The New York herald., 1851-12-29


polsen and his forces. the coalition Of France
would not bs bit better, nor nearer 10 the point
of democratic institutions. A military government
similar to the present. would succeed the defeat Of
Napoleon and his troops. But the truth is, there
seems to be no prosp<ct, st present, that Sufficient
force can be raised among the opponents Of Nspo-
leon, even to create civil war in France. The
other despots, with their million and half of stand
ing armies, are decidedly in his favor, and win
listen to no complaints from those who have been
bsnished from France.
The comp d'ttat of Napoleon is natural event in
the history of France AID Of Europe. During tho
several former revolutions, the standing army Of
France remained almost neutral Every epseste
was commenced by the oSurivs, and the barriosdes
were managed BY certain bands of the National
Guard; while the troops Of the line, whose
business it was to fight, looked on in idleness
and stupor, till nearly the close Of every contest
Tho military Of France have just discovered
. great secret. They have ct length ascer.
tanned that they possess within themselves the
elements Of strength and force beyond that Of all
those unorganised or sudden revolutionists. There
can be no doubt that the recent military revolution
in France ID deeplaid design, formed By the lead
ers Of the army. using Louis Napoleon merely
a. name and 81 mbol in the new destiny and the
new fate which await the French people With
an army of three hundred thousand men, and
centralized civic force Of i've hundred thousand
Office holders, with supreme power in the depart
ments in Paris-these two forces, military and civil,
forming nearly million Of men in possession Of
power, with tact, and determination, and courage,
and want of principle and plenty of
can hold France ss long ss the Roman army held
the empire Of Rome, from the time of Augustus
Caesar to Augustulus.
The true philosophical reading Of France and
Europe is very different from, and very opposite TO-
that which Kossuth has given to these events
Europe in its civilization, morals, state of society,"
government, politics, is, in some respects, in pre-
ciseIy the same position as it was when Augustus
became master Of ancient homo, under the au-
thority Of the Roman arms, or the Pr@torian
Guards. AL Europe is now under military despot-
ism. Standing armies, amounting in the sggre-
gate to two millions of men, with centralized civic
Office holders probably equal in al to three millions
moro, are now in possession of all power over the
three hundred millions Of people in Europe; and
that power, BY the same system, they can keep in
their possession for the present century, and per-
haps for two three centuries more, as the Lower
tary organizations What is there to oppose the
union of such physical and such civic force,
combining everything in religion, in commerce,
in trade, in power, and Generalization, all for the
same end The democrats Of France have,
on several occasions, tried their hand as self
government, and particularly previous to the cleo
tion of Louis Napoleon, and have shown themselves
deplorably ignorant, imprscticable, absurd, and
unequal to the task. The republicans of Germany,
of Hungary, Of Italy, Of the whole Continent, fur.
nished the same deplorabls instances Of incapscty
for selfgovernment. Now that the despots, with
their two millions Of men, have the whole Continent
under their heels, what can these impracticsbe do
mocras broken into violent personal factions-what
can they do! All the mon of commerce and trade,
who care nothing for political theories or religious
opinions, will unite, and support the military
governments, France included The immense
armies will keep down all ssneaes--all insurrec-
tions-and the terror which they will carry
throughout Europe will only the more enable them
to establish . new Roman Empire, on q larger
scale, with five heads and ten horns," all
united on the same great principle, and i'm
bued with the same selfish purposes. No
matter if Louis Napoleon is ssssssinated to-
day--the army will put another in his place, as
the Pr@torian Guards did in Rome. If the EN-
peror Of Russia loses his lite the next day, the
Emperor of Austria be substituted for another the
day after, the military regime has discovered its
row or over modern civilization; and the military
regime combined with the Capitalization Of the
civil Offices, will continue that government as long
as the same system and the Same elements con-
tnued it during the decline and fall of the Roman
Empire The telegrsp ph, printing, steam--all the
great hysical and intellectual Improvements Of the
age-only tend to give strength and unity to that
old Roman system Of government which has been
revived, improved, and enlarged n our own day.
These, we contend, are the correc. and philoso
pAica conclusions which ought TO be taken of the
cent events in Europe, if read history with due
consideration, and have no object in view but that
ofinstruc,ipg humanity and the present age In
fact instead Of arguing Mt all for the return Of the
republican era by these recent events, as Kossuth
wants US to believe, we ought to look further in
spect to our own interests in this country, and the
preservation OF the institutions which have been
crested on this continent from the hostile inroads
that the despots Of Europe win soon enter.
tain against us. Here is the hot-bed and the
source Of all the democracy which hitherto has
sgi,a,ed so fruitlessly in Europe; and it is much
more ukely tnat tnese 'ihuics'o, m@n~i"1', es'"-
cious despots Of Europe, with all their military and
naval power, may combine against the liberties
and interests Of the United States than that they
will fall victims to any nsurrection or tn any war Of
the democracy within their own limits.
The views of Kossuth on the French revolution
are the views Of an eloquent sophist-zOt Of clear,
practical comprehensive intellect the inductiens Of
q small ward politcian-nOt Of philosophic states
man and we trust that no one will take his sudden
and Aghty fancies these public affairs for the solid
deductions of awakezed intellect from terrible facts
We would advise him aud his friends to turn their at
tention to sober reatiesbot sOphistres absurdties,
and improbabilitss however ane in language. novel
In thought or eloquent in delivery Let them all take
lesson from their arani. cowio, old Governor u
hsxy-.lei them 20 to the West buy farms, turn far
mara and rracfical nhilosonhera. and Kossnth may