The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1850-12-21
Further Foreign, News
BY THE AMERICA.

FRANcE.-It is well known that Louis
Napoleon has for sometime past been
playing a double game.-Whilst he him
self in his message, and his ministers on
all occasions, have been proclalmlng
their determination to remain neutral,
and declaring their anxiety for the main
tenance Of peace, his ministers immedi-
ately before he left Berlin, assured the
Hing of Prussia that the object of the
President of the Republic, in augment
ing the force of the French army, and
of drawing SO large portion Of it to-
wards the frontiers of Germany, was to
afford him assistance in case of need, or,
at all events, to intinidate Russia, in
case that Power should show any dispo.
stion to cone to the aid Of Austria.
The sudden change of policy on the part
of the French government has suspi.
cious look. AS long as Louis Napoleon
had any hope that the great body of the
French conservatives wousl support his
pretensions to prolongation of his pow
ers, he battered them by throwing the
weight Of his influence in the scale of
Austria; but no sooner does lie find that
their support is doubtful, than he veers
round and declares himself in favor of
Prussia, The French conservatives look
upon the change as nothing better than
fresh attempt on his part 10 gain popu-
larity with the army, without regard to
the interests Of France. 1t gives them
great uneasiness, because, coming pre-
cisely at the moment when all Prussia
is mad with excitement, it may have
the deplorable effect fplunging Europe
into general war. The position of the
King Of Prussia is considered at Paris
particularly difficult and dangerous one.
Many compare it to that of Louis XVI
at the commencement of the Revolution
In both cases the Sovereigns were forced
by circumstances TO make concessions
repugnant to their feelings. Both felt
the danger of the course into which they
were running, and endeavored TO save
themselves by retrograding; but, in the
one case as well as in the other, the at
tempt is not only useless, but injurious,
because it only tends to irritate the peo-
pie, who ultimately force the unfortunate
monarch to take two steps in advance
for every one he has taken backward.
GERMANY.--The aspect of things in
Germany appear to grow more and more
threatening every hour, and the general
impression, both in England and on the
continent, evidently is that hostility be-
tuean Prussia and Austria cannot he
avoided. The London evening papers
of Friday, the 29th ultimo, furnish the
subjoined accounts, which are the latest
that have yet come to hand:
The intelligence from the continent
this morning is again of warlike char
acter. The cabinets of Berlin and Vi
emma are now stated to have arrived at
a point at which the dispute must merge
into open hostility late negotiations
between the two cabinets not having led
to any satisfactory result.
Berlin is in a state of high excitement
and the most alarming rumors are afloat.
The panic continues at Vienna. The
French government is said to have re-
ceived despatch from Berlin announc-
ing that the Austrian government has
demanded the evacuation of Hesse by
the PrusSian troops within twenty-four
hours; the same report states that, on
the same day, note drawn up in ener-
getic terms, was communicated by the
Russian ambassador at Berlin to the Prus-
sian government