The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-15


loupe have issued important notice TO ship mas
ters who may run their vessels through the Saints
We give the notice in another column 1t is pub
lshcd we suppose, to prevent the success any at
tempt of the exilcs to French Guiana to land on
the island Martinique and Guadsioupe are loyal
TO Louis Napoleon. The Saints divide Gaadaloure
and Dominica.
In the Board of Aldermen, yesterday evening, a
message was received from his Honor the Mayor
returning resolution adopted by the Board, direct
ing the Street Commissioner not to enter into any
contracts hereafter until the assessment list has
been confirmed by the Common Council No other
business of any Importance before the Board
A VISIT amount Of highly interesting information
is contained in our columns this morning, for which
we have room for more than a mere reference.
On the telegraph page, We give the passengers who
sailed in the Canada; Breaking up of the Ice
Lake Erie; Naval Intelligence Marine Disasters
Fatal Fight between Five Men in Georgia Sa-
ysnnah Fire, &C. We also furnish an important
port, by Mr.. Baliester, our Trade with Asia the
Horrible explosion CT the steamer Glencoe; The
Pori. and Coal Trade Curious Lawsuit among the
llappitcs; The Brutal Murder of Mr.. Rasch in
Baltimore; Racing at New Orleans; TIE Difficulty
between Lola Monies and Madame Ksrguerttes;
City Items Proceedings in The Industrial Congress;
Geographical, and American and Foreign Bible So
cicties a variety Of Snip News; eighteen
columns Of Advertisements; and variety of mis-
ceIlaneous intelligence. The whole forming one. Of
the most entertainng'pspcrs ever issued in thiscr
any other country.
The America, from Liverpool to Halifax, is max
ing long passage. She is now in her twelfth day.
She win bring one week later ncws from Europe.
Enrcpo and Amertsa.-specch or Hon. john
Rcll-PrGspect of War.
II is singular coincidence that the Senate of the
United States aicr b. ing dropped the questioned
intervention with tic departure Of Kossuth from
Washington. should tako it up again Immediately
upon his return. itwoud seem that the wise heads
of that venerable body are determined to make the
most of every opportunity to instruct the ustricus
Hungarian in the true principles and policy Of our
government in reference to European affairs. And
il it were not that these Senatorial instructions
were waste of the public time and the public nc
ney, and interfered with the legitimate routine Of
public business, the solioitude Of the Senate upon
the Intervention question would be commendable
thing. But we must also remember that something
is due to the Presidential question: to popular opin
ion, and TO Buncombe and the Senate cannot permit
Kossuth So have the argument all his own way.
The speech, therefore, OF the Hon. John Bell, Of
Tennessee, in the Senate Tuesday last, on the in
tervention queston-consderingt the tour Of Kossuth
around the nitcd States-censidcrng the financial
and material add which he lad already got out Of
the contingent fund Of the Senate--and considering
The programme laid down by aleading Kossuth ergsn
for active intervention in the Invasion and conquest
Of Europe by Sen. Scotland considering the Cen
erals prospecte for the Presdeacy-was speech in
good time, and directly applice pie to the cireum
stances of the The scasonsbleness of speech
should be the first consideration Of speaker-the
time, the place. the occasion. t.on this point, Mr..
Bel was exceedingly hapIy-the, lime, the place,
the occason-Kossuth being in town-wcre all
apropos. The piSA and substance of the argu-
ment arc, however, of more Importance j; and
the opinions and aysrehensons Of Mr. Bell upon this
subject Of Intervention, arc sufficiently curious to
ustfya brief examination. He has made power
ful speech upon great and comprehensive Ties-
tion--he takes curious and startling view Of the
subject aud it il important to know kew far il will
tally wr the facts of story, experience and prac-
teal philosophy.
| Mr.. Bell rccies the history OF the late European
revolutions correctly. lie details with Sufficient
recnes the OF theiz failure, one ard all, and
the OF the ro-estahbshmcnt of desPctism up
on a frmer oasis than before. 1t is true that the
| savage and destructive theories Of sociahsm and
rank infdelity poisoned the very fountains q liberty
in Europe, and that thus the whole current Of her
republican principles was rendered nauscoue, dis
gustng and deadly II was 10 be expected. Ii could
not be avoided. The philosophy Of Voltaire and the
seeds Of the fret French revolution had been sSyn
broadcast over the Continent, and had taken deep
| root under the slperstitions traditions, miracles
and Gummeries which had for ages superseded
! The simple elements Of tho New Testament. Igpc-
rance ard superstition are ever allied and frVm
perstition to inidety the graduation is natural and
easy. Tnus in Js4S, when the people Of Europe
struck for liberty, il for the liberty and license
Of socialism and nfdelity. Between tn mastery Of
despotsn and the freedoa, Of anarchy, they could
not comprehend any middle ground OF SAFETY suc-
ccss. For the grinding operessions of king, they
knew nothing bat the retaliatory 6espotism
OF the mob. From generai;on to generation. for
a thousand years, they had Known nothing out the
sovereignty Of the ruler md tho supremacy Of the
charch--the one tie embodiment of law, the ether
OF religion. Hence to be free. they must be iibe-
rated from both; fer their who'll experience lad
taught them that laws and religion were but the in
stuments Of their oppression. They were unequal
TO the task they had b,indly undertaken to accom-
plish, and co they recoied from victory back again
TO despotisso, a refuge from the aGhrchy which
stared them II the face
The leaders 4f the revolutions Of lSas were wholly
unqualified for the work. They were theorists,
metaphyscians, transcenden.alists builcers Of
castles in the clouds. socialists, or nfdels. Ledru
Roliia, Louis Blanc, Mazzini. K4nke, and Kossath.
equally the visionaries Of Impossible ahstec
tons. Their theories we're splendid, but they lack
ed tho essential element Of common sense. They
had the lever to upset the world, bat they wanted
the fulcrum. They acted upon the absurd idea that
republican principles ofgoyernment come by nature,
and that they must spring up full blown, where
kings and emperora destroyed. The theory
nesutifui-hutit wa beautiful fiction. Kings and
emperots were oyerthrown; but then the champions