Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-08-17
THE STRUGGLE in EUROPE.

The following letter from EI-PresidenI Tyler
10 friend in New York, will doubtless be read
with interest. The gentleman 10 whom it was
addressed, has taken The liberty Of making II
public. We copy il from The N. Y. Journal OF
Commerce.
SHERWOOD FoagsT, July is, lS47.
have beea highly gralift d 10 learn, that your
course on the Hungarian question has been SO
entirely in consonance with my own feelings,
although have taken no occasion heretofore 10
II press them. That noble people are enlit 10 me
deepest sympathy OF every lover Of his race; ata II
Ihev ultimately succeed they wall have done more
for The cause OF humanity than has been achieve
since our revolution. What prud.nce ard wis
dom 10 council, and what consumm tle general
ship have they not already e1hioiteul Inc e'e'
WALTON TO their Presidency OF one OF Inc creates.
men OF The age; the humanity, The observance oi
which is always wise, watch they manifest upon
all occasions; their undaunled bravery and gall
LIANT bearing emile them 10 The first place among
nations ripe for Liberty
What snail be said OF their opponents 10 lhIs
great Struggle for freedom Wherever they
move desoaon marks their progress. 10 pro-
scouting the war, they seem 10 have ad aslde
The attributes OF civilized men, and TO have be-
come lille better than demons. AcIs disgrace
ful to The worst ages Of The world sisnallze their
smallest victories. Villages sacked and plum
dcred the noblesl Of The people marked out Tor
dissraccfu execution, and women OF the hIst
class exposed in their persons and subjected 10
the scoufge; such are the accounts that feacn US.
| AS a people, ". can give no aid IN arms and
| men TO The Hungarans; but as one oil Inc COM
munily OF nations, we have IIght 10 enforce
| and a duly 10 perform. We are interested IN
Il, nh; ch p.
scfibed for the conduct ol war, shall be observed
BY nations al war. When Austria subjects 10
| The sccuree women OF worth and CHARACTER
thus lrampiug civilization in The dust, and rever
ling TO DAYS OF worse than Gothic darkness and
barba rily-i il becomes our duty as il is that OF
every civilized State, 10 protest against such pro-
! ceedIns:; and, il our protest is unayaIns, 10
manifest our displea,ure by Withdrawing all Dip
| lomatic intercourse. The United STATES should
not be Left in a doubtful position. We are res
nonsib.e 10 the world, and 10 postcfiy, Tor The AID
we NAV give in the advancement VI society 10
the highest state OF civilization and refinement;
acd we but poorly acquiI ourselves OF our duiy
| il we keep company with those VINO war oolh
AGAINST the one and The other. This would not
b. taking part in The struggles oil Europe-no
s'epping out OF our sphere OF neutrality; II would
| be bur the enforcement! oil those conventional
| rules, in The Preservation Ol WHICH lne iAeies'S
OF ali nations are alike involved. What are the
views Of our government on this subject, have
no means of knowing. express my own oPin-
ions for your deliberation and reflection.
In the war wnich Russia is waging for The
maintenance oil despo'ic principles, he course Of
France has greatly disappointed me. The ~
way in which she can save her own SOIL rom INC
tread Of The Cossack, is 10 meet him on the north
ern confines Of Hungary. Such, al tins distance
from the scene OF action, aid with the lights
around me, appears clearly 10 be her duty and
true interest. Lamarlincs annunciaIion OF pun
pose 10 the world, when al the he; OF foreign al
fairs. was cGrIecI "France would not interfere
in the affairs OF other States, but she expected
other SAFE. to be governed by The same rule
Such was The substance Of his declaration, and
il was wise. The great struggle has now com
menccd between liberty and despoiism;, and
mighty earthquake conyuscs Europe. The fate
of Centuries IS involved in The contest. Al this
distance from The scene OF action, We can only OF
fer up our prayers for the success OF the oPpfes'
sed. Yours, with true regard,
JOHN TYLER.