The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-04-21

name Of the French nation may easily be collected
spat ct any given time Practically, France has
eea.sd to be nation composed OF millions OF men en-
ruled by D.csmvrs OF exclusively Partisan authority
NJ de- Lamsrtins who Is himself more connected With
the province Of Burgundy than with the popuiace OF
Paris has resisted this species Of usurps
uou but that Is probably one Of the srounds 81 me- DE-.
q rh.n S Il Sdsd BY the
most vehement democracy. Uader these circumstances
and after the spt Of anarchy has been strengthened
by agitation, by indulgence, and nook fsar OF resist
ancs. what conceivable iuducsmcnt can the PARTISAN
crowds have to abdcste their actual to swear Al
eginnce to the representatives OF the other parts OF
France to their pretensons to the slender
proportions Of constituency or to obey any form
Of government established Il clear that no spe-
ces of preventative can stand against the
direct Of armed and excitable mob Whenever
the 900 representatives OF France are assembled they
will be completely under the control Of the popuace
Of Per the late Chamber OF Deputies on the gath
Of February the provisional government still Is at
farce unless tho people to suspend It's direct
terfrence by authority on Oh oocsscns except at &C.
But in like manncr tho present aspect Of asirs In
France has extngushsd the Other Fundamental condi
tion of pnbo liberty, by virtually putting an end 70
parties The right express all shades of opinion with
freedom and safety and to form associations for tina de-
fence OF them the very of FREQ constitution;
and tho policy Of free State guided by ne result OF
these contending forces In fsrs 10 needless to say
that all such contests Of party hsvs ceased There lisa
fshtful uniformity Opinions freely
eaprsedin So PcrsJurgh than inthe cop talof France
and although factions may arise at the irstgstion Of
psr.onal ambition and intrgsc the free movement no., OF
oily vanished the cath Of February and not mau Of
1t has since been heard Of; not line has since been
and the National Guard made Its demonstration the
Itch of March, and in few hours sank, scarcely less Of
the other have attempted to maintain their ground
against the popular element for at the stage At which
IN az n ssss
extremities every recos There u.s. therefore, no
genuine discussion, aud no resistance
Ii the French people really to intend that body
Of national should frame the future CON
etitution OF the republic one physical condition would
he indispensable to the OF thcr do
lbsrshons, namely that such an assembly should not
sit within reach OF Paris Bat are well aware that
such proposal wsud be altogether chimsrical and in
deed would be furiousy resented direct attack on
tho msesty Of the Parisian people Yet in Paris % long
the populace retain their direct and absolute
representative legislature in reality exist And
shall not be surprsed to learn that the clubs which are
engaged In speculstng the utmost limits to which
democratic absolutsm bs Carried, had discarded
these fctions celebrated writer has observed that
the tyranny Ct the is the curse OF
eupposes certain amount Of order and Justice There
is en- evil far beyond that tyranny namely thu tyranny
Of the minority which is based on injustice and can
only be maintained by fear. LA bsrte poque" says
Montesqueu dams un ctoyen est cotte tranquilite
desprit qu provient do popinion que chacun do
suree ct pour quou cit geto lbsrte fsut que gou
vernemen soft tel quuo citoyen pusc par craindro
In autre cisoyenn How remotss that happy state Of
Things from tho present condition or Franco !
Revolution In Genoa
We read In the Palrs Of the aita ult At tbs mo.
msnt Of going to press we assured that great
detached itself from ssrdnis with tho project OF oonr
buting to the foundation of Italian Unity with
publican form Of government"
| Austria.
The Pienna Gazstfe Of the 10Th ult, announces OFF,
cally the appointment Count Colorsdo Waldssa Is
Minister for Foreign Affairs Baron do rlorsdorf, as
Stadf Ia NJ AM fok
Chamber, ard Counts Kollowrat and artiy minis
ters without portfolios The Archauks stephen 10
appointed viceroy OF Hungary. Great rctrenchments
| nistry.
Independent Of Buss .ls:" detachment Of troops has
been semitic the Cass Of Rheineck in this Neighbour.
hood where Prince Metternch has arrived The Prince
possesses the Castle o. Wiunebsrg Cocheu 1t Is
in ruins but on the toger placed shield which
the armoria behring's Of Meernich carved About
100 Of the burghers went to the castle two nights ago.
and by the light of large fire took down the arms
being those OF the oppresor Of the liberties Of Germany
and carried them in triumph into tho town. with this
intent of destroying them In the evening of tho 2Oth
there turbulent excitement In Frankfort, created
By report that Prince Meternioh had arrived at the
residence of General Count de Nabii Some Of the
ming journals denied the truth OF this in the most
positive terms 1t u.s. however, positive that crowds as
sembled In front OF tho Generals house. but conented
themselves with ordinations against the exCounseor
Of State. The Count requested the people to send
deputation into his house make search and
whether Prince Metsrnich there not This done
the crowd was convuced and went off to other houses
| in succession, renewing the until
| O'Clock In the morning.
At Vienna, things had not changed st the latest ad
vices Sh March, but the Of occurrences at Ber
lin would not fail to produce immense sensation in
the capital of Austria It is almost certein that the En-
peror Ferdinand would be constrained to quit tho place.
I7th the funeral soemuitiss Of the victims of
tho 18th took place Representative from oil parts Of
the empire took part in them. Viennese, Hungariaus
BohemiAns even Italians assisted oil freternizing to-
rous provinces to which they belonged The Italian
colors displayed in the midst Of popular festival ia the
Through the facts Of the events at Vienna have been
reported with general fidelity the following account of
some Of the y an 1r" WIN interest the
10th ult -
Yesterday morning the Emperor rode through soms
Of the principal streets to snow himself the people
he was accompanied by his brother, the arohduke
Charles, and was very well received He looked in
awful fright, especially when Of tho studsnts Of
the University mounted the steps his carriag, with
cries Of =" Ytvs pEmpereur" He kept continually re-
sba To . ,iuasn. mus Be stsIbut.a tSs oriro
well as the success of the revolution They directed
the movement being headed by an enthusiastic young
have Illuminated every night, and the streets crowd
ed until three or four O'Clock In the morning The peo-
pie cheer the different parties Of the NATIONAL guard who
patrol the city This evening (l6th) there grand
procession Of the people, headed by bands Of music and
many officers who had embraced the popular cause -
There probably upwards Of so 900. They carried
white banners each man wearing white scarf and TO-
sstte The Italians loudly CLEARED and also the
Hupgarians, but heard cry Of" Vive Pic Mono ~
out last night the rampsrts which presented
very animated scene numbers of Infantry aud cavalry
pcketod round their watch fires the white oloaks
Of the dragons lighted by the glare of tho FIRES pre-
senting very picturesque effect There were several
pieces tho gunners standing by with lighted
matches; tae whole display ing most warliks and In
posing appearance Only three of the city gates at
present open. The palace OF tho Emperor and the Ho
tel de Metterpch strongly guarded by the national
guard aided by some grepsders To-day the shops
opened for the fcst time, but tho streets
hronged that little business could be den During the
contest, especially in the suburb called the Mayhilf,
great mischief done most OF the military stations
were destroyed together with the magazines and fscto
res belonging the government Several houses
also bur ut aud many robberes committed t is said
that upwards of 200 killed. and from 400 to
900 wounded I"
sMercante letters have been reosived from Vienna,
dated the l9,h of March, Everything tranquil and
there general feeling of confidence and sasfac-
ton Tho bank IL Is said IL in o favorable position,
with . specie nearly equal TO one-thrd OF its
MI WhilA Mt thu he of ia