New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-14
EUROPE's APPEAL TO AMERICA.
Review Of the Late struggles for Freedom
Duty OF Intervention.
BY AN AMERICAN.

Cont nsed from saturday, papsr
But again: The French, the Italians, the
Germans, are united for selfrule-and why
Because they have not our faculties for il. \
thousand times has this axiom been gravely
uttered and most deyoutly believed. IL Is
brayed everywhere in our ears from press and
pulpit, in public and in private meetings with
the true assinal stOldity of sententl0usness.
Assinal, indeed-for il is only once in while
that such creatures raise their heads from the
low business of their lives. And for what
For come generous uuersnce-sofne noble semi nent
Oh no Only 10 bring forth their hfeous self satlslac.
or and their scorn OF al other voices than their And
WonceT-.oT thousands their brethrenis-
and sppleud them Il would De yto waste Argument
such thick skinned and thick skrlled sef bepraiseFs
But may ask even them one short question is self.
government tor people very hard ta-k' OF course
they viii srm II TO be the hardest possible; otherwise
their sell praises would be only selfsatre But the
terfnce II tie world arns that tax TO BE- reasOna-
by essy one. What nstiOn-vhst community, even
from the Old Greeks % the modern Lynchers-ever
Wled 10 govern i-sei and failed from Is inability
10 DO so, Were the Dutot skppers such Transcend
the Swiss shepherds the Italian y lckersi
And yet al these people email they were and dss-
pEec e trt. Ike The COMES among the rocks raised
themselves to greatness among the nations sni that,
too sgsnst huge enfnities and difficulties, such we
hsrpiy Deyer had 20 encounter and al this they did
manly not wholly by the sheer force belonging 20
tie spsrt OF seigosefnm-nt the Wis yiyida Of Repub.
iLSTr became gredt-
nc small uor arches did nor probably ever WIN
And lear in mind that their founders Ike those
Of Rome Rel losly people plain men
altogether unlesruedi su; tsey bad common sense aad
they brought 70 bear their public lie a. thew nsd
beiore their private Thi- latter indeed Wa much he
harder process OF the TWO mans own household and
his own Affairs are often eos1spsAcsd with many di6-
eulries. In private lie, thousand passions and tu,uta
tioBs nay betrsy MIN from the str rule He knows
,he true fsth, but he VII nc, fellow L. Net 40 IN pub
hc he there The questions srsing sdires Themselves
much more Ss distractions TO his understanding He
thinks the thst right and be gives Ms voce Tor
Few have any oias % do otterwse IN free Rspable
nc; voter 81 hundred. IL may be hsri then 20
do ons's duty N bOmoruis and Yet ibis we have al %
DO; but TO do cSes duty N pubic rule Il much easier
Yet ths. told, = hard tasx thar few .hoad
ever dream OF enSeasorng IT, Away w,h s,srn li,usy
stuf-sueh Iippefy Il rnan-nonkeyisrni
But L nsy DC ssked Is y0ur rule an universal one
Dc you Eesn that az Nations 81 for self government
NoWise. mesn thee only vhs will OF az leasr WIS.
There asy Dc r-ixed, r,onzrei popalarsons manly
ssvTge Ike the Mexcaus: they cannot govern tha--
selves bur neirher il be sjded can ta~y o.. .ov
eTDed from among themselves any more than You can
guide balloon without q ipreixn merive power They
have no VII for government they Ike lawle-snezz oct
ter foreign power might Oye-besr ,neru a. g-es,er
eost tAn the country would be worth ot e oTet ear