Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-02-18
RICHMOND WHIG.
VOLUME 65.
az PARIs CORREsPONpENCE.


= ,vroRrAxT rEAE-rHS ANERIcAS coSvULsioS-NiNA-
,,Sa ASPECT oF AFFAIRs IN ErRoPE-FsANcS PREPARED
FoR VAR
PARIS, Tuesday, jan p. 1851.
r., tie Ea,or Of ths Wbig:
s1 pronises TO be one Of the most important and ex-
.:,, wears Of modern times. The creates; nation of
ia Wes,e-n Hemisphere is coAvulsed Oy political agi-
10, s,eh As i. never Witnessed and whose solution ap
Is =, us here nothing less than civil war, aud the
ble ruin OF the Power which, oly few months ago,
-. known and respected throughout the civilized world
e. ts giant Republic Of the UAiled States OF America
TIE apsc, Of European a4irs Is not less menAcing to
,s,r,nquty OF the nation but how dihereat are the
.,-uns.asces, Wills: The people upon whom Pgoyt
dense kls smiled for than eighty years, and VITO
s, pe,tv band o. coouists have attained dazzling
.i,spee among tb, powers Of the Garth seem GU tie
mint of DESTROYING. with their h,uds, the temple OF
., ,ensn.el with the blood OF their fathers, the pop
r 5.- OF the old sord eagerly pressing Onward TO
,, oo1l which America Is abaudoniug. Il j. only few
ys since the great pgiuciple proclaimed in oar muOr
a.. lrs'Ju Of lGdepcndence-thst, q sc the H.
rrsb, rights Of h.c iocrty and the pursuit OF happ
r. governments instituted among meu, derir,pg
,.r it p0s,r IRON ths coaSeat Of tie Qopsrsti'
,sr, imprlc,able theory 10 Europe. Il is fis; becou
;,, nos great fact. The eXimpla OF France h,s not
hen os' Il The ua;iocs CT the coatiacnt stl uea-
batoct,bi-a and maintain republican form Of gov.
r,msu they src resolved II least 70 choose their
,os,rgs aei Whea the latter shall rule Tor the
psso', they wil bs dethroued
There s no VET save the last struggles OF the
kag Of Gseta which must soon eud in hS hral Oye--
,b-ow Bus on al sides Is heard the busy note Of rp
-,,i,n Il the Emperor NlpO.ton made peace at Villa
-rca because France not ready 20 engage in pro-
lsagsl caupagn such not now the ease. AT no p
-3 a her story has France possessed such array
n soldiers a, are to-iay enrolled under her banner,
rsi.p,ed In their trade armed with the bes weapons
AID pravidtd with every auxiliary which science aud
,-ri ,rs,ish, can furnish France is all. TO lock the
rre u tie face wi,hOu, blsuchiug She does uot want
var she has cNsr.ed every proper and Eo OrAbe tdIr
10 void : hg, 70 others sound the toc-in she viii not
51pk from the rpspous, ,ty forced upon her 70 defend
ts weak The uniisguised antiquity OF the UOrthctu
bo'list PoNers France ought 20 be Of her hes
.i.ss TO the sympathy of America Her soves igu
Is 10, the cho,ce OF iew nCbts but OF the French peo
Of, AMI under the rule OF Napoleon III not ouly has
F-.cs e. loved prosperity unex,mp,d ia her an all
on, she has ,owu the seed # mocracy in Enrope
which de-potsm again tear no. She has -h1-
Ken the dynases by "Dyine rgot 20 their very !Oun-
d.s3as and the last OF armed tyranny, tEum-
ptin. fi,y years ago, is 20 longer p acJicable.
IT,, failure Of the Waslw COctgreuce proves that the
dsv Of coalitions has gone bv despite the dschrnjiOa OF
o-on OF the l. gitiIt press tia. the three Northern
S1veregs did ioru alliance aud that the possession
Of Venetia by Austria will be maintained by Russia aud
Prussia a hazards Time Will soon establish the truth
or the f4y Of this assertion. The world believes that
e monarchs who met in the ancient capital OF State
b5,ed by their ancestors from the map Of Europe and
whose purposes were kuosn 20 be iunich 10 the cause
Of liberty separated without having been abe 70 form
co.on consistent with the cashng Interests of each
other If the world dee iyed and three Soyerrsns
uro.s,ing three different religions really succeeded m
coming 20 an understanding whose result If triumphant
would rebound only 20 the advantage OF ultramOutan-
ism the parry c progress and tolerance Is ready % meet
Gle issue While the Emperor cf Russia and the kiug
Of Prussia shall assist Frilci, Joseph 20 ,'ta liberty IN
ysae- and Hungary les them look 10 that the hydra
Of revolution do no; it, many heads at the loot OF
their own thrones
TIE htes. intelligence from Germany ia Of very
threatening character regards The difficulty between
ihe Confederation aud the Kingdom Of Denmark. The
few words on the Subiec, spoken by the King OF Prussia
10 h address the opening OF the Chambers have pro-
duc,l an immense sensation at Copenhagen, and ;Ge
Danish Government manif-sts unaterabls deermiua-
lion not 20 Weld an Ota Of is rights In the Grand Ouchy
Of Hosein the cause Of dispute Efforts again be-
-g made 70 induce Sweden espOusc the Danish quar-
rel On the other hand the German Confederation seems
no less determined 10 carry things tXt5emtes lt IL
opposed in Paris that the Intervention OF England,
France and Rl,sa may yet prevent a resort 70 arms
Gen. Turr has arrived iu Turin from Caprera. The re-
sl OF that part OF bis mission relative 20 the presenta
ton 10 Giritali Of the diamond star offered 10 the il
s'rious LberaiOr by the survivors Of the thousand
Who landed with him st Mar,ah, has been made public.
10 bis reply 70 the speeeh OF presentation, Gaoald
said:
BE assured that never gift agreeable my
heart than that which you offer behalf OF my brave
companions in arms Tel Them that accept it gladly
sai that thank them; when carry 70 your beautiful
A1d, Oh, General the succOr Of your arms; a. have
sFOrn By the tOm5s Of the chivalrons Hungarnus, killed
a the cause Of Iny that We Italians would rePlsce
them A. it ia our dltv
Il i well known that Garibald stranger to dissimu
on aud expresses his thoughts intentions wish ite
irankuess The hvelest interest therefore
f 0 the result Of General Tu-rs mission /, being
adhered probable that Garihald would develop bis put
poses without hesitation. Bu strangely enough in the
report urn she'd by Turr himself The journals OF Tu
rr there Is not syllable relative either Venice
Rome The poplar sop o-,.ou is that al! illusions to
those subjects kep; back hs the DIS Of King
Victor emanuel Who Is bell. we'd 70 have sent con6
dsl.ll message 20 the EN-D,ctdtor.
/. is a very significant fic:, 5aU ths French oficiA
Journal this mo- x mentO.s the mission 10 Capterl
sh s the details kIOWn, viz the pr seutatou ci The
diamond star % The hero aud OF a New ar's g.h from
Victor Emmanuel TO Gtribolt diug1t T. the speechc
s.. The Nosifsr remarks, With evident satisfaction
that Gtr5sM "mat i.csis undertaking devotion 20 the
Aug Of Piedmont and commenting upon his alld>ion
t0 HuJgary 10 observes that 10 thrse words 6arosl
only engages his personal e-pOr sitity. Diplomacy
uas rot judged in the light the declaration OF
Petmollese COmmissary Aucona ~ho claimed irisst,
a. an Italian city. According 20 correspondence from
beria the Prassan Government had sent % Count Ca
volr proes, on this point whereup0n the Piedmontess
Government dsivowtd the preteusous Of s agent and
declared e pIrpOss 10 respect eonscienuousy the tetr
tow Of the tiefmanic Confederation.
Several Hungarian districts have elected, as deputies
trerent political eNiles. The Emperor Fnucs joseph
Li' issued decree, declaring these elections null and