The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-01

O0yO00tD WutcO rns0lv0ueO O0sW00o ut0 p0fo00 ana
the PopalAes, and suied at the sloqUence Of dems
goguea when he bssbought him Of the fidelity of his
| troops Nor WAS he the only one who had
reason to rejoice At the restoration OF tran
quilhty merchants. traders, and manus., !.
turers had Uncovered that struggles for DO, nj.
cal rights were incompatible with CONNIE ..,.,
prosperity, and were csntsnt to forego tho amer
SO the later was secured 70 them Revolutis n had
fsilt d, and had given birth to tyranny ne than
the nrss During tue pass year rescsion Aas been
consolidated every where There is not, xpg tha,
Rsdetsky dare not do, in the waat0nr .aas nc his
despotc sway over the plains of Italy; he Hou,e Of
hapsbuyg we're never more drmly Anted on the
throne as Vienna, or the imperial pr roxa.ive more
fully admitted, than to-day. To al q Mitch nss
Ausri confidence risen, that the Emosro, has NOT
sciupled during the past twelve mon,hs to insu,,
the United States and Great Britain. 70 t,.st
france WIN unolsgused scof 4, and to take from
bis subjects the poor semba n,e of liberty which
'ne constitution o. ioD pretended TO secure.
In Prussia the absolI A,is,. hava M, ,.st
sueceeoso Ia having tno Aew constitution revoked;
OUT 'ne'f power ssAio strength every day, aad
thsr Opponents nave W Afully disabled themselves
oS feiuADE 70 exercise any political rights what
ever uhoei cons'nul A wnien they do not approve.
mere ~aS So1 hsue com for react0s in Spain; lat
even tnas hs1e mas not escaped the notice Of The
government Sno the palladium Of frsedon''-the
ieel'y OF tne pre- A-bss been efectualy crush,d.
IL hsa' sa'e Des expected that, as Great Bsitsin
o'd BOT snare inc revolutionary movements which
conVased those countries 10 1913, she would hsvs
'ne &c neral rsaetion bat the accession of
lie Eaii OF IL fby to power and the threatened 10.
turn 10 prot IetioD, pregno.ticstsd. till lately,
retrogrsds pvemens - serious in comparison to
the past - that uodsr whieh the continent il Ia
eoIng IL u true that the people of England are
30 stuoDor Ally attached to liberal Institutions and
the prote' Non.ts of such plant con sciences
shstitution ofLord Derby for Lord John Rus
ssH Will not probably involve any material change
IN theI eicy OF the government But still, some a..
tenpfs to check the progress Of liberal ideas there
VIII p sbably be made. Earl Derby isnot such re-
nfgae forsake all his old prejudioes and pur.
sue, Answervingly, an enlightened course. Whether
be ill achieve any thing is different matter The
tsh nnsn which kept his party together, and to
"p jch be owes his power is Row flung to the winds
be continues administer FREQ trade on the trea.
u bench, it will only be because, all questions Of
Ylncipls being set aside his talents give him para
mount claims to the rank IL for us to speak
Of France; and though, were we called upon, as
Frtnchnento cast our into the to-day, for or
A az eiAoe ebo eMpuc Anu LOUIS NupOeO0s We Bn0uQ
unhesita'ipgly side with the majority of the French
people-ihough We honestly anticipate from the en-
p're an era Of prosperity for France, such neither
republic nor . restoration could have produ ,ed-
STILL in view Of the abolition Of the press, the i'm
prisonment of go many Of the leading men, the con-
scaticn of property the destruction of the charter
and the d-gradai ion of the Senate and Chamber
into the plant instruments Of the will of single
nQ wa che fba
Witnessed these acts otherwise than as period of
reaction - re action, too, Of the most fatal kind
alone comptnsstipg for the excuses of popular
oUtbre axis, but receding from he previously estab
lished landmarks of liberty, and extending the
power of the ruler beyond the limits which tho
ambitious dyDastic sovereign had aimed at attain
ing; that peculiar species of reaction which serves
to nurse the seed of future eruptioas to pave the
way for unexsmpled anarchy, and to preface scsnes
OF violence at which humanity shudders.
1t must be q source of legitimate pride to every
American, TO contrast the progress of his own
try during the past year, with that of the nations
whose fate We have attempted to eketch-to place
side BY side, in one view, the past twelve months
history of Europe and America, and to reflect that he
too is an American-to pictare, If he can, what
his feelings would be if he could not hear Q heavy
tread At nghtfsll without visions of HiguaziIs or
sbiri, or police agents, q secret examination before
some tyr annous tribunal and a lonely chamber in
noiseless rsiso.-f he could not speak or write his
thoughts in saiety-if his property, and even his
lie, were subect to the beck Of hasty, irrespon-
sble police officer or minster-and to compare that
imaginary frame Of mind with his actual condition
OF happiness and content. For the year which has
just closed has not been reproductive of important
events for America. 1t has witnessed the greatest
democratic triumph ever known since there was q
democratic party. 1t has seen q man whose per-
sonal popularity is certainly greater than that Of
any other American Citizen whose life has been one
endless series Ct services to hi. country, rejected by
an overwhelming majority of the people, because
be had not strength of mind enough to refuse the
entapgrg alliance of demsgogues and disunionisss
1t has proved that, whatever personal predictions
may be entertained for this man or for that man,
the mass of the American people will ever regard
it as the chief requisite in candidate for office,
that be pe resolutey fixed in his purpose to uphold
the Constitution and the Union. 1t has given the
finishing bio TO the band Of agtators Who with
William Fl Seward at their head, have plotted the
ruin Of their country, and who, had they lived in
one Of the European kingdoms, or indeed anywhere
but in the United States, would oag ago havo been
yisited with condign punishment. 1t has shown
that, whatever talent and eloquencs may be dis
played by friends and partizans in setting the
claims of their candidate in the strongest light
before the public, the latter will ever prefer
to follow the guidance Of those who, by an honest
independent course, have proved themselves
TO be unfettered by the trammels Of party.
The year 1852 has been essentially one of progress
for the United states-progreu in numbers,
wealth and energy, as the census report and other
docu an a ensIv publ ;cba al no .h>
progress in intelligence, as is Ii the increasing
number of periodicals, newspapers and books pub.
lisbed, and the postal rsgulatio1s-progress in
euucation nd nj "a IN tba al