The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-12-01
Affairs on the Other Side of the Atlantic.
The European Dispatches TO the n. Y. Herald.
Our London Correspondence.

The Past and Preseat-- Congress Of IVrs1lc--
The Approaching R'voisti0n-- The Failure of
Stcifsutaad- What she ought 10 do-bYhat the
United States should do, Sc
was, and am, opposed TO Gen. Clss's resolution
IN reference 10 Austria. was, and ann, equally OPP
posed TO Mr. Hunters speech az insi Il. In respect
to the resolution, il proposed to offend foreign
power for past brutality, by suspendilg diplomatic
relations, and giving the reasons Of the act. This
any country has clear right 90 do, in spite OF Vat
tel, Grotus, and Pnfiendoh for agree with Mr.
'Roebuck, and with the Emperor Of Russia that it
Is rather late in the day to talk about any subsist
ing law OF nations. | think, also, that IL is almos
time for the United States TO begin enactng aud
-expounding something hike conformity between
international law and the lis hts Of man. The
mover of the resolution Of the Commons approving
of Lord Palnerstons foreign policy aud of course
ATS authorized exponent CHR. Roebuck, June 20
said, "The law Of nations take TO De, accurately
speaking, no law. IL is a 81 stem OF general mo-
faiity, IN which the la IL, ut necessity, depending
father upon the discretion of cOunlrs, than 10 De
settled by any tribunal, where there ~ no tribunal
appointed" The Whole cooe h a chaos, and has
sTavltAed utterly below the reach of any slandard
OF morality whatever, even one general" aud
.oromiscuous as that OF leading member of The
majority OF the British Hodse Of Commons Seaa-
tor Hunter should have abstsined from the tenpta-
lion OF learning altogether, aud turned has hae
talents TO another view of the case. He should
have instantly seen, what G-n. C4ss never collt
see, that the responsibility Of a world Is upon the
United States, and that she meet that respon-
sibiiity with an undivided front The Uaited
Estates, from and after the year 1850 Of the Chns-
tan era, TIL the complete dominion OF the earth
by her republican system, is the osly foe, bat the
necessary foe, Of the whole Euro al sysie m, as
much of England and Russia VI > itia and Aus
iria Ailthe despots of Europe have dalted against
n one nd Fafs.r I'D,
rs OF the first importance that the United States
should be also perfectly united Nov, without the
proof affoTd.d by the fate Of the resolution AZ
evident TO even BODY that n Il Al passed the Sc
matt, the American parties would have been divided
upon II. Wings wsuld have gone az liasJ Il gener-
ally and democratsa at the South especially, would
not have been cordial IN Its support Thus, Gen.
Cass would have furnished as the spectacle Of a
divided country ia the very CONNIE nee ineut Of q
provocauon thrown AT Europe, now in the attitude
OF aggressor. The people Of the Uaitsd States are
Smlnently sensible, and they were not TO be rallied
10 measure viii h came er psi ticio, and literally
neither pttvenGed nor repaired any outrage. The
president aud Senate ct The United Stales-the
executive the government IN every sense under
She federal constitution, had been too lttc. Hun
gary was deed her blood and ashes; save the
few leaders and their followers who lied To Turkey,
ana the bend whose treason tiounsnrd In flli sue
Cess. The people would have SAID, IL is useless,
haffy d'gniatd, now 10 resent the catastrophe
that the American Extcstive III, ght have altogether
cuTned aside. Its recognition ~ The Romia repub-
nc, and OF the nationality OF Hungary the spring
OF ISly, would have changed entirely the present
eaCe of Europe, and in all hum IN pro ,4bhy m lde
Il family OF republics, with veslige OF crow1,
chrome, Scepre, prince, King czar. or emperor,
snainlng 10 insult aad degrade mshsind tor other
ages.
The people of the United States, especially the
rising pOrion Of 1t, while they VIII decide to DO
their duly most efficiently to mank'nt, have to
dread, above all things, false posiiDu at the out
set OF that Struggle between despousm ami re-
ipubbcunism which has only commenced The
answer 10 was, we are In ths presence Of the
greatest crisis which has ever da WED upon the
human race. aud We must first matte Tor which
purpose nothing lie wauiisg hut the coming attacks
II Austria ana ner al Ies the weak a0d r-plbii-
States OF tnt contiueut, or some prDl- ,trd va
suit personally leveitd az u. We mrsg all unlte.
Not man FL ould De tstranged fson his fellow ~.
puoic sns in the whole circuit OF he Union. We
10 hUld ourselves Ieedy 10 resgnsd to the vefy
inst appeal ircia the Swiss, the Picdmonese. tue
Free Towns, or, above ali, from France. against
inyasi, froni the despos of Europe destroy free
government That i,ne OF reflection, no doubt, had
.Ls eject ~ The senate, Is n htt GA the people
And there is 10 need Of impotence; the hour Is At
hsnd; and u - the gro Slng conviction OF the
liberals here, that IN, UBitto Stit~5 viii do tor
Earope what Franc did Tor her NOR tnin three
sccne years HgO. bsye OiIeu thou4ht u was a
City that Jei IsOH was NOT retained 90 France as
foreign miniser throughou' her revolution. issledt
Of beng taken home Secretary of SINE. The
fate Of France might have bren vastly different, 10
Consequence % tnr presrnie Of The an nor ~ the
been tn fate q The CO federation, d Jefferson htd
40 got home usi ia time 90 save a from the per-
nicious ftiisc,s of the Hlminpi ecnOUl. The
civil chief 81 the Amefican IL Vniutinn. he nOtuay
carried the Cuuutry through a.; bat n s1ccreirf,
with the good seuse ~ fhe pcuTr, 10 tOundinG
yearly al that Is valuable Ia The Poicy aud ddnn-
istratiou ot ihe gOyernnen- " he fisil hat sue
cUPdtd. the glorious Unlun ~ Anrricdn > dtes hid
been pale satellite ~ aBcieHt dyaasttes, and oc-
cHpy now has A mere corner OF he's magnificent To-
meio, instead 81 standing oa tFo oceans, VITA
,~oalniensuc- aIVsys towsrds hasveu, yet never
rveTed frcm mankind. Bat Jefferson, DID he
live would y receive, at glance, the present ex-
.srnal cfisi-, aud proceed insanuy 10 idAngurhte
the foreign policy 0f his couniry, taste id at stand
Ig, like tnc tTsUIpling Ulyssss, waiting has turn To
be devOurvd win D,s conpia,ons Uuder h,s aus
ysces, the Anericla repuoiic would instantly as
sociaIe herssN on the most inllin .te terms, with
those of Europe; and shake oil, ~ the same mo-
nient all hope ~ the enemy. I should like 10
NOW Tor example. Whist KIND IT a reception the
fraudulent advances u Engidud, Russia, or Austria,
or other parties 10 the Thieves alliance, wodli OBJ
tain from j. trson, secretary ct State. or Pest
DENT OF tn Uni,ed states, IA this year. with
9E 1000. 600 Il people, more than eqsti 10 % WO,OO
Europeans. aud with a naval torcc watch. IN
tive years, viii register double the s,eam.rs
Of the rect tf the world, and step hlugh1ly
ON every wave Of every seal Would thew
lind him dcmlralized and coafdsrd, or weak
accomplice 81 thelr mO1siTons audtclV towards
civilization entire No, no Long siace, Jehsr-
son had BEEN busy inaugufatng, with the same
sup4cme VISION that Gu iracterzed his domestic
soBcg, grand system OF solioatiog With France,
tiwtysr land, Piedmont, aud the Free Towns aud
ne would be now the night hald 81 Turkey, Every
one OF his diplomatic corps would have had 10 FUR
aish a tue VA regular account OF his d0ngs and
rhe dongs 81 others lDstead Of that purld iss OF
lies and siupiditv, which, with rare exceptons,
ever since ISis, has infected the shelves Of Mr..
Websters oiiice, the people would have received,
an the call oi their representatives. ~ Congress,
rrinted copies Of tina correspondence, aud would
have employed themselves IN forming the deci-
-fon--tle final decision OF the Model kepublc upon
ne fate Of Europe. Immortal Jettrrson uaiil the
hase Of his native mountains shall be shaken, 30
shaIl stand his fame.
m was perfectly correct for me 10 say, TO the
,.sders Of the Herald, that the only serious thug
an Europe was the Congress Of Warsaw. The
thinking Of each others tails, by those silly DAVIS
sfPfussia and Austria, Is intended to as IS
he teapot storm, IN England, about the Po2e's in
,s.sion ID IL True that Austria and Prussia medi-
go the creation Of large arnaments for the p1r-
,ose ol crushing the democracy. Bankrupt Aus