The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-09-20

which his womenkind alone ere, generally speak
ing, likely ever TO possess The non-revolutionary
tendency Of which seemingly idle aud casual cir
oumstance il certain, though perhaps not easily
made obvious to impatient politicians or dplo-
matte dandies, who believe in nothing ss cause
of change or Of comm0tion but q parliamentary
cabal or socialist plot. The really great oh snge
of society come by no set of schemers oontrivan,e
Every day in the onward destiny Of the world such
Vaccinations, whether Of high born reactiensts or
in postor democrats, wlhave less and less inh
on the march Of events. Sudden drains of gold out
of q country, paralysing for the time all banking
operations and thereby suspending to vast amount
the cash payn ent OF daily wages this VIII ch in al
artificial state OF society is as much famine as the
failure Of the rice crop in HndostaD, this is far
more formidable source of danger aud dis aser than
any dyn astic conspiracy or face blackened scheue
for promoting the community Of goods 1t is such
danger that the lavish indulgence Of Am ericau
love Of 'silk attire is likely to avert during the
ensuing winter from France II the latter req 1ire,
to import half million quarters Of wheat and -four
from the western States Of the former she ust OF
course pay for it, either in the first Instance in
money, as we did in 1871, OF in manufactured goods,
as did last year. In the end it may come TO the
same thing according to our hyper phioso phical
economists but in the meantime it makes all the
difference to the daily comfort and content of thou
sands OF industrious workmen to the peace OF
ciety, and to the equanimlty of the state.
Turning our glance towards central Europe, it is
difut to regard, without more or less concern, the
results IF tho harvest, far they are known 10
several portions OF northern Germany the corn GRO
is said TO have suffered materially from rust and
miidew as to cause belief at Hamburg and else
wlere, that instead of surplus for ex portation,
there will hardly DO enough for home consumption.
And while the King of Prussia has been scoldiug
the citizens of the western provinces of his realm,
and sanctioning measures of religious persecution
directed against the disseners from the church es,a-
blished by law in other parts Of his dominions, a
vulgar and apparently scarce noticed circumstance
has been taking place which might we'll cause the
infatuated monarch to pause MS present suicidal
career. The potato blight is said to have fallen
with peculiar severity on the fields Of the Lower
Rbire-a district where land, being much di-
yided, the loss oc :asoned by such a calamity
is brought home to every peasant farmers door.
To political discomfort, physical privation may thzs,
in many instances, be added; and while the citi-
and his her classes ohafe with hourly heighten-
ing rage at the reckless prostraton ofthe bnet Of
Berlin before the inso!ent domination of that of
Vienna, the rural communities about to be tried
in temper, by msiortunes, VIII CHI, in days OF ma
tiona prosperity and hopefuness, are sufficiently
hard 20 bear. At such moment it is that the go
vernment of Prussia persists in the convocation OF
the abrogated o.igarchc assemblies in each pro-
vince, for the particularly popular purpose of ar
ranging and authorizing the levy Of direct taxes.
To shut out every suspicion Of justice or fair ay,
the doors Of these provincial diets ordered to be
fast closed, their illegal and unconstitutional! de-
crecs cny being designed for publication.