New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-01-22

material interests and higher interests Of the tw.
eombaants and Of civilization in the world at laro.
| On the whole, the New Year opens out sIroos
cheerily from the gloom that shrouded the last da,.
Of 1861. One can at best only say almost and even
FIAT only by comparison. Clouds and darkpss.
doubtfuly lighted by the low Winter sum- hover owe,
ne, and shut in the horizon narrowly. You will end
he Emperors little NewYear speeches to the diplo
matte and other bodies reported in their email full
ness in yesterday newspapers. Optimists applynqs
system Of fertile improvement to these brief
texts, that reminds one of Puff's Interpretation Of
Lord Bnreighs pregnsnt shake Of the head, End
them richly efluent Of promises. His Maies,ya
reply to the sessonable compliments Of the DDlo.
matte Corps, rronounced-in the lack Of a PspJ
Nuncio, the ex-o1icio spokesman of the Diplomatic
Body at all Catholic Courts, and in the absence Of
Lord Cowley, the dean Of the corps-by the Russian
Embassador Kisseefi, allddes to the state of tbnu
in America with courteous kindly, chaacterstcslly
non-eommilal phrase. No guidance TO rational
guessing os to lis proposed policy in the Anglo.
American conflict, or sto bis general purposed policy
| toward u.s. can be found there. In his yet biefer
response 10 the President Of the Senate ne says
that he counts upon that body TO aid him in perfect
ing the Constitution" This new assertion by mph
cation of his already reiterated opinion that the Coz
sution is not perfect, and that it needs TO be in
proved, expands the hopes Of optmist Liberals and
may certainly help sustain tie camer faith in The
future Of unsaneline Liberals. lie says to bali
brother de Morny aud complims ntary spokesman Of
the CorDs Lcg,siaff that he hores that the changes
he has recently made in the Constitution will 10
accepted by that assembly as new proof Of Lie
entire confidence in its intelligence and patriotism
10 the Cardinal Archbishop Of Pars, Primate Of
the French Clergy, saaried Senator, member of tho
PGvy Council of Regency, and Imperid Grand
Almoner be says the mOs significant OF all the words
Of these New-Year's addresses: The French
/" clergy, go eminent by its piety and virtues, who
A" know that t. God E.ust be rendered what is Gods
" and to Caesar what is Caesars, may count-assurs
4" them of this--on my protection and active sym.
" rathy." Altogether the most significant, Ibis Il
all the little NewYear addresses: very Significant in
what it ssys, and yet more significant in is ret.
cence; very definite, broad mark drawn between
God and Napoleon C1sar, and the respective obiy-
lions Of the French to either party direct offer Of
patronage and sympathy, made on the c.early.ind.
Gated condition that they earn Napoleon Cesars
good will, coupled with tue not doubtful implication
that be can aud will do without them If they persist
in doing against him.
But what his Majesty said ia not more remarked
upon than what he omitted to say. Great note Is
taken, in this connection, of the fac: Of bis emitting
absolutely the ordinary complimentary allusions To
the Pope and the explanatory apologize aluson,n
the French occupation Of Rome. 1t ID also theme
OF remark that, while the complimentary addresses
Of the official spokesman Of the Corps DPlomqiqg
OF the Senate aud Of the Corps LegisLat9 are re-
ported in the official Moa.teur the address Of Arch
bishop Morlot official spokesmanOf The clergy, no,
reported at all.
! There are many reasons, latent as well as patent
discoyerable in the last TWO months q at s,rengaea
tie likelihood Of growing good Understandings -
tween tho cabinets Of Paris and Turin, and ola
| hoislessly wiIeuing breach between the cabinets Of
Paris and Rome, Despite Napoleon's ehsraeierists
tenacity Of opiuion-whieh however never yetba
sunk TO blind obstinacy-there is strong reason fs
thinking that he has lately qnite reinquished Biz
personally favorite and traditioually French policy
and hope Of constructing Confederate ltaly-a poi
lev and hope, mind that he clung 10 not utterly With
out show of possible fruition until very recently.
From this TO the evacuation of Rome by the French
garrison l. a long luke ~ the Scotch ray, anen and
through the which | do not presume TO rave clear
vision.
There il TO be, it s said, some time next Springs
cOnyOcation ia Rome Of all Roman 4 pos,ohc Catholic
Bshols-invted ihither on occasion Of the csnonif'
| ing of tie japanese martyrs. The general reader
will understand that these martyrs were net jap
Z IN fEc
bem.iied and more or less martyiized by you New.
icFkers some two years ago. Its not az all the pH
pose of his Holiness to make saints Of Tommy and
the rest Whatever claims these last have 10 sanity
honors can only he Hquidated a hundred years
hence. The canonization Of the worthy elf-'srr-
filing, bu, radically revolutionary Catholic Chrsin
missionaries and Others, who were done 10 deaihs
century ago by tie conservative Japanese is the pre-
text for the conyocation at Rome OF the Episcopal
rfresenm,iyes Of the worldwide Catholic Chaeh
This Episcopal Convention will be in sort an ESa'
menical Council. Before it will be laid s,aiemea
OF the political condition of the poiticoierlto1a
Church temperatures. The opinion of the Convex
ton may weigh largely in the decision Of the RoHAa
question.
Archbishop John of New-York viii be one Of III
working members. To-day, be is still here, at 10
Hotel de Empire, Rue Neuve 81. Auguslia-sas
sem-ofIicial political agent Of the Washington 0Se
met shrewdly speaking shrewdly retceni, eoni0una
edly yexed by the untimely reproduction IN 's
Monte reactionary Paris newspaper Of his repF~
Brownsons article, originally written, published ana
addressed in and to quite other than Partisan ia''''
latitude and longitude.
Nobody can be better aware than shrewd ANa
John of New York of the unwisdom OF deiead'
ing directly or indirectly here in Europe the 'y'n