The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-03-01

The British Periodicals.

The London Quarterly, the Ednbug. the
North British, the Westminster, and Black
hoods Magazine have commenced the year, il
seems to US, with more ability and interest even
than heretofore. In fact, the recent great events
in Europe could hardly fail to arouse the intel
lect of Great Britain. And as Europe is now
so much more connected with us, BY trade,
travel, and emigration, than formerly, we do not
see how the statesmen, philosophers, and Swans
of this country can dispense with these publica
tons. They abound in elaborate articles on the
politics, statistics, commerce, SCIENCE literature,
and arts Of Europe-and are almost the only
works that give US oil adequate knowledge Of
the movement of European mind, society, gov
eminent, and trade.
Europe seems to be approaching again to u
conflict between the Northern and Southern see
tons. This tendency is visible from cause
more powerful than the antagonsm of liberalism
and despotism that exists between them. The
North of Europe is increasing much the most
rapidly. Heretofore the population of Great
Britain has been the most prolific of any in
Europe, and hence has advanced in the last two
centuries from about eight to sixty millions, and
has overspread North America. But now it has
become 30 dense in England, and has resortcd
80 much to towns, to manufactures and to COM
merce, that the ratio of increase has seriously
diminished: to this has recently been added
the destruction by famine in Ireland, and the
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ton and deterioration have also been going on
in and from Germany. The foreign arrivals in
our ports last year from Europe exceed three
hundred thousand-and as they consist chiefly of
young adult males, they take away the effective
strength of million of population from home,
and leave it burthened with the young, the old,
and the weak. So, that as the period approach
es for Russia to disgorge her growing hordes on
the South of Europe, the latter grows rapidly
weaker and more incapable of defence
Within the last three years three Peace Con.
crosses have assembled in Europe-one in
France, one in Belgium, and one in England
These assemblages were attended by many per-
sons of distinction for talent and philanthropy
who depicted the horrors of war in a vivid and
appalling manner. But the long duration of
peace in Europe has developed the horrors OF
poace, that is to say, Of state of peace, of civil
zation and refinement, in which the passions
of men are not subdued-and the result has
been registered in crime, pauperism, want, suf.
fering and death, which may challenge CON-
parson with the horrors of war. The present
population Of England would, if it increased in
ratio which results from ordinary comfort and
morality, double itself in twenty five years. but at
the present and declining ratio of actual increase
that result would not be attained in less than
seventy -fye Hence, in seventy-f five years, the
population will be hundred millions loss than
it is capable of becoming--a discrepancy due to
vice. And, compared to such deficit in num-
Der, the losses of all the Auzterlitzes, Borodnos
and Leipzigs, shrink into insignifcance The
horrors of war are 30 obvious, and make such
deep impression on the senses, that phiIan-
thropists and Christians have often been be-
wildered for reason that it is permitted by
Providence. But the statistics of peace furnish,
the reason. Ny, so terrible have been the re-
suits of pence, that the masses have started ur
in Europe rife for war and revolution, under
the vain illusion that the misery of men is pro
duced by forms of government, and may be re.
moved by change in political systems.
Some of the most extraordinary results OF
modern civilization have appeared in Ireland
Although she has been devastated by famine
has probably lost million of her PEOPLE by
want-although every county exhibits loss OF
opulation-every city, without one exception,
has increased in numbers. The land of Ireland
is undergoing dssertion, and although the wages
of agricultural labor have largely advanced, the
cities are filling up with crowds.
The foreign Reviews are all to be found al
Messrs TAYLOR 81 MAuRY's, in this city
The Democratic Review.
We have looked into the January and Feb.