Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-09-12

ee pleased II receive Communications on any
and all points connected vi h the subject. we
invite such COM n stioas, from both SIDES
Of The Mountain. Gentemen living in the
West have heuer know ledge Of the value aud
extent oi the lrnds. and we should be glad TO
near from them on the sahjec'. We are all la
bonrlng in the same osuse--no political or par.
~ question is involyed-and We hope thai all
Will Unite heartily an d strongly on enc of the
most promising works oi u is age OF improve
menis.
The Foreign Neies.-rhe last intelligpn CO
from Europe po,ieuds a general war on tina,
Continent. The elements of strife and revolu-
ton are numerous, and are all in efreIvesceuce !
anu HE application Of single spark to the vast
mag azine ot combust,bles, will inevitably pro-
duce The explosion which has been so long look
rd FOR, and SO unsccounlably delayed.
France is the head quarters Of the malcon-
tents; ani TO her we look for the commence.
ment OF a new order of things, aud for It's tri.
nmphani support against the combined powers
Of the Tripod, from which are issued the de,
crees OF the desporic Alliance, ludcrously nick.
oam"d HOiy-as if to show, by the power Of
contrast, the Immense difference between names
and the principles which they are sometimes
made 10 sanc'lfy; aud by blind iatui,y with
which Providence sometimes curses whom i,
Intends I" destroy, 10 unnask before the world
the shallow arl'icts BY which Pot.nta,ss ant
Priests have heretofore succeeded in imposing
restraints upon the free action OF their filtered
ulJects, AMI ~ couseCratIns Error aud Hypo-
criSy, by throwing around them the hoary garb
Il ncerdy aud I1nta. s-Noinl .tau'.
ing the course which the Revolution OF 4" The
Three days' has ishen Ia France aud he SEEM
'og stab iny OF the iei;ung Io.e,, 10 her We
loak tor the ultimate successful vindication of
those principles, which lie at the fornda 100 a
like "t tree government and social happiness
That kcvoiutIun has, IL Is true, been npe died
III us march by an unfortunate selection OF the
Executive power, N moment OF imminen'
dauser--bnt II has not been stopped II Is i'm
possible that the gallant men " no achieved ii
can be satisfied with the trhing advantages
una, hhSb hCciut1 from inelr Driei bnt bloody
and brilliant struggle. The mere substitution
of a flag with three coiors for Que OF unspotied
white the exchange OF the ui-color for the
ily--pf Lewis P"inp for Charles As but a
pooG compensation Tor the blood poured out
on TINT occasion like water, Ivy men who deem.
ed that II was a hbalion nj Freedoms sacred
altar, and not LAVISH waste of the rich ofier-
ing. merely To efec, the expulsion OF one branch
OF the House oil Bou,hon, that lis rival cousin OF
Orleans mi b. take root and doafish in lts stead.
such puiiul catastrophe was surely not wor-
thy Of the grandeur VI the effort t." The game
WAS truly not worth the candle, il the heroes Of
July, can thus be cheated oftheit r,ghts-if,he
can thus ramely couseat 10 see privileges, wrcs,
ted by the strength Of lhe'r own arms from one
" rant, transferred 10 another, with the softer
aud more captivating title OF =" Ciiisea King
simply because he denounces his Cousin
Charles ahjares the flag to which his ances-
tors in ages gone by gave renown, and spreads
10 the breeze, (but not to the bsttle,) the rain-
bow colors which are al once the symbo! Of his
own exile, and of the undying fame OF the
great enemy of his race. This would 'ndee d.
we repeat il, be but poor compensation Tor
Belgium, the key TO the heart oil France, lost,
ana converted into an English province, when,
by the exercise OF proper degree of cou'age,
il mig hit have been annexed To the French En-
pire, giving il a strength which would have en-
sbed II 10 defy any enemies 'ha' could have
approached il on that frontier 1T is q poor re-
ward Tor Poland, bleeding Poland induced by
the successful example of France to make q
last ttTor, for the recovery of her long lost lib
erty and independence, sacrihcea by the cow
aTdice Of the French rulers, or rather by their
treachery 10 the PRINCIPLES of tue Revolution
which placed them in power, with cold aud
hear,less indifference worthy oil Bourbon, ia
go on n crown, and willing to herd even with
The despo's Of the Holy Alliance 10 retain il -
for Iuly, overrnn by Austrian troops, in def
ance Ehke Of the principle ot-non-interveatlon
aud Of the remonstrances of the Frerch govern
mrn,; and for the continuance OF many of
those iuteTnal abuses which the people OF France
complained Of, under former Rulers, and which
tfiPv nppPu iHSy Hti 'oIefFE tOiItClPH ny NV
expulsion of Charles X. and his counselIors of
the Polignac school. Ia very trnh, it IS L.
mentally ludicrous 10 listen 10 the Qualifications
which sre even now heared upon the Revo'G-
ton Of 1.-The three days" when we TO- mo-
mpnt look at these. its tragico.farc 20 results -
at home, the h-rhinger n secretly the shadow
of relorm-abroad, the precursor OF fresh Rev.
ulntions, ending in the increased vigilance with
which every symptom of dissatisfaction IS
watched and in the greater celeriry with which
such symptoms are crashed Ivy the stronger
forces, wherewiih the triumph of the French
people have taught the tyrauts of The North
that it is eSpedient to begrt their tlr 1nes
Such are the present. results OF the French Rev
oluton Of 1891; which,
alike Dead Sea fruits, that tempt the eye,
Have turn'd TO ashes Oh the bps"