The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-09-13
Our London Correspondence.

LONDON, August II. 1919.
The Condition of Ewgiond-Ths Condatow of
EWoPe-Arisfocracy and Democracy, &C., &c.
These islands are IN a state of real fright. which
Pervades all the thinkers, and most Of the writers
and takers upon the amazing phenomena of the
continent of Europe, as well of the Uaited
States. The systematic effort to keep out the
light from the British people, the subject of self
government, is less and less successful and the
whole of this despohsm is Keeling on Its base. So
called constitutional monarchy Is Fastening to its
end; and the distressed and embarrassed state Of
Its defenders reminds one Of the condition Of
those two hundred unfortunate old cavaliers, in
bag, wig, and sword, who stayed up all night at
the Tuileries TO dyke out the popuace, bent on
having LOUIS XVI. prisoner in their large embrace
next morning The fresh energies of the people.
once aroused, are irresistible, and neither the
disheveIled guardians OF royalty In the last cen
fury, with their puny weapons, nor the panic
stricken defenders of the same imposiure In the
present, with their pens, breast the rapidly ad
vancing tide. The law of nature bids that tide to
rise-the law of God bids it swallow up, like
another Red Sea of destruction, the same unjust
and prosecuting hosts who have, in our day, hung
with board and blade on the perilous but vulgar
of the Creator; the poor are Gods Amounted. The
high and primitive right Of self-government has
become the aspiration Of the mass, and the pre-
.sumptuous sscrilege which dictates them to in
scribe "God and my right" on the crown Of
England Is Fastening to the gnominious end Of
punishment, or, at least, to the disgrace of fall.
What insult and nonsense is it not, In such an
enlightened age, for weak woman to parade
herself under that inscription of divine right,
through those realms where live and breathe onlyto
toll and suffer many degraded millions Of sub
jects, stricken with the curse Of poverty down
below the estate Of the slave himself! And, TO
make it worse, the falsehood is painted upon
efigy, for the Queen Of Eng land is but puppet in
he'hands OF the real masters of the people: The
oligarChy OF mobiles the absolute lords OF those
British heads and British hearts, whose hosts only
require the breaking of rheir CHAINS TO emulate
the popular triumpbs Of the Unlon and OF France.
The mighty tread of The people OF the two great
republics shakes the solid earth IN these Islands,
and the composed faces Of the grand and tIusd
wear the expression Of excltem ut and alarm.
The United States have started forward vi
gorously upon the road Of prosperity, that il is not
possible for the arisocrats OF England To conceal
the ma ch OF events; will the cherished expe-
dent Of the press (Which resorts, so far you are
concerned, To babnual lying,) any longer avail. 1t
is impossible to keep back or to pervert the lesson
which You teuchlng your oppressed and ex-
plotted brethren here, IN regard to the Interests
and duties Of nations. There many places all
over England, Ireland, and Scotland, where YOU
may hear the echo of that noble phrase of Jriftr-
son, " obedience to tyrants Is resistance 10 Cod"
and even peasants are 10 be found, who the trlrd
despois Of their fields Withstand; and students,
who have the counge 10 think that Cromwell was
guIltless Of his countys blood, aud to profit by his
example.
But the splendid phenomenon Of republic in
France is yet more startling than your "~n ex:
L.. add cd bs. - Al md
do lkewise," which the Herald and other Am-u-
can papers propagate Ia their European editions.
There the structure OF self government stands, in
the plain sight Of the people OF Eoglind, upon rs
two feet of universal suffrage and universal elig
bty TO Office II lifts its lofty form up to the gaze
of the remotrst and most wretched tenant ut the
CoDnaugbt cabin or the Cornish nine, and invites
him also TO the work at freedom aud independence.
Hostile is that phenomenon, OF course, TO the ex-
ecrable admins trat,on OF the neighboring state,
and TO the British constitution but II has enly
words Of hope and encouragement Tor those
who are, by the evils OF government IN
which they have part, crushed 10 the earth,
and, Iodeed, while Yet alive, half-buried win
Its weight aud cruelty. THIS mute appeal TO
the people OF England h As more than the emphisls
OF language, for il springs from the heart and 1t
makes its way without resistance, because IL enters
into the heart to which II is directed. IL Is I'M
possible 10 retain the British people IN their abect
subsection, as long that injustice is conbdtted
by the reproofs 81 France and America but II Is
from the former that conirs the nearest and most
menscirg danger to the adverse system
The dilemma of the oigarchy u by these means
becoming daily more critical They feel u To the
quick But they are not sleeping upon the mine ;
they aware of their peril they intend, MS mach
as possible to prolong their authority: Twill IN IKE
short work with the veri6caton of both these
propositions and, having demonstrated them
will ask the people of New York to inquire into
their own duty, and to come up ut once to the
height Of their power, and of their responsibility
for their safe direction OF that popular cause which
IL so rapidly giving them the lead oil affairs at
home and abroad.
feelers in the daily and periodical press, principally
issued at London. Every article on general poll
tics, which appears in the former, might be c-n-
suited 10 detect the presence OF alarm Sefprrssr-
walton breaks down, with its great law, all conven
tons and despite the dictates OF PRIDE and The most
vgisnt discretion, the hirelines who write for them
betray the weakness within and the danger without
Their position Of antagonists to the plain rights
and interests OF Engllshmen Is hazardous, Tor the
day Of reckoning is not to be arrested Ia its ap-
proach, nor will its sentence be suspended nor nut
tigated. Look, for instance, into the TINS. any
morning, and you will discover all the SYMPTOMS
which just now are sort OF epldeinc aguee,
amongst the cisatantic fraternity Of editors. IL
you take mp the qusrteres, you will lind abund ant
evidence in the most ontspoken fears about the
duration Of the monarchy. Time allows me bat
two extrpcts taken from the Quarferfy tor July.
Cart 81 "Mr. Bache warned US of the in scrutsbla
influence, whether for good or esl, OF France on
the dcstiniss Of Europe in general, and especially
on England, and this great authority Is a
sufficient justification for our confused en-
deavors 10 awaken the English public TO n livelier
interest to the revolutionary principle which has
again been triumphant ~ France. and which we
are convinced IL formidable progression amongst
ourselves" So much for the beginning III the ar
ticie We add only the concluding srutence, which
sums up, by an explicit admission that thu mo-
nsrchy II in danger. "On the whole, we regret tn
cay that we have never concluded review IL the
state Of our own country, or VI Europe, with less
Of comfort for the present, less OF confidence IN
the future, or with greater perplexty as to the
probable solution Of the complicated dlhcsltres
that are gathering round the British monarchy /"
II il evident enough that the arstecracy, and lite
runners and editors, are alive TO their danger; bat
they are necessarily engaged in endeavors to meet
IT, Their words indicate their sease Of the crisis.
But their deeds speak louder than words. let US
resort to these. We may learn much OF the con-
dition Of an enemy from hts hosirirs Thrse
thostItier. from a wise foe, are founded on some
system. The present system of the British sristo-
craf ~ nnf IN Of hnld or aif.cL hlif of al.