The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-12-04

solemn oath, sworn years before in the secrecy Of
his own confessional, and signed 4 charter Of
liberty. He thought Of emancipating himself from
Austria on one side, and republic on the other,
by attempting a war of conquest. II cost him his
throne. Thus Europe was inflamed-thus went
the torch OF revolution across the continent. From
Boulogme sur Mere to the farthest Cape Of Calabna,
the wave of revolution went drifting-even Eng.
land was rocked with the general CONFUSION.
Alarm was felt in London. Twenty thousand
troops guarded The palace of an innocent queen'
and thirty thousand special constables were sworn
INTO service in the metropolis. Two hundred thou
sand Of Carlyle's hungry chartists, assembled on
Remington Common. But they were not French
men who are born with musket IN their mouths
they were not men who could cut down the trees
of st. James Park, and tear up Plccadilly pave
ments, for barricades. They were chartists-too
lean to rebel-as the same Carlyle says-or the
upshot of the affair might have been very different
AS it turned out, nobody was harmed in London'
although everybody was frightened; but the thing
passed of, and the two hundred thousand hungry
chartists reured, each to his howell of want and de-
graduation, and the bloated arstocracy and prelacy
of Great Britain, which had been saved for the
hour, by retreatng behind female sovereign, APP
pealing, MEANWHILE to the gallantry OF the nations
came forth from their hiding places, and began to
strut once more on the stage.
Europe, for the moment, was revolutiOnlZed.-
For the hour there was more liberty in Rome than
in Liverpool-the Pope was a second Rienzi-Eu-
rope gave maniac shout of freedom, which rang
through the world. Ii turned ont, before the earth
had completed ITS annual revolution, that this was
but drama, which began with farce, only TO
end with tragedy. Now, we may say that
Europe had only taken exhilaratlng gas. She has
recovered her senses-al is dark, dreary despotism
this 4th day OF December, lS4S. Kings again reign
by the grace of God, and the people are whipped
back, ike rebellious spanies, TO their kennels,
while their chefains driven into exile, or shot
like renegades. A price is set on the head of Kos
suth, and Haynau is appointed hangman- in-chief to
the empire of Rudolph de Hapsberg.
Now, if all this had been enacted at Burton's
theatre, and Burton himself had personated Nicho-
las and Brougham kossutb, 1t would in "pipRg times
of peace" have been considered most excellent
farce-rather far-fetched, 1t is true, and somewhat
incredible-but withal very nice, as the English
say. But, being bona Gde matter, it becomes
quite another affair. Let us see for moment, the
other side Of the question. Europe went up-let us
See how che went down; for we take it for granted
she is down for the present, hatter than neces
sary, even-hatter than onidstte sovEe collapsed
Apropos of omsistte sovNe-What Of France p
Louis Napoleon has turned out different man
from what the world expected. BY the dismissa
Of The Barrot ministry, he has shown that he is
determined to have an opinion and policy Of his
own, and his letter TO the President Of the Assem-
bly, is, as the Liverpool Courier remarks, sex
acy the plain straight forward declaration nesded
at the crisis" We are strongly inclined to the
belief that, with ordinary prudence, Louis Napo-
leon may, withou, much difficulty, keep his place,
live out his administration, and perhaps be re-
elected Al all events, we have no belief that the
Republic Of France can be broken down, or In
any manner subveTted. 1t has struck Its roots too
deep into the soil The heart of France is repub-
lican, and above all, the army Ia half million oil
men) is republican Charles X. made this dis
covery IN 1890. Louis Philippe was convinced
OF the fact in February, 1s4s The French SOL
der is a republican. Changes may, and doubtless
will take pace-the present constitution was made
in hurry, and may need some patching. But
monarchy IN France has got beyond patching
Like n new piece of cloth put into old garment
the rent would be made worse.