The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-19

. srish." They needed not England when they sci
US recognition, ships, men, and money They al
practising upon the lessons Of our own teaching.
+ Il 10 new period in the history Of the worlc
ana we are imperionsiy called upon to suit con
, duct to the emergency. say new period, for il
one Of new doctrines. We Americans are apt /
think that we have settled the doctrine of reyolu
tion, at least for ourselves. confess am anxiou
70 see i settled for the worlo yet il 10 questioned
the high places Of the earth. The kings OF Europ
own use, with suitable definitions and illustrations
u we consult the former, we find that revolution
Il means perturbation or disoder and, on c0nsulln,
the illustrations, appears that the French republic
though based on universal suffrage, is perturba
tom the Roman republic, based on the same princi
pie, was perturbation; Hungarian independence i
perturbation; German liberty and Poiish liberty ar
pcrturbatons; even Irelands cry for bread is per
turbaton; and the suppression Of all these IL dent
cal with order in Europe.
The definition is made 10 appear 30 just, that i
mas LED to an attempt at an Interpolation in the laws
4 Of nations. A few years since, remember, the
champions Of English policy and ambition in Indis
published, as a doctrine Of international law, thai
| when neighborlng nations become troublesome by
contiguiy, or disordered for the want Of efficient
governments, they must be conquered, and efficient
governments must be established over them, upon
the legal principle that they in the eye Of The iss
public substances, and therefore liable to be abaied
Russia republished the doctrine in reference TO
hungary. Austria and Prussia hailed il as spc-
cifc for the ills of central Europe and the advo-
Gates OF monarchism re-echoed it through the world
! convenient and noble apology this for the am
bition Of Russia Il sends her arrniea across the
Asiatic continent. L spreads them from the Black
sea to the Caspian. II precipitaes them upon Hun.
gary. Il fartitioned Poland, and makes Russia
hight even for her ruins. II caused the car to re-
joice over the fall Of Rome and weep over the de-
fence Of Venice. II makes Russia party to all
1 the revolutionary nf nd M nno N
tell under the operation of this doctrine, how long
before Turkey must be conquered by reason OF
her troublesome contiguity, which shuts the Rus
sian fleet from the Mediterranean !; and even Aus
tria, because she removes the step further
from dominion IN western Europe.
II this doctrine be true then let it be applied in
its length and BREADTH Let Europe rise in arms
against that mighty Colossus which now overstrides
both Europe and ASIA and by troublesome coniiguty
threatens the liberty and civilization Of the world,
and compels many cities be converted into great
forts and powder magazines, in defence against the
troublesome ambition Of Russia.
| The spirit which actuated the monarchs of Eu-
rope 10 plainly exhibited in the manifestoes which
they issued during the late European revolutions,
Or IN royal parance, disorders and perturbations.
In his manifesto, which followed the French revol-
ton Of February, 1846, the Emperor Of Russia
makes revolution synonymous with "insurrec-
tion anarchy" and blind fury 7, sees the west
of Europe suddenly given over TO perturbatons," /"
and concludes with the following solemn and sono-
rous peroration in Latin:
Nobiscum Deus! saudiie, popui, ct pirein,n,ini ;
quia nobiscum Deus" God is with US Listen, ye
nations, and submit; for God is with us.
Bur, in the progress Of events, French disorder
reached Hungary; and then came the second mani
feso OF the emperor, which looks upon revolutions
as " turmoils,n disturbancesn . /" criminal scduc-
non, "hcenliousness and waywardness;' - and upon
the revoutonists as Polish traitors, . q swarms of
deserters and vagabonds from other lands,n and
" reckless men,
But the manifesto Of the young Austrian emperor
OF May H. lS49, surpasses all in the temper which
il breathes and the choice epi,he.s with which il
abonnds. With him revolutions are "villanous,r y
abominable plans," "foreign sedition," "sinful
Vaccinations !" and the revolutionists are "unprn-
cipled demsgogues" g outcasts Of foreign lands, !"
adventurcrs and disturbers Of the peace,n " men
destitute Of property and morals, whose only bond
o. s union Is cnmnality Of purpose;" and finally
Be i remembered, then, that in these latter days il
Is sinful, abominabe, and vanous TO fight for lib
erty; and such men as Lamartine and Arago, 10
France; Mszzini and Garibaldi. in Italy Kossuth,
O'Bnen, in ireland Hecker and Blum, in Germa.
ny, are vsgabonds, outcasts, adventurers, public
disturbcrs, unpnncipled and reckless men. Yet il
required the combined power OF Austria and Russia
an army Of four hundred thousand men in Hungary
alone, to subdue such as these, sustained though
" swarms Of dcsercrs."
Under such circumstances, to how much conf
dence for truth and fairness these imperial bullet
ins cntitledi Happily for the cause OF human lib
erty, the printing press will now admit Of royal
charter, by which monarchs ars allowed TO define
the rights Of mankind to falsiy the history of their
own expressions, and suppress those great events
which, by their importance, become the property Of
the world.
beg leave to call the attention of the House mora
particularly to the Russian and Austrian manifestoes
above alluded 70, political curiositcs, and that
they may be seen, read, and judged by themselves.
feel justified in urging, further that the recogn.
ton Of Hungary by the American President was a
debt which we owed TO the cause Of civilization.
would by no means involve this government in a
mere crusade against other nations in the name Of
civilization; but yet the world will justly hold
sponsIbe for the use or neglect Of those means
which Providence has placed in our hands for the
benefit Of mankind Our republic, with the splendid
fabric Of its laws and institutions, in part the
offspring OF the worlds sympathies. Here is debt
which cannot be repaid with silence when the world
is threatened with Russian barbarian.
know the appropriateness OF that term, az applied
to the civilization Of Russia has been doubted. That
Is question which | shall not now discuss. She
may have her st. Petersburg and Moscow; but, as
an American, will not hesitate 10 use that term
which the nations Of Europe do not hesitate ospply
to the masses Of Russia, from which her armed
barbarian, and barbarian cruelty and Vandalism are
said to follow their conquenng arms.
AZ no time in the last century has Russia threat
ened more seriously the liberty OF Europe than at
this moment She has penetrated into Asia far
beyond the footsteps Of all ancient conquerors,
Roman or Greek. She has planted her monuments
Of victory upon the shores Of Kamschatka. She
has traversed the straits OF Bshring and holds
fast upon our own continent. Her circle over the
habitabc parts OF the globe is more Than half COM
pleted. With the conqu st of Hungary, she has
made giant stride towards the goal Of her ambi-
ton. Austria 10 already fallen into her ambitious
arms, and is almost Russian dependency. Whcr-
ever Austria is in Europe, there henceforh Is Rus.
sia; and the influence Of the latter must now be felt
in Germany, Venice, Lombardy, and the Roman
States. One short step over Germany will place
her upon the banks Of the Rhine; one over Sardinia,
at the foot Of the Alps. This s the result Of Russian
Intervention in the Hungarian struggle, but not the
whole result. The conquest Of Hungary has brought
Russia arm in arm with Austria TO the northern