New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-11

isting power IN struggle Tor LIE anc ccatn, aud
the contest viii go on though there may be ft'ul
intervals OF apparent repose, still II ~lll go till
one or the other is finally vanquished Why, Sir, is
il in human nature is II in the ordination OF just
God, that such tyranny as that which recently
made prisoner OF the mother Of the iusIious Hun
garian exile, now exciting the sympathy of the
American people. and was reported by that &C. to
have sent her to the grave though the report. be-
heve was unfounced, and such consummation Of
deed Of baIbarly is therefore one charge the less
in the catalogue OF Austrian cYuees and such
tyranny that which sent his sisters to dungeon
an Austrian CuIgeOD-perhaps to issue from II
only TO find refuge in that final asylum of the OPP
pressed, where the wrath OF man reaches not
II be that such acts Of unmtgated despotlsm Will
be long permitted 10 revei the wantonness Of It's
own power and passions No, 1t cannot be- The
day of defeat may come and come again, but the
day OF victory will also come and with Il the bright
day OF reeco ON and happiness for the oppressed and
down.irodden people OF the old hemisphere II has
been well said. that the great battle Of human free
dom and progress, though "bailet off, is always
won" The cOmbatarls, the time. the place, the
rulers, and the ruled, may change but the conflict
however it may be checked, will stop not TIL the
victory rs obtained. This great truth IS already
written, as with the finger Of destiny upon the ms
tory of our age, and the struggling eaors which
are upheayiDg the social and polcal systems OF
the eastern continent will go or TO their consum
nation, Trials and suffering are the school OF
nations. Every eifoT. is lesson, and ever oeie4'
but prepares them for a new contest and stimulates
them to greater exertlon and the very process OF
preparation and resistance teaches them the better
what are their rights, and how they are 10 De ac-
qnired and maintained. Now, Sir, what we want Is,
that freedom should have fair battle held-that
whenever a struggle is commenced 20 overthrow an
arbitrary government other despotlc powers snoul9
rot be permitted to take part IN the contest, sno
with foreign bayonets decide the issue. Slch Is
desire, and This principle OF non.interference IS
well established in the code OF public law IL hes
at the very foundation of natloIa al independence.
need not multiply proofs illustrations OF the
truth of this doc,rne. II was we'll LAID down by
Mr. Roetuck, in tie English House Of Commons,
npfo htnh
have to deal was, that in the affairs OF any coun.
try there should be no external force or pressure
It's recognition goes back to the time CT the Ko
mans, for We are tod that when certain Carthage
mans preferred charges against Hannibal, Scip!o
declared that the Roman Senate would not be Jusl-
fed in intermeddliDg IN the affairs OF Carthage NO
one denies It's obligation here or elsewhere ana
even while palpable violations OF the principle take
place by armed Intervention to repress the efforts OF
freedom, they attempted 10 be justified as excep
tonal cases which, admitting the general rule, de-
part from 1t only ia consequence OF some great ne
cessity that universal and eternal plea Of arbitrary
power. When the allied nations undertook their cru
faGe against France, to put down the revolution be-
fore the passage OF the obnoxious decree, to which
shall refer by and by presume there as not pub
icst III Europe no would have hesitated to cOncede
the general duty Of noninterference, even while he
defended the invasion, a measure Of self defense,
against the contagion Of democratic principles. And
sIgDaly was This outrage rebuked by the consequent
ces which for twenty years weighed upon Europe and
oyershac owed It with the French DO wer converting
its fair plains into battle fields, from Lisbon 10
Moscow. And thus was Poland botted from the
map Of nations while Frederick and Catharine
published homies upon Law and morality, and
regretted the un welcome necessity which the CIR
oumstances OF that unhappy country imposed upon
them, to annex 1t to the domipions of the allied
powers. And three times was the world insulted
by these hypOcritica professions, before the whole
OF old Sarmatia was rescued from the danger OF
freedom and independence by partition and annex
alton. There is one highly respectable authority
end / know Of TO other, (Vatiel, who holds that
in state OF civil war; any other power NAV assist
the party which IT believes to be just. But II is
obvious that such principle would open every
to direct armed Intervention, at the VIII OF any
foreign government which has only TO say such
ratty has justice on its side, and l Will aid IT,
Now, Sir, this coct,ne.is cODtraClcted, as well by
Ieason as by the whole current of authorities:
Wildmen, one OF the most recent, as we'll as one OF
the most able CONNIE ntators on the law OF nations,
condemns the position OF Vaitel into which, he says,
he was led. by "a misconsructon of passage
of Grotius," and "that it is as little recOncIlaoe
with reason as it is with precedent" lie exam
ines the case fully, and shows how erroneous is
this doctrine, and thus announces the result But
this restriction of interference in favor OF the
cause OF justice is an absolute prohblon OF later
ference on the part of those who have 10 urlsdic-
ton to determine the justice of the cause. Hence
ii follows that no foreign power has any night 10
interfere in the internal alters OF an independent
State" Establish this doctrine Of Naitel and the
Emperor Nicholas who no doubt believes every des-
potic cause Just one, would have right TO SEND his
armies even where TO repTess the efforts OF freedom
But the case of Hungary is strengtheDed-if strength
were Deeded-by the authoritative ceclaratioR
of the Emperor Nicholas, as to this very prlncipe
Of non.intervention, In the manifesto ne issued
when tie Russian armies crossed the frontier
lie there admits the right of "every state TO ar
range its own political constitution according TO
its owR mind" and he admitted also the cuty OF
other powers 10 "Tefrain from interfering with any
alterations of the form OF government which such
states may think proper to make" This admis,
sion IS broad enough to cover the whole GROUND Oh
Rational immunity but II is accompanied with
reservet;oI--that Is the word -' that In case the
reaction Of revolutions near him should tend 10 en-
Danger his safety, or the political equiilorium
On the frontiers of his empire his majesty reserved
TO himself his full liberty of action" DARK was the
oracle OF Delphi, but stll darkeris the oracle OF
Russian power We have all heard OF the poilt,csl
equilibrium Of Europe, otherwise known as the Oa-
aIce OF power that fertile source OF war and oppIes-
SOB But the political equilibrium on the 'ron'lers
Of The Russian empire is new element III TIE puOiO
law Of the world and dismiss it for the lnvestga-
ton OF some future Grotus. AS to the reaction OF
revolution, coIIadistlDgushed from us Greet dc
ton so as TO be dangerous to Iegh5orlng S'aies,
am utterly unaae to comprehend l',and 'aSe ie'use
in my ignorance. l had supposed before sa" lhis
mpefa declarat on that the first frenzy OF TeVoiu-
tionaIy movement was always It's most dangerous
state, and THAI reaction brought win ~ more Can
ess and security. What kind OF rsacuye power mao
taken place in Hungary, during the bIlel inter
val between the commencement OF the hungarian
struggle and the Russian Intervention, we arc no'
told and it would be vain to inquire. Du' LOT ny
self Sir am AL utter unteiever In any clam, under
the law Of nations, by which this riah' OF ndiohal
immunity could be limited and where such Claim
his been practically asserted IL has been so because
On G party was weak and the other strong. Nanons'
like individuals have indestructioie rls NJ OF sell
CeleIse against I'll lawful danger, ana IL IL shond
ren that one country is exposed 10 imminent peril
from the proceedings OF another, whether IN state
ofrevoluiion or internal quiescence, 1t has certainly
TIE right to adopt all er means OF Du
tNe dancer of opnions or in other words the prin-
ciples upon which government shall be founded
On Give NO Just cause of ofense-unless indeed
there is Quxoiic attempt TO carry them elsewnste
; - di,ect ,nte rference No one accuses Hungary OF
such folly. She bad enough to 90, without const-
tnt,ne herself the armed champion OF pIopas andsm
But, Sir, l dismiss these political suoiefiuges' as
unworthy of serious consid Grafton, ana VIII re-
mark that the power which claims right 70 aGl IN
opposition TO an acknowledged principle OF PuonSS
law on the ground OF peculiar exception' so ~
establish itsscase every reasonable mlau. Is tne
Independence nsen winch is sought, JUST csHsSS