The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-24

present. incumbent, but to prevent any
al heirs, or any other member Of the
smapaste family, from succeeding him Bat
he decree Of the Senate, which will soon
u the law of Franoe, sets this treaty at defiance
and provides for the succession to the imperial dig
nifty hereditary in the direct and Legitimate male
descendants of Louis Napoleon, or, in the event Of
his haviog no heirs, in such male children of his
Gle as he may adopt, and in case Of his adopting
heir by an organic decree deposited in the archives
the ordTof successoM to the throne in the
BowapQ,ts family What the result Of this bold and
decided step may be, it is difficult to determine at
present; but It is probable the high contracting
powers will be content to let France and Louis Ma
poleon alone, # he viii only let them alone. How
long he will dc 80, remains to be SEEN The "gran-
deur" of France is the dream Of his existence, and
everything +. due time will be sacrificed to that
BRITISH LUST OF TERRITORY has long
been obvious that British covetousness Of ter
ritory vas Unsuitable, and that the army in
tho East would never rest until further coaquests
were oct of the question. Not only does it seem
that the moral perceptions Of all who land in Hin.
dostar, in an official capacity, become instantly
bluntcd, but the same passions which lead Lord
Dalhousie to trample on the feeble Asiatic powers
appear to burn as boty in the breasts of his coun-
hymen at home. The race Of Hastings is clearly
not extinct. And though, when Burke is found
to expose, in all its naked namy the de eds and de-
signs CT bloodshed and rapine which have marked
British domination in the East, common decency
forbids open exhibition Of public indifference,
the sense Of shame is bat ephemera, and soon gives
place to the national spirit Of Ia Tess acquistiye-
ness. Words could not express the Indignation Of
the British people when the news of Lord Coughs
disaster on the Sutle reached England; but their
Joy was equally boisterous when it became known
that the British troops had overpowered the gallant
Sikhs. cit is extremely discreditable," says the
Times, "that body should be formed for the deli
berate purpose Of plunderng foreign States" and
in the same breath, il inquiries, with some anxiety
whether the crown jewels at Ava and the revenues
of BuImah will be sufficiently splendid booty to
compensate for the expenses of the war! To what
ever eide We look, 10 the East, shall find Great
Britain pursuing the same policy of piratcal inva
sion and lawless aggression. On the northwest, the
troops have advanced from Peshawr to Shubkudr,
on the Cabul river, and are expecting active ser
vice in fresh predatory excursions. writer on the
spot, who nay be presumed to speak the sentiments
expects that these outrages, q e., the unparalleled
impudence of the Momunds, in gathering together
to take counsel in their afairs) will provoke govern
ment into retaliation large scale, and syad to
war of determination "
The accounts Of British domination in the Pun
jab remind US of the stories which are told of the
rule of the Paris Committee of Public Safety. The
hatred Of the monsrchists for the Couthons and
Robespierrcs did not, perhaps, burn 30 fercely as
the hatred Of the unfortunate Sikhs for their op
pressors but the policy Of the latter is plagiarism
from Collot dHerbois and his friends. Lying re-
ports Of conspraces against the British government
ns.aatly followed by the most inexcusabe vio-
lations of domicie arrests, and, wherever any sha
COW of evidence can be found, executions-the whole
Pupjab is groanipg under reign Of terror.
In Oude, symptoms of coming storm are ap-
parent; nothing but the terror of the British
prevents the Inhabitants from rising masse, and
expeling the tax gatherers who are grinding them
to the earth.
But it is towards Burnah that the eyes of Eng
land are chiefly directed Not content with redu-
cling the powers on the North to state of slavery,
the splendid Burmese empire, stretching from the
borders Of Tibet and China far away ON the Malay
peninsula, is now exciting her cOvetous propensties
Ava. Prone, RsDsoon, would grace the list Of her
Eastern cities and the sea coast from Calcutta to
Penang would extend her trade. An indiscreet,
though in point of fact justifable resolve of the
ruler of Burmah, affords pretext for war, and q
steam fotilla is Immediately ordered to the mouth
Of the Iawaddy Regiment after regiment is con-
centrated on RaDgoon. The gsrrisons of Madras
and Bengal drained for the expedition What can
-,
miles long and COG broad to defend, and about 1000
fighting mon to defend it. 1t we're absurd to ques-
tion the result Burmah must fall into the hands
of Ell gland Whether she will grasp the WHOLE from
Assam to Siam, or will content herself with mo-
dest slice Of the coast ard the cities the Ira
waddy, is matter which Lord Dalhousie is no. de-.
termning, at Calcutta Meanwhile, the whole coun-
try is devastated. Rlngoon is in ashes. The rice
crop has failed ard the British steamers have sac
ceeded in Selling 10000 tons which we're being sent
to the upper country frightful famine is sntici-
pated next year These disasters are tribes, how
ever, when compared with the importance of
the frontier Of the British dominions
in India, and extending the market for British
When Burmah is conquesed, Siam,
Malaga, and China, will BIO the next to follow
pretext will not be wanisg and the people OF Eng.
land will be ready to vote millions for despo-
ing the weak nations CT the East of their hone
No nation has ever committed greater acts of ia.
justice than Great Britain. None has ever exhibit
ed such utter disregard Of principle in gratifying
its lust for power and territory go where you will,
in every quarter of the globe you will find cisies,
seaports and tracts of country, which England mas
wrested from feeble nations
The policy which prompts these organized free
bootpg expeditions cannot be pursued with i'm punt
ty for ever Great Britain cannot hope to absorb
the whole Southern shores Of Asia, without some
thing more than mere protest from foreign ns-
tions. Other powers besides England are interested
in inquiripg whether the empire Of Burmah ought to
be reduced to the state ct dependency of the
Brtishcrown If the British people are content to sus
tain their and the rulers Of Iuda in doing
what every man of honesty Condemns tba nannI. n