The New York herald., 1850-03-12

pers in this country and TO merchants IN California
1t will be ssen by this table, that an immense
quantity Of nearly every description of merchandise
has been shipped from this port; and when we take
into consideration the fact that Boston IS much
more extensively engaged iR this trade than New
York, and that the shipments from that port have
been nearly double those from this, we can form a
pretty correct opinion of the aggregate extent Of
the trade during the year ls49
The Foreign News-Position OF France
Probable Attempt at HevOiutiOn.
The steamship Canada arrived at this port yes
terday, and brought our foreign exchanges and
eouespcndence The details of the interesting
European intelligence which reached us by this ar
rival, VIII be found at length IN our columns, else
where, The empires, kingdoms and States of
Europe are in the old quiet condition, kept in or
der by two millions of soldlers-but underneath, a
terrible eruption is preparing
The mos. important feature Of this intelligence
is that connected with the French republic. LOUIS
Napoleon is a fast man. He has travelled over the
same ground, in eighteen months, which 1t took
Louis Philippe eighteen years TO do. He is evil
denty losing strength and popularity; and the masses
Of the people, and all the other factions, daily
becoming more discontinued. They feel that, as
far as betterng their condition is concerned, they
have gained nothing by the revoluuon-that they
have only changed masters-and that they are
much oppressed under the republic Of Louis Napo-
leon as they were under the monarchy Of Louis
Philippe. The change kas been only in name; and
being bent on achieving an underlined degree Of
political and social liberty, they seem determined
not 10 rest until they IT, This feeling, this
yearning after republicanism, not confined to
Paris, but prevails throughout all the departments,
and has operated on the elections, and also on the
army, TO a greater or less extent. The government
of the prevalence Of this spirit of radical
iepublicanism, and were taking measures, at the
last accounts, to repress IT.
Things were accordingly approaching a crisis IN
The capital Our intelligence from thence is TO the
twenty-iirst OF February, at which time the radical
democrats were making preparations for grand
and imposing demonstration, which was to take
place - the twenty fourth Of the same month, one
day after the sailing of the steamship from Liver
pool. The government feared this demonstration,
and were adopting military measures to prevent
any breach OF the peace, or any demonstration Of
political character hostile to the government. II
;he ultra democrats persisted in their determina-
ton 20 hold their demonstration, and the govern
men, in theirs to suppress or prevent H. IT has led,
in all probability before this, TO serious trouble, If
not bloodshed and anarchy. 1t resembles very
much the state Of feeling and the circumstances
which prevailed in Paris a few days before the
downfall of Louis Philippe. !, will be recollected
that the radicals, democrats, and even royalists,
of that day. announced their determination TO hold
some reform banquets in opposition to the govern
ment-the government determined 10 put them
down-a collision ensued. and the result was
the fight OF LOUIS Philippe, the sacking Of the
Tuleres, and the establishment of provisional
government.
If a COLLISION similar to that which occurred
previous to the establishment Of the provisional
government, has taken place, We may, with good
reason, expect TO hear exciting intelligence from
that country by the next arrival. The people may
have trIumphed, OF the government may have
uiumphed but if the former, we may, with con-
6dence, expect that revolution, al revolution
not bloodless one like the last-has taken place,
the ultimate results Of which will not be confined
10 Pans or TO France, bot which will sweep over
Europe, and again convulse the whole Of that con-
tnent The people have been deceiyed-they cor
slider themselves cheated and humbugged out Of
the advantages which they considered themselves
entitled to by the revelation which deposed Louis
Philippe, and the next revelation will not like the
last be bloodlsss one. On the contrary, there is
every probability that 1t VIII exceed 10 the amount
Of bloodshed and executions, any that has ever
taken place in that country, not excepting even
the fis,. Those who have ruled will be swept
away like chafE-ihe capitalists, the bankers, the
nobility, the boHygcoas all will be decapitated-an
appeal win be made TO the democratic spirit
throughout the whole Of Europe, armies will be
equIpped, and every nation IN the old world, Eng-
land included, wal feel the shock, and perhaps
share the same fate. All national debts will be
repudiated and spouged swey-s church and State
establishments viii be abolished-all laws for the
benefit of the few expunged-in word. the whole
continent will be deluged with blood, and the sins
Of centuries bloiltd out with the existence Of the
orpressors, remote and immediate. Government
and society will be reduced to chaos, and when
full aionemeni has been made, and the dreadful
storm shall have abaied-when a sufiiciency Of
blood shall have been shed-when terrible lesson
shall be taught the oppressors Of humanity, thai
will be remembered for centuries afterwards,
new order Of things viii be created that will last for
ages.
Horrible AZ this picture is, there is no use in
closing our eyes 10 the fact that sooner or later,
such state Of things as we have depicted, must,
In the na,ure Of things, take place. Nor can any
one cay when ], may be Precipiisted on Europe
IL may have been commenced before this. II il
is true, as has been said, that the French army is
extensively Infected with this ultra democratic
Spirit, apd the government has attempted to sup
press the democratic demonstration winch was 20
take place on the twentyfourih Of las, month, and
a collision ensued between the people and the
government. that government may be now extinct,
and the drayeas rouge may at this insian, be
floating from every tower, steeple and liberty tree
throughout France.
With these views. then, we look for the next
sfriysi rom Turope with no ordinary interest
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