The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-16

ipe tIeDgA tnrOuen EuPpVN oy tne Prooos
unite together 10 pilAage ihe public and bully
the government. But we desire all interests
10 have fair chance, and If any means can be
Devised 10 prevent their combining, and thus
give the country O prospect Of future compe-
dtion in the conveyance Of our immense and
growing transisLmus Commerce, let 1t BY all
means be carried out.
THE TRoUDLEs or TIE EUROPEAN DEsPors.-
lEfoThar bsirg made to inpartto the fresh diff
fculty raised BY Rush Gill: :ii Turkey degree Of
Importance which II does not merit There il no
real intention ON the palt Of the former Power
to Place herself 50 soon again in antsgonism
with England on this question. The EN-
peror Alexander must be conscious that he is
no nearer the accomplishment Of ths pet pro-
iects Of Russia In the East than his father was,
and be is not one Of those men who are ready
10 run great risks for the attainment Of remote
objects. The present squsbSle--for we can give
il no more eerious desigDstion-ifno not Originally
iDstigstsd by France, has assumed the little i'm
porisnee that il possesses from her advice and
countensnce. II is convenient for LOUIS Ma
poleon just now to create diversion which
may distract tho attention Of people from the
formidable proportions of the game which Is
being played out in the south Of Europe
There has been no event within the memory
of the present generation which has been less
accurately measured ia its consequences than
the insurrection In Sicily. The circumstances
la6 In 6hA .~ n keuAx Il
ali be referred 70 diplomatic necessities In
the present instance no such excuse can be al
legged in defence of Gsribsldi's expedition.
Morally, Of course, IL can be defended, on the
grounds Of philanthropy and humanity; but
viewing il In reference to international law il is
as pure case OF fi.oasterism as any that has
been attempted on this eide of the Atlantic
Ii Sardinia did not exactly encourage, she did
not seek to prevent, her people embarking in
this expedition, and, considering that che ia to
shsIe largely in the results, her passivsness IL
az much violation Of her international obliga-
items az more active sympathy. Should Carl
bslci succeed In his invasion of Naples, as be
has done in Sicily, and The entire kingdom be
declared annexed to Sardinia, the rext ques-
ton will be, TO what is this precedent going to
lead May i. not be applied with equal reason
TO Venetis, Hungary ana all the other oppressed
natiopslitiess
These are the considerations which impart
TO the revolution at present being worked out
lance. In the uncertainty which prevails In
regard 70 the policy Of the French Emperor,
it would be madness for the German sovsreisns
to suffer these daring infringements Of what
they consider the principles of European or
der TO be carried to any greater lengths They
can clearly trace, if they viii, from the mo-
ment when Louis Napoleon assumed the reins
Of power in France, the march Of q new order
Of ideas and Of new policy, alike fatal to the
interest of the old dynssties. In Italy 1t has
torn from Francis Joseph, the Pope and the
King Of Naples some Of their fsirest and most
valUsble possessions Unless an effort be made
to check it, progress 1t will 90 on with Its
work of redistribution and reorgaoiz alton.
uutn not trace Of the isbor Of the Con-
gress Of Vienna remains to attest the folly and
shortsightedness of the men who took part Ia
them. II Il impossible that the continental
sovereigns should not be ssnsible of the dan.
gers that threaten them, and ap-
preciste the necessity Of their max.
ing an immediate and decided stand against
them. Prussia We know 10 be fully aware Of
the critical character Of the times, from the
declarations Of her statesmen and the military
preparations which she Is making. II Austria
and the secondary German States do not fol-
low her example, they will be csugbt by the
storm that Is silently gathering over their
heads The next few months will develope,
on the part Of France, some Of the more i'm
portant features Of that mysterious policy
which, commencing with professions of dis
interessedness, 10 slowly but stsadiis .dvAnc'
Ing towards the socoupiisument OF tne oo-
jecu which II has all along had Ia view. It's
for these reasons that We attach TO the present
events in Sicily . character more serious than
that Of mere effort 10 change dynasties.
They are pregnant with consequences which
will involve Europe In another prolonged and
sanRuinAry contest, like that which resulted In
the treaties of 1915.