Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-07-10
BY r. 4. VAN HORN.
CHANCES Ar EUROPE--No. Nv.
9I HORACE onrrEEy, t,,
RditOual Conespopdenos Of the N X, Tribune,
g THE FUTURE OF FRANCE
PARIs, "Wednesday. June IT.

en- fellered and sti6sd as The. Republic now is
Ia shorranyl blind, Ssnson in the toils Of
The Phiislines--il Is still potent laci, and
| lis very name is word Of fear 10 the grand
conspiracy Of despols and owls who are In
tent on pushing Europe back at the poin. Of
the bayonet into the debasemen, and thick
darkness of the Feudal Ages. 1t is the
FreRch Republic which disiurbs with night.
mare visions The, slumbers of the Russian
Autocrat, and urges him to summon convo.
cations Of his vassal-kings at Olmutz and
Wnrsaw--it is the overthrow of the French
Republic, whether by open assault or sinis.
Ter stralagem, which engrosses the attention
Of those and kindred convocalions through
ou, Europe. Put out tho light, and then pu.
out the light, is the general aspiration; and
The fact that the actual Republic is ieasona.
bly, moderate, peaceful, unuggressive, SO far
from disarming their hostility, only inhames
II. Haman can never feel safe in his exul.
iaton SO long as Mordecai, the Jew, is seen
sitting at. the Kings gate; and if France is
to be Republic, The Royalties and Aristoc-
races Of Europe would far scarce see her
bloody, turbulent, desola,ing and intent on
conquest than tranquil and inofensive. A
republic absolutely ruled by Danlon, Mura,
and Robespierre would be far less appalling
in the eyes Of the privileged, luxurious and
idle classes Of Europe than one peacefully
pursuing Its career under the guidance Of
Cavalgnac, De Toquevile and Lamarline
/ While In England, could not but smile
OF The delusions propagated by the Press,
and really credited as well as diffused by the
fortunate classes with regard 10 The deplora.
Bile condition of France and the absolute ne.
ccssi.y existing for some radical change in
her government. 30 yes, you get along
very we'll with o Republic in the United
States, where you had cheap lands, vast
and fertile wilderness, common schools and
a general revenue for religion and Order 10
begin with bu, just look at France" Such
was and is very general line of argument.
If the French had been equally divisble i'm
to feons, bankrup,s, puupers and lunatics,
their hopeless state could hardly have been
referred 10 more compassiona,ely. All this
time France was substantially as tranquil as
England herself, and decidedly more
prosperous, though annoyed and impeded
by the ircessant plottings of traitors in her
councils and other exalted stations to re.sub'
jec. her dngly sway.
thrifty, provident, frugal artisan may
often seem less wealthy and prosperous thar
T his dashing, squandering, lavish neighbor
| France may not display SO much plate or
the sideboards of her landlords and bankers
as England does but every day adds 10 he
ability to display il. While Great Britain
: and the United States have undertaken u
i vie with each other in Free Trade, France
!, holds fas, to the principles Of projection
9 with scarcely division in her councils oil
: the subject; and she is consequently amass
) ing in silence The wealth created BY olhe
k Nations. The Californian digs gold, which
4 mainly comes 10 New York in payment 70
d goods bu. on that gold England has a NOR.
gage running last 10 maturity, for the good
, were in part bought of her and we owe he
D for millions worth beside. But France ha
n q similar mortgage on il for the grain sup
o piled to England 10 feed the fabricators O
the goods, and 1t has hardly reached III
~ Bank Of England before it is on lis way Il
Paris. great share of the golden harvest
10 Of the tributaries Of the Sacramento an,
e San joaquin now find ,heil resting plac,
/. here.
}. But what asks Lay. Bastial economist
If it does I? Isn't all Commerce an ex
: change of equivalents i? Must we no, bu.
in order to sell Isn't cold commodity
Q like any olher IL our Imports exceed ou
If Exports, doesn't that prove that we are OBJ
q tanning more for our Exports than their es
! iima,ed value 2 &C., &c.
7. No, Sir Commerce is not always an ex
q change of genuine equivalents. The say
l. age tribe which sells its hunling grounds ant
lis ancestors graves for few barrels Of fire
,s water, whereby its members are debauched
diseased, rendered insanely furious, and Sc
y to cutting each others throaIs, receives NJ
'f real equivalent for what il paris with. No
lr is il we'll for ever SO civilized people to b
n selling It's Specie and morlgaging its Land
= and Houses for silks, Liquors Laces, Wine
20 Spices, &c.--trading off the essential an
lr imperishable for the Fictitious and ,ransi,or
g. and so eating itself out Of house au
le home. The farmer who drinks up his farn
!, at the crossroads tavern may have oblaine
y more for his exports (of produce from hi
70 farm) than they were worth in the market
T. ut least, il would seem so from the fac, iht
n. he has run over head and ears in debl---bl
he has certainly done pernicious, a losin
business. So does any nation which buy
is more wares and fabrics Than iIs exports wi
9, pay for, and finds itself in debt at the year
We end forimports that it has eaten, drank {
p. worn out. The thrifty household is The ,ru
ed model of the nation. And, thus tes.e,
us France, in spite of her enormous, locus!-lil
ng Army and other relics Of past follies whic
u. the National mind is ouigrowing though Il
he Nations rulers still cling TO them, in III
nd day one Of the most prosperous Nations
10. the earth. ~ l,.-.,. aI
of Blu, when hear the aris,ocratc plo
ly iers Of this country talk Of the necessity
NJ a revisionoflh constitution Of This counl
in order to restore 10 France tranquility al
Ily prosperity, ! am moved not 10 mirlh but
ic, indignation. For these plo,ters and th'
ch schemes are themselves the caus
sly Of the mischiefs they affect 10 deplc
ian and the dangers they pretend TO be be
,ys on aver,ing. Whatever is now feverish a
|, ,o ominous IN French politics grows direcl
eu'of two great wrOngs-Ihe 6rss posisi