Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-03-29
WHOLE NUMBER 356

as exceptional coses. which, admitting the
general rule, depart from only 10 COZ.
sequence Of some great necessity, that uni.
yersnl and eternal plea Of arbitrMy power.
When the allied nations undertook their
crusade againx France, TO put down tho
revolution, before the passage Of The ohiox-
ious DEGREES, 10 which shall refer BY aud
by, presume there was not publicst IN
Europe who would have hesHatsd to con-
cede the general duty Of non interference
oven while he defended the Invasion az . !.
measure Of self. defence against the conta.
gion OF democratic principles. And sig-
nally. was this outrage rebuked by the con-
seqaences which for twenty years weighed
upon Europe, and overshadowed it with the
FRENCH power, converting It's fair plains
into battle-ields, from Lisbon TO Moscow,
And thus was Poland blot,sd from the map
Of nations, while Frederick and Ca,hariLs
published homilies upon law aud morality.
and regretted The unwelcome necessity
which the ciIcuusstances Of that unboppy
country imposed spon them TO annex il
to the dominions OF the allied Powers
And three times was tho world insulted by
these hypocri,ical Professions before the
whole Of old Sarmalia was rescued from
The danger ofireedom and Independence by j.
partition and annexation.
There is ole highly respectable nuihoris
~, and know Of no other, (Va,teI,) who
holds that in case Of war any other pow.
er may assist the party which il believes
10 be Just. But il is obvious ihat SUCH a.
principle would open every case 10 direct
armed intervention, al the will Of any for~
eign Government, which has only 10 say
such a party has justice on its side, and | !.
viii! aid il. Now, sir, this doctrine Is COO:
tradicted, as well BY reason ns by ,he whole
current Of Authorities Widman, one OF
the most recent as well as one Of The most
able commentators on the law OF nations,
condemns the position Of Val,el, into shich
he says he Was led by "a misconstructiom
of q passage Of Grolius,"' and .lhnt II is as
little reconcilable with reason as il is With
precedent" He examines the case fully.
AND shows how erroneous is ihiss doctrine,
and thas announces the result: -
ssBui this restriction Of interferencs ins
favor Of the cause Of justice is an absolute
prohibition Of interference on thespnrt Of
those who have no jurisdiction 20 de,ef-
mine the justice Of The cnuse. Hence /,
follows lhoi no foreign Power has any
right 10 interfere in sths internal ssfairs or
on Independent State" X; -. ,5s.S..,
Establish tins doctrine Of Yatel, and the
emperor Nicholas, who no doubt believes
avery despotic cause jast one, would have
a right 10 send his armies every where Ia.
repress the efforts Of freedom. -
But the cause Of Hungary is strength-,
ened, il fstrengIh were needed by the upS s,
thoriIaiiye declaration of the Emperor
Nicholas as 10 this very principle Of non,
intervention, in the manifesto he issued
when The Russian armies crossed The from.
Iier. He there admits the right Of every
State 10 arrange its own political cons;iiu-
lion according 10 its own mind;" and he,
ad nsits also The duty Of other Powers to
'.retrain from interfering with any nllern-
,ions Of the form Of government which such,
States may think proper TO Make This
admission is broad enough 70 cover the
whole ground Of palional immunity; bus
i is accompanied with ressrration-lhat
is the word-"that in case the rsuction Of,
revolutions near him should. tend 10 endaR>
ger his own salety or the political equilbri-
AN on the frontiers of his empire, his mar.
ssty reserved to himself his full liberty Of
action" Dark was the oracle Of Delphi;
,ut still darker is the oracle Of Russian
power. We have all heared Of the poli,i.
;al equilibrium of Europe, otherwise knows.
Is the balance of power, that fertile source.
II war and oppression. But The roiitcoi
'quilbnium on the froniisrx Of the RussiaM
umpire is a new element in the public law
Il the world, and | dismiss it for the inyes-,
igaiion of some future Groiius. H.. -,
As to the renction of revolution, as con-
from its direct action, so.
IS 10 be dangerousio neighboring States,
am unable TO comprehend ii, and take 4
efuge in my ignorance. had supposed
,efore saw this imperial declaration, that
be first phrenzy of revolutionary moves,
nent was always It's most dangerous state.
md that reaction brought with it more
;a:mness and security. What kind Of a
eactive power had taken place during the
'rief interval between the commencement
t the Hungarian struggle and the Russiau,
we are not told, and il would
o vain 10 inquire. But for, myself, sir, |.
IN. an utler unbeliever in, any claim, un>
er the INV Of nations, by which this right
{ national immunity could be limites, and
there such q claim has been practically,
sserted, it has been so because one party
'as weak and the other strong Nations,1
Ike individuals, have an in6estructaole,
light Of selfdefence against unlawful dams,
er, aud if il should happen that one conn.,
" isrexposed 10 inminent peril from The,
Foceedings OF another, whether in q state
revolution or Of internal quisscence, it
as certainly the right to adopt oil proper
leans of protection. But the danger Of,
pinions, or, in other words, the principles
pom which Government shall be founded.
an give no just cause OF offence, unless.
deed, there is q Quixo.ic asiempts TO carry
ZEN elsewhere by direct interferance.--.
70 one accuses Hungary Of such folly
he had enough to do without constituting
,rself the armed champion of propogand.s
m. But. sir. | dismiss these politIcal