Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-07-29
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
rron OUR EuRopEAN CORRESPONDENT
LONDON, July A, ls4s.


,rA;s 5a,e calls M many recollections of bygone
.;,aas when with my fellow-citizens OF Washing
,oD I have ;oned hand and heart IN the celebration
&c The dav which gave birth TO mighty nation, and
showed 10 the world at large the example OF peo-
nle asserting and maintaining their freedom because
ihev wied il. BE this day remembered in the ca
lsnaar a. the glorious anniversary of truly great
event. until tie last syllable Of recorded time!'
M,y The nation which dates its existence from this
dav find on each returning anniversary an increase
of solid happiness and true glory, and stand in
more exalted position among the nations OF the
earth, showing bright example OF people ENJOY
inc rational liberty, and using that liberty as not
abns;no il, The United States certainly exhibit
:. an eternal lesson for the human race and il is
lesson 10 which all the nations on the continent of
Europe now struggling for freedom would do well
to give their attention. In several OF the principal
countries of Europe great efforts are making to re-
constitute their whole political structure on novel
basis, by the sole and direct action of their own
popular energy. "A destruction as rapid as the
lightning has swept away the institutions under
which an entire generation had addicted itself to
the arts and enoyments of peace and amidst the
raging of social elements and political passions,
with, in some instances, the increasing excitement
Of commotion and bloodshed, large popular as
semblies, chosen by the people at large, have as
cutive government. They have undertaken to
erect upon the ruins of the past stable poty,
conducive to the progress, the welfare, and the
freedom cf mankind" The only question is,
can this undertaking be accomplished by the means
employed! Very recent events have induced us TO
hope that it can allude to the late proceedings
in the National Convention in Paris, and the elec
tion of the Archduke JOHN to be the temporary
chief OF united Germany. We allude also to the
great rise which has taken. place, not only IN the
public funds of England the great barometer of Eu
ropean confidence and stability but also in the ge-
neral state Of trade, the tone Of satisfaction the
hustle of preparation for business which seems to
pervade this mighty mart of merchants; and also
in the less fevered tone of continental Europe, and
the advance in the price of public stocks on the
Bourse of Paris. Peace seems nearer both IN Italy
and Holstein The Emperor Of Russia's mighty
ornaments, which last week we were told were
soon 10 shake Europe to her centre, seem either to
have vanished into thin ali" or to have become
the legitimate defenders of his own dominions from
foreign aggression or internal commotion. The
greatest unsettled question appears to be the dis
putes and national antpathies existing between the
two great tribes of Germany and central Europe,
the Sclavonian and the Teutonic Speculation
is aloat upon the result, and some politicians anti
cipate division into two great empires: the east
ern one comprising Austria, Hungary, Bohemia,
&C., inhabited chiefly by the Sclavonc race,
into a confederacy under the federal head of the
house Of Hapsburg, and the western part, compre-
aending Prussia and the natisns more decidedly
German or Teutonc, into empire under prince
Of the house of Brandenburg These, however,
ire peculatons, which, whilst they may serve as
IN index pointing the direction in which certain
quantity of mind is at present running, involve too
many and too high interests, both as respects the
present and the future, be easily brought about
In France the firm and energetic course taken by
General CAvAIcsAc seems already to have arrested
the tendency to rush along the downward track Of
anarchy and mob rule Already the leaders in the
Convention appear to have repudiated the sent-
menls and the words of MIRABEAu, when he sad
= Ii is too late 10 arrest the revolution even to
control it. all we do is TO leap upon the whir-
ing chariot and perhaps perish with IT," They
seem much more inclined TO adopt the calm convic-
tion and sentiments of WAsHINGTos, when just be-
fore the Convention at Philadelphia he said, We
have probably had too good an opinion of human
nature in forming our Confederation. Experience
has taught us that men will not adopt and carry
into execution measures the best adapted for their
own good without the Intervention OF coerciye
power" The true policy of Government or
at least that characteristic which above all others
entities it TO the fame of being a good Govern
lhcnN, hdiHldining ulc IiRuss ihtcicssS VI
the people, and promoting their real happiness with
the least possible quantity Of coercve power. This
is question which is perhaps not yet settled. /
use the word perhaps" emphatically, but in some
degree parenthelcally, because i know that many
of my esteemed transatlantic fellow-citizens consi-
der that the question has been settled by the estab-
lishment of their own most admirable constitution
promise them that if they will guaranty that their
excellent form OF Government shall ai,Cays be UeH
and righteously administered according to its en-
tire spirit and intent, will erase the word per-
haps and make a positive assertion that the best
possible form of Government has been established.
One thing is certain, all Governments must have
head, and recent events in Paris appear TO have
convinced the National Convention that the chic
best adapted for France at the present moment is
military one this has led not only TO the placing
Genefsl CAvAIGSAc in the highest Office, but also
10 the calling Of Generals BEDEAU, CHANoARSIER,
and LAsoncIERE 10 other most important posts.
The Times a calls TO mind prediction uttered
many years ago by far-sighted French states
man, who said the young Generals Of the African
army were destined one day to become the mill
tary rulers Of France" Their political career has
certainly now begun, and though we cannot sup
pose that the African campaigns were likely to
prove the best schools Of constitutional freedom
republican morals yet so far as CAvAIGSAc has had
time and opportunity to manifest his principles,
think him admirably well calculated to be the