrow OF
the present Assembly. Troubles there may be,
but the moderate party are so much superior to the
utra.revolutonary, in numbers and in the support
of the National Guard and Of the whole oonserva'
tive interest that if wisdom prevail in their coun-
ellis they cannot be removed.
What is the prospect in Ireland Who can
answer this question Apparently not formed by
Nature for Unity OF political action, broken by
long oppression and more than decmated by fam
inc. the Irish people maintain an unconquerable
consistency in their desires. The riot at LINER
ickwas the occasion for shout of derision among
all that despsc and hate them. What response
do they make to the Cancellation OF the two par
ties of repeslers
The unnatural war octWceH ifuhsih anu Dch-
mark is. we trust near its end We have faith
that the mediation Of England will be sufficient
TO bring the quarrel to amicabe close, even
though the mean and hypocritical King Of Prussia
should thereby be deprived of a diversion to
the domestic dissatisfaction Of his subjects. We
notice that the people of Berlin were overjoyed
at their victories in Holstein and celebrated them
with singing, what is the Germans Father
land r. with high enthusiasm, As if the slaughter
in foolish dispute, of some hundreds of their own
brethren and relatives, men of the same blood, and
language, and religion as themselves were a glory
10 the Fatherland How the arch mtriguer and
promise breaker in the Royal Castle must have
rejoced at the sound He had taken them in the
snare again.
From Russia come mysterious givings.out of a
vast confederation Of the sclavonic family under
Nicholas. This is an impossibity There are too
many Of that race to whom Nicholas and Russia
are objects OF the deadest hatred. From the de.
files OF the Caucacus whore the indomitable Scha.
myl mocks at the power of the Autocrat along the
rivers and plains where the European sons OF
Tartsrs have their countless abodes, to the very
shores Of the Baltic the wish to destroy the EN-.
pire and tho Emperor is cherished in millions Of
volcanic bosoms Some partial Pan Sciocism
with Nicholas at its head is perhaps possible, but
no all embracing alliance. Nor would such body
be dangerous were it formed. 1t must soon fall in
pieces of its own weight and in its fall precipitate
the birth Of that European Federatve Republic,
which is the next grand step toward the federation
OF the whole World.
Loco.Foco National Convention.