New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-27
THE STATE OF EUROPE
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everybody. The EDsas did Dot ilke ',e ise w.
Mir oueeu Wa present at the Inauguration OF
naval stronghold built expressly to 'aleANn -.
sAua; the French thought the 'hor' '''i' ',' '"'
reserve OF the Queen were somewhat shcoul '0oO''
"A. N.uh.r, Of Parliament, who went down Tor
jsyifsss returned in bsh dudgeon because 'aey
~e,s NOT treated With becoming difference oy tae
r,snsh authorities; the French FIRE eating Colonies
vere disappointed by the pescsaee speeche' OF the
Emperor: and, lastly, the Revolutonlsts Of Europe
&.eovered thst their cherished hopes Of 8 speedy
European war were ss yet premature. Indeed, 1t
d difficult 10 get at the bottom Of Napo-
ksns schemes, and Punch has very appro-
pYiate.y portrayed him in ths shape Of 8
sDhnx, riddle TO bis eye. He encourages
br months the most violent attacks on
Epsland and Austria in his Official and &c ni.off ,al
yApen; be spends enormous SUNS OF money on
Sort6eatons and on the completion of strong naval
armament; he increases The army and reases NJ
tt evil passions Of the officers, aud wuds up By
peaceful denomination, to the disappointment Of
friends and foes. After having alarmed IN turn
England, Belgium, Turkey and Aussria be offers
Ais hand TO all of them. Il it, as many declare,
sign Of his failing mental energies, his useless eA
ksvag.noe in q heavily taxed country which has
not ye: recovered from the financial Crisis or Is IL
. deeply lsid plan which nobody can fathom
Aecordpa TO our own Judgment Napoleon,
veil assS Of the fate Of his predecessors,
svsr.hrown and expelled either BY the intrlgues
Of tho Continental powers or BY the indig
nation Of France as soon as they ceased 10
be formidable is equslly averse TO war and L.
vears. he rOuses from time to time the easily
t1citable Frenchmen; and be threatens the Cont
rental Princes who rule by the grace of g d."
IN order 10 be feared and respected, since he has
learned 10 know that in spite of treaties and ALI
saces the upstart-fami'y Of BoDaparte are not
regarded as legitimate by the soveregns of Europe.
His eoa1ing and bullying bas until now succeeded
pretty well; but on the other hand he has become
very iisagreeable to all Europe, which he has
forced to look to its defeDses and FORTH, cations.
King Leopold Of Belgium, for instance, feels HIM
self very unsafe on bis throne and therefore he
has, by bis liberal Ministry, proposed the extern
Eion Of the Notifications of Antwerp to
Tie Belgian Chambers. This is common practice
Of the European Princes; whenever they have to
yield to the pressure of tie popular will andt sur
round themselves with men Of the people, they
make use Of them TO carry through some reaction
AIRY scheme, in order either to destroy their popu-
srity, or to strengthen the prerogstve of the
Crown by their subservieney, while they are dis
misstd as soon as they have done the job. Louis
Philippe carried the restrictions of the liberty of
The Press and the fort6cs.ons Of Paris by NJ.
Theirs, and not by Guizot or Mole; the King of
Eirtemberg had the German Parisment dissolved
md expelled by Mr.. Roemer, man suspected
Of Republicansm; and Louis Bonaparte
,ent his troops to Rome and destroyed the
Republic through the agency of Messrs.
OlIlon Barrot and De Tocquevile. King
Leopold has now played the well known trick, and
HE popular Ministry have been green enough to be
caught in the snare. The Belgian Chambers, how
ever, were wiier and more patriotic than the Min
isters. They knew that the country had but one
bulwark, namely its neutrality and weakness; that
unable to resist any attack from France, she is
strong through the jealousies of the Continental
Powers, which cannot allow the European aggran'
dizement of France. Accordingly, the Ministerial
bin was defeated by an overwhelming ,jOrty aud
thus millions of money have been saved to the
country.
Poor Lamartine sinks every day lower in public
estimation. Driven to despair by the malicious
attacks Of the Legitmist journals in France en- the
degrading subscription, started by Lamartine him
self, be now openly declares that he expects to be
saved from financial ruin by the party of reaction,
since be has saved France and Europe BY psring
The claws and extracting the teeth Of the Revou-
lion Of 1s4S. In fact, he has done decently aud
somewhat timidly the dirty work of the European
and laid the foundations for the great
eAifce 20 cleverly capped by Nspoleons coup dttat
OF course, these are not his words, but it is the
jamentabe sense of all his late efidsons He fate
eusAt TO be a warning to all men of genius aud su-
bition who lack character, aud, unable to live in
honest poverty, get involved in peculiarly difficult
lies. They sink deeper and deeper until they lose
self respect and are driven to solicit aims, while
their pens continue to be the best paid in Europe
The Parliamentary session of 1853 closed in a
d amer rather favorable for the Derby Ministry,
the prestige of Lord Pslmerston and of Lord John
Russell having entirely disappeared sud Lord Ssss-
ley, Sir Edward B. Lytton and the liberal wing of
the Tories having had sufficient time to disarn the
natural jealousy Of the Radicals by displaying
broad, comprehensive views as regards most of the
questions .gitatipg the public mind. The c'ncia-
tory policy in regard to the United States, aud
the krmnes toward Naples in the question of the
Cagkai, strengthened the good opinion gained by
the judiciOus management Of the French difficulty
And Of the India bill. However, if the Wing poll
hciaps are able TO bring about hearty union Of
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