New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-14
GOVERNMENTS DE PACTO.

GOVERNMENTS DIX RACTO.
The traitors of tho South and tier Northern
allies, including, possibly, some diplomatic idiers,
are laying great stress upon the sem-diplOmat'c
nxiom relating 10 the recognition Of government
dc Gac,o; but without rejecting that this axiom IS
far from being absolute, and that ito application
must be- according TO the circumstances; aud upon
this point there numerous historical evidences
Every one knows that even France, which was
the first 70 side with us in struggle for indie
yeuAence, did not do 80 Ut the start although she
was glad to pe her old enemy weakened
Everybody knows that Louis XVI, his court,
Ministry, aud the whole French nation were not
carried away BY the enthusiasm inspired BY the
canse Of liberty. and that it was the noble
efforts Of Lafayette, who broke through III ior-
ulaitie., that decided tho recognition oy France
of our dc faci0 Government. Similar feelings al
that time inspired all Europe, snd Maria Theresa,
joseph in yienus, and Frederick Ii. in BerliH,
sbsrcd the enthusiasm of their subjects for our
emancipation though they did not officially recog-
nize tie Dc fdcfo government. NOw-tor the FIRST
time in the annals Of humanity, revolt s made to
sustain and extend Human Slavery IN its worst
form. The causo OF the Southern traitors is sure
20 evoke contempt equal in magnitude to the
enthusiasm OF Europe for the events which were
crowned by Ito peace of 1883, and the establish
meut of the Union. The m0st besotted Absoutists
viii revolt at the thought of giving aid and COM
fort to the upholders Of the traffic in man, or at
recognizing any government they may establish.
When tho Spanish Colonies, one after another,
unfurled the Gag Of Independence. public opiniod
in England and all Europe hailed with delight
their efforts TO rid themselves Of an oppressive
colonial rule. The Government Of England SYM
psthzed with them more than any other Euro
pesu power. But notwithstanding the adVan-
tsge which would accrue 10 English commerce
from opening to the world the hsrbors OF
Spanish America, the English Government did
not recognize at once the several dc taeto Gov
eumentd which were established. nor enter With
them into tfeaties and stipulstions; for such an
action would have been equivalent to declsra.
ton of war against spain. The English people,
through private individuals, supported the Spanish
Americans with money, taking the risk of its
loss in case Of their want of success; and mary
Englishmen enlisted ia tho cause of liberty
and emancipation, which few, We fancy, viii do
in the cause Of bondage and piracy. Canning, in
the name Of the EDglish Government, proclaimed
the principles Of ncn-intervention, aud Henry
Brougham, then mouth.piece of the OPP
position, supported Canning, because, as he said,
+" liberty mot slayeyl dawns on all points of the
horizon, and its sacred caaso viii be served by
" non-inieryention." The Bourbcns of France,
the Holy Alliance, and, above all, Tia moving
spirit, Alexander !. of Russia, were all allies OF
Spain. but they submitted to the decision of Eng
land; Alexander few rotten vessels, sent to aid
Spain, never reached the shores Of the emancipa-
ted Spanish Colonies.
England, more than any other European Power,
recognizes Governments de (aeto. But she does
this only when, by an internal revolution, the
rulers Of nation are oyerthrown, aud new
form of government inaugurated. On this ground,
she recognized the Government Of Louis Philippe
in 1880, republican France in lo4S, the corp
detot of Louis Napoleon and his creation Of the
Empire, the change in the dynasty and civil
order in Spain, in Portugal, and recently in
Italy. Bat neither England nor any other Euro
pean Power, whatever may be public opinion,
recognizes as o Government dc (aetO part or
dependency of an existing nation which reyolts
and attempts to act up for itself, as an 'fnpsris~
in imperis, disintegration. Tho only excep-
tional case on record 10 that Of Belgium, and this
was the result OF various peculiar causes.
The insurrection oil Poland in lo3o-3l called
forth universal sympathy, was sPpiauded oil over
the world, and above all in France and England,
4 de faeio Polish Government existed for nine
months, is had ito accredited agents in Paris and
London, bat, nevertheless, no Official fact what
ever, even OF tho smallest value, gave evidence
Of any recognition FROM the Preach and English
Governments. During tho whole time Of the du-
ration Of the resurrection, the Polish Official
agents abroad did not receive from the French
or English departments Of foreign Affairs, even
single envelope directed to them in their official
capacity.
Tho rebels Of South Carolina Mississippi, or
Alabama, whatever may BIO their arrogant impu'
denee, will hardly venture to compare their cause
with that Of the Maeyars of lSis-i2. All Eu.