New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-22
FRANCE-EUROPE
Reaction Triumphant -Deeentrniizau"nD '"
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Psrs Cor Of To. Trbsne Pans lh"f-'as' ~ ~
The only special news this week IS that oi ih'
vote of the Legislative Assembly which annuis 'iH
last vote of the Constituent Assembly sbohsiiln-
the tax On wines and spirits majority OF a.
against 900 has decided that the tax shall be maj"
tanned Tie Ga,eNe Of Fronce observes that a.
the measures Of the revolutionary Government and
the Constituent Assembly have been abohsheo
with the single exception OF the hrst winch az
clared, on the 25th Of February, rithom The consent
Of tie PcoDle, that Frame was II Repubhc' oased
on the principle Of universal suffrage aud the soVe
reignty Of the people
The Reaction is pursuing rs plans and iis pos
with undisiurbed success The general system
becomes more evident as IT'S details carried out
The chief idea with regard to France is that Of $50
lating the Provinces from Socialist communication
with Paris and the larger cities DictatOria Powe
is given to the Pr,t,ts Governors OF Provinces md
the military police is placed IN their hands to exc
cute their arbitrary viii. To cut OIL the asrcul,u
raj population from the intellectual atmosphere a.
the cities, is the grand strstagcm OF the Royois'
Coalition What will be the ultimate success g.
the plan, remains t. be declared by time. The
poor country schoolmss,ers are the wholesale VIC
tins Of this organized system Of persecution and
intellectual quarantine The forty seven thousand
commanes or parishes OF France are to be- con,
ple,cly weeded OF these pcstilential elements
Italy and Germany are still in the same unset
tied state The Pope will no, or dare act retuu.
u Rome The diplomacy OF Europe is greatly
embarrassed with the Roman and Italian question
The holy alliance, 1t is ruInored. medtates new
division Of the Italian States which would break
up the temporal kingdom OF the Pope, and ieay,
him the eternal city ony AS neutral home for tht
successor OF St Peter.
The balance Of powe, would be thus disturbed
and new combinations OF fewer aud more powerful
kingdoms opposed to the nvasions of democracy
Who is to be favored and who despoied by tn,
new settlement that is the difficulty Nothing Is
yet positively known OF the projected plans, but
the journals put forth ieelers this subject. Mon
arches are alarmed by the progress " republican
opinions They are preparing nor struggle VIII
Democracy before il overpowers them.
Let nc examine the general state Oi the ques
ton II must be evident u all rejecting minds
that great il mot final struggle has commenced
between the two opposite principles OF liberty aud
despetsna authority aud freedom property and ia
bot or more correctly. rent and salary. THIS oppo
siton is moi limited t. politics alone 1t run
throughout the scale of social and religious nsiitu
tons. aud maniiests a crisis In the natural develop
ment OF aud ot society upon globe. Al
hurope has been shaken bN the revolution ana
America Will not remain unmoved by the expo
Sion of IDEAS which has burst upon the world Of
mind
IL would be- pucrle and barreu curiosity ~ study
facts as they occur in France or England. Genna
many az Italy, Russia Hungary and Turkey "a
mere dramatic scenes 10 furnish with daily
9aaRtN@s OF emotion and excitement We IA
Europe are involved IN the Immediate action it.
consequences fall upon us Instantly rs they occur
You are somewhat differently situated as speCta
Tors in America, but not the less involved IN uln
mate, and not perhaps remote results arising ironi
the agitation here.
Our earth Is one ard sll the races OF the eartl
are bound in one common community upon It's sar
face Nothing at Importance can occur 10 one o.
the great members oi the bOdy OF humanity. with
cut affecting meiately or immediately the welfare
ct al other nations. To Judge Of the importance
therefore and the nature nj a revelation IN one par
OF the world. We must view II iron the nights o.
universal principles and progress a. understand
rs character and its inevitable influence upon more
distant lands and populations, we must snayxe IT.
elements and follow out the consequences OF their
gradual Development Without this previous labor
We are liable ~ err in Judging principles and dos
trinss' tscts aud Pchcy, from a narrow o. one
sided view
With shetpsrnission OF your resders l viii enter
anto some general considerations Of principle and
policy, % enable them to understand my motives
and my reasons Cor thc sentiments aud the opinions
given in these letters
The speculative nature N these considerations
may perhaps appear, h sosue micds foreign 10 the
question Of local revolution, such as that az Eu
rope The fact Is otherwise Not % travel ,xoari
IN oalfs n ghsa brh, g..
! will however be rapid and as brief a.
possible In my preliminary generahties They
VIII consist Of cursory view Of the following qaes
tions
lat The present state Of the globe and its inhsb-
tants
ID. The nature and aim OF human progress up~
Sd. The opposite laws OF liberty aud ct necessity
+th. Their equal legitimacy and proportional ss
Sen3sncy.
sth Necessity recedes as liberty advances
9Th The revolutionary struggle in Eurpe be
tween the pr'neiples Of social liberty snd P0hticS
necessity.
It'll Why We should side with freedom sgsinst
deslUtisni. peace against war labor against mo
noioly and rent education against ignorance "
pabhcan union and federation sgsinst rovsl nstiou
ahty, large standing armies, and diplomatic bal
snce o power"
These questions cannot be developed in one
letter II viii be necessary 10 refer 10 them sue
cessively in the discussion Of events
The present state of the globe is not exactly that
Of an immense desert ha, Il is far rom benz; that
OF well inhabited and richly cultivated gsrdcnL-
IL Is too thickly peopled IN some parts and toe
thinly ia others oycrcQltyated IN n few small
spots and thoroughly neglected in reglcus Of ana
mense extent There is 10 intentional rebellion
against the commandment to be fruitful and rnul
sipy and replenish the earth and subaae il !" bat
there is a want Of will and understanding IA fulfil
the Word Thence II u necessity invsdes and n
risa'ss ,he heart u liberty, " iorcs j, 70 expand