The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-15


gress, to be composed all the sovereigns In
Europe. II has attracted great attention from
Me ger ersl impression thstit was written by the
Emperor Of the French and expresseshis views
In France, il seems to meet with . pretty
general approval. In Germany, too, tbs liked
we'll enough. But the London Tines assails 1t
with the utmost fury, and declares that 50 far
as England is concerned, she will never submit
her cause to - congress in which Russia would
be omnipotent by the votes Of her vassals and
her mercenaries."
Assuming that the sentiments contained in
this pamphlet are rightly asoribed to the Em.
peror, it looks very much as though he were
tired Of the war, and anxious to wind it up
like the last European war, by confederacy Of
sovereigns, of which he would be himself the
leading spirit. If the idea were adopted, Of
course, the Congress would deal not only with
the pacifcation but with the government of
Europe. Not only with the settlement Of the
Black Sea and the Principalities, but with the
control of the people of Germany, Russia,
Spain and France. Not only with the extin-
guishment of Russian designs ON Turkey, but
with the humiliation of democratic move
men.s all over Europe. At least this is the
fair inference from history, cur experience OF
the character of the French Emperor, and our
knowledge of his wants and those OF his CO
sovereigns.
The world moves in circle, and events
ceaselessly repeat themselves. For many
years, people have been reading Of the Con-
crosses Of Aix-la-Chapelie and Carlsbad and
Troppau, and Verona and Layback, and
scarcely believed that such enormities as
were practised by the allied sovereigns a:
these places within the lifetime of grayhaired
men were real. Some have felt inclined
to distrussa the historian-to suspect that he
was such red hot democrat that he
couldn't speak of king without abusing
him. People would not believe that men like
the Emperors of Austria and Russia, the Kings
of France and Prussia, Metsernich, Castle
reagh, Nesselrode and Talleyrand actually net
together in the face of day to cheat every one
who did not belong to their privileged class
They could not reconcile to their notions of
probability that these sovereigns and states
men could have had the unspeakeable folly to
declare, as they did at Layback, that they
would unitedly make war on any country where
the democratic principle was asserted. Gener-
alton of unbelievers!
While we write, perhaps, the orders have
gone forth for other congresses, and we shall
again hear perhaps tina. the Emperor Napoleon
and his friend Persigny, and the other Emps-
ror Alexander and his man Nesselrode, and the
other Emperor Francis Joseph and his man
Metternich, and King Frederick William and
his man Manteuffsl, and 70 end of small Ger
man Counts and Prir req, each with his man
Friday and perhaps some great English Duke
or Lord, but this is not certain-have met in
some quiet little city, and settled the affairs OF
Europe over Johannisourger, and decided what
men shall think and how they shall speak, and
wherewithal they shall be humbugged for the
next twenty years to come.
One thing is certain. The diplomats and
sovereigns of the year of our Lord 1856
cannot rely upon precedent for everything.
On one point, at all events, they will find no
help in the ecords of their prototypes, and
that point is the Hulseman letter. In the face
of that letter-immortal memorial Of giant
mind--it will be nard, one would think, for the
assembled statesmen ard sovereigns to write
down that republicsnism is rank rebellion
against God and man, to be put down with the
strong hand. If they should-if, on the
strength of this great war of theirs, and their
tremendous armies-six hundred thousand to
one, million to another, and half a million
to a third they should re-enact the Layback
statute and outlaw the people of the United
States, we take it that America could bear it.
But European rentes would be bad stock after
that.
1t will be very curious to note the course Of
England. When Napoleon the elder was owe I
thrown, the government of Great Britain was
in the hands Of the most odious oligarchy that
ever cursed the civilized world. 1t sided with
The wretched dynasties of the Continent, and
for six or seven years was heart and hand with
them in their Congresses. When the Holy AL
lance resolved to force Ferdinand VII. on
Spain in spite Of the Spanish people, this infa-
my was too much for the people of England,
who had reluctantly submitted to the aristo-
cracy, partly from fear, partly from innate
They now rose, and forced the
government to separate from the European
dynasties. Now the question arises, can they
do so again? There is no doubt but the court
party and the aristocracy would willingly join
Napoleon in his holy alliance, and help keep
down the European democrats with fine
relish. But the thunder of the London
Times shows how such a proposal would be -
ceived by the people. 1t will be tight pull
between them. When it comes to fight, the
people win; but for one thousand years, or
thereabouts, the oligarchy have cheated the
people, and really, one does not sec why they
should not do 30 still.
CENTRAL AMERICAN AFFAIRs-PRoGREss Or
GEN. WALKER-PosITIoN OF Col. WHEELER.-
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