The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-02-14
NUMBER i Ell Z.
THE AFFAIRS OF EUROPE.

'5ence' inc rac'lon "i which is powerfully fef
on this side of The Atlantic, the foreign news ba,
, not been oflate looked for with the same "a 90,
, interest which hailed its advent at the eatlv
f dawn ofthe new era. The public mind. stari.
ed and excited at first at the crash of old insitu
'Ious and observances, haowed by time and
popular veneraion, has now learned to look
upon those changes as the natural result ofcir.
cumstances, and what excited special wonder a
lew months since is now regarded as a com.
mon-pace occurrence. The revolutionary
storm in Europe for the time has ragged itself to
rest. Order and quiet seem TO have resumed
their sway once more and save in Rome and
Germany, path Of peaceful progress seems to
have been mapped out, which the awakened
democracy ofthe Old World appear content to
tread. Ii may be that this calm is fallacious-
The momcntary stiffness which follows one shock
OF The earthquake but proceeds anotaer-yet
We we have every reason to suppose and hope that
!he Order established may be undistu.bed By
az! n!rther popular CONFUSION at leaa fos a
breathing time. he nerCu e1Crp11Tsrt Ut mo
public mind in France seems sobered down into
calm of self-confdence ofthrir power of self.
government, and though cliques and cabals
may murmur, yet the masses appear to rest
quietly unter 'rhe shadow of a name" which
fills the Presidential chair. Better probably
for that people that he, rather than an ADLER and
more ambitious man, should control the desti.
nies of France.
His personal popularity thus far he has man.
aged TO maintain undiminished, and everything
in the Republic 'goes on velvet" Our Gallo
friends bid fair to disappoint those we'll wishers
who predicted the return Of fauo'her sReigu Of
terror" and seem disappointed that it has not
yet arrived. The first lesson was sufficiently
severe to obviate the necessity Of its repettion:
rs Lamarline hoped and said the tri.color, mol.
the "Drapeaa rouge" soaked in the blood of the.
people, has been adhered to rs the National
emblem.
The dissolution of the National Assembly is.
The principal topic, and is advocated hy many
ofthe moderate party on the ground of expedi.
ency-it will probably be carried into effect,
and better material may be supplied in place
Of some Of the present deputies. -
From Ireland the news is unimportaut; the
rest oflhe domain of the sea .girt Isle continues
as Tranquil as ever, and the revival of CONNER.
cial confidence and consequent comfort ittwill
occasion, must 60 far to suppress any domestic
disturbances among the people either ffos,
Chartsm or any other radical reforms.
The Roman people seem bent on Repub.
lie, and are diligently applying themselves to
that task. apparently Indifferent to the thunders
ofthc Church launched at them by Pope Plus
from his refuge at Gaeta. His fate has been
sad one-literally the engineer hosted on his
own pc:ard-his subjects availng themselves
Of the privileges bestowed by him, to compass
his own downfall.
Austria is swallowing Hungary, as the Ana.
conda devours the Buffalo, taking in piece. by
piece slowly at time-the undisciplincd valor
ofthe Magyars has failed on the open plains to.
compete with the army Of Austria, but the con:
tlict will soon be confined 10 the mountain de-.
files where they can fight to more advantage.
Germany is in more chaotic state-nothinc
definite can be predicted from her present DO.
siton. The red Republicans seemed to hare
alarmed the more moderate republicans, and
the >snn may be a relapse inte the palernal en-
brace of the King of Prussia. We hope not
for no people on the Continent are better fitted
for Republican institutions, both by intelligence
and character, than the Germans-but they
have managed matters badly. The rest ofthe
Continent offers nothing of interest.
The California Fever seems to have broken
ont abroad with great fury. At first the &C.
counts ofihe discovery OF new Eldorado was
made a matter of merriment, and treated with
liter incredulity, as one Of Brother Jonathan's
ough stories, but when confirmed, created a
greater excitement than even in our own couu.
~.
The people OF Great Britain are wild with
excitement; several expeditions are already fit.
ing out and gone, and the emigration, It is sup
posed will be tremendous. The contasion has
extended to the Continent also, and we may
calculate on an immense drain
rom the Old World to the New, seduced to the
amc spot as the early adventures, by the same
liscasc which Cortez told the Indians the Span.
ards were afflicted with, "for which goM was
he only cure
The history Of the last two years will seem
wilder than the dreams ofromance when calm.
y surveyed hereafter we, who are yet turning
yer its unfinished pages, cannot pretend-,o
,ucss The denouemrnt, which Gods Provi
once has assigned to it-but much good has
lrcady been evolved from its evil. In hope.
n confidence, and in continued effort, we must
wait the issue. in which we ourselves may be
allied to bear no light or easy part. r.
Columbia Telegraph.
THE ADDRESS OF SOUTHERN MEMBERS
he New York Journal Of Commerce, Of the
OH ult speaking of this address. says-"We
SIX the attention of our readers to The Address
f the southern delegates in Congress TO their
which we this day publish. Itis
nmorcd to have been drawn mp by Mr.. CAL
onn. From what has been said of It in ad.
ancc, we were prepared TO find it overheated,
mo-, deliberately offensive to the North. But
,e do not. On the contrary, it is calm, clear
ynosition of The grievances (which the South
,mplain, and we are compelled TO say, with
yo much reason. II offers no threats, but