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IPRIL 18, 1848

IN the I

as in every other country

Of the put
likely to be

mind, and the -extent to which it is
cted upon by any great event, is to be

gather
occasic

. ,ice of the uneasy and,
_j masses, than from the more
ms expressed by the, thinking portion
The constraints of authority
the minds, as upon the actions, of
An population; and, although in
s intellect and authority assume their
['nue e over such a population, in periods of
men that influence is but a seeming, and
1 d .cting power is in the passions of the
ie. Hence we are led to look for an indi-
' t probable operation of passing Euro-
pean events upon the minds of the people of the
United States, rather to the opinions mooted with
respect to them by their democratic press than to
the ligh* ' 'heir are regarded by their states-

rational of

of the community,

sit lightly upon

ordina:

excitement, t
the real dire
'

cation of th

and diploma

rst sensation created in America by
The news of the revolution in France was one of
the most exuberant joy, will not surprise any one
ler of the American people.
displayed at New York in
hanging out flags, speeches and con-
nd, which it was fully ex-
ughout the union. All
armless and natural.

That t

We are

I that it

celebratio

gratulations
.of every

pected

this, of course,
The most impo

perfect

A inquiry to be made, however,
pect to the mode in which Brother
to demean himself, politically,
r struggle or national collision
Europe ; and an answer to this
inquiry, which may not be far wide of the mark,
-.T remarks of the New
-

is witti
Jonatha:

we IIDU
York.lL

.en in the followi
ina Herald :

Diaring the old wars

growing out of the French revo-

1 ution, the p

United States was to keep aloof
in entanglements, and to maintain a nen-
the great fight between liberty and
;ood policy for that age of the
mntry was then poor, thinly

y of tt

use thi

cal or moral de

with thil

The case is now changed
united, animated, powerful, belli-
Lre nearly twenty-five millions of
tacity and intelligence sufficient to
h fifty millions of the old world.
ias just terminated most brilliantly
treaty of peace has been made with
le American army, according to all
turning to their own country.
ratters in the world, at
HIT advantages, our military
_ During the recent war
oval energies were in abeyance ; but
n for believing that the naval capa-

getent and rich

th, can,

mople

Is to cop
ny;th MA,

and decisive

appearances
We no
thi

ss one of the highest

ment, for

we have the best

is equal to our military capacity ;
and this is an arm of power which may be wielded with
the coming contest between the new
and the old deapotisms of Europe By
d enlargement of our naval elements,
n navy, and the full equip-

city of this countr

immense effect in

,f France

inent of our fleets, we can prevent, in some degree, that
great coalition of the despotic and monarchical powers of
Europe from overwhelming the Preach republic, as they
of the last'Century. If England
action, of the French people,

I et it
the n

and to assume such a positon
e American people re-

►tentions of t'
zland. Pe

anticipate, when Canadi

apsqlde moment is nearer
;, Cuba, and all the West
to ruin, or _fall into our hands. Who

A the great movement in Paris
of England, Ireland or Scotland,
Who can stop the revolutionary