Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-01-11
FROM OUR Paris CORRESPONDENT.
PARIS, DECEMBER 5, 1885,

PARIS, DECEMBER 5, 1850.
Prospects for Europe have much frightened
since the date of my last. War between. Prussia
and Austria, which could have hardly failed to
soon become general, is no longer seriously appre-
hended. Saturdays steamer will probably convey
to the United States the details of the arrangement
by which this great calamity, general war, is yet
adjourned. All well-wishers to humanity cannot
but be gratied with this result There is doubtless
much to be done for the amendment of society and
government in Europe. Political and civil reforms
are desirable are necessary and turbulent demo-
crat and the impatient socialist are looking to war
the sure means of realizing speedily their widest
dreams. Their orators and writer's in France, and
all over Europe, are openly expressing these views,
and aggravatng the position 10 the utmost in their
power, in order to render war inevitable. But in
telgent, wise, and honest reformiss all classes OF
society, kings and citizens, who have any thing to
lose, see that every thing would be at stake, and
probably lost in general war. The battle
would not be confined TO the tented field, as in
former wars general melee, in which all classes,
opinions, and interests, social political, and national,
would be in conflict. If the democratic revolu-
tionary element prevailed, as it is to be feared it
would--ior the passion, the ignorance, the brute
force is with it-a thorough 0verturnlng and uproot
ing would follow all over Europe, with the excep-
ton perhaps of Russia. Violence, anarchy, and
terror would be the means by which pure de-
mocracy and socialism would attempt to establish
their impractcable theories, tin despotism should
again come to the relief of agonizing civilization
sand the last state OF that man is worse than the
first"
The pacific news from Germany detracts much
from the interest and importance of the debate in
the Assembly which is taking place to-day. It's
upon the bill appropriating the necessary sum for
tho eohipment and support of the forty thousand
young recruits by which the French garrisons on
the northern and eastern frontiers are to be REIN
forced. The able report of M. DE REMUsAT con-
cudes in favor Of the appropriation, but gives
much dissatisfaction to the Administration by the
studied manner in which it asserts parliamentary
supremacy at the expense of the executive dignity
and authority of M. Bonaparte.
On Thursday last debate took place in the Ma
tional Assembly here which will perhaps be of
some interest for American readers, from the fact
that it had particular reference to the United States
M. ScHoELcHER, representative from The French
West Indies, undertook to interpelate Government
respecting circular issued by the Minister of the
Marine to notify and warn French sea-captains OF
the severe penalties they might incur under the
Legislation oil some of our Southern States against
the introduction of persons of coler into the south
ern ports. M. Schoelcher professed to see in this
legislation fragrant violation OF the law OF ma
tons" an outrage upon humanity, an insult TO
French dignity. and denial Of Frenchmen's rights
under existing treaties He saw, too in this legsla-
,on . A,orant violation of the American Constitu-
,;o NJ q ,ev ipconslerable member of an nconsdera
HE p.r,v the extreme Left in the Assembly and Is mat
Ter Of yey little moment what his personal opinions are
shall not incumber your columns with the report Of tbem at
length bu, be declared such Legislation be monsous
and ,ha, France had right to protest against IT. he par