The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-02
NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY AUGUST q 1859 Is -or

British Comments on sns Peace OF vias-
fxancs-A Religious Contest Impeadi"g Bs-
tween Northern xnd Southern Europe.
The EDglish press does not like the peace
of viIlafranca Although the terms Of that
peace and the conditions under which Italy
is to be erected into political confederation
are not yet known, for they have to be d =
>.sssed and settled at Zurich still the English
~ out as loudly and as bitterly against
p'eSe y. # Louis Napoleon as they could
Ae 80 s'uieo in possession Of all the facts
49,. s@;y .ua "a ~ the bosom Of the
future.
The burtbeu of their CRY is that LOUIS 'p'
leon has been false to his wora, thar
must he free to the Adriatic" Theve accuse
tons contrast strangely with the indignant laa-
guage used only a few weeks since by the came
journals at Louis Napoleon for having uttered
those words. And 1t is not the press alone that
exhibits this self contradiction. Lord Derby
| and the aristoeratic party of England are
| equally vocferous in the same strain against
Louis Napoleon for having made peace with
Austria when only short time since they were
Just as rampant against him for daring to
make war on Francis Joseph. The secret of
these strange contradictions lies liz the fact that
the Cobuyg court interest and the cid tory party
of England still cling to the ideas Of George the
Third, and wish to see tAe whole of Europe
banded together in q war to the death against
the testamentary executor Of the revolution Of
1913, as they were against the testameatary ex-
ecutsr of the revolution of 1892. Ia this hope
they will 40 doubt, be joircd sy Prussia aud
the northern or Protestant States of Germany,
and tie contest in Europe may yes be changed
from political one to one between the decaying
religions Of Northern and Southern Europe.
When Msiiin Luther began tee first of the re-
/ lgious contests which Europe hes Witnessed N
| the last three centuries, an extraordinary viGor
seized upon the German mind, and'fn FIFTY years
Catholicism was driven southwark beyond til.
Alps Professionalism then attained its highes,
aceendancy. The force of the movements awoke
TIE Catholic church from its torpor, and inspired
it's adherent3 with new zeal and fervcr. The
Jeoaits and the Dominicaus arose, and
bearing the banners of the church mill.
tant and the Inquisit;on, drove Professionalism
bac1~a ard even to the shores of the German
Ocesn. Success saekcned their efforts end d.
verted their aims, and the Southern reaction
gave way 10 its turn. With the thirty years
war The Protestant Power of Prussia grew, to
! lingdoa, and the peace Of Westphalia left the
/ boundaries of Catholic and Protestant EcroSe
& UGH as they have remained until our time
This war had in it u new element, which teek
th shape of contest for national independence;
an after this the next great disturbance of Nu-
rol 'e came from the rising of the people, and the
cas- ting down Of thrones'by their revolutionary
ire. Stree that time the political idea has bec:.
gro wing, and the religious one waning, in tie
min Is of men, Both the Catholic and the Protest.
ante ogmas have lost muc. of their sway, and Eta
rope day presents the view Of two decaying,
relig ons. In the Protestant countries Catholic
reviv Il is- being experienced; while in those
where the Roman Catholic church.. les been ST.. :.
Preme and exclusive the marked tendency Oh
things is towards the pulling down of the ec,,le-
siastic' IL end the elevation Of the politi cal
idea. Thus there is presented to the
world an abyss of revolution in rolig on
as well as IN government, lying between I he
present and she future. Tis gulf must be bridg ed
in order to" be passed over. The nations OF
Europe will long stand OF its brink, cerainiI lg
rom throwing themselves into it, as urged oy
the red republicans, and listening to tie voice of
The aristocrsts who claror for resrceession to nc
theories OF the Middle Ages, under the l.liaeio Us
,ry of conservation.
The Napeleoaic ideas present TO Europe
bridge over the revolutionary ssyss, and o pc r
ton of the hotter order CT Italioa revo,aonis is
have passed over it to begin the wcrIzA of co a.
s,ruction for The coming irae. As nats,Ys& co o.
sequence, both the red republicans, who Won Id
leap into the gulf and tie advocates Of The ide as
Of the feudal ages who wisa to racede i-emit,o D.
pose the movement. McGsini cad Lord Lyu d.
burst Kossuth and Lore Derby, stand.s;de by 81 lie
in their outc:ies against It, Bat, tho process is
sophical intellect anc we should not be II
prised if the united opposition Of ar;stocreta nd
reds were to torce Louis Napoleon 70. turn the
next contest in Europe irto cas bssw zen
the two deoaying churches CT Rone and F 'ro-
testantism He has c'seady caused the 5ita rly
vituperativs speech Of LorcsLynchurst ags inst
bin to be translated into French, and read not
only to the people ard the army, bat n , the
rising generation now in the. schools Of En ance
He may do the same>with that Of Lord ID erby,
which we publish to-day, esd with osaeDs that
will be paared out against .xm. This will raise.
powerful feeling IN France against Ez gland
and Prussia as tho leading ProtcstaatP overs,
and prepare thu. nation fo7, ary lcontest
with these governments. He has made peace
with austria much to their disgust, and { ne nezA
step may be urAed ono on TIE pass Of the two
Catholic Empersss against tas two Pr otestaat
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