New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-23
THE STATE OF EUROPE
From Our Own Correspondent.

From Our Own Correspondent.
LONDON Friday, Aug. 10, 1S5A
In THE TRIBUNE of July 90 yOu published toe
svia.,oa of Aoxsasor Humboldt against Siav-
cry; | can add that another distinguished rus
san scholar and statesman, Chevalier Bcnsen,
is not less explicit in his opinions about the
peculiar insti uton. In the fourth volume OF
his Hippol,tus, page 29l, he describes VITA great
power rbe views of the philosophical men OF
Roman Catholic countries and of the Mlllen-
narians os England and New-England, and winds
up with the following magnificent comparison
of the times of the Apostles and our own:
"The prevailing element with the Jesuts and Nil
lenaraus il cespar as to what exists, either IN pocs
on religion or in both. forebodng of great Organic
changes pervades human society This despair anu TINS
fofebOding Q, sted, however undeniably also amoag
the Apostles and throughout ancient Christendomi
and still faith tested by selfdeny ing life and oy mar
tyrdom coexisted wi it, and was not DISAPPOINTED ~
reality. The globe remained as 1t was, but the QUO
world upon il perished lew world came. mrs mrs
tiaDity destroyed the one and nursed the othe' why
should il not be so uowl There src signs OF corrup
ton Of blindness and deusoDs, both IN governments
and natons fully a'a and enormous as IN he tunes
| of Nero DOnitian Commodus, Caracota AMI Decius'
In their time despotsm al least not made INTO
sy7em and certainty did no. rece'Ue the sanction D
| ChriaidRity. Liberty was not sought Dy great
masses as the means OF plunderi aud beetial eman-
cpaiion Of the individual not preached as s Cos
pel III superstition idozed by crafty emperors,
was at leat NOT in the name of Christ and the Spirit.
Systematic crushing intolerance aud persecution were
not praciiced under Nero. Chri1 could teach Jreey
surrounded by mutHNdes. Scripture Tds not qHoted,
nCr the God Of me Christians tnr0ked 70 SANCTION an
ustice Promses uere broken and oatts rioatef, bit
no dirfne righ Of princes claimed for dong so.
There Existed sorct ren and mountebaDks and Sdrery
| was kgai, but there no NOrmons IN the land OF
the Pilgrim Fathers and Of Penn; and no ldn rendered
si0reS tLqDOSSIbg 70 me HusfcF ~
| the Union foHHded Jy Washington upon me eqaaHy
o The sslt Of the earth was wanting but II ha
7 lot lost iis SAVIOR. Miracles, and warnings, and
ttoubets were there but have they been wanting 10
ibe modern world, and In our days, both to govern
nents ard nations There were martyrs then, aad
there have been martyrs for truth, without intermls
sion TO- more than three hundred years At the same
tine Tue Spirit Of Goo evidently peryades society and
eIest and wonderful etforts made in the name OF
| Christ. All this looks very apocalyptc May there
non BE- then great folly in the apparent wisdom Of the
PHILOSOPHY Of despair and much wisdom lie hidden in
Il hotes Of Mllen lraDsl May not their very dela-
s,ons be f1e childish unniegent impressions received
| fr,m q reality which Is surely approaching
1t is Interesting ~ see, ssd one OF the signs OF
the times, that man, for thirty year, Ambassa-
dor of one Of the sb,olutist powers, thus des
cribes and condemns the policy whi;h he had to
| represent, and TO which he sacrificed the best
erergits of his comprehensive mind. The
S stesman o. PrUssis, thefrenf oftbe hierarchical
despol Fre3.IicWil IAN ", now denOucces HER
aIoLical des 2ot'sm as the Attic Christisn princ-
ple in iis most aecurse1 form, according to the
Apocslypse. IL fnds that the true interpre-
"tatiCo Of Chfi.t's prophetic words has since
''been written, by the history of the world, ia
"sueh gigsnic and flaming characters ol
heaven and esrth, that everybody may read
"tbsm by the glare Of our revolutions, if se
"csrBot discern th.m by the light Of his
treason" "As in ancient tines" be Gays,
"hiersrcbical despOtism Is the power which
"is giving strength TO the tyrsnt aud summon
Ing as ar as il is able, the men of fats and
"ef liberty before the tribunals Of Prin,es, and
delivering hem 10 the seaGold, or to chains a
! "tbousand times more cruel than death; while
lit oispense. with oaths and solemn promise,
"giyen 80 nations, and at the same time sane
f ."tions rebellion and anarchy (the coup dttat)
; when strong enough TO do so." The BELLE
that sweeping ehar ges 10 the political world art
: impe ing, perTsdes the ponderous publication
: Of Buni.D; not only Xossuth s,d Mazzini bu
: the Diplonatis,s Of the srs!scratic courts an
Of the despotic Princes Of Europe, see tae doom