Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-01-09
EuroDe mud America.

ly the results by the operation of total
ly opposite and dissmilar 1t is thus that the
pete subserviency of the press in Europe and its
perfect license in America lead to mutual msunder
standings between the inhabitants of the respective
hcmspheres. The people of Europe reading our
papers during excited party canvass pending
Of those "awful crises :" which every now and
then give employment for great paciicators" and
" little pacifcators," apt to suppose that the
whole framework of American Society is in a shack
ling condition, and that we are all, in the emphatic
language of stage driver who once upset us on the
edge of precipice, going to the bloody bazcs b
Of course, know better because we perfectly un-
dcrstand the whole thing, but to Europeans who can
only judge by their own standard. very different
impression is conveyed especially the governments
cndeavor to convince their subjects that in America
every picks his teeth with Bowie and uses
short rifle by way of walking stick.
On the other hand, the people of Europe are in the
position Of the lion in the fable they have no scup-
tors-or in plain terms, they have no presses In
France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Russia the press
is simply the organ echo of authority. If it pre-
Sumes to be more it is Suppressed consequently in
any collision between the people and their oppressors
we can only learn just much as the latter choose
to tell us, or it, through private channels the liberal
party contrve to smuggle out statements, such
statements must also be regarded &c p0rte, or at
any rate as tinged by the enthusiasm of hope or
marked by the exaggerations of excitement SO that
upon the whole it is extremely difficult, if abso
lutcly impossible. to obtain any accurate informa-
ton arrive at any definite conclusion in regard
matters and things in the old world.
II ;S+l tIoEt bo
peaceful recognition of the military usurpaton O
Louis Napoleon must be received with great dea
of hesitation because they are in fact the story tolc
by the usurper himself. DeMorny, the new heaC
of the Ministry of the Interior is Louis Napoleon
half brother and he gave orders to all the project
of departments throughout France to shoot ever,
person attempting to take up arms in any way, ant
the army kept in readiness to enforce this orde
at moments notice. Every editor suspected of in
dependence has been imprisoned. and every republi
can paper suppressed. The Paris Project of Polio
says: It is necessary to practice on large scale
system of house searching and arrests and conse
qucnty house-searching and arrests are the order
the day No man dare express opinion in oppc
sition to the usurpation, much less print one no,
then can we believe what we hear from France
The usurpation must last for some time 1t ha
the bayonets and sabrcs of the African legons t
sustain it, and immediate resistance is impossible
1t has physical power enough to prevent that, but
has no moral power to prevent its crumblng to dus
in a few months. No eminent man, in whom tn
people have confidence, has given in his adhesion
Few of any grade seek office many resign. One
the legions of the National Guard has been disarm
ed because disaffected the officers of the other i
gons are, many of them, resigning. There is no er
thusiasm anywhere. The soldiers, after a while
VIII participate in the general apathy and dslik
and Louis Napoleon must either fall engage in
with the Northern powers. So soon as he pre-
tends to lean upon Austria and Russia, so soon wi
the most devoted of the soldcry desert him.
KQssuth is right in thing. This usurpation
the French President is nothing permanent, nor wi
it strengthen the cause of reactionary absolutsm
on the contrary it will weaken it.
OF course he will be elected for ten years.
can't we'll help it, especially either he or his br
ther DeMorny, is to count the votes. He will
course declare himself elected and then burn the r
cord. He did so with the soldiers declared that the
had voted for him, twenty to one, and then ordere
the registers upon which the votes were inscribed
be burned stating that he did not wish to know Il
names of those who had voted against him. On
minister has not yet recognised him. and will n
without orders from Washington, which, we presum
he acU receive. Such conservatism being the respe
table cant of the day, especially with those at pr
sent In authority.
EG~Barnums Museum in Philadelphia was
stroyed by FIRE on the evening of the 30th ult tt
building cost 100000 and its contents wercalso vel
valuable, as they comprised Peales large collectic
of curiosites. with many others which had been adj
nI TO II since It fell into the hands of Mr. Barnur