New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-12
Europe.

The News from Europe. which fis large psr'
Of this mornings Tribune. is interesting aud oni
nous In FRANCE especially i, seems hardly pos
sibis that q revolutionary outbreak should much
l,nger be avoided The Government, driven on By
the necessity which has controlled its ent re career
ks 90 many months aud which grows bu. the more
imperative as one sscriice after another IS made
70 its iusatiste demands. ia employing degree Of
tyranny which only insanity could resort To- II Is
about 70 divide France into four military depart
unents. and authorize the General u command OF
each 10 proclaim martial law as he may think i'd
visable. Gen. Gemean who rules al Lyons " hose
martial law has been in force since June. bas CIV
en- q foretaste OF the mild blessings which this nc"
system will dispense over the whole Republic
Among other socialist aud dangerous publications
which he Judges UNSAFE for the mental stomschs q
that city ia Lsmartine's Girondists--a compliment
which we presume be does not pay to the more re-
cent writings Of that author More than this would
scarcely be possible. even under the censorship Of
Rnssia. 90 much as this the French cannot long
submit 10.
We have hoped and inclined to believe that
France would escape from her present false position
by the peaceful operation Of the next election But
the obstinate determination Of the government to
force on an occasion for destroying the republican
constitution seems to preclude the possibility OF
anything bat O new revolution. The vast military
preparations made to suppress any rising among
the people by no means render 1t certain that the
explosion will be kept under. Charles y was
prepared in the same way Louis Philippe had Paris
full Of troops and yet both OF those gentlemen
made poor headway at the hour OF tnsl II Is
worth noticing. too, that they were both delosed
and driven forth. and the destinies Of France com
mitted TO new hands, just us they imagined them
selves best guarded and most able TO overwhsn
every motion of discomfort When they said that
insurrection was at hand and that they were ready
fr It it came, and they and their defenders disaP
pesred. Louis Napoleon and his advisers say the
same thing what the upshot will be, few weeks
viii inform us.
At Rome tho people nobly keep the Republic
alive In their affections however ii may be tramPod
on by governors. soldiers and policemen. The dc
tails We publish from that city are emnently wor.
thy of reflection. Even the outrages that have
attended the Carniva which has for once grown
into fsstiva OF quite gous earnestness,-sttest
the persistence with which those ardent Italian
hearts cling 10 the idea Of freedom aud progress.
Those outragss VIII doubtless be harPed upon by
those whose faith in republican liberty cannot reach
go far as To comprehend the inhabitants OF the Ro
man States. But let them not forget that hardly
any individual crime can be hall 50 heinous as that
Of which the Roman people as whole, have 6eeu
and stil are the victims that no single evil can
approach the magnitude Of the outrage perpet aied
upon them when their RICH, to conduct their own
Political affairs and determine their own political
rights was drowned in their blood and buried II
the grave Of their brethren Let not the less be
condemned without condemnation tor the greater.
In Gemsny the King 81 Prussia has sworn t
the consultation of tina, Kingdom, aud It now may
be said TO DO launched in its new career. King
dons have been 90 launched before, but have no
gSne far in safety. Who Knows whethe- Prussi'
Win be moro ior,unatef