New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-01-23

of the Orieaus monarchy and the republic will have
mostly passed from the stage; when tue majority OF
French voters will be men who have grown up
under the influence Of imperial institutions. The
coming election will be considerably more difficult
Tor Government to manage than were the two pre-
ceding ones. Something moro Of freedom In appear
unce and even something more Ot freedom IN lact
mast be granted 10 electors than was granted IN
those cases. Aud how TO reconcile such appearance
and the fact with essentially controlling Influences
that sLal result in obtaining not mere working,
or mere large, but overwhelmingly large and sub
missile majority, is the problem Lis Majesty is sDx.
iouely at Work upoh' Among the new elements tha'
resist solution of this problem are The actual phase
OF the Romau Question, The Mexican Expedition, the
American Question, and the Cotton famine branch
Of this last.
Rome has been coaxed into being almost ready
to institute some little reforms and Italy has been
almost bullied iuto silence Of the national cry: On
TO Iiomo The proposed reforms are very little,
little moro than illusory forms; and the imposed
silence lie only Of TIE Italian lips; the Italian heart
is only swelling with the suppression OF voice, the
lungs SOUND and the great Italian heart IL sound
beating 10 the Grand World March:
"Ths future hides IN it
Good hap aud sonow;
We press stl thorow,
Nspcbi that abttes In 10
DAunung us-oDwATd"
The coaxed little reforms and the bullied pause of
silence are but eXpedlents But expedlents arc Tie
essencesof the Imperial policy for the moment. TO
simulate all causes and occasions of quarrel, iri'
tating debate popular agitation and party dssensiOn
in foreign and domestic affairs, has for some while
been and until the elections Of next June are iided
over, viii be the policy Of the Government. For n
single example note in proof the allure OF the French
CABINET, the snbdued by ORDER tone of the French
eemi-oica prs,s in reference 10 the Greek question
ard England action thereanent.
The Mexican Expedition ia likely 10 give the talk
ing Ministers the most fertile text for their dis
81. l.l,, fbaa dIraaa thofxp
the rst weeks of the session Of the Senate and Leg
islsuf. The expedition wa never popular, and has
grown less and less That the Emperor was de-
ceved by Mexican ntriguers 10 the facility OF lie
execution at the Outset is patent. That be has been
misled Is misleading, since is MS patent The ex
pedlion Of 1000 has grown TO 10000 troops; and
more troops are called Tor, and are now weekly on
their way. The Mexican people, who were TO rise
~ by The side Of the open rosd from Vera Cruz 70
Mexico and call MIN blessed, rise up the road aud
cnll hun the other thing The expenses, that were
10 be triling, and not 10 weigh down the wrong
scale in the balance Of the treasury accounts, are al
ready admitted IN NJ. Fould's clever financial report
of last week 10 amount TO ojOOO,,OO france Tor The
wear 1862 aud OK penses growing, aud the glory
Is not neither is the future profit Ii IL found adj
visible OF late to deprecate tho idea OF even a
French pro ecoraie, 10 simulate Willingness 10
rocuf 10 the conditions Of the London tpafte con-
veuion go soon the fighting ia over 10 dissmulate
the old purpose of proftably patronzing the Latin
races and the Catholic peoples Of the New World.
The reports OF The discussion on tie Mexican expe-
dIon, and Pins part in 1t aud departing from II,
that Lar been going these late past days In the
Spanish Coues have been followed hero with extra
ordinary attention. And again, IN respect OF that
discussion as III respect Of the AnglOGTeek policy,
the STIMULATED satisfaction the diss INFLATED vexation
with which the leek Is eaten by 'emi-oiicla ancenis
Of the Prees here are remarkable.
The cotton famine IN ROnen and its neighbOrhOOd
If much more serioos both in the extent OF physical
suffering and in the political direction thap you
would guess from reading Parls newsI apers. No
Paris or other French newspaper has yet given any
thing Ike the mere salstics OF the misery there. IL
would not be safe for any French newspaper 10 do
90. Readers Of French newspapers to-day are better
informed of the distress Of the EOgsh operative IN
Lancashire than OF their fellow subjects IN The De-
lartment Of the Seine IIereure. As III the Crmcan
war time, all Frenchmen were told by exrnets from
the London free press Of the wTetched state OF tho
English soldier before SevastopOl while II was not
ill long aIier the war over that more than n
paragraph got French print OF the march into the
Dobruscka OF the Corps dAnnee Of Espinasse, but II
fragment Of which ever marched out OF that dis
gstfOus country. And go not one FreDcbman In ono
Thousand is ware Of the fact that before that wa.
over French surgeons asked and abnndantly received
medical and hospital supplies from the English, who
wers strong enough TO publish their Weaknesses,
ind 10 learned 10 avoid them and grew strong.
"EX,efience does take dreadfully high wages;
bat 10 teaches Ike 10 other" The English took
their terrible birching then like hearty fellows, rs
they are. Let ur, their descendants, profit ~ IKE
wise by onr late dr adful whipping at fredericks-
burg That the Washington folks have not foollohiy
tried again 10 ppTcss defer the fullest puOnch-
lion OF BurnsIder defeat If hopeful featurcis 10
considered and much remarked on this side OF the
water.
What bearing that defea, will have on the ,ubtcr-
ranean negotiation going between the French and
other continental cabiDeS, yon can conjecture, aDd
your correspondent, eau only conjecture. It, niiu-
ence on public opinion is most unfavOrablo 20 the
Union cause Soutberners and their European
advocates naturally make much OF this thlrd grano
repure Of he attempt 10 take richmond Oy the oesl
appolpte ed ana most numerous OF Northern armirs.
Iouist and theg European advocates are Depressed
not 80 much by this mere military defeat as ny TIC
uerfnsucnt elements Of defeat whose existence ana
activity IL seems to disclose: disnnion among Union
Istg AID practical, vigorous unity among 1lruuoh-
iste-a's ays tie same sound policy Of Jefferson
Davis leading 20 definite purpose pr Jas 81 n0ds,
aud still flab3y, flexible opoilcy IN "bst tpoulu
be Tie head Of our Government, JoHoo'"S d" "
ding nffm purpose Of perhaps and perhaps not.
Itir a lanentabe truth that 10 ono to-day OF our
best friends in Europe feels confident that yesterday
was the New Years day IN America oil New Eia
of Our Lord who called all men brothers. 10 httle
| faith In our Government and Northern people
words has been ins ,,ired by their work hitherto.
| I'll, words of our Goyernments spokesman 70
forecn u.,ione published 10 the documents IRON hs
Secretary OF States office, are, am sorry 70 Say,
not al al impressive 10 the European general reacer
mot more iinpreb sve to him than ~ The Vnriohh
European ministers and diplomats 10 whom tLey
were originally appointed 10 be read. Henry 0Iay
once claimed that lie was the best abused man III
America. our actual Secretary Of stats Is he bcs'
| laughed at OF all American Statesmen 10 Europe
Mhat EurOpe's politicians and STATE managers ana
historical thinkers pay heed To are not our able
State paper manufacturers. nor our generals but our
people and our rOldIers. Our DallODal MATERIAL not
our Official working Of il, fixes Vt eption. The I'M