New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-12
EUROPE.
KnaIand and Russia.
cors,psudsnee ,frhe n. Y TneuIs
BERLIN Thursday July l. IsJ2

il, in great degree.
Another destiny is very doubtful-it is that
which has fallen TO few great nations-a rare,
high destiny-that is, the destiny to establish II
new principle Of civilization in the dissolution of
the rest OF the world, and to undertake the de-
yeopment of this principle.
Since the reign OF William ILL., England has
been the power that has struck the last and lie.
cisye blow in all great battles for it has been adj.
to hold the sword for the longest time-it wa,
this deciding power at the time when Pitt
carried on the war with the French Revolution.
Since then France has been so exhaus ed by Is
efforts at home and abroad that it has no longer
felt tine capacity for universal empire, and under
Louis Philippe exhibited the subscrvency Of a pow
erul vassal toward England and since that time
Russia has been the power which stood on per-
i-ct equality ut the side Of England sharing with
it the sOyeIeisnty of Europe.
Yet this relation for long time has ceased to
be. sharing OF power IN political aidlrs - IN
mpOssibihty. Only Tor the moment when new
power has 50 far completely Developed itself, that
IL stands on the same level with the old estdb-
hshed power, is a sharing Of authority and perirc,
equality possible thlng-in the same moment
feeling Of nvalship il born, and before long. OF
the ~ 20 powers -mCe IN tins world nothing IL per-
menent ana the course OF development proceeds
unintelmptediI) must become subordinate to the
other.
The prepOnderttiDg power at this time il Rus
STA, WhOrl can * satIsfy-whOm can it encOur-
age-wholn can it either strength or disturb on
he Continent.-that lately IN the British Para-
ment the Opposition declared against the Tory
MaIStry their concern for ConsttUtOnalsni IN
Span md on the Continent in general
One o. two partsanS in BsIiin aud Turin, Few
paltisans in MaCrd, who are equally interested
aud active iof the Constitutional division ofautnor-
iy, might Oice III this expression OF the English
pposifiOu-Inisht regard IT as q declaration
against their Goyenments,-but even they DO not
believe that the English Opposition meant any
thing by the assertOu-how then could their Gov
ernments, th,lr pretended t0rnenrOrs, De put ~
terror there by Have the Wings ever meant any
thing, when during the time in which they held
the reins, they attempted to propagate or TO sus-
tain Constitutional liberty on the Continent in
: city, in Turin, in SPAN, and Portugal, or when
they took sides with Hungary against Austria
Could they on any occasion have been in ear
nest! Must they not have knOwn-they who are
not deficient in the study OF history, who at least
are in possession OF Their party traditions, and
who have derived the principles OF their party
from fundamental study of HE tory must they
not have known the only grounds, on which ootI-
cal tr, edOm and political influence can be perma-
nenty established
They,-who in their own country have always
before their eyes this fundamental condition of all
political freedom, who are familiar with it from the
traditions of both the leading parties OF their
countr,-must they not nave known, that potI-
cal freedom is possible only on the condition. that
the life OF the people has iree power VI expansion
ia operations Of foreign commercial enterprise, or o
compassionate they not have known, that Hreece
and Rome that the free cities of Italy 10 the
ll,tl,,
freedom aud i0depe ndence only by their expansion
Of the popular eHergIes-that Holland, after it had
lost many OF its resources for such enterprises
was GeDTyed Gifts colonies in the wareOit the French
Revolution, fell ne Il mere province under the do
n,inion Of revolutionary France without the
slightest resistance!
Certainly they knew this, since with the same
shcp-keeplug anxiety With which the Tories watch
over the popular movements OF other countries
'he WHY'S take care that anOEg the people whom
they would bless with political liberty, national
industry is formed. no new sprit OF enterprise
cherished, no addition made 10 the commercial
marine.
They have only one thing to boast of above the
Tones. While the Torres endeavor to secure
the mercantile and industrial monopoly otEngiand
by keeping down other nations, and regard their
Internal connections with satisfaction on tins ac-
count M n guarantee against every idea OF COM
petltou,-the Wings go more thoroughly to work,
aud lay cut all their strength to loment these
troubles. as far as possible, Oh the Continent. On
he Peninsula (-as English property Spain rs
called the Peninsula merely, it is the Peninsula
belonging 10 England, anc no longer the Peninsula,
which Louis XIV. believed hImse to have ec-
CURED by his marriage contract in Italy, IN
HUNGARY they have stirred up che fire Of political
iheryy IN order that the people might be weakened
by the conlag grafton and STAYED of from cOmpotI-
tion with the English monopoly. They know
bat t. tlx lU wont IA hose IgfU M
which is found in foreign enterprise, is wholly
wsnting-and hence they infer that both peoples
aud Governments will thereby be weakened and
eneryated.
Meantime, gland Of late has been fast ap-
preaching AbsoluLsm, TO which Its Parliamentary
GOyeTrIn. ut to u superficial view appears 10 pre-
sent the most SOLID barrier. Only the people and
the patties can deem it possible, that the militia
bill is actually intended with reference to the dan
ger of French in, asiOn-that the Wings were
forced to go out of power because they were not
patriotic enough TO prOpOs" measures OF 81 fclent
vigOr sgaiDst Louis NapoleOn-that the leaders OF
both III Csh parties have not acted IN concert
and that. for this reason, the Wings have not
,leced the power to the Tories. because they
knew that the latter were more able, by their po-
stlOn and traditions, to carry out the measures
agreed on.
The Militia bill provides for an increase in the
standing army Of 900 men, and hence gives q
very considerable support to the AbsoIutis of the
Crown, behind which it can take refuge in the fd
ture against popular m,t tings and their reso
lutions. The feeling of power WITH which the
n eetngs have heretofore rent their monster petit
tons To Parliament will no" be considerably toned
down, since the n, militia will operate more as
protection to Parliament than against Louis Ma.
poeoD, so that It can reject petitions and memoir
ais which go too far, without fear Consequences,
and promptly put down any disturbance which
this might produce in the country. The two lead
ing parties III the country reg ri az going too far
every reform of the Constitution VIII, threatens
the privileges of their postion-but let tine mon
archy be once raised to the rank of an umpire in
the struggle between the people and the nobility,
by means OF having such greatly increased stand
ing army at command-let It, by this Office re
cover the feeling of its importance-it will then
gusId against considering the monopoly OF the no.
bty instead Of its interest and the we'll being of