New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-06
EUROPE ON EMANCIPATION AND
OUR CIVIL WAR.

OUR CIVIL WAR.
Though our Pro-Slavery journals systemati-
caly disparage the grand popular uprising in
Great Britain in favor Of the Union and its
Government, the unanimity, the earnestnesS
and the importance of that movement arc now
manifest to all intelligent minds. When the
organs Of the ruling classes pronounce the
meetings packed by the friends of our cause,
they are challenged to pack meeting that
will give q similar expression on the other side;
but they dare not make the attempt. They
can only urge that no peers, no bishops, none
of the COrinthian capital of society" attend
these meetings-which is part of our case.
The Brougbam who refuses us his sympathy 10
not that Henry Brougham, barr,ter. who
brayed King and Court in his fearless defense
of Queen Caroline, but Lord Broughanl-an
octog6narian peer Of the realm, who stands
by his order" as thoroughly as ever Earl Grey
did. On the other hand, the leaders of the
Party Of Progress and Reform throughout Eu.
rope-VictOr Hugo, Garibald, Kossutb, John
Bright, &c.-are all with us, heart and soul.
They realize-as do the masses-that our cause
is theirs-that We are fighting the battle of
Humanity. Progress and Liberty, against all
the powers of darkness and despotism. Were
the press free or public assemblnges permitted,
We should have similar demonstrations in
France; bus, though expression is nterdicted,
opinion is free, and the sympathies Of the
masses gravitate irresistibly to the side which
they recognize as essentially their own. Slav
cry and the jeff Davis Rebellion have, in Eu-
rope ss here, the same identical champions;
but here they constitute nearly half the Popu-
lation, while in Europe they are but nu-
insignificant, though socially powerful,
minority.
&" But what ayais the sympathy Of the
powerless masses ?" We are asked. "Werc they
ninety nine to one, they could never shape the
policy of their hereditary rulers What good
can they do us :"
They can and will do us n" good-prevent
their rulers combining TO compass our destruc.
ton. The despots and arstocrats Of Western
Europe would like well to throw the
weight of their respective countries into the
scale Of our man.selling oligarchy not 10 aid
Slavery OF Rebellion per SC. but 10 keep their
feet firmly planted on the neeks Of their own
unprivileged classes. They note with alarm
the heaving Of the earth beneath them, regard
ing it as the portent of great social and
political revolution. As our struggle for Inde-
pendence kindled the fires of Liberty and Re
form in the Old World, so they apprehcnd that
the triumph Of the Union in ito desperate
grspple with Rebel Slavery will be followed
by struggle for enfranchisement by the down.
trodden Millions Of Europe. In lact, the sud.
den upheayal in Polahd, with tho pertrbations
which menace order" from the Bay Of Biscay
to the BOsphorus. indicate the near approach
Of momentous crisis in the history Of our
race. The peaceful revolution already effected
in Greece, with that which las made such
giant though noseless strides 10 Prussia. arc
but pnrts Of grand whole which is destined
to make tho latte. half Of the Nineteenth
Century benignant epoch in the annals of
mankind.
In 4 certain sense. the unfranchsed masse.
are pOwerless ia Great Britain; but there is
another aspect in which their power is cOnsid.
cradle. They have an unrecognized but sub.
stantial veto on foreign wars. Were their
rulers TO embark in a new crusade against
the Rights of Man, as their ancestors did sew
enty years ago in making war on Revolution
airy France, it would cost the aristocrscy its
privileges and the monarch her crown. And
this danger ia realized AID will be avoided.
We shall have unfrieadly declarations and
in Parliament as hitherto; but
we shall have no war with Great Britain.
The Proclamation of Freedom has at least
secured us from this danger. Were Louis
Napoleon twice the enemy he is at the worst
supposed to be, he would not coalesce with the
Rebels TO effect our ruin. He has quite
enough on his hands without provoking tho
democracy OF Paris TO rebuild the barrcades
of 1913. France has been made to fight for
some questionable "dcas;" but she will not
be driven to fght for Slavery. The peril Of
hostile Intervention in our struggle has been
greatly diminished if not utterly dispelled by
the reception in Europe Of the Presidents
Of Freedom.