The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-13

tional governments If Holland. Prussia, Bel
e!pm, sweden Spain AID Portugal. The
creation OF Sardinia as a great Power
scds auotder 10 this galaxy, aud leaves
the Papacy ard Naples isolated from their kin
bred systems of Austria and Russia an isola-
ton which secures their early sloughing Of the
Old systems. The fact is now evident that the
NapoIeoaic dynasty belongs to the new and
not to the Old eta, il The principles upon which
| il seeks TO baae its existence; and hence the
new alliance and its prospective ware.
Austria, bankrupt in everything existing on
the principles Of national Organization and
government founded by Charlemagne thou
sand years ago, hard pressed by the Teutonic
element in Prussia, and the progress Of consti-
tutional right in Italy, has thrown herself into
the arms of Russia, whom, so recently, she
rivalled AID thwarted in her designs upon the
Turkish empire and Constantinople. What po-
siton these hold in the new compact must be
left to conjecture, and conjecture can only be
guided in its deductions By the great fact that
between the Sclayonic theories of absolute
rule, and those Of constitutional right which
prevail in Western Europe, life contest exists.
To this contest Turkey owes its present exist
ence-a mongrel Power In the European
scheme. These new movements on the
political chessbosrd Of Europe carry us back
to the period of the proposition of Nicholas to
Sir Hamilton Seymou in relation to the effects
of the ''sick man" The complications to which
they will give rise will no doubt disturb the
political atmosphere of Europe during the COM
ing summer, and perhaps have prejudicial ef-
feet upon our business relations with the Old
World. We have one advantage on this side of
the ocean. If we succeed in preserving intact
the peaceful and commercial relations between
the North and the South in our own Union,
now so seriously menaced by the aggressive
tendencies of black republican abolitionism, the
experience of the war in the Crimea, and the
recent campaign in Italy, proves to us that we
have little to fear from inter European wars.
Movements OF the Political Buce aneers--
The Latest Coup d'Etat OF the Albany
Lobby.
During several years past an organized gang
of political buccaneers has been in existence
at Albany, with branch crews in the metropo-
lis. ThuIlow Weed has been the pirate chief
at Albany and Jacob Sharp his metropolitan
lieutenant The prize upon which these bucca.
neers intend to bear down is nothing less than
the public property Of the metropolis itself
prize which far outshines the widest visions
of Morgan and his comrades, who originated
the buccaneering trade upon the Spanish Main.
II they captured galleon with half million
Of dollars in specie, they were satisfied; but
the Albany freebooters are remorseless. Like
Cardinal Wolsey their stomachs are unbound
ed. and they cry continually for more, more,
more The game at which Weed, Sharp & Co.
dy is found in the franchises Of the city-the
ferries, docks, slips, etc.; the right of way
through the public streets for railroad grants
the sale Of corporation property, such as mar
kets, etc, and general poaching upon the me-
trepolitan taxpayers, by q trained band Of
sportsmcn who have been reducing the art o.
public plundering to all the mathematical sure
ty Of one of the exact sciences.
To simplify the work before them, the chiefs
Of the lobby first commenced operations by
legislating the city out Of all its municipal
privileges, and making Albany the source
from which we obtained the direction of our
city government, such as il is. The next thing |
to do was to fix the new Legislature, so that
the members would rush anything through that
Weed, Sharp 4 Co. should dictate. Weed and
his friends worked very hard last fall TO get re-
liable men sent to Albany. There was good
deal Of money spent for the election of GER
tain Senator'S and Assemblymen and the pre-
sence of a very large cat in the meal tub sug-
gested itself to the perspicacious mind
When the session opened, things were sup
posed to be all arranged There was a Legisla-
ture which sailed under the Weed flag, good,
tractable crew he had shipped, and the business
promised as well as the ebony trade, which il
so tempting to some Of the black republicans of
New York and Boston. AS beginning, some
twelve or fifteen city railway bills were intro
duced; subsequently, for greater facility Of
operations, they were all combined ia about
half dozen bills These bills gave to Weed,
Sharp g. Co. and their friends the right to build
railways in all the principal streets of
the metropolis free Of any charge from
the Corporation. This FIRST job was worth at
least million of dollars, and would have
cut up very handsomely in the way of prize
money The ways were all creased and the
pirate ship was ready to be launched, when
terrible accident occurred. A clipper bark,
belonging to another concern, bore down upon
the Weed and Sharp craft, and in wonderfully
short space Of time reduced her to an utter
wreck. Or, to drop metaphor, Live Oak George
Law, whom everybody supposed to be dead
and buried since his astonishing experiences ia
the Presidential campaign Of 1856, has been
burrowing under Weed, and, by an extraerdi
nary coup d'ftdt, has succeeded in overthrow.
ing, in less than two days, the carefully ar