New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-26

secularizstion under foreign agency, a. may y
seen from their present attitude, would be ~
to be dearly purchased ct the sacrifice Of thsr
national birthright.
The allies, then, have task before tie.
which they will find hourly growing on their
hands. In maintaining the integrity Of tAs
Church's benefces under Hapsburg monarchy.
they maintain at the same time the source a
all, or nearly all, the social, political ana
financial trouble under which the State b.
labored since tho first days Of the Republic.
In discarding the Church and her interests.
they supply spirit and determination b tos
same powerful faction which has heretofore
arrested the progress Of real reform within u
country and this they do, moreover, without
the bare shadow Of prospect of cO6perstsa
or sympathy from the Independent Liborala
Nor does the case improve in searching for
what may be deemed in some sort precedent.
Much a. the liberal portion of the world 70.
joiced when tho dowatrodden people Of Grsess
were enabled by their own exertions and soma
share of active foreign Intervention :, throw
of the dominion of Turkey-the attempt d
the allies to frame o constitution and found
monarchy-which succeeded the establishment d
Independence furnish to-day No practical results
which warrant the multiplication Of similar
efforts in other quarters of the world. No
doubt the early labors of the emancipatsa
Greeks to establish Republic proved q
failure, as might be expected Of people
unframed to any form Of self-government
But what has been the progress OF tho
country under the imported German Princ,f
The whole foreign exchanges Of the country.
which contains 500, 900 inhabitants, amounted
last year only to something over two millions
sterling; the imports being 81, l55. ITO, and The
exports little more than half that sum, ne
Si,ilO5OO. With nearly 100000 acres q
forest land, nearly all the TIMBER used TO-
building purposes is imported. The modA
monarch of the allies has, as yet, In the ~
years of his reign, been able to build but
single Light House on the coast, and only -
leagues of common highway in the interior.
Universal stagnation abounds. There is neither
advancement ia agriculture, in commerce, noe
in the improvement of the waste public lands.
The wretched me,ayer system OF farming u
perpetuated, and in all the kingdom there
is nothing to indicate the existence of seaf.
governed community but the wretched pagesnt
Of Court, which, without being positively
vicicus, helps to noursh BY its example those
evils of Incidence and indifference which rep.
duce Slemselyes in every department OF the
State and throughout the whole MAS Of TIE
people.
This is the result Of thirty years Of a.
imported monarchy in the glorious Peninsuis
of Grcece-among a homogeneous people united
in their national faith--and az voluntary emf
grants from their country, the equals in CON-
mercia enterprise and industry of the forems~
races of Europe. On what basis, thereio-e.
the faith which finds future Of ord :,
sobresy, industry. and wealth, for the mixed
races of Mexico under an Austrian Prince u
supposed to rest. we confess ourselves uuaAs
to sec. wo should look for nv u,irseuh ~
conversion in the habits Of her people were
Mexico let absolutely alone; but the sigus
given by the Republic Of recent years have mot
been entirely hopeless; and had strong moral
support been given to the Liberal party, II
rlaoa of this armed invasion, we might hsve
looked with confidence to the gradual regeuse-
alton of the people, and the establishment oil .
strong and free Government.