The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-02-20
Herald Europsan Correspondence.
Italy.

GENOA, Jan. %, lS46.
Ercitemsnt in Haly--King Of Sardinia Prepared
against Austria scih 100, 600 Men and 200 Cam
non--Entry of the Austrians into Modena and
Parma-IHe Pope-The Heraid's Editorials in
E,rope- Remarks in Vindication Of american
Democracy-Efect Of the NsW York address and
of the Presidents Message-Progress of Free
Trade Opinions on the Fate of Meg
ico-Pubiic Spirit in Haiy-IHe Peers of France
going for Ialy-An English Squadron on the
Coast Of Italy Supporting the Pope-Slaughter
at Milan by the Austrian Troops-Immsnse Er-
citemsnt it has Caused-AH Going to Prayers
IVar TAreatening-IAe Pops's Refusal to let
Troops March through his Territory against the
Sicilian Inswgents-Anecdoie Of the Tri-coior
Flag in Sicily-Fanny Eissler Sufferer from
Hatred against Austria.
All Italy is in a state of excitement, and some
parts of it are filled with alarm. The march Of
the revolution is still uninterrupted-what the
contamination will be, God only knows. All
the governments are arming themselves, and in
many portions of the Peninsula, there is every
appearance of war but 1t seems highly impro-
bable that Austria will risk the hazards of gene
raj hostilities. Charles Albert, the warrior king
of Sardinia, has quadrupled his army within two
weeks, and he can now file hundred thousand
soldiers, and some two hundred cannon. along
the frontier Of Austria, which would constitute
serious barrier for the imperial troops. AL.
ready, at the request OF the dukes OF Modena and
of Parma, some 5000 Austrian troops have enter
ed those territories, from which points they
threaten all Italy. The Grand Duke of Florence,
who had no army, has granted national guard
TO his people, and in all his acts, for the last six
months, displayed the most fearless and earnest
advocacy of the principles Of reform
1t is needless TO talk of the Pope. Pho Mono
is the most glorious pontih Rome ever had, and
mightiest influence Of any sovereign in Europe.
He is man Of our times He has nothing of
the monastic age about hlm-his sympathies are
all with the popular progress. He began this
powerfully changing the institutions and society
of ali Europe. Americans can have no ade-
quate conception of this man-they cannot think
ofhim except as a Pope, and such he Is not, In
sovereign Of the people, educated as man, which
no other sovereign in Europe has been. His
heart is with the living age his eye Is on the
ye ,s es %S ha. Shaken Ss wSas ud
system on which the society of Europe. is still
based We are apt 70 overrate our American in.
huence abrOad-lt amounts to very little out OF
France, for the great reason that we have never
had an organ in Europe for the expression Of our
opinions. Frenchmen could not read our Ian
guage, and hence the mass OF that people could
never be reached by our press. The plan You
have adopted Of putting your principal EDITOR;
do more than the free circulation OF score OF
American journals on the continent. ! observed
that those articles were republished all over Eu-
where one reader would be found for an English
editorial, ten thousand will be found for one in
French. hope you will press this department of
your paper, and you may be sure that in less than
one year, your principal editorials will be repub-
lished in an hundred of the continental journals
I have been exceedingly interested in tracing
the progress Of one'of those French articles of
yours particularly 1t was on the general sub
ject of tho Mexican war, in which the great fea-
lures of its romantic history, and its stupendous
consequences on the civilization and commerce
Of the old and new worlds. were clearly brought
extras containing it were sold in the streets Of
many of the great cities. The Europeans saw
at glance what they would have been lone, in
discovering, viz: that the grand result OF all this
conflict would be, that the Anglo Saxons would
find their way to the Pacific, sweeping the half
barbarous structures of old Spanish superstitions
and feudal institutions away.
Americans who have been abroad have had
abundant occasion to know, that from the very
foundation Of our government, the English press
have given the continent all its ideas about Anne
RIGA and its Institutions. We should long ago
have established, in Paris, great paper, whose
object should have been to communicate directly
with the mind OF Europe, and the advantages OF
such press would have been-lst, That Europe
would have had the truth, and not part Of 1t,
and even this small dose 30 mixed up with false
hood and prejudice, that no man could form
CO rect conception OF us or our history. 3D., The
pure, lofty and sublime principles of republican
ism, of which our nation affords the only tolera-
BILE sample in the worlds history, would have
been brought before the people of Europe, and no
limits could have been fixed to the influence
that would thus have been put forth. Sd, The
progress of free, intelligent people, in the arts of
peace, would have been made apparent, and
final answer given to the old, but still recur-
ring, argument that democracy means anarchy
for in Europe this has always been true, for the
of self;government. :" 1t is all a dream,,,' say
even the Latayettes and Pelllcoes Of the
Continent, that we can introduce republics
they will not last-the people are not qualified to
much to render them SO, if we could have
brought ourselves, our mind, our history, our
institutions, our thoughts and our feelings, in
collision with the mind and heart of Europe
We have never done this, and we never shall
until we can have an organ on the Continent
through which, in the language of the Continent,
we can reach people. French is this language,
and we. must make use of it if we would put forth
situations, our great men, our civilization and our
advancing power give us a title 10 exact.
The address of the people of New York and
the Message OF the President, reached Europe
about he same time. The one was well written,
clear, dense, simple, lucid and moderate; fair
sample OF the feelings and the principles of the
Americans. 1t was at once translated into every
language on the Continent and many of its dia-
lects. 1t had glorious effect. No docu-
ment has come from the other side of the sea,
since the times of the Revolution, which has
been read by so many people, or probably put
forth so much power. The Message of the Pre-
sident was quite different affair 1t was so
long it was barely translated into French-hard-
ly another language on the Continent; and wher-
ever 1t was read, IT was regarded as his poorest
State paper Your remarks on the message went
very currently over the Continent. and were con.
sidered very Just.
The mere announcement that Mr.. Walkers
free trade tariff had increased the revenue some
six millions of dollars, was worth all the mes
sage. 1t startled every cabinet in Europe am
sure that within ten days an hundred articles
have appeared on the Continent on that wonder
iul fact. Here popular sentiment is drifting ra-