The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-04-20

tell whittier. The vast ste nding arnies such large
masses Of ideness and show, increased the debts
and annual expenditures which must be supplied BY the
working population The Introduction of railroads over al
Europsis element Of disturbance Affecting equally
industry, population, ideas, liberty, and sentiment The
ELECTS Of this great peaceful revolution yet be
predicted anticipated for every hand these vast me
chsnical improve msns considered to be equivalent
to revolution-a peaceful revolution. In few years
sperson will be able travel few brief days. from
one end Of Europe to the other with and CON-
fort than he could have from Hsvre to Paris few
years ago. The power Of rapid locomoton is the pswsr
OF mind ldess travel along the rsissocisl influence
circulate with the rspdity, and whole continent
Of independent nations from the action OF pub
lilo opinion, provisional oonfederacy, acting upon and
influencing other The absolute dsspotc ideas
which the action OF many Of these government
must be modified time need to some the time has
already CONS.
The upper and outside Of AFFAIRS quiet content
ed orderly permanent. Every whsre there ndica-
tious in mems minds that great and mighty crisis Is
| approaching, &c So.
PARIS, March so. ls47.
The capacity, the versatility, the growing power Of the
American republic for every thiug-for war; commerce
nvisstion- agriculture art manufscturssseems to be
ges general establishment, and ndisguislbe dread
f. al those oil with the present governments in
France and England. A nav arrangement and modihoA
ton of the powers Of Europe to be the OF
developement In fact, the United Ststee nation 10
rapidly entering into the European SYSTEM and Is actu
ally disturbing their old visions of the balance Of power
Such the natural effects Of bringing the two oonti
ncnts within brief contact by the establishment Of
steam; hut within q few months there will be steam
communication three times . week; and then what
then what then?
PARIS, April 1, ls47.
The intelligence concentrating here from Of the
leading and also of the minor nations begins to be int
resting There Is . general movement pervadiug oil
Europe In Russia and Turkey, in favor Of the
tension Of human rights aud the of nations
by common sense. From Germany several di,tinct
movements begin to appear.
In Portugal the same state of confession exists So
Indeed the natl rs of Europe can neither 90 to war
among themselves maintain their present forms o.
government for q long time to come. They are doomed
They o state Of peaceful transition, and how
it may bscoms rapid and startling few redot In
every large city hs mind is fsrmenns with new ideas
Even In Rome that spiritual power of nearly 1000 years
old, is beginning to indicate signs ofchanss.
Iu short time it would not be surprising to see the
Protestant English government supporting the policy
and views of the Pope, 10.
The fac. IT, everything Old aud saiquatsd In the bust
Of fs is beginning to break up slowly before 60
neral thaw The nveuton of printing began it, the ne
chanical application Of steam and electricity will
complete the great revolution perhaps too, hereafter
without war and bloodshed, SO. &c.
PARIS, April Is, ls47.
Such is the exact picture Of things in Western Eu
rope 1t has reached most point in socis
political history The elements Of civilization and
barbarian have grown together in the framework Of
cety like the weed aud the in tho half cultivated
desert, &c.
Pressure panic paper money, disturbance and revolu
ton. In due time, will end the DRAMA and lead to the
commencement Of a new age In Western Europe.
PARIS, 18th May, ls47.
In Europe every nation except Russia is in Distress
debt in trouble in deep disorder France In
depressed and fearful condition she Ii In at this
Her government her anances her agriculture
her commsrce, are ell in confusion.
But general money pressure from the Mersey to the
Elbs is only tho first symptom Of that great change
which is about to begin In Europe.
Our readers will certainly recollect these Pre-.
dlctions. They will recoect, also, how they
were secuted but they will also recollect how
truly they have been verified. The volcano has
burst-Vesuvius and Etna have truly burst their
bonds, aud the lava of human freedom has over
run all Europe. The fact is, as this paper has
over and again asserted, here are no people COM
petent to form an opinion on European politics,
free from bias aud prejudice, but Americans OF
sense and intelligence-those who understand
the principles of democracy, have seen the work
ing of free institutions, and who are capable o.
forming an opinion on the workings and influ
ences of human nature. With these remarks
we leave our readers to decide whether or moi
Mr.. Benefits visit to Europe fulfilled what he
promised it would, and whether or not his pre-.
dictons have been verified.
LOCAL IMPRovkMENTs-TH COMMON COUNCIL
ELkcr "A project, some two years ago, had been
set on foot by some members of the Boards of
Common Council, for the continuation of C. anal
street, through Centre street to the Bowery, 30
as to form direct line from this wide and i'm.
portant thoroughfare, and bring into more inti.
mate connection these two prominent parts oil
our city, where business is so extensively car.
ried on. This, perhaps, is the proper time to cal
attention to that matter; and as we have been as
sured that the new boards will lay the axe to the
root, in as far as they possibly can, when they
enter upon their duties, this subject should form
a topic for the exercise of their best energies in
the advancement of the reforms which they are
looked for to effect.
The new boards will 90 into office in the early
part of the ensuingl month, and the Mayor elect
will issue his message. This document gene