New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-01
TIE STATE OF EUROPE.


,,d .hll princes and people belong to the same
,,ce and that race prides itself on being the moss
;,t.lIectusl, the most moral, and the most inge'
Mons of all races on earth. Armenia and Poland
Ara divided among three foreign despos, the great
ar portion Of Italy s still ruled BY Bourbons snd
Hspsburss, who msintain their tyrsnnicsl sway by
,srcensry Swiss soldiers, or By German armies,
And Hungary 10 VIGOROUSLY under the yoke Of
a foreign power We know that the aspirations
sf A. these nations for liberty are thwsrted BY the
brute force Of foreigners; bat Why can Germany
not obtain either shadow Of unity, or substance
Of hberiyl We heard in l54o much about the
i.trques of the Princes, though at that time they
vere powerlcss, aod in Io49 about the peculiar
vSste Of mind of the King of Prussis, who lacked
- energy to oppose Austria and rather submitted
- the shameful dictation Of Olmiitz, and to The
kssi.comsdy Of BronDzek, than to aow con-
stsutonal freedom to be developed In Prussia
But now the Prince Regent js admitted not to be
A IDIOT, luuatic, or a coward, his ministers have
even the reputation of being liberals, and his Gov
eminent 10 10 open opposition to Austria, while the
German Princes are just nov more powerlew than
ever, and still bis much expected answer to the
s1are,s announcing to him the yearnngs OF Ger
many for unity under bis leadership, might have
been delivered by King Bomba himself de dePre-
oates any sgitstion; be advocates the rights oil tue
German princes; be seems not to understand ho~the
PEOPLES may Likewise have some rights; he snuos
he movement Of Eisenach; be protests against any
extension of liberty, and finds that Germany want.
nothpa but an increase Of her armies. VI
course a. soon as the armies shall be increased and
Tie taxes raised for maintaining them, the ffloceS
will feel powerful enough to crush the last rem
pants of liberty not yet extogushed by them ID the
Yesctionary period Of the last ten years, and not
yet forgotten by the people during its base scram-
bic for shares of Credit MObler swindles ana aus
TRAN lottery loans. What Germany really wants
i not an Increase of the armies but increase Of
patriotic statesmen. The nation does not want
more bayonets against France, but brains 70
lad and direct them, and stout heart TO
fsht those thirty or tuirtJ-six little tyrants
who prevent the nation from becoming
Q unity and from showing bold front TO any
foreign power. The Germans have no reason to
complain of anybody but themselves. They
eoerced by foreign armies; but instead of
putting the shoulder to the wheel, they abuse En-.
Gland for her sel6shDess aud France for her lust of
conquest, and Italy for her turbulence and HUI
gary for her restlessness; since, according to the
German professors, German science is OF such a
precious growth, that England ought rather go to
war than to allow that French campaign in Italy
should disturb the leisure of the German UniVer-
mites; and Hungary, Italy, Poland, and Bohemia
must Of course be oppressed that the Rhine should
te defended by the worthless blood of Hungarian
hussars, Italian infantry, Polish laocsrs, and
Bohemian artillerymen, and not by the precious
sinews of Germans, who are destined to eDn0ble
mankind by philosophical speculation. There was
never period in history when Germany lay deeper
in the mre than now. 1t is the hour Of the deep
eft humiliation Of that people; and unless they
rouse themselves TO action aud f-reform, and get
ashamed Of their present position the very first
war On the Rhine or on the Vistula will scatter
them to the winds, like chat. The German papers
are ut the present moment at war with all nations
of Europe; they abuse England Systematically;
they defy France; they scorn Italy; they nate
Russia; they complain of Denmark; they tDd
fault with everybody but with themselves and their
princes. No paper speaks of the malsdministra-
ton in Hesse Of the ludicrous pomposity OF the
HapOverian Court, of the bureaucratic anarchy IN
Austria. of the Ultramonthne intrgues in Bavaria,
Of the Puseyite hypocrisy in Wirtemberg.
The Germans excuse themselves with the state
Of their press, but the Russian Herzen gives them
the example how the administration even OF Rus
siA may be controlled by public opinion. Hi.
weekly paper, the Bell (KolokoD printed In Rus,
sian in London severely and fearlessly exposes all
the maadminstratOn Of the Great Empire OF the
North, giving the facts and the names; and more
than one Governor of province, or Judge h,'
already been punished in consequence OF ARTICLES
which have appeared in the Bell aud given rise Il
criminal investi cations. But lately an Admiral Sent
an elaborate article, in selEdeteuse, to the editor
of that paper in consequence of charge brought
nsaibst HIM. The Gar and his brothers regularly
read this publication, forbidden by the police, bu
st,ll smuggled into the country. What contras
between the Russian Bel and the German Herr
mann, published upon the same plan at London
lhe Hermann is snubbed in Germany, and cannO
get able and truthful correspondents 10 the Father
land who will send such communications to The
editor a. could not be published in Germany.
The DISASTROUS news from China has reestablished
the good underslaI ding between France and In
gland. A combined expedition has been determined
upon, and the invasion panic is again adjourned
1t is even possible that the greater intimacy arising
from the renewal Il the Anglo French alliance fol
Chinese purposes may lead to better understand
ing % regards Italy, aud TO Congress which
would sanction the annexation Of the Duchies Il
Piedmont. Should, however, the wisdom of Eu
rope hand over Tuscany and the Legations Il
Prince Napoleon, then we might soon hear OF {
Nuratist outbreak in the Neapohtan Kingdom
which nearly reaches the Legations. II Victor
Emanuel shOuld get Tuscany and toe Legations
he would soon try to wrest Nenetia from Austria;
and thus We may, i'll any case, be certain that the
Italian question will sgain engage the attention OF
Europe In the pext future. The treaty Of Villa
franco 10 certainly nothing more than truce, even
if the Conferences of Zurich, now suspended,
shOuld be followed BY Congress. The sett ,men,
of Italy must remain very precarious, so long 81
Austria keeps footing beyond the Alps and the
King of Naples does not heartily join the policy o
Sardinia. Though it is impossible to fathom Ma
poleons schemes, it is not likely that he intends Il
put his cousin on the throne of Etruris; he nigh