New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-19
THE STATE OF EUROPE.
q Of The N. Y. Tribune.

Correspondence OF The N. Y. Tribune
LONDON, Friday, Sept. 6, 1856.
The news from America took Europe by surprise,
there being scarcely any one sufficiently acquainted
with the relations Of the United States to be pre-
pared for the refusal of the House to vote the Army
appropriation. theoretically, all the Constitutions
of Europe grant the privilege of steepng - sup
plies to the House of Representatives, ~ Pract-
cally not even the Parliament holds the strings of
the public purse In England, lasting collision
between Parliament and the Crown is almost i'm
possible in our days, as an adverse vote leads either
to dissolution of Parliament or to a ministerial
crisis, but certainly the House would choose some
battle-ground beside the Army appropriation bill,
for such is the prejudice in favor of an organized
standing army that even the strongest Radical
would hesitate to leave the country without
defense. In France and Germany, any vote which
might be construed into stopping the supplies, be-
comes Immediately the pretext for coup detat,
under the plea that the security of the country
requires such measure. In fact, people in Europe
believe that the very FIRST necessity of country is
to be governed, and selfgovernment having been
destroyed everywhere they cannot conceive how
anarchy might be prevented without a strong
Executive, should it be dishonest, corrupt or
Aespotical Such being the ideas of Europe about
govenment-fathfully represented by The London
1imes-the papers are at loss to understand the
machinery of the United States Government, and
he spirit of the Congress which "leaves the
"country without Defense" They always forget
that the 10000 or 1900 regulars are in
fact not the defense of the United States, and
that the backwOodsmcn require no army for
keeping the savage tribes at respectful distance
from white settlements, or for defeating them in
case they should dare to attack the blOckhOuses.
The Republicans of EurOpe-I do not mean the
Republicans of expedency such as poor Lamartine
and his compeers of 184S, who betrayed Freedom
by half measures and by endeavors to conciate the
Car and the Kaiser, but those men who fought
and bed and suffered for liberty-begn to admire
the energy and resolution Of the Northern States
and despise the Southern shareholders the more,
Who hide their despOtic tendencies under the name
Of Democracy. The stars on the United States flag
very properly represent the former-the stripes
stand for the South.
LANAI rhine has in recent publication himself de-
stroyed the little halo which still surrounded his po
unite Italy under the protection of France just as
the different states of ancient Greece were united
under the protection Of the Macedonian phalanx !!
Lamartine seems not to be aware that the thraldom
of Greece and the extinction Of her genius dates
from the time of Philip and Alexander Of MacedOn.
Dplomatists delight in congresses and confer.
euces, and are but too glad to display their import
snce to the unntiated public. Accordingly, they
never at loss to find pretext for their meeting.
The Greek question may soon become an Oppor-
tunity for them to review the state of Europe, and
perhaps to bring the NeapOtan affairs to a crisis.
According to the original Convention about Greece,
Prince Ohio of Bavaria got the throne, and was
allowed to remain Roman Catholic, but his sue
cessor was at any rate to be Of the Greek Catholic
religion The mbecile King married princess Of
Oldenburg, but their union remained barren; the
crown Of Greece reverts therefore to Prince Adal-
bert Of Bavaria, who has lately married Spanish
princess. As he refuses to change his creed, the
representatives of England, France and Russia hav
later to regulate the succession and eithe
to modify the original Convention, allowing Prime,
Adalbert to remain Catholic, or to select some
other German prince, ready TO sacrifice his religioi
to throne. King Otho's recent visit to Germany
is said to be connected with this question
The nephew of the King of Prussia, Prince
Of Mecklenburg- Schwerin, has recently fed from
Berlin, deserving the army, in which he held the
rank Of major and leaving debts to the amount
OF about l5O, 900 dollars behind him. 1t is said
mat be goes to the United States, and that the
King OF Prussia pays his debts. Some six months
bach German author, DIR. vehse was kidnapped
10 Hamburg, transported to Berlin, and sentenced
20 SIX months imprisonment for having disre-
sPecffnlly revealed some scandalous details about
tho same Princes private life and reckle,sness.
DR.. Vehse's statements have now suddenly cot the
most positive confirmation by the fight of the
Prince.
The invention of Mr. Bessemer to make .en;-
sted from cast iron by introducing hot air into the
molten mass Of iron is destined to revolutionze the
iron trade and manufacture. All the English papers
are hlled with articles on the importance of the in
'ent'on. French and German papers contain at