, 1860-03-07

-Four individuals, brothers, in royal parlancc,
either in person OF by their ministers, in Vien-
III in 1914, and at Paris the following year,
alter admitting to their council and subsequent
treaties several crowned heads Of inferior
power, including QUO also who had been placed
by foreign bayonets over a people wlo lad re-
pudiated his familya quarter Of a century he
fore, re-arrangcd and allotted tho map Of
Europe among themselves, covering by tAeir
acts an area Of about three and ! half millions
cf square miles, and inhabited by over two
hundred millions Of people. For the latter,
the high contracting parties furnished masters
md oppressors, whom they solennly agreed
mutually to maintain in the possession Of tho
privileges thus conferred and assumed. Tho
millions Of human beings whose destiny was
thus fixed, were rs little consulted and coasid-
cred as tue personal chattel which daily
changes its owner by bargain and sale. Dur
ing TWENTY-FIVE years, England and her allies
had expended oceans Of blood, and money
almost exceeding computation, to combat the
spirit Of revolution which had driven the Bour-
bons from Franco, and placed an elected En-
peror on the throne Openly rroclailning tllat
she would not sheath the sword until the
exciting order Of things was broken up,
tho old dynasty restored, and the right Of
the people, to select their rulers rcbukcd and
suppressed Tie triumph of tue allies cna-
bled England to settle these questions, and her
views became tho established policy Of Europe
far years. It is true, that England and Europe
permitted tho old French dynasty 10 be again
driven out in 1890, and all elected Monarch to
sit upon the throne, whom they recognized as
dc ;taeto the head Of the government. And
eighteen years later, still another change, in
which tie old powers were abolished, and from
which Republic was produced But tlrougl,
nil these changes, England steadily maintained
the principle Of the "divine right'' Of kings,
rs contza-distinguishcd from the rights Of tho
masses.
And when Austria was enabled by the in
ter1cntion Of Russia. to suppress and crush
constitutional rights in Hungary, and this
wicked exercise Of arbitrary power, aroused
the people Of England, as well rs our own
country, and brought forth m almost univcr'
, mi protest and condemnation, The government
Of England, true to lis tory proclivities as well
a from motives Of state policy, still stood by
The "diyine right" and had no sympathy for
oppressed nationa1ities, whose cause Kossuth
50 eloquently maintained before the world.
But tho Hungarian patriot has lived to see
the principles he 50 much cherished and so
ably and persistently advocated, almost against
hope, become the policy Of the government Of
England as we'll as the sentiment Of its pco-
ple-so far at least as Central Italy is conccrn-
ed-a raro triumph which must sustain the
heart Of TIC patriot in his exile.
England and Franco are in accord in main.
timing that the cxied Dukes el.nll not 10 re-
instated By force, holding, in short, Kossut1l'a
principle Of non.interrention- demanding from
the great powers that the Inhabitants Of Gen.
trnl Italy may vote on their own constitution;
and England further demands that should they
pronounce in favor ct annexation to Sardinia,
the Inter power shall be authorized to accom-
plish their wishes. If England shall firmly
and consistently maintain Ibis position, a great
advance will have been made in favor Of poI-
ular rights, and an era Of constitutional liberty
viii dawn upon the people Of Europe. Not
We trust m era Of uubridlcd license, such as
WAS inauguratcd by the Rcd-Rcpublicans Of
: France; but constitutional monarchy like
that of Sardinia, better suited to the present
wants and condition Of tho people, bet.
ter calculated to conserve their rights
and advance them in happiness, power and
wealth. Not but TINT the people Of the
Duchiea, living during the last nine months
under hastily formed provisional govern
ment, have not eyinccd power and capacity
for aelC-zestraint eminently assuring to th'
friends Of liberty and good order, but by assim
ilating their Constitution to TINT Of Sardinia
and uniting with it, they may form Stat
powerful in itself, capable Of defending itsel
from unjust aggression without; and thu
commencing it to the cordial support and con
fdence Of all good men who aro its subjects
That England should be largely, perhap
mainly instrumental in engrafing upon tn
Royal family code Of Europe the policy Of no,
intervention, il a master osjust pride to us, th'
descendants Of her people: and that tie Gov
ernrnent, alwnys on the aidc Of nbso!u,ista, re
sisting oil 'cncroachments upon power, and
outside the British Isles, erecting barriers be