The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-14

ion Of q retreat at the dictation OF Louis Ma
POD con, and the danger and disgrace Of encoun-
e ring the whole Of the European Powers by
aud and by sea. Either horn Of the dilemma is
pregnant with peril We can neither see which
he will choose, nor how, having made a selec-
ton, he can escape from the menecing dangers
without ruin. In the rage Of the moment, find
ing himself outwitted, it is not unlikely that he
may commit some very impudent and indis-
Greet act, which would render his position still
more precarious and critical. 1t is not impos-
sble that ore Of those domestic revolutions
which have occurred at periodical intervals in
the history of Russia may intervene to solve the
problem Under circumstances not very SINH
lar, pre- decessor of Nicholas was murdered in
his court Some such explosion of Russian
feeling might now extricate the empire from its
difficulties at the sacrifice of its monarch. But
in such matters all is mystery.
The clearest and most obvious inference from
a review of the whole state of affairs in Europe
is that Louis Napole on-the parrenu emperor
the outcast--the spendthrift- was the
butt for the pleasant jests of the British press
| only year since-has outwitted and out
generated all the governments and aris-
| tocracies of Europe. lie is their mas
| ter and they begin to feel it. With the pro-
found skill of an old chess player, he has so dis
| posed The pieces on the board that it is hence
| forth forced game, and however conscious
| Of the danger to themselves, the other Powers
of Europe cannot now recede from or alter the
\ position he has assigned. He holds the fate of
Europe in his hands. For our part, we confess
! that we look upon his progress with interest.
| Regarding him, to use his own terms, as de
mocratic emperor. we believe that o democratic
| empire. organized cut Of the corrupt materials
| of European society and managed and con-
| trolled by man of high talent Snd firm nerve,
| is the only possible road to permanent Eu-
ropean republic.
The past history of Louis Napoleon is unsur-
passed for marvellous incident indomtable
perseverance, and surprising success, even in
the annals of romance. The future career of
Napoleon III. bids fair to overshadow even the
glory of his uncle. He has already achieved
one practical victory which the latter was
never able to gain: futurity lies open before him.
and every sign prognosticates a measure Of
success still greater than that which filled the
worlds mouth with the name of Napoleon
Let him remember in the day of his tri-
umph that the greatest victories are no guar
artee against ultimate failure while Europe
is at bis feet, let him beware of greater power
than his. that Of an awakene and enlightened
people.
The Election of Fainter to the United States
Senatc-The War Between Principles and
the Spells.
n The Senate of the United States has immor-
talized itself in the election of its printer
ministration like ,red-hot shot between wind
and water. Apart from the principles involved,
the election of Beverly Tucker is nothing more
than lucky individual speculation; but in
connection with the broad and general question
between national principles and the free soil
and secession spoils policy of the administra-
ton, the moral force of the result is grand and
the true issues which carried General Pierce
into power; it denonnces the rotten construc-
ton which his organ has officially given to the
Baltimore platform; it is solemn verdict
against the spoils policy which he has adopted,
and significant warning OF the consequences
yet to come. II vindicates the election Of 1852.
and broadly foresladows the election of 1856.
The Union, the Cabinet organ, virtually ad
mits all this. 1t groans dreadfully; but con-
fesses that the shot was fired over Armstrong
into the administration.
The democrats have gross majority of some
sixteen in the limited number of siyty-two
members constituting the Senate. This pro
portion is nearly equal to their clear ma
jority, exceeding seventy, in the House. Why,
then, why this striking contrast in the
action Of the two bodies upon the same subject ?
We think it is easy Of olution. The members OF
the House are elected for two years. The chances
of their reelection are liable to many vicis-
STUDIES; and hence they become involved ia the
petty rivaries for the spoils of the admnistra-
ton. Perhaps some foreign mission may turn
up, some place in the Cabinet or in bureau.
or custom house. or post Office. or land Office. or
in something else, in the space of two or three
years: and therefore, they keep an anchor to
the windward Hence, in the organization of
the House the comparable compactness of the
democratic majority. though even there we
have the unmistakeable symptoms of rapid
breaking up, and reconstruction Of the old
materials upon healthier basis than this coali-
tion spells Cabinet
But the Senate is differently constituted. It's
members, elected by their State Legislatures,
hold their places for six years. Thus two
thirds of the members of that body are already
secure beyond the term OF this administration.
1t il in the Senate, too that we find, exclusive
Of the Cabinet,) almost all the aspirants for
the succession Hence, while its tenure of Office
gives to its members large margin of ndepen-
deDce, its position, in reference to The success