The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1852-02-18

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nexed il 20 Sweden. The enemies Of
Napoleon in hose days did not stand mp
on ,riaes; and they Al once agreed 10 The
terms. Bul difficulties inlervened in car
ryIng oul tlle terms OF The treaty OF these
Holy allies; The bnier hereditary hatred
ol ihe Norwesians 20 the Swedes being
such that they refused 10 he transferred
lihe 81 many ca lie lhaiyhad been sold
"a for a price" The Crown Prime.
Christian OF Denmark. threw himself inlo
an open boat and crossed The Csllegal in
safety through the British cruisers land
ded in Norway. and placed himself al The
head Of The nation, whirh had rushed io
arms on the first in'imaiion that they had
been sold. They pui Sweden and the
allies al defiance, as the rugged and insc-
cesslbIe nature OF their mountainous
country would have enabled Them 10 make
al least desperate. and in all probability
a successful. resistance. Open force to
subdue them was. however. moi aliempl-
ed; hut surer and safer meIhods were re-
sorted 10. Denmark, which irns acces.
sible. was summoned 10 recall Prince
Christian. and 10 order the Norwegians
10 disband and disarm. The King COM
piled, al least nominaliy. with the de.
mand. and issued his ploclamalions ac-
cordingly; bui neither Prince Christian.
the heir.appareni OF the Danish Throne.
nor the brave Norwegisns. paid any az
ieniinn "a. the orders or proclanaiions.
The allies threatened ye, more hardly.
and further proclama,ions. were issued de-
nouncing the Prince ane all Sho adhered
to.him as traitors If they did not al once
submit. Even ihisshad no effect. there
being no doubt that there was secret un
dersiandIngl on the suhjec, between The
King and Prince Christian. and that these
threats and these proclamaiions were mere
" intended for The allies. In the mean
time, the period FOR opening the campaign
was rapidly approaching, and BernadoiIe,
wi h the whole Swedish army, was lying
inactive in Swedish pomerania. ready 10
move against Napoleon but when urged
by the allies 10 do so, he said: {" When
]. Norway is transferred, | will move. bnl
not lill then" Prompt and decisive
measures were now necessary. and the
allies were not the sort Of people TO be
deceived by the apparen, anger Of The
king Of Denmark against his heir and the
people Of Norway. So they moved fifiy
thousand troops into .lolsiein, and told
Denmark they would no. only take lha
Province from her, but continue on Il
Zealand and occupy Copenhagen. Fion
the first of the affair the British had strict
" blockaded the ports Of Norway ant
prevented supplies Of provisions; by which
blorkade the people were reduced 10 III,
greatest extremity, such being The distress
that even moss was mixed with ihei
scanly allowance Of food, and horses, cats
dogs. and wild animals Of all kinds, wer,
ravenously devoured. These measures
al las, succeeded: Prince Christian dis
banded his troops, and returned 10 Den
mark; the transfer was completed. an,
/ Norway TO this day remains as an appan
age Of Sweden. Though the Govern
mcnt is not by any means and oppressiv
one, il is obnoxious to the whole people
who are extremely desirous of reiuInin
10 the rule of Denmark and This, there
fore, certainly is a fair subject for an ia
ierven,ion. In this case we should hav
"foemen worthy Of our s'eel;" and
would be very "pIciiy quarrel" a
Sir Lucius O'Trigger says. To take ]
hand the five Powers abo,e named. Q
well as Sweden. and make them do ju.
iice 10 Norway.
The next thing in order, to carry OF
the doctrine, would be 10 tell France
withdraw her garrison al once from Rom
let the Pope take care Of himself; an
: give the Roman Republicans fair chant
/, to drive away the Holy Father and bul
ST. Peters and the Valican-ss the
threatened to do when recently in pow
and re establish the Republic Of Bfu,u
Continuing in our vocation. we shou
then have nice little by.fght with o
!, venerable Mother about Ireland. En-
land has ruled that country, il not with
rod Of iron, certainly no, with branch
roses, for six centuries far in advance
! those Of Hungary.
a Then comes the Schleswig and Hol
g tein questions; which, after having all 1
!. Holy Alliance on our hands. would 4
i be an affair Of much moment, as il wor
only bring us in conflict with the Germ
If Powers. including Prussia and we shor
e have in this case the advantage Of an al
IS in Denmark; which, in the other
n stances, would no, be the case, as ,
!, shonld in those be obliged 10 do all !
d fighting single-handed.
ol II might be a question whether
r should take up the cause Of the Christi
v provinces under the dominion of The s.
le tan; for they have been in their prest
condition almost from the time that
IS Turk first encamped in Europe. And
e, do moi know whether il is reasonable
to expect that our philanthropy should
I'd up such old affairs. II may, however.
a. as well to call attention TO them. as