The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-11-25

ship company Of which he Is The head, e1cels the
Captain General IA both particulars. In at
tempting 20 force Pdrser Smith into Cuba, Mr..
Law has done what admits of excuse. He
has arrogated to himself right from which any
upright Government would shrink and if he
persist in pressing his position, he win be per-
mitted to extricate himself from the dilemma
that may result as best he can.
The Aspect OF EUrope--A speek OF War.
The war question continues to excite a large
share of public attention in the Old World
Many of the leading public journals contend
that storm is brewing and that Louis Napoie-
on viii be compelled by the force of circumstan-
ces, to give active employment to his troops
A Paris paper, the Steele, says, that this year
the army viii cost no less than GG6, 100000
francs. The Editor observes:
This large force gives a grand idea Of the
power of France but we ask any man of sense
to what idea does it respond? Is it to the pres
ent state of Europe and of France? Certainly
not; for it is enough for any one to look at the
railways, manufactures, and industrial under
takings which exist everywhere, to perceive that
no nation desires to engage in war. Sover-
eigns of the present day have too much to do at
home to wish to invade the States of others
and, beyond any doubt, whoever should attempt
to trouble the general peace would have all the
others against him. No; the formidable armies
which the European Powers have kept up, at
great cost, for the last forty-seven years, res
pond to a state of things which exists no longer
and diplomatic agents will give proof of the i'm
mense want of intelligence long asrthey do
not cause European Congress to decide on
general disarming, were it only of limited
character"
In addition to al this, the naval preparations
u i.,sve4 ',-s .l=ssasla'ls setisa sor
time past Great Britain too has just determ-
ined that ten line of battle ships now on the
stocks or ordered to be built shall be provided
with powerful screw propellers. France, obser-
YES British journal, under its new regime
must be watched with unceasing vigilence by
those to whose keeping the welfare of Great
Britain is committed, since assuTedly nothing
on earth but apprehension of failure will pre-
vent the self-willed Louis Napoleon from atlemp-
ting, sooner or later, the project before which
even the genius of his uncle recoiled. Or he
may perchance, and events point that way look
to the East for the fuIflment Of what he calls
his mission. The position and strength of the
British feet III the Mediterranean is always
perfectly well known; not so would be the
character and purposes Of an armament that
might be assembled or fitted at Toulon. With
out pursuing this vague train ofthought, it may
be sufficient to predict that whenever the reser-
we'd and resolute man, who now lords it over
France shall feel himself sufficiently strong to
work out his destiny, we shall hear stirring news
from the ..French Lake"
The London Morning Chronicle, too in the
course of an elaborate article, holds this Ian
guage +
a few days viii place the peace ofthe world,
and especially of England and France, almost
unreservedly in the hands of the crowned ''heir
of Napoleon" With such sanctions as the
forms of religion can give, and with all the au-
thority which the apparent assent of unani-
nous people can bestow, France is about to con-
firm, as rightful and permanent, the transfer,
which she had already temporarily made, of her
liberties and her strength to that urscrupuous
despot. Even,,if there were nothing in the char
acter and previous history of Louis Napoleon to
call for special caution, this one reflection might
suffice, if thoroughly realized, to inspire us with
the eravest solicitude. We must bring home TO
ourselves the fact that the question OF peace er
war between two of the most powerful nations
of the earth depends on the will of one man.
Less than year ago, that man stood opposed
to an Assembly, including the keenest politi-
clans and the best generals of France, who were
all eager to divine and te anticipate his suspec-
ted intentions. They had warning enough to
arouse the watchfdlness of duller observers; yet
he came upon them, after all, like thief in the
night. They had hesitated TO attribute to him,
If not the capacity to commit great a crime; F;
at least the audacity to throw so hazardous q
die. They were, one and al, mistaken. He
struck, and he succeeded.
But, we are told The Empire is Peace
We have already shown what reliance i. to be
placed on the words Of the destined Emperor
1t is surely unnecessary to urge that there are
persons whose language may be best interpre-
ted by contraries. There is but one inference
which can be drawn from any assertion of Lou
is Napoleon-namely, that he believes it to be
conducive to his interest for the time being
In this sense, his words are an exact copy oi
his thoughts What he says is precisely what