Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-02-11

farther. bat he iesrel, while unsupported
to DO more than he did, His own cherac-
Ter, in addition, has two-fo.d aspect. Dy
airth, iortuue, conue1ion, and habits IL
kfe, he is or or.stocrar I; Whi.o In many
res spects, his mind j the reverse: His ia
pulses il favor Of freed IN on the continent
have been continually clicked by his
dread of ruin, aui disgrace 10 his own
erder [: is in consequence of these con
Trajectory influences at work within him,
that find him one while favoring the
Hungarian Kossuth, and, at another time,
appIauding Louis Napoleon's coup d etat
But England owes her present degrade |
tion, not to say danger, to other and
remoter causes. She is reaping now what
wa. sown by herself in 1893 and 1915.
From the moment that the French people,
towards the close Of the Last century, de-
clarei themselves in favor ofrepubiicanism,
England determined, by force Of arms. to-
thrust monarchy back upon them. This
was tie policy of Pitt, and subsequently,
of Csstlereagh and it was policy per-
served in, despite of defeat, and, at one
time, almost of despair. To carry out this
policy the peace Of Amisns was broken. To
carry out this policy the recognition of
Napoleon, as Emperor, was refused. To
carry out this policy successive coalitions
were made with various continental powers
10 overthrow Bonaparts and restore the
,mbccile Bourbons. To carry ont this
policy FIVE hundred millions pounds ster.
ling OF debt were assumed. To carry out
this policy war was risked with this
republic an alliance was formed with
Britsin's ancient enemy of Spain the
epecie payments Of the Bank of England
were flsgi.iOnsly suspended Britons were
sont to die, by thousands, on the battle
fields Of Portugal, CASTLE and Flanders
ard the English population, by recreation
ola stagna.epeace following on aprolchgcd
and active war, were reduced from compara-
tive prosperity TO a condition bordering on
des.itu:ion, where they have suffered
hopelessly ever since, though more than
thirty year, have passed.
And Engs and did all thia, alas, and
alas in the desccrated name Of freedom.
The middle Glasses, artfu'l y made by the
aristocracy heir tools, supported the
mobiles enthusiastically. during 4 contes:
Of five ani twenty years and, at the end.
reaped what? Liberty for Europe? O,
10, but the tender mercies Of the Holy
Alliance, dungeons, conGscation the gal
lows, for ST. who Dire, mod Of freedom
Prosperity for themselves and eountrvmen.
Again, no. England dates her decline
from ihs field of " aterloo The exhaustion
Of the protracsed contest, which termina-
ted in that battle, left her 80 weak tha,
she hiss not even yet recovered the full
vigor Of her strength and it is mere than
Questionable, indsed, whether her vitality
is not irrevocably impaired. But surely,
if she neither won liberty for Europe, nor
obtained suy advantages for her own
people, she secured the lasting .mity Of
the dynaeties whom her subsidies upheld,
and her armies defended? Did she? Look
at her now, cipher in continental politics, |
compelled to gee her citizens insulted by |
a ustria, forced to endure the contempt !
with which Russia treats her menaces
How have the mighty fallen. But, in all
this, she reaps what she has sewn The
avcuging Ssnasis has orertakep her, and
she who, in her palmy meridian, assisted
to iDsul. and degrade her sister Of France,
and to Danish liberty from Europe, now
ei,s. in her Old age, deserted on the high
way, the jeer Of the Jezebsls who made
her once their tool and now would make
her their victim.
We know that the boundless ambition
Of Napoleon has ever been given, a. the
cause Of the continued hostility of England
to France, from 1892 to 1915. But the
war Vas begun by Pitt before Napoleon
came upon the stage. The treaty Of Ami
enc, negotiated by Pitts successor, was
broken principally through the same infu-
once. Tho truth is, that the English
could not endure to see
a new man, Corsioan sdventur-
ST, as they called him, occupying the
throne of St. Louis and sssai!ing legitima-
y and pride Of birth. They adroi,ly
naamed the English people, by awakening
he national jealousy against France, for
occupying IS she then did. position
more influential than that Of Great Britain.
IS the var progressed, it dcepened into a
ito aud death struggle, and the fall Of !
'apoleon, or the disgrace Of England,
acame inevitable. But this dilemma was !
OF of the Emperor's seeking. IT was
,rced o. him by the British aristocracy.
here is no doubt whatever that, up to the :