New-York daily tribune., 1849-09-07
Hsnaary-ItbePty.

c,,vss-gr.ves no, alone Of the weak and the
wfe,.hsd. bot sso OF the mighty. the glorious the
~eotls the lovely. the widely aud keeny depl1red
Aad tb., darker scourge, Drspotsm, the dominion
Of brute force and blind seiishness 10 dship
of the few for their xn luxury and sggrand'ze-
men, over the many whom they scorn, aud sweat,
and sssrve when befOre hasa year been 30 iruit-
fa a. now OF triqmphs 70 the realm of Night =
q cily bsraysd and ruined-L Ombsrdy's chsins
rivsteA-Sndinia acrushed-home generous. brave,
ilLfs,ed Rome, TO. che lies beneath the feet OF
Der perfidious, perjured foes, and Ia her fall has
dragged down tho Republicans OF France, sd-
adged guilty OF the crime Of daring 10 resist the
sssssination Of sister Republic. Bot TINS is not
ali, nor half Germany, through her vast extent,
has passed over TO toe camp Of Absolotlsm-her
people still think but dare not SPEAK, for tue bay
onet 10 At their throats, ana Democracy is once
more treason, since It's regal enemies have recov-
cred from their terror and found their Miltsry
tools ss brsinless and as besrtless as ever At
last Hungary mounts the funeral pyre OF Freedom
and the sacrifice is complete, FOR Venice must trail
her q sg directly on the udngs OF G0rgey's suren-
der She has stood out Dobly for a noble, price
noby fallen. Tnis is no time for reprosches and
reorimiDatons. nor is there certain cause rr
any. 40 insurgeDt race Of Five or Six hiiions
without credit. finances or military stores having
70 c,mbst IL, late subjects. though IN defense o.
their common rights, 10 no match for two great
empires, with Seventy or ighty Millions OF blind
ly obedient subjects. with vast reserves of ord.
nance and muntioDs, immense standing armies,
aud inex hausiiole resources of ell kinds There
il sort OF truth not to he set sside IN the bitter
French maxim that God IL on the side Of those
vho have the heaviest artillery True, the deep.
er truth 10 adverse " this and in the loog run
crime and outrage are certain of punishment but
q assume that Nation or Party must triumph
thu year or in any particular conflict, merely be
cause It has Right on it's side 10 TO speculate
biodly. and 10 dch snoe OF the lessons OF History
Al this 10 very PLAIN nov 1t ~ss not so clear
to Us last week. The cause OF Hungarian inde'
pendence wn 80 every way righteous and holy
that we could not realize that it was TO be over
tbrown-that Gods ioscrutaby bene6cent ends
might be subserved through It's temporary pros
tration as surely as by its immediate and sigma
triumph. Now that all 10 lost, It seems marvel
that we should have hoped tor an opposite re
suit; yet We dad hope, and o"uld not relioquisb
that hope while its maintenance was possible.
For the present, all is over. save that few
desperate, heroic patriots will yet sell their lives
In froitsm casual conflicts with the mlnions OF
De.potism. Hungary is ruined has become a
mere province OF the Austrian Empire smother
Irelsnd--s Bohemia. Her people must henceiorth
toll and stint themselves to pay the shesvy taxes
needed TO defray the cost OF holding them IL
chains, and no longer be counted the strength and
the reliance bat the cancer and reproach Of the
tyranny which brushes them.
Nothing now remains but that the wolves should
divide and devour their prey. How will they
prosper in thisf Is IL probable that Russia has
incurred the immense cost aud waste OF this cam
psign with no hope OF advantage save 10 her ally
Austria and the general csuse OF Despoiism
We do not believe IL. Either Gallicis, or Tran
sylvania. or Turkey in Europe. is her stipulated
reward for these sacrifices which OF them time
mast scon discover. And IL no discord should
snsue between the oouquerors. 1t does no, follow
that there 10 no reuibution tor their crimes. How
long was IL after the fnsl Partition Of Poland be
tore the capitals of h of the partitoning Psrt'es
was occupied by naughty conquercr' after then
armies had been defeated aud their provinces
sliced awayi Let us be patient, and see thu
gigantic crime also work cut it's righteous retrlbu-
tion.
France has PLAYED in this contest the isnobe
mart of Prussia In the ware OF France and Austris
for the ten yeais preceding 1906. Her punish
ment may be decreed to come mrs Who cares
~. ~ a.
Now, Friends Of Freedom In America I
daty dsvolves upon us. The hre OF Liberty Il
Esrope is qaenched in the blood OF its noee't dc
Tenders be It ours by patient, persevering effort
10 rekinde the famo. Europe must be hepuol
canised, and America must be the agent OF Prov
idsnce in ehectng this great work. Our orethrei
across the Atlantic are not all dead-the tyran's
however sansulnary, dare not Kill them. for tina
woald doom themselves 10 stsrvs vsnon-or wha
amounts to the same thing, to live on their owl
honest earnings. "if We hall ali the Rslshs
how shall we do without the cspitation tax
asked a Gosnd vixier OF his Imperial master W h
had ordered a general massacre of his Creek sub
jects and the question arrested the descencn.
sword. The desPots cannot afford to kill ali wh'
hate their sway. and every one they DO hi
awskeus at least ten others 10 a deteststion q
theie rule. They will doubtless hatcher and i'm
prison enough TO reader the adherence OF shei
power deep aud general, DOT through HGngsr
oaly, but through Germany and all Europe. lie
this ferment quietly tor while-h will yet max
itself active and pslPsbe.
WHAT, then, sn.ll we do in America : We ss,
Organize oomprehensive AID permanent sy'
tenn OF Rcpaolicsn Propsgssdism-prepsre ~
publish elementary tracts snd uesiise' On Il
Rishts OF Man. the basic. limitations, and tra
sphere Of Government the essential inila'ty
Despotsm. and the blessings OF even comPsrssS
Freedom, a. evinced ia the condition and progre,
Of these Uni.ed States. Let facts inas''stin
these propositions be disseminated wherever oI
por,uuity can be fouud-let the Republican Pre'
Of Europe be cherished and upheld by ali oar Pos
or, and le, every true Amercan. Native or Na'ara
ned who goes 70 Europe on any erranc' be
missionary Of Republican Truth. We must Al
will con,rive the means Of getting the ear OF th
Common Soldiers of al the European NonArcnie
40 a, to make them see the FOLLY and iratrieide
she idiog blood for Kings against the People. n