New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-03-08

sio,iof al the smaller Powers II tina chaa,, Il
character take plsce, Whist viii be the object =.
thedelberstions the congress- Iufernal quessis,.
Of various States, the lonzings Of tse Liberals q,
the attempts Of the retrogrsdes, WI the eener,I
state of Europe be taken under consideration s
only the question Of the Italian States which s.r.
DINA, il is said. intends 10 bring on the esrpt'
VIII the congress issue some Kind OF general dpls-
matte law and regulation for the behavior q pa.
tons well as Of their rulers wiz the treaty
OF Vienna, which now forms the basis OF Eurepsas
public law, be confirmed, or abrogated. or ~ lels
modified in some Of its principles
The treaty of Paris, and afterward the congressS
Vienna, excluded forever the family Of BOaapaus
from the French throne, and after bis escape iron
Elba, outawed the great dsturber OF the peace q
nations. BY these treaties and congresses the word
as well as the idea Of legitimacy was introduced ia
aurrated and received for the first time the sanction
of public law Up 10 the French Revolution, legiti.
macy (ltgitimitO was such an absolute political o.
rather social notion and element intrinsic to the
structure and organism Of States that il was never
Judged necessary on the continent to affirm il b.
any public general act or treaty. 1t was Goa
served by tradition and nations did not doubt the
sacred right of soyereigns 10 Cypress them. o
mon Roi cried the peasant and the King heard not
the cry. But the great revolution overthrow the
shrine, blOtted out the tradition and was finally
stranged. not BY the old Bourbons, but By
Napoleon. He was therefore usurpef.
Against him, As such, the Bourbon statesmen aud
writers, De Maistre, Bonald and others, directed
their severe definitions of the sacred principle Of
legitimacy. This principle for the sake Of the
Bourbons, Taleyrand inaugurated officially and ia-
troduced into the public law of Europe, through
the treaty of Vienna. All the soyereigns Of
Europe gave it their sanction. Louis Philippe
hit il some sort of blow in 1880, but Louis
Bonaparte trOd il down completely, and with
it the decree excluding the Bonapartes froa
the French throne. The question, accordingly.
which it is expected will be solved is this II
Louis Bonaparte should attempt to have the do.
cree against his family cancelled, aud should ash
for conservation of the stubborn fact that he
being recognized by all the soyereigns OF Europe as
Emperor of France annulled by itsef the decree OF
yieppa-will he obtain such authentic and attabls
affirmation or will he be too proud to ask this
from the soyeregns II not too proud, he will DO
solemnly Incorporated into the legitimate brother.
hood. and get his spurs at the same time that
Turkey becomes political member of the family
of States in Christian Europe Should the treaty
of Vienna be modified in this particular for Bona
parte, his adherents will of course find therein
new cause for satisfaction. The original record Of
such legitimate baptism, if accomplished, and at all
events the original act of paci6catOn, will be de-
posted in the archives of France, as tho great
treaty of Vienna lies on the shelves of the Impe-
rial Chancery in that city.