New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-28

Europe and especially France rs center now
wears a dark and critical aspect The majority IN
the Assembly at Pans pursue without cessation q
course Of madness which cannot fail % meet q So
nal end Like men secure Of power forever. rush
ing from one at Of tyranny - another they DO not
fear 10 outrage liberty aud defy the people as y
they were a nation n slaves and not Of revolution
lists One imposition follows another freedom Is
volated and restricted, now here now there ana
every effort toward the emancipation Of LABOR an'
the abolition Of paupensn il asssed with the hatred
Of fapaticism and the weight Of established author
ity The parties ia power seem bent on nothing
bat provoking the most ruthless violence hereafter
and when in the future the world Is called upon n
Join in o cry Of horror at the fury Of popular eS
cessess let those who are loudest IN condemnation
no, forget by whom OF how the gui.lotIne has been
sharpened and the headsman made imPlaoab.e
quite a. little let the historian who then depore'
the ruin Of powerful kingdoms, forget who tore
away the bonds Of society snd labored with mex
plicsble blindness to render necessary the irrup
tion of those swarms Of barbarians which Provi-
dence has waiting in the North and East
The common purpose VI the ruling parties ~
France is u force premature revolution ma
in putting it down u put down the Constitution and
universal suffrage. But they do not agree among
the mselves agree as they may in favor Of Socialism
aud OF the people Napoleon wants 70 be emperor the
legtimsts and ultra Catholic party want Henry ',
Guizots party want the Count do Paris Ihey
may thus fail OF their purpose through the want OF
unity and the Constitution and universal suffrage
live undestroyed till another election Heaven
grant that i may be SO Then we should see
peaceful revolution through the ballot box the
Socialist democrats. instead OF returning 70 the As
semby $40 members out oi7OO, as at The last cleo
ton. would return at least 500. and liberty would
be restored aud so fortified with positive insttu
tons that it could never again be put down, aud
Europe would indeed begin anew career.
But these are not times FOR such vaticina,ion-
The excitement Ia France il too intense, party feel
ing too bitter the danger too deep and instant 10
make such an issue probable. revolution is
threatened before an election comes on, which viii
not be for two years. Tho question then is which
side the army will take that OF the monarchlsts
or Of the people There is little room for doubt on
that point The Army is drawn from among the
people aud has the same feelings aud wishes 1t
join any plot To overthrow universal suffrage Il
it did not support Louis Philippe will ii support
Louis Napoleon
But in that day OF passion let loose OF battle to
the death. when all acts Of violence, of blood and
of oppression aud every blot of Disgrace rise up
demanding To be avenged, what viii be the fate Of
those insstiste plotters The fate their acts aud
their folly now necessarily invoke
What is true OF France is true OF almost all tho
Continent. Italy, Germany Hungary each coun
try has its own sanguinc account 20 settle
Why. now that il is possible will not the rulers
OF these nations avoid tins coming tempest 10y
timely reform aud by opening their hands to do
justice Because they are insane with the lust
Of power aud the obstinocy OF privilege aud dom
inion