The native American., 1838-02-10
THE WAR OF OPINIONS.

TO BE CONTINUED.
THE WAR OF OPINIONS.
Every account from Europe attests the cor
rectness of the views here taken more than year
snce of the political state Of the civilized world
This war of opinions, or of cafeg0ries, as I4afay-
ette termed it, is in truth commenced, and Ame-
ricans, if they will but use common observation,
cannot but feel that neglect to notice and provide
against the consequences THAT settled, systematic
hostility to free Institutions strongly manifested
by foreign powers, and which is daily assuming
a more serious aspect, will inevitably result in
mischief to the country, will surely be attended
with anarchy, if they wake not to the appre-
hension of the reality of this danger. Ameri-
cans, you indeed sleep upon mine. This is
scarcely figure of speech. You have excitable
materials in the bosom Of your society, which,
skilfully put in action by artfu demagogues, will
subvert your present social system. You have
foreign interest too, daily, hourly increasing ready
to take advantage Of every excitement, and which
will shortly be beyond your control, or will be
subdued only by blood. You have agents among
you, men in the pay Of those very foreign powers,
whose every measure of foreign and domestic
policy has now for its end and aim the destruction
Of liberty euery aOhere. To increase your peril,
you have press that will not apprize you Of
the dangers that threaten you; we can reach you
with our warnings only through our special Ame-
rican journals; the daily press is blind, asleep,
or bribed, or afraid; at any rate, it is silent on
this subject, and thus is throwing the weight of
its influence on the side of your enemies. For
egn spies have clothed themselves in Jacobin
dress, and SO awe-struck our journalists at its
texture, or SO unable or unwilling to discern the
difference between the man and his mask, that
they start away in fear, lest they should be called
prosecutors, if they should venture to lift up the
coke that hides a foreign foe. Americans, if
you depend on your daily press, you rely on a
broken reed; it fails you in your need. 1t dare
not, no, dare not attack foreign partizans, though
they only partizans in name and designed
enemies in fact. 1t dare not drag into the light
the political enemies of your liberty, because
they come in the name of philanthropy. All
despotic Europe is awake and active in plotting
your downfall, and yet they let you sleep, and
you chose not to be awaked: "a little more Sleep
little more slumber, little more folding Of the
hands to sleep" And now, like man whose
house is on fire, dreaming of comfort and secu-
rity, you will perhaps repel with passion and
reproach the friendly hand that would wake you
in season to escape with your life.
Do you doubt whether Europe is in hostile
array against liberty? Read of the movements
and revolutions Of foreign cabinets, as one or the
other principle temporarily predominates Read
the views Of the statesmen of Europe. A dis
tinguished member of the Spanish Cortes, Don
Telesforo de Trueba, in a speech delivered be-
fore that body few months since, says, aThe
present war is not a war Of succession but of
principle-hberty and despotism are at issue
England, France, Belgium, Spain and Portugal
have ranged themselves under the banner of the
form hprtr n g.
those powers who follow the standard of the lat
ter" Of Don Carlos and his government he
says, Ignorance, hypocrisy and fanaticism are
his only counsellors, whispering to him new
modes of expressing his people. Every thing
around is stamped with the marks of baseness
and falsehood, while in this internal region desc
ation and death reign triumphant. A sanguinary
government is sacrificing human victims-men
who wish to bring back the dark ages, the age
of tyranny, and ignorance, and death.'
The foreign correspondent of the Evening
Post, in a letter from Florence, Italy, published
n that journal December 81, 1894, has the fol-
owing information directly from Tuscany.
Hitherto" lin the administration of the go
''a disposition has been shown to let
'ff political offenders as lightly as possible but
ately, however, something of the same jealousy
,f repubiicanism has sho,on itself ,Uhich has
tccSs WsustJcofcu Oy tHc OtHCT uOSOtuLC gOUcTTl-I
nenfs Of Europe. quarterly journal was sup
pressed a. few months since on account of some
hing Which gaze offence to .Austria. This,
md several other acts of the Grand Duke, have
greatly diminished his personal popularity. The
'uiers Of Haiy appear to hare come to an under
'fandiRg, that it is time to make an example ofI
'ome Of the dsaffected."
Now this Austria is the same busy, meddline {
government that is operating in this country; we
scarcely read the name Of Austria in foreign {
ournal, or in letters from abroad but in connec-
ion with some plan for extinguishing liberty: G
md yet we harbor her emissaries, promote their G
ecret designs, contribute our money to swell b
heir Golfers, court their favor, shield them from
III attack, yes, even put ourselves under their !,
protection: all, all this we do, and our native i
lood flows evenly in our veins. Spirit Of ,7a !
where dost thou sleep? MoRsr
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