New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-24
SKETCHES OF LECTURES.
EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT.


The fourth lecture of the course European Govern
ment delivered in Hope Chapel last evening TO
highly interested audience.
he lecturer discoursed on the action o. France An:
rs and Prussia upon each other and the cause OF such
action For the right understanding OF all European al
fairs, il should be forgotten that all dynss'
troduced and mstured by successful inroad Of
ROmanism and Slavonism into Germany That
absolrtism is the natural growth of the Romaa mind
that despotsm is the natural growth Of the Slavic
mind and that individual liberty which is the individual
Characteristic ofhe Germanic mind suceumbed in Europe
under the ral combination Of the two former powers
amer contest OF LEO years In l6is az the treaty OF
Westphas which is still the basis OF the present order OF
things Europe. The center Of Europe is dismembered
into little principales, surrounded by larger ones All
Of those little principsles and two OF the larger
ones Austria and Prussia, not nations bat me
ehanical compositions for dynas.ic purposes. France,
England and Russia rest upon the vital principle
Of national basis hence their superiority
ties necessiates police organization standing armies and
diplomatic intrigue TO maintain their existence Looking
at the three greater Powers IN mechanical sense is
hv;ors that Prussia Austria and France having between
them number of petty States, have an irresistible temp
taon 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT held out to them Their position
10 heir German and Italian neighbors is paraeed by that
of the United States to Central America The United
States are powerful Mexico is weak. Hence appears
natura-it becomes settled eonviehonIs manifest
destiny in your mlnds-thet Mexico Is desruea 10 oe
nocLeted by Brother Jonathan In tho same way has
been with France since the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF Ger
many and the 80 years that she was 10 pocket the
whole of the LETT bank OIL the mime was her
"destiny" II has also been the manifest destiny oil
Prussia that she the whole OF the smaller
German Prncpaities and something similar, win I'M
porant notifications. the manifest destiny OF Austria
As three manifest desinies musi by one unfortunate
destiny encounter each other, and clash on the same
ground from which results their manifest destiny tohght
with each other So long the surrounding powers are
equally strong long must Central Europe De the thea
of wars aud ntrgues for thousands oil years unless the
whole existing arrangement Of the States L swept away
This expans the socitude of the Great Powers for the
maintenance of the Balance OF Power, anu the reason
WHY 1T every petty court in Europe are AUSTRIAN French
Epc IN and Prussian parties. whichever party u IN the
scndan at court the people Of the country must work
raw axe end 90 to war after the fashion and as the in
teress of the dominant party may demand These parties
fuctuate almost a. often d weather hence Is np0s
shle that prosperity or feeling Of independence can
thrive The system of the Balance OF Power IS the very
HINGE upon which the misery Of the greater part OF
Euroue turns. 1t is my decided opinion that the
peorle of Central Europe would be much better
of did they belong 10 dynasty than to be driven
backward and forward as at present, without knoTng
whittier sometimes praying for each other aud at other
times shooting each other for no other earthly reason
than 10 keep up equality Of power between the houses
of Hapsburgh and Hohenzolern and all the rest OF the
overgrown royal family estates From TINS introduction
the lecturer proceeded TO discuss the fundamental
principles Of European politics. France is nation
al mower Prussia is a pseudo national power, aud
Austria is national power at all Inc hrst
is opperly aggressive against the Central states the
second sly and the third merely in self defense.
The lecturer then proceeded to show by manifold usra
ons and cocent RECOMMENDATIONS that the contest between
the nations of Europe strife between the Germanc
and Romanc races The desire of the Individual to i'm
the strongest bond of humanity This desire in the Ro
manic race only satieed by entire subjugaon to II
while the Germanic is satisfied with sympathy Inc
characteristics OF the two were then imparay ana
clearly shown.
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