, 1848-11-18
WAR IN EUROPE.

"". HuioPe' OuI papers come nlleC
with s~peculations on the subject, and a.
rnong them we select the leading artic.
les ofthe Ledger, of Philadelphia, A,
evincipg a state of feeling which YER,
generally prevails :-Picayune.
From the public Ledger, October o.
The prospect of a general. war in
Europe increases daily. We see and
lament its necessity. But convinced o,
its necessity, we hope it will soon begin:
sor the sooner the beginning sooner the
END. We detest war, cordially wish
that the age for it were passed: and
1rmly believing in the law of progress
We believe the age of universal and en-.
curing peace viii come. But while
mankind are in their present degraded
condition we have no hope of Justice by
turning the other cheek. Kings vet
eign, mobiles yet piunder, and political
ihurches yet deceive /; and no poIitica.
millennium can exist, till all three are
awept away.
sfar is always a grevious calamity
Hut q general wal Of short. or even
'ong duration, that shall sweep away
al feudal tyranies, and restore and es.
taolish human rights under democratic
institutions, will be far less caIamitiops
than the endurance Of these t~yrap;es
zoe another generation. France was
ts.rihlv scathed by the revolution of
ifoS, but this revolution p 1oduced far
less misery to manking than the old reg.
tine would have produced had It reach. |
ed our days wi bout interruption. Our
revolution cost much blood. Had il
rot occurred this continent would no,
ave been afrefige for millions of CD.
Eessed Eropeans and the premature
eeaths among them, from fire and sword. |
s~tarvation and judicial murder would fal
g s'eedcd these caused by this revelation.
rad Ireland achieved her freedom BY
'oTce i've lars ago the experiment
7Fould haY I0st less expenditure of life
shan the BfItish system caused by STAR.
'aton in lS46, and much misery among
he survivors would have been prevented.
if war be a grevious calamity, it
is preferable to despotism when the on.
" roaa to liberty. Should a general
war nov begin in Europe it would
sweep away all feudal institutions, and
ne result would be generations, perhaps
o peace, prosperity, happiness
and progress Should Europe be saved
rom war by the triumph Of the aristoc.
racies, and only by peace can they tri.
The Old chains would be rivited,
the old system Of oppression and agrees
'lors would be pursued, and cost as many
for mctual plumber during the next
century as It has during the past.-,
With these opiuions we believe that per.
nanent liberty, security and peace
would be chea1Iy purchased BY the bic cd
II a final stcugeio h~..-An, the aristoc.
'acy and the democracy. Therefore we /.
hall rejoice for humanity when this war
War il tire only snfs oourse Of the !
ha,ocrztic party. Had the French !
:-ossed the Alps into Italy and the Rhine :
INTO Germany in Juno last, Italy would !
have reg e1erete3-the horrors of Ma. :.
lies and Messina and the ravag ,ng OF n
Lombardy would have been prev ented =
he Croats and ether Slavonic barba-
ians, stimulated by the Emperor of Rus n
ia and the aristocracy of Austria, would =
ave been restrained from ravaging
hungary the crimes committed in Pol 6
Prussia would havepeen prevented :
he thrones Of Austria, Prussia, Saxony =
Hanover, !" and the little dirty !.
uchies," would have been demolished; !.
'oland would have been re~generated, )
Russian barbarians would have I;
zen driven back to their SHOWS and !;
and the blood Of Paris would have .
'een saved and, especially, between !
and democracy in the field,
would have been shortened and far less 6
:
Among the able men whom the pres ,
mt French revolution has called fourth, =.
is destined to play a still more dis
inguished part, as a leader of that dem.
cratic party which alone can save /,
rance from a restoration, and finally
ON conquest and acknowledgements
This mar is Ledru Rollin. We have
a good opinion of him ever /.
ince he has become an object of de- !
by the Partisan 6~ourgeoisic, :
nd Of vituperation by the Journals of .
We took for granted that :
first did not look beyond their count /;
ng- houses, and that the second would !,
'os revile a monarchist, or fail to revile =
republican ; and all accounts from Par. ;,
} since that period have fortified our be. !