The New York herald., 1849-11-30
The London Times and European RevO-
lutlOns


iusiOns.
In reviewing the course which the London Times
has taken in regard foreign nations, it is really
amusing (it would be painful if that celebrated
newspaper were not considered a stupendous wea-
theTcock), to see how many expedlents il has re
sorted to, to heap odium upon the Cause of human
liberty. The most careless reader OF that able but
reckless Journal cannot have failed to observe that
while il has advocated The cause OF progress and
reform in some imporast and many subordinate,
departments of the social aud political world, II has
trained its heavies, batteries with the most
lenung ierociy upon the cause of popular ,rty
among the nations OF Europe. Against all the re-
voutons which have swept over the continent,
and all the ch implons VINO have guided them,
from Lamsrtine 10 Kossuth, it has displayed the
most malignant hostility. IL began three years
ago by hurting shafts of ridlcule against the pseu-
do refoimer, Pho Mono, after venting its satire
(wel d,seIved) for fifteen years agtnst the brutal
and imb,ce pontlficate of Gregory XVI 1t un-
betitaiincly pronounced th- eaIy reforms Of Plus
iX 10 be JesuuIcol and poniIfcal humbugs aud
while other journals hailed his advent u beneficent
and unhoped for d,hverarce tor Italy, the London
1tm,s secuted The idea that Europe cared for what
an imbecile or fanstc.l man in the vatican might
could do to rouse the liberal splnt of Europe;
when The world saw that Plus TX. WAS bent upon
the achievement at radical and fsr-reaching re-
forms m every department OF thu State, and Italy
and Europe had hailed hun the great deliverer,
the London Times poisoned It's shafts and ncreas-
ed its malisnity. But this vatican movement,
which the TiBa had hitherto treated as a very
harmless affair, began toassumr amore formidable
aspect An earthquake burst under the Bourbon
throne, las one of th. first fruits incdentally-Of
The vatican moyement.) and great and pure pa
tfot rots on the wave Of the French revolution.
Lsmarune seemed 10 mankind eyerywhere as the
magic wand.wicld-r Of liberty. His voice mag
D.ized France, electrified Europe, aud charmed
the world. Aud yet, in this wonderful aud
miracl,.woIkog man, the 1fmsS could per-
crve only butt for ridicule-a target
for the shsts of satire. At best, he was
only a poet an encyclopaedia harmless,
en- asoulsied, poetic Robesplerre, In the midst of
a score OF revolutions In the rsiten States Of dts
,olving Europe. France sel-relSin Jog. heroic,
France. was working her way to republic-io lib.
erty. But every step che took IN her stormy path,
the blood was pushing from her sides, where the
poisoned arrows of the Lonion T,mos had struck
Nota great or good Fieuchman rose to serve his
country, sgsinst wbOse reputation the malice OF
ihe Iuo was not directed. One by one her
sisiesmtn csme forward, aud gave her their best
services But they were all successlvely branded
a fools, knaves or demsgogues. AT last a man,
whose ouly crime Was that the blood Of Napoleon
flowed IN ms veins, was recalled from his exile,
aBd by tie vutss Of millions OF men, placed az
the bead Of the new repoblc Here was new
tpecife cobluIed up by the demon Of liberty, 20
iuRhien derpofs At fret he was elected only be.
causc Il his name next, h. could not form a MN
istry then his mi.is'r would 60 down 10 ten
days then he was a fool then has cabinet were
asses then. LOUIS Napoleon was tyrant, and
wat amirRto become Emperor aud finally, he
wss humbuR And the whole story was told
What war u An ncongruous mass of tvad1e
abd the world discovered that the Jimss had in.
vented y new subteriuge--a iresh lie Tor every day
in ihe calendar.
Tne fact n, that for the lu.t twenty years. the
Tino bad found one eye-sore suilic,euty irrt,.
ting in the republic of the Uuited States-it now
now found another IN France. The latter
WIS nearer home, and therefore less t0lersble.
How could, how should tie TUNES deal With
THIS ne~ monster, whose hidso0s form rose
~ 90 tfo~n On England from the other side ot the
chsnnell IL T. k1own how cofdisily the T,aes
hates ,pubhcsuism. Il hss shown u Nv exhaust
ing The whole armoy ~ iis mshguity tor years
seaiDst the Uniteu Ststes-by stabbina the repih.
lic ~ trance-by Indicating tie reforms of Pos
IN bv pouring contempt upon the pop iiar cause
throughout EafoIe, snu, above all. by turning ~
piStrful tugiu,v sginsi Hungary and her maI.
nahinous amy Of pairIots and martyrs The
course ~ the 1i1ies towards kossith snd hls brave
Nation mas AROUSED the Indignation of Europe.
Whhe Hungary was struggling Ike Lsocoon N
be hlds ~ ipe serpent, sweating blood 10 the tive.