Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-09-24

Il He OuSHlcSS Iieil vi w aSulilStoH Pei
ceiving that the Star finds it's way into
the hands of all in Washington, George
town and Alexandria who read any news
paper, shrewdly shower their advertise
ments upon Us to such an extent, as al
ready to make it necessary that we should
condense the space we allow to reading
matter, without however lessening the
amount to be found in our columns, as the
reader will perceive, this afternoon.
The Collision of the Principles Of Civil Lib
erty and Despotism.
lie who believes that it is possible in this
enlightened age, for the despotisms of the Old
World vigorously to follow up their plans for
the extingushment of constitutional govern
ment and civil liberty everywhere, while the
still small voice of free ideas is whispering
words of encouragement to the people of the
Old World, TO inspire them to hope and strive
for the acquisition of their rights, without the
occurrence Of wars, is incapable of drawing
common sense conclusions This end is COM
ing, and Russia, Prussia and Austria are in
sanely laboring to force us to become a
party, sooner or later, to these prospective Eu-
rOpean troubles. They aim to repress the march
of American ideas, seeking indirectly to check
their spread by assuming towards us some
thing OF the attitude they sought to bear in
1920, towards the struggling patriots of Mex
leo and South America. In truth, 1853 wit
nesses an avowed revival of the labors of the
Holy Alliance. which were defeated in 1920
"a we shall presently explain. The Treaty
of Vienna was general arrangement rem
dered necessary. to check Napoleon and, incl
dentally, tocheck the usurping propensities of
Russia. Prussia and Austria, as manifested
in the partition of Poland, in violation of
all law, right and reason. That act was a
ease Of more barefaced national robbery
accompanied with more God defying. whole
sale slaughter. than the civilized world
ever saw at any other time or on any other
OCCASION. Not TO be banked by of
incensed Europe, as expressed against this act,
the three robber Powers entered into the
Treaty of Labach, in which they virtually
agreed that they would support each other in
crushing constitutional government evory-
where. England and France refused to become
parties TO a league for any such purpose. At
the Treaty Of Verona, in 1920, it was deter
mined by these three governments to praa-
lice their ncwfangied doctrine concerning
their rights to regulate the concerns OF the
world, in the affairs of this continent
Thus, Mexico and South America being in
rebellion against Spain, Russia, Prussia and
huS;Ila proposed 10 aid the latter in their
suhjugation. As Lord Castleraegh, High Tory
a. he was had protested against the monstrous
claims ri rights and power for the principles
Of despotism rs enumerated n. Lay bach SO Mr.
Canning protested against the purpose of ear
rying out those claims in American affairs, ar
ranged III the cOnferencesof Verona. And John
Quincy Adams, on behalf Of this Government
Ihereupon wrote the famous clause in MIR.
Monroe's message. which has since been known
among us as the :. Monroe doctrine In this
paper, he told the world that though the Gov.
eminent of the United States had TO desire to
NEEDLE in international concerns in which
they had no material interest they would not
ends over orr ghts and interests and that as
any interference Of the Holy AlliInce in the
current affair between Spain and her Ameri-
can colonies would be Il case in point. if the
attempt should be made, they should calculate
from The start on war with US. This is the
substance OF the Monroe doctrine and such
were the circumstances which brought about
its original enuneiatiOn. We are without space
IN which 10 quote history to substantiate what
we have written above. but refer the reader
10 the English Annual Register, vol 60, part
u: page I51, for Castlereagh' protest to the
sumo work. vol. sc, Public Document part
page so, for Mr.. Csnninss protest. and to the
celebrated message Of Mr. Monroe in question.
If desiring 20 dive into details of the circum-
stances Of those times
The attitude thus assumed by England and
tho nitcd States checked the purpose of
tho three despOtisInS OF Central and Eastern
Europe to make an open crusade against con-
stitutiopal government everywhere. Yet they
labored no less earnestly, in secret as it were,
10 accomplish the same end-little by little
in their troubles with surrounding weak
States. This was theirpoliey up to 1880, when
the overthrow Of Charles y, which in great
part grew out of their intrigues for the suppress
sion Unconstitutional Government and civil lib
erty. 80 alarmed them, az TO induce them tenn
porariIy to abandon the habit Of interfering in
the affairs of all others to repress tho growth Of
liberty. They continued with their hands of
he afisirs f,,<o III he y
uiar efforts of 1913 apparently proved two
facts to their satisfaction First that, after
all. the peoples had no real strength in their
(then) condition; and next, that unless they
could prumrilY renress The Sr,rnnd of the xiaws