The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-04-02
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENTS.
To the Editor Of the Union:


The Waterloo" to Liverpool. from New York, under date
Oh the iIth ut-that the House of Representatives of the
United States had refused supplies for the posec
'ion OF the war, and that troops be speedily
Withdrawn from Mexicol Although | am unwilling 10
credit rumor SO disrepuabe the honor OF my country
YET from the vote Ashmuns amendment 10 Houstons
fesoution-that the war was "unconutionaiy and
cessariy made by the President of the United Sates"I
am fully prepared for its confirmation Since my pc
rusa OF Mr. Clays speech, have had painful forebodngs
that the dominant party in the popular branch of Congress
would commit some enomity calculated disgrace repub
ican institutions, and nct agony upon rising
ries OF liberty in Europe That paper regarded from the
first the WING manfeso the federal dctators edct
to his infatuated lollowersa dictator who
obedience, where he has power than the absolute
monarch Brag his game, and the guiotne his instru
ment OF punishment However vulnerable his ideas all
political questions. they nevertheless be implicitly OBJ
served by his partsans, decapition Immediately
AS the ''embodiment" he does all the thinking for
his parasites, and requires their action be in strict obed
to his thoughts
Mr. Clay has committed many daring political deeds
and some of them with entire impuny. From the date OF
his cart to his butchers block speech-a period border
ing upon fifty yearshs has been distinguished by
rreconclabe Inconsistencies He has been against and
for almost every public and if there is any differ
ence for and against every public measuef there is
grandeur in his political life, it proceeds from his having
been consistently inconsistent In this grandeur he has the
nagnanimity suffer his friends participate. In his in
termnate veering he is influenced by selfish consdera
lions relates to them for they permitted to with
hm. If in speech he exclams. 'hOW griepous
crongs and hoc should like to skay Mercan, the wings
graciousy allowed to participate in the sentiment IT.
another he gavely expatiates the injustice of the
war; and the unnecessary shedding of blood he does
withhold from the wings the liberty of participating in his
sympathies and of solemny resolving that the 'war
unconstutionay and unnecessarily made by the President
Of the United States"
As last halfounce that breaks the camePs back
the market house speech and the subsequent doings in
The southern wing of the Capitol bow the wings down by
weight under which they will never succeed in rising
Their patriotic contemporaries and postery the latest
seneraton will place their side by side with those
Of the notorious mischief makers who constituted Hart
ford Convention All the resident Americans in Europe
and nine out of ten istocras and hightoned wings
approve of the and condemn that party madness in the
United States which has been instrumental in engendeng
opposition to, and thereby prolongng it.
Let us adopt wise and vigorous course-such as be-
the glory and welfare of the nation. We should
come boldly the great question, and tell monarchs
in language, which cannot be msconstrued, the policy
which republican Union resolutey intends viii,
reference to Mexico 1t would insp the struggling friends
of freedom in distracted Switzerland, and encourage
Italians to persevere in the work of reform. In word, it
would display to the Old World in bold relief the tower
of strength which have consciousness possessing
under selfmade institutions and roll the ball which
the peope put in motion. Sovereigns already
in instances, of thoms; and nothing pre-
vent them from becoming indispensable in tme if
time faithful to just principles Every day the
difficulty of ruling magnies; and avoid responsibility
several abdcatons reported be in contemplation
ms mall VIII convey 10 the most nte-
sence from Italy. The King of Naples ha, yielded and
gives constitution his subjects and the King of Sa
DINA consents to do likewise. If Austria were not
backed by France and Russia, she would speedily be
compelled to recognise the potency ofthe popu doctrine
In Bavaria, where believed that the people would
quietly submit to any grievances except that of raising
he price beer, there triumphant revolution last
week, OF the most extraordinary character King Louis
the royal patron par excellence of the and Sciences
tracted iaison about eighteen months since, with
srelbooded-half Irish half Spanshdanseuse and fitted
up for her splendid establishment in Of the fash
onabe in his metropolis Although he lived with
of undsguised concupiscence he created her.
utter contempt of public opinion Countess of Eandseld
with annuity of 10000 francs per As
he titled, she assumed the management of the affairs
of State, and made and unmade cabinets pleasureds
posing the patronage attached the Crown her fancy
dictated, and without respect merit qualification.
The Queen even compelled to acknowledge her
premacy, and to embrace her y dear Countess" In
her gddy she undertook rule the celebrated Uni
'esiy OF Munich and prevailed upon three students
ierake to form among their fellows Lola Monies ''red
;ap' corps The attempt shocked the pride of the in
mates of the institution, that they determined
upon the expulsion OF the degraded instruments Of the
pseudo countess Accordingly, whenever tho ''red caps
were seen, there general hiss This repeated
several times when Lola took the into her own
hands, backed by the military and the police. Meeting
the students WHO the violent against corps
she leveleda cooked pistol at him. and blow
his brains out if he did promise conform her will
In the twinkng of an he bounced upon and wested
what hurt and awfuly scared and made the best
he could This scene occurred in the Kings garden. The
of the titled danseuse, of course, the of the
King the of the students became the
| he people. The beligerents fairly arrayed
against each other The King and Lola issued order
that precisely at IL o'clock the day University
rcses should be suspended for the of year, and
he students required forthwith quit the city The c
and students in solemn council and resolved that
the University should remain open for its legitimate pur
poses, and that the Lola Monies, known and de
gnaed the Countess of Landseld should be required
quit the city IL o'clock the day. They i'm
medately gave of their determination in the
demolition of the doors, windows &C., &c, Of the Doves
Nest" The morning arrived. There faltering in
the ranks of the people They behed undaunted the
alters gering sword blade and the oot-sodiers bright
bayonet The wives of the citizens and the sweehea of
the students their sde "to shield them and save
them, perish there too in the battle of against
vice. The fearful hour at hand The field
marshal Prince Charles about 10 O'clock deliberate
y reviewing the spectacle before him, fastened to the
King, and said:
Until now have only thought OF my duty as the
commander OF your army but come, before splitting
olood address you BROTHER and you that
he people, that their lion-hears aroused too
alternative but bow their will and send the countess
away"
The King beheld the burning lava of the volcano be-
heath him. and, revoking his order, obeyng the
mandate of his soveregns eleven O'Clock base idol
his heart route for Switzerland The people de-
handed more and they quietly returned their homes
Now have detailed this greater length than
otherwise would have been necessary inquire of
Mr. Clay others, who uDon ssybat