The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-08

LECTURE BY HON. D. D. KARNARD.

European Affairs.
LECTURE BY HON. D. D. EAaNARD.
Ia consequence Of the nes Of Rev. DR.. Hybee, Hon.
D. D. Barnard Of Albany delivered Of the Of
lectures In the Chapel OF the University last evening
Tho subject Of the honorable gentleman discourse VA
the "Pressnt Prospects Of Europe" He said that he In
tended to give merely historical outline and II 1t
should then seem that Europe had not progressed rap
idly We the audience would draw their conclusion to
that effect That Europe has progressed In liberal idss
certaip and she owed IL oil to The republican
party In Earops think nothing has bsea done unles
eSistDg government is overture ed-they accept no
political reform from auosarchy-they acknowledge
About sixty years Old originating Il France Tbs French
republic its frst fruits Tbs example followed by
Venice, Genoa, Naples Rome, Lombardy, and Holland
In less than twelve months these republics disappeared
entirely And from this period for forty four years
serious attempt was made to rssstsbsh repubic The
party however, still existed and organized props
gands In fact the doctrine OF republication aganst mon
archy fncs place all over Europs-Among writer's,
literary men, philosophers, learned professors sAvAns in
the army, and even among the mobiles. These do not
swell the ranks OF the party but they do not Of COURSE
Fysnss as,n rsnubo Ts.rs sss
public in Veni,s, Rome, Florence and established
in HuI gary but in lew months these republics also
monarchy she previous to the proclamation of the
first reubic one and indivsibs This period Is fall
Of instruction for the future twill 30 noticed that thsrs
other Euroresn powers promptly ackS ossdgei the
public-the monarshists split into thres factions
the French made choice OF Louis Napoleon their Pe
dent giving him Eve millions and half OF votes to mil
lien for Csysignao mode, ate, conscientious republican
The Fsreb people then made him BY universal aur.ga
peror OF the Ftpch The republican party says thst
France betrayed By Louis Napoleon. Now be was
wsnderer without monty, without friends and without
military reputation Toe conclusion is that the French
PEOPLE betrayed themselves They refused ,hs republic
by ten voices against six II probable that
tbs hopes Of the republican party depend upoe
the expected Tar in Earops, growing out Of the
con plioations OF the Eastern question. In the dis
'urb.nces growing GU. OF general war. Mazzlni
.Ipscs to rke possession Of Italy Kossuth thinks that
Hungary viii fs into his hands, and KiDkel somebody
else to get Germsny The issue of the will ba to alter
II to az firmly the territorial boundaries arrsng
Alexander tried to get Conatantnope and Ncnoas
only endesvoring to follow his exsmpe The lecturer
thought there would be gensral in Europe ct this
'ims He thought the Car would find that the time had
cot arrived Tor lhs working ont Of his designs He would
and that lie must be crushed il he went into with
the Western pewers II there should be q war tina rs
publican psrts prospects would not be i'm proved They
would be surrounded by large armies whose andsr
however they mxy eiher on other questions, win be-
united TO put Gown repuscanism. There may BE-
democrats In the army, but In time OF the general
sentiment is that OF loyalty Toe Russian and Austrian
and WAS the armies OF republican mot Imperial France
which put down the Roman republicans in lsi9 Prussia
seems 70 he the only Geld for the rspubcsnthe people
are soldiers and scholars The most learned professors
are extreme liberal In their political sentiments aud
they do to ncul,ate them into thu minds Of their
pupils. There is frst rate common school education
there arc schools In the barracks, and after
his three years service the soldier goes back to his
plough nm educated and refined mau. Thus it would
another where the people would be sacceul Ia orya
nzins republic that place Is Prussia But the demon
caps-the people have lost confidence In them on 40
eoun. Of their socalistc ideas The people know that
they have strength to pull down the temp but they do
not zee where the edfce to take t place to from
Another difficulty is found in the fact that people who
are TO be governed IS republicans must learn the aysts
il s
toned to consolidated government-the being 1T
one great capital. Now, eonsoidate! republic Is the
ren is owing to the State system Bat though there ia
not much to be ad in favor Of the prospects OF the
part, in Es10pe in their Of o,s.t1rn
must remember thst many steps have boon gained 1t
great step gained that several absolute monarshies
have become limited, and many countries have liberal
constitu i,rs The Emperor of Russi, himself gave
liberal constitution to Poland. Toe allied powers thom
eeyes pavs feyerAl countries ocnsttu ions from 1915
TO 1903? when Belgium ard Greece we're establish.
cd. An important movement commenced la 1916, when
Plus the Ninth cAme 10 the chair OF st. Peter. Hs as
for similar privileges The Kings o, Naples gave his pso
pa ecnstituton-snd Also the Kings of Prussia and Dan
mark The revolution Of 1913 broke ont After several OF
thefe constitutions lad been promulgated; 1t will be
seen that the movement came from the sovereign At
period IN lsiS the Emperor Of Russia WAS the only
absolute monarch OF any Importance in Europs-the
sp sn not exception, tbs people Of the Prnc
psiities had parliamentary privileges But the
too.s destroyed the hopes Of the moderate republicans
Mdsus, Tutcany Parma and L, Enbsriy sbou; to
DO annexed 70 Srdu but tbs revolutionary propaganda
drc,s the constitutional from their thrones
and tie Auasriaps obtained easy victory the
e uoB o. inteps ndsIce Ths rsrolu.ionists sxtn
gu he'd restored the Dukes OF ru.csuy Parma
Medeps and Le5aroy to their thrones and the hopss Of
the r.erds Of cophti,u onal ushsd in Italy
After such DEF It II is not likely TO rise again immedi
A!s, The Austrian contti.u,ion OF 1919 bad too many
couctipg interests to satisfy The Hung srisps refused
il because they Gully desired independent government
not repu lie The LombsrGs hoped day TO be free
from tbs German poSer and preferred to wait thsir time
ard live before under the centralized military Of
percr finding possible to make IL acceptable WAS
Withdrawn FOR the present The lecturer had high opinion
OF the Kug Of Prussia ard tbs cous!itution which he
gave to bis psople is very cresbe to him. though 80
liberal az it should be conclusion the lecturer re-.
marked that the rrcspes CT rtpu3licsnsm in Earope
farer Hov than they we're sixty years ago. If
Europe Is 10 be republca the growth o, the ssa.ient
curs had steady growth of hundred and afy years.
and yet some political philosophers think 1t only re-
ouires cay TO make Ae 1t any part of the world
II all the krgs in Europe were guioined 81 orcs their
blood would no. make republic. Others would rise in
their plaees when Louis XV goes to the scaffod Ma
luonsry propagsn da will only tend cement absolute
ISM Europe tends towards constitutional gov.
but the repun set themselves up sgsinst such gov
ernments They work their ends bstter with Also.
lutsm Whoever desires to Europe republican must
wait till Europe Is educated 70 II; and the preliminary
starting point the parliamentary system which has ra-
pdly spread all Europe with or two eIce ptiors
They los to for examples, and should be careful
to give them good ore.
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