The New York herald., 1866-07-11


vinced Of his inability to cope with Austria with
out some assistance In addition to that given
by Prussia but he knows his man and his
price, and tho folly Of proclaiming either to the
world after the nrst defeat Of the Italians in
the ield. When the Austrians cross the Mincio
they win be apt to hear from Napoleon,
and Victor Emanuel's march into the Quadri-
lateral may have been intended to decoy them
over, and for no other purpose. But Austria
understands this condition Of the treaty Of Villa
franca, and has too many recollections Of the
danger OF triaing with Napoleonio contract
to defy "the nephew Of his uncle"
From the latest debates In the French Cham
bers 1t would appear that the people Of France
are not yet ready to give up their blessings Of
peace. This, however, is an unnatural attitude
for France, when her neighbors are rejoicing in
the "glory" Of war and the voice Of her Corps
Legislatif will be changed with the first Whit
Of gunpowder from Napoleon. There are some
thirty or more Of those little quasi-kingdoms,
principalities grand duchies, little duchirs &C.,
Of the German Bund, which this war will dis
pose Of ultimately between Austria and Prus-
sia, unless France shall in season intervene for
her share of the spoils. Napoleon and Bis
marck have no doubt agreed upon plan of
apportionments-so much to Prussia, 80 much
to a nominally independent German confede-
ration on new basis, and so much to France.
This arrangement may embrace even the king
dom of Belgium but in all this We hear no
thing OF what Koesuth calls "the solidarity Of
the peoples" There are mutterinrs Of revolu-
tion in Hungary; there are many expressions
Of disaffections among the "peoples" subject
to Prussia or falling within the grasp Of her
armies. The German free cities are so many
republics, from which republican ideas have
for generations been diffused among all the
German family. But the progress, prosperity,
strength and elasticity Of the great American
republic, and the powerful German element of
its people, have been most effective in repub
licanizing the German Fatherland and its APP
pendages Of the various races and tribes Of
Austria. "Tbe peoples" therefore, especially
of the German Bund, in the reconstruction Of
the map and political systems Of Europe, NAV,
possibly, in the sequel, upset all the calcula-
war Of crowns and dynasies.
Congress Lcgisiasing Against the People.
Like great field of ice at the approach of
spring, the once powerful republican party is
now splitting and dividing in every direction.
The present corrupt and disnnion Congress
has demoralized and destroyed the party. The
conservative members have abandoned II.
Wendell Phillips has led away his small but
noisy faction Of fanatics. The war democrats
have long since withdrawn. The Un'onists
from the border States have left it in righteous
disgust All honest men disapprove of Its cor
rnptons. Its scheme to exclude the Southern
States from the next Presidential election is
everywhere indignantly denounced. The effort
to pass protective or prohibitory tariff has
been the signal for another break and bolt.
The radical organs Of the West violently abuse
those Of this city, and receive such adjecives as
"rattle-pated" and "disgraceiul" in return.
One Of our evening contempora- les, a pions and
poetical radical, generally moderate in its tone
and automatically accurate in its epithets,
stigmatizes Mr.. Horace Greeley as "the SWIM
dler's organ" and '"t the smuggler's friend"
and talks Of knavery," "purchased Journal
lists" and "paltry pettifoggers" in the same CON
nection. To this Mr.. Greeley retorts by term
ing our pious and poetical contemporary a
{" thrice-proven false prophet" accusing II Of
Indecent blackguardism," "false charges"
and "scurrility." This IL all on account Of the
new Tariff bill, and announces another destruc-
tive division in the republican ranks.
There can be no doubt that the new tariff
is brought forward In the interest Of swindling
speculators that II will give decided encour-
agement to smuggling, and that ii Is designed
to rob the Western farmers in order to enrich
the Eastern manufacturers; but there are
other facts In regard to it quite as damaging
as these 1t must be remembered that the
revenue of the government last year was six
hundred and twenty millions Of dollars in cur
rency, and that this revenue was largely In
excess Of the Official estimates and Of the actual
requirements Of the country. Two hundred
and fifty millions Of this money was wasted In
extravagant jobs by the radicals in Congress-
and 1t is fair 10 presume that when they now
endeavor to still further increase the public
revenue at the expense Of the tax-ridden peo-
pie II IN because they desire to have moro
funds from which to steal. The new tariff is
unnecessary. The customs and the internal
revenue tax ought to be reduced, instead OF
being increased. But, as the radicals shame
lessly acknowledge, part of the money which
Is expected from the new tariff Is 10 be devoted
to purchasing votes In Pennsylvania and, as
is equally apparent, many provisions are put
into the Tariff bill in order to increase the
value Of The goods which certain spectators
now have on hand. Thus Congress legislates
against the people and In favor Of swndlers,
smugglcrs, Spectators, robbers, jobbcrs, poll