The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-20

6eel at the rrteent epoch, and that t3n
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.hb nArp,ss ugh y truth y would give ~ Mtle
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siich tLreaaen (hr the future
II 10 cw sixmonths Mnce these remarks appeer.
ed in tht Spanish Journal from which they are
extracted. They attracted LITTLE sstsnsso1
subs quent evsnts--the iocre asing unpoPu-
aTity of the Queen and the ministry. the embarass-
ueDt of tbe national finances, the influx ct Russian
seents and the rvosts ut Sarasosaa ard Bareeiona,
which the late<t accounts represent Of Carlist COM
plexiop. and ON the eve Of again breaking oat-nay
enable readers TO appreciate the Significance u
the above ststfDents Of the 6panish editor lndeed
despatch from Madrid has just been received, % !
Of an S~sts In The capital ieeE We have said shst
sny convuldou In Spain cannot fall 70 subscrve the
intesests OF Russia, BY dstrsctng the attention sad
military forces Of the French Emperor. But any
such revolution must, az events indicate, BE- Car
list oDeor Spain Ia royal to the heart. and win mot
part With one sovereign without getting another
Of the same line. Nov, were the Csriists,
backed BY Russian gold. to prove success
pretent unrespected sovereign, The Count Dc Monte
n0lin, con at Don Carlos prince In the prime Of
life. being in biz thirty+ix'h year-would undsubt
sSa e sss q e
France, and different rtgtme cannot long exiss 10
the two countries without producing . ruPture. II
Was . perception Of this truth that made Louis
snsss y me long and Doocy var o. sSs suo
dynasty snd regime In Spain; it was similar feel
ing that made Napoleon dethr0ne the Spanish B0ur-
hons, and attempt 10 establish his own family In
s, s'sso and nDsmy. wa we same ososs g
XVIII. to invade Spsin In 1928, to put down tho re-
v0uton. end ne establish the t0ttoring cause Of e-
gitimscy and aheolntism. II, then. Cariist revoa
tion be accomplished In Spain. the effect upon
mt fail 4 hA mt IA
fortunes Of the French Emperor. Legid.
macy backed by the priests. who at heart
support It to man--s still strong In France;
may Heaven forbid), Bourbon will certainly re-
ascend the throne. For the French people,
frightened TO death by the red spectre Of anarchy
ard socialism. will accept any form Of government
and the Count de Chambord is the only man Of
mark, vice Louis Napoleon to whom the country
can turn It's eyes and be will, moreover, be backed
by the whole influence Of the absolutist courts on
the continent; and, If any one doubts as to what
would be the policy pursued by Henri Cinq, let him
recollect (wbst we pointed ont in the opening arti
Gle of last number) that the last act OF Charles X
before he was driven from the throne. was an agree
meut with the Emperor Nicholas, in virtue Of which
Russia was to take possession Of Turkey-and
France, with Russian help, be aggrsudised at the
xlense Of Britaini
Do not let II be imagined that these are specula.
tions reaching too far into the future to be OF much
from the events and influences which we see in play
around at this very hour. They are the very frst
elements to be considered by our statesmen, in the
present unparaleled dilemma Of Europe. 4 the
and then what are we to do? Bound as we are
to France by the closest ties Of alliance and sein
terest, how are we to sever from her on 80 vital
Point as this. without breaking up the alliance
natural alliance and help Of America, or are we to
abandon our present and indispensable allies Of
France and Spain2 Such Is the choice presented
to us-was there ever one more frapght with peru
would put new complexion on the matter, and
justify our mon interference; but the position of
France and England, though relieved Of the Ameri.
PROFESSIONALLY worse as regards the European
difficulty, aby the secession of Spain to the
cause Of absciutism and Legitimacy. The
pe,o1 E !. ans lite as psSaa
care how We enter upon undertakings from which
France would recede sosn asshe has lost the 10
narkable man who now directSh her counsels.
Such is the dilemma In which Europe and the
cause Of freedom are now placed BY the ambition Of
the American republic. And II We believed that
this were all the truth If We believed that nothing
remained to the Western Powers but an appeal to
the generosity OF America, we should indeed con-
slider the dilemma most hopeless one. But the
Is not co. and it Is clear TO that II the Amer
cans peIsevere in their present design-f they are
resolved to win for themselves for all time the ig
is Americas opportunty--it will be at heavier
cost to them than mere loss Of character Nothing,
indeed, could be more propitious than the external
relations of the Union at present in this respect to
the position" But its internal endition presents
o very different aspect. II mingled terror of alb.
solutism on the one hand, and red republican
ism on the other, now paralyzes the strength
Of Europe, and threatens only to be ex-
changed for an actual and EMBARRASSING struggle be-
tween these opposite powers America, on her side,
is not free from corresponding elements Of strife and
convulsio1. Slavery Is the Gordian knot of the
New World, which must be solved some day, and
there is too much probability that it viii be VIC
lenty cut rather than quietly unloosed. Three mil
lions OF c0lored race-n0t ignorant negroes, fresh
from the sands Of Africa, but who have lived for
several generations in contact with civilization, and
in the veins Of large proportion of whom runs the
best blood Of the Union; not all with the sooty-
black and blubber.lips Of the negro, but passing
through every shade Of color feature and intellect,
and not few Of them ryalliDg, in all respects the
best specimens Of the Caucasian race and hence not
leaderess but Astounding In men of talent and reso
luton, whose hot passions boil at being trodden uu-
der foot by men whose blood ia hardly different from
their ovnsuch race, we say cannet be kept forev-
er in their present state Of CALLING servitude The
southern p1antsrs-and from their point of view
they are probably right-are resolved to make NO
concessions to the slave population. At present
their policy, In this matter, is reacti0nary; their
measures more stringent than ever-a course which
must lead TO more violent solution Of the question
at last. h
Now, whenever such a crisis comes, it win paral-
lie the United States. Be they ambitious as they
may, az covetous and resolved on foreign conquest
as II Is possible for them to be- sooner does the
crisis Of the slavery question approach than II will
paralyse their strength for external effort. As to
the ultimate effects otthis eventuality upon the fab
nc Of the Union, we now speculate nothing. We
content ourselves with affirming that, when IL
comes, it will Temporarily paralyse the whole exter
nal power of the United States. And such an event,
we shall now show is sufficiently visible in perspec-
tive TO form vital element of consideration in an
estimate Of the present position Of the Union-es-
pecialy as regards the contemplated attack upon
Cuba with which 1t seems TO US to be closely con-
nected.
Pefore noticing the indignation and popular irri.
taticn which the Nebraska bill Is at present prs-
ducng in the Northern States, or the danger with
which any attack upon Cuba is raught TO the South
itself let US understand the relative position OF poll
tical parties 10 the Union. Aud here 1t is import
ant TO observe, that the wings and democrats Of