The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-08

I two provinces This has been protested against
by Prussia; and we are told by the papers that II
Denmark persists IN the erection Of these custom
houses, it will render friendly feeling between
Prussia and Denmark quite impossible. Fudge
Both governE. nts must now obey the orders of
their master-.the Emperor Of Russia. 1t will. in.
deed, render a friendly feeling by the people Of
king as dsp
We further see that the poor little State of Meek
| lenburg has been obliged TO consent TO give quar-
tiers for the winter TO four thousand Austrian horse
| An Austrian army has also entered the free town
OF Hamburger, which they have az much right to
enter as they would 10 take possession of London.
The Austrian government is determined, in order
TO suppress I" smuggling" To make 1t q crime, in
stead OF, as al present, misdemeanor, aad crime
| in Austria is matter of life and death We be-
| lieve that good many English goods are struggled
INTO Austria. so, the smugglers had better look
| ahead.
| All over Italy the absolulists are rampant. The
Afhensum, though usually avoiding politics, con-
tains letter from Naples, by which il appears that
the people are reduced TO state of absolute sia-
| very All foreign books, of whatever nature, are
prohibited. In Rome the Pope and cardinals are
IN perpetual state Of trePidalion His holiness,
who has so terrified weak people In England of
late, recently asked the French commander whe.
ther 1t would not be prudent for him-the Pope-io
retire 10 Gaeta again Other accounts revive the
report that his holiness contemplates abdcating;
and 1t seems toleraby certain that some of the
| French soldiers have been fraternizng with the
| Roman people. Conspiracies spoken of every
day, and in their terror, the cardinals commit hosts
| OF people, men and women, on the most tri-
| fling pretexts, to Jail, where they remain with
little chance Of liberation till Mazzini and Carl.
baldl set them free. This is not, perhaps. so inn
probable contingency as appears at first sight.
Garabald is coming over from New York with
| ship or two hlied with troops, which are 10 make
a descent somewhere on the coast of Italy, and
that is TO be the signal for general rising and, as
some say slaughter OF every priest the insurgents
can lay their hands upon. Ii is certain, we believe
that Mazzini is at Geneva. He is represented as
having an abundance of money, raised under the
name OF me liberation fund, or some such term.
| Men are Hooking to his standard In great numbers
ana he seems to calculate upon making descent
| from the Alps into Italy. There has been some
hghhDg in Switzerland, but the accounts are very
| dark The socialists are said to be in arms. This
seems an odd story, as the government tselfis ra-
| dicsl, and something more. Austria, other ac-
counts state, is determined to put down the revou-
tionary government in Switzerland, as elsewhere
and is preparing an army to invade that country
Sothat, altogether, the continent seems to be in
fair way OF becoming, ere long, battle field be-
tween the two grand principles of the day-demo-
certain OF victory, for it is doubtful how far the
absolutists can depend on their armies. conspi-
racy on very large scale, has just been discovered
at Vienna, said to embrace vast number of the
officers of the army, and two regiments have been
hurried from Vienna, which formed, it is supposed,
The nucleus of the conspiracy.
Scene I'm tho French Assembly.
Ga1gmon,'s Messenger of February 18th, con.
tains the discussion in the Assembly on the propo-
sion to give the President, Louis Napoleon, a
large sum out of the public treasury, to enable hln
to pay his debts incurred in giving fetes and treats
al the reviews of the army, and dinner balls and
parties. The proposition was defeated by l2O ma
jonty out of 600 votes. In that debate, Mons
Montalembert, who was in favor of the PROPOSE
ton, made a stirring speech; but having exhausted
his physical strength, was allowed to rest few
minutes When he resumed, ne said
He had, he observed, spoken of authority and Of
the respect which was due to it, he had not had in
in view the authority exercised by such monsters
as Robespene or Nero--( interruption)
On the extreme left-Auoms done
M NADAUp.-l demand permission to reply.
UaugkteD.
The PREsDENr.--Is it in favor of Nero :? Gre.
newed Ughter).
M DE MoNTALEMBERT did no. speak of those
patchwork governments which rose and fell in the
midst Of revolutionary storms.
On the left.-Such as the raft (MovemenD.
M. DE MoNTALENBERT.- spoke only of regu-
lar government ts and legally constituted authority.
II must be admitted that IN public opinion authority
was more especially connected with the executive
power; II was II which was the most loved or the
most hated thus Robespierre, the execrabe Ro-
bespierre-Qoud intenuptian from the extreme
Lefty.
AvoIcE-You like Borgia better. U.auphter.)
M DE ACCOMPLISHMENTS begged to quote a con-
temporary example. Had not General Cavaignac
concentrated in his own person all the attributes of
the executive power, although the Assembly had
been always able to revoke them. Had not public
opinion considered him the personificaton of au-
tbory, even IN face ofan Assembly pre- eminently
sovereign, since 1t was constituent one! (Cries
OF Eyes, yes, and interruption Yet even with
all that authority, General Cavaignac had been re-
peatedly attacked from many quarters. Ii had
teen said OF late that President was not King.
On the Lef-Queston question (Laughter)
M DR MoNTALEnBERT considered that in his
present remarks he was not deviating from the
question II had been said that President was
not king. But what, he would ask, were kings
Constitutional kingsl They were preside nts for
life, hereditary or otherwise. Uaughterl What
was the President OF the Republcl Aking for
four years cloud denial on the Lsf) What
were the attributes OF royalty wanting Was il
the RICH! of making peace or warl Constitutional
kings had never really exercised II. Was il the
vetni That had never been made use of IN France.
Ia England. IN log years OF constitutional royalty,
how many times had 1t been used Not once.
daughter and agiiation) Was it hereditary
nights There was not one scep:re in France,
which, during the last sixty years, had descended
lly Could any one talk Of that without mean-
eholy smile az the RENE mbrsnce of Charles Y. and
Louis Philippe, who had died in exile. Il was
withed, II bad been said, to defend parliamentary
| power, which bad been threatened he was az
| great Iartizan of parliamentary government as
any one could be, and IL was for that reason that
be would not have II COMPOUNDED with a mean,
ractious and laxative opposositIon hich usurped
| is name. tMurmurs on the extreme Left
Ont the Right-Sience, there, Allow the speaker
| 10 be heard.
The PREsIDENT.-You annoy your neighbors,
who complain OF your interruption
M. BhuDIN addressed a few words TO the Presi-
dent, which were not generally heard
The PRESIDENT Baudin, you are necessarily
taking. and yet never demand permission to adj
dress the Assembly. | call you TO order.
NJ. DE MoNrAlfMBERT repeated that he would
not have parliamentary government COMPOUNDED
with the opposition he had Just alluded to. Gre
neved murmurs on the left)
NJ. Nor - Such language Is too nsoent,
| (Cres OF " Order, ORDERLY
VOICE on the rgh,-Such are the men who
| speak OF parliamentary government.
M. DE MoSTALEMBRkT III au honest burgher
had been elected Pre- dent OF the republic, then
| refusal TO give him funds to keep up his dignity
could be understood. But when the nephew of an
emperor, OF that emperor whose memory