The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-05

ATTEMPTS TO BREAK UP TIE FRENCH AM
ESsiLsu AILIANcE--A FLING o. RoEBrcK Al
]AMEincAN DEaocRAcY.-On another page we
publish remarkable speech of Mr.. ROebuck
member OF Parliament for Sheffield. Il was de-
ilVerea as corporation banquet in tina, city.
IL VIII be recollccted by our readers that Roe
buck, though protested radical and Chartist, is
remarkable for always voting with the tory
SIDE OF the House, and against the wings among
whom are to be found the liberal portion of
Parliament Roebuck is therefore false liberal,
and bis policy has ever been to embarrass and
defeat every generous measure offered in Parlia-
ment by the wings. Faithful to his vocation, he
now seeks to overthrow the alliance Of the
French Emperor with the English governments
and to excite war spirit in the popular mind
against France, by representing Napoleon as
menacing the very existence of England.
1t is true that he pretends to desire an
intimate alliance between the people Of
France and the people Of England, while
he aims q deadly blow at the monarch
OF France. But this is too fimsy veil
to cover his true design, which is to subserve
the wishes and purposes Of the Coburg CANA
rilla in England, the German influence behind
the throne, supposed to be more potent than the
throne ITSELF During the Crimean war the
most strenuous efforts were made by this fac
ton, the tool Of the German Powers, to break
up the entente co1'diaie between France and Eng
land, and TO isolate France and form another
coalition against Napoleon III. like that which
"a
succeeded then as to prevent the immediate
realization Of the independence of Italy, though
not the ultimate success of the cause. The old
attempt is now revived, and Roebuck fairly ex-
hbits the cioven foot by laudng despotic Aus
tria and denouncing7li liberty loving Hungary and
democratic America in the same breath. 1.-THE
unspcakable audacity,' he says ''the ovcrbear-
ing insolence of Americans, had withdrawn
from them all sympathy on the part of the peo-
pie Of England" Whether any nation has
ever yet eqnaled the English in overbearing
insolenco VIC leave all disinterested persons to
judge,
1t is evident that the cherished design Of the
British tory aristocracy is to destroy
the principles of liberty in Europe
anu la AulGTlCu AT ono icI stroke.
Hence they rejoice at the American rebellion,
and the separation Of North and South which
they pronounce eternal and they are plotting
to take advantage of the cloud which over
shadows democracy on this side Of the Atlantic
in order to get rid of every vestige of liberal
ideas in Europe. They may, however, rest as
sured. of one thing, and that is that they will
be disappointed in their hopes thatthe American
republic will prove afailure. And, furthermore,
they may as well give up at once the fallacious
notion that there is any antagonism between the
French people and the Emperor of France-the
most popular monarch who ever welded the
sceptre since the days Of Chariemagne-and
who is popular precisely because his ideas are
in unison with the wishes of the people over
whom he rules. The votaries of despotism are
building castles in the air, which have no more
foundation than the baseless fabric of vision
They hate and they fear Napoleon because,
though nominally an Emperor, he is the he
reditary friend of we'll regulated liberty in
Europe, and terror to all crowned heads who
seek to Cypress weak nationalties or to swallow
up their independence