The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-09-15

tor universal peace should have selected Tor their
place Of meeting the most unquiet and revolution
airy capital in Europe. From America as well as
from Europe, delegates to the Peace Congress as
sembled in Paris, the great centre Of all that is
fierce IN insurFeoton and belligerent in revolution,
Almost every spot in the French capital is striking
answer to the visionary ideas of those who imagine
that an era Of universal peace and good faith is
near at hand. The battered walls of the Rue ST.
Denis, the shattered sides of Notre Dame Cathe
dral the silent courts of the Institute and the
deserted rooms of the Conservatory Of Arts-all
teach the Peace delegates that man has not yet
exhausted his fury against his fellow-that the race
remains the same as when Nimrod raised the war
cry against his enemies, and led on his friends to
the destruction Of his foes. How inappropriate,
then, is the selfstyled centre of European cviza-
ton for the rendezvous Of the advocates for and
believers in the establishment and maintenance of
peace throughout the world Had they chosen
some spot in the sands Of Sahara-some icy peak
among the loftiest Aps-they might not have been
surrounded with the wrecks Of war or reminded of
the impracdcable nature of their plans and aspi-
rations.
Nor is this the time when it becomes the friends
of human freedom and human progress to talk
about the pleasures of peace and the horrors of
war. 1t is not by high-sOunding phrases of right
and responsibility that the present rulers who sway
the destinies of so large number of the race are
to be dispossessed Of the power they hold over the
struggling nations. By war and boodshed the
princes and potentates of the earth have estab-
| lished their thrones and it is only by war and
bloodshed that they can be forced to yield them up.
Try, if you please, TO persuade Power to listen to
the voice of Reason and Right; and if you sue
| coed in the effort you may tame the tiger of Ben
! gal and make the hyena gentle a sucking dove.
These Peace Congressman then, are indirectly aid.
ing the present rulers of the European continent.
! any Of them have hitherto been found on the
~ of right and progress, fighting for the enamel
- Of the injured Masses Are they now to
80. lie to their former lives, renounce the
,La.~o.i2y have hitherto advocated, and show
- among the most devoted adherents of
.le ~ - atbe Will the Americans who have
sJ.s 'ii5' arts Congress willingly see them
H. 19ng the favorers of despotism, and
I'D among the enemies of those
to God"? '4'''e - 'S'''"'' 10 OO0ui9n'e
We have not yet he'd ,yba+ ,,srs tho nrooaad-
lngs OF the Peace CongrN W. or. o,I,, to,d ,I.,
Louis Napoleon and his I..t fr,sI - .;
ton 10 the assembling of 1, da1ana,e. ~ b.
Truly Louis Napoleon would 5l. ,'l',
of fools TO interfere with NEE 80 't'' PM
teriay advances his plans, and. ,-'. y .-,
say, his political principles. A col 80
recur to monarohical forms and usage e. ~
termination TO carry on the work of re,tias. -
contra-revolutiOn have been the charactes,i 49, r.
the Louis Napoleon Ministry. No, the peat 80,
are the best friends of the French President "
stead of sending them away unsatisfied from /.
capital, instead Of depriving them of the privileg
Of talking their cant about the prevalence of uni
versal peace, let him hire them as missionaries an
send them out to preach among the Red Republ
cans Of Lyons and the Socialists of Strasbourc
They are men who can do him service. They ca
preach up patience to the artisan beggared bv pay
tal and unjust laws. They can tell the sweatiD
laborer how magnanimous it is TO work and striv
and starve, enriching the idler and speculator b
his tolls and his struggles Excellent philanthro
pists will they be Even their employer, Prime,
Louis Napoleon, much as his philosophic philan
thrOpy has been lauded by his flatterers, nigh
| yield them the palm and permit them to carry of
the annual prize which the Institute DEGREES to the
person who has performed the most praise worthy
act Of the year.
We're these members of the Peace Congress mer
visiOnaries who would meet together and separate
without having any influence on the people, the,
might pass by unheeded. But many of them arr
men Of weight and power in the communitie
where they live and their opinion may produce
sensible effect on the world. They are capable O
damaging the cause of liberty in Europe and a
their meeting that way tends, it becomes all tn
friends Of European liberals to speak dlscouragingl
of the Partisan Congress.