The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-04-27


the wor"lng classes, aud the relief Of the
poor and Suil, ring.
But these difficulties and surTerings. great
rs they arc. would be insignificant compar-
cd with those that would follow a general
war. Aud Is it at all unlikely that this re-
SUIT may yet follow? Already has the red
CLOUD OF war appeared ia the horizon -
Lumbardy and Austrian Italy generally
have rrSounded 20 the beating Of tie hostile
drums; Prussia wears warlikc guisc .
tuSsl1 courts rather than declines the con.
TEST England alouc occupies position
from which She may be q successful mcdi.
h'or. She was not a party 60 the Holy Al
lance, ana IN fact her interest. If not her
SaIe'i, depends upon the preservation Of the
general tranquility. On the other hand.
france may consider Ter interest best sub
served by n foreign war, which would
check those domestic di>cortS that have nj.
ready caused more blood. shed than the
Whole aggregate ci European revolution ia
10. The republican, spirit is essentially
"arIikc and aggressive. The preiudiccS
and animoSitics of nations are easily reused
IN The heat Of pOpuardi>cussion Patriot
Ism Is cheap substitute for all other vir-
'ucS7 and the Gcmagogue, n species found
every where, can give no easier proof Of il
than by uiterng strong invcctive> against a
HYal power. But Gen, Cavaignac haSpro-
we'd himself equal TO the crisis heretofore.
ana the mastery manner in which he held
theFrench legions in hand a, the foot rfomthe
Alps, when the booming of revolutionary
guns was heard in Italy, saved Europe orthc
, coniagra'lon Of general war; war too.
which would have been all the more ob.
sIIna'r, " hen wagcd by the people them.
selves rather than their rulers.
Bat the result Of the recent election in
France, looks omincuS for the continuation
OF her neutrality. The name of Napoleon
yet thrills through the hearts Of five Run.
dr"d thousand French soldiers. These sol.
dicE are Of generation who are fcrcrIy
cmuiou> Of the glorcS Of MarrnCo and
AuN'eril'2. and frantic in their wish 10 OBJ.
i'ora'c the disgrace Of Waterloo. The dc.
'oat Of CavaguaC and the election Of Louis
/ Napoleon as president Of France. shows
that the neutral policy Of the former is no,
;he popular one in France: while. under a
supreme magistrate Of Napolcon'S name
WIZ be revived, by n natural association.
the magnificent ideas Of n universal en-
/ pirc.
Such were some Of the obvious rrrrc.
iionS tina, checked the eXuliationS of free.
| dom whsn the first news Of the popular re.
voIution reached us during the last wear.
ne French revolution Of 80, had left It's
'eiilrIe traces upon the memory Of the
world, and humanity shu1irrcd Il,
! me lecol!eciions of those atrocities were
/ mus awakened. One If the greatest
evils Of despoliSm is, that thc road thence
TO freedom is so rugged. bloody. and dan
reronS. We all rpcollect the wears of Fl.
nancial auh social suffering tho, ,ucrnpdpJ
the achievement Of our own Independence.
The adoption Of our federal consultation
brought order out of anarchy. and gave
pelmancnce TO that liberty that the revnIu-
'lon had given us; but the jealousy and
'iSSonSionS between the Scvcral states. rem
dcrcd The adoutiun Of that instrument dc.
| Ncut task. II was voluntary surrender
ct q part Of our liberties fer the better scCu-
ri'y Of the whole; and nothing hut the sur.
/ raS>'rG purity and personal influence ol
+ W a>hirotcu could have rCCouci!Cd ihC Sc.
/ icIaI states 20 the SaCra fee. VIII The
. oinarcipa'Cd nations Of continental TuIor6
I una irnroSS sufficient thus 10 submit. am
. III me moment oi success 10 surrender ihtii
/ newly acquired freedom 10 constitutional
+ government, and Weld 10 Justice and law
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