Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1852-02-28

PElCE AXD VAR

Tie hsttsa q ihfes ardvaIf frou Europe In.
diealc considerable and aP1amH.iT growing
Apprehension GA ,hr paH Of ihe Engish. ihat de
fecsat changes 70 France wiIi result IN V8f Be.
tween The 1870 C entries. The Stock E1chahps
has heen bummIng with various rsadrs of var
ike preparation. 10 the dock-yatts. tie recall d
ship. Of war. and ihe enlistment Of 'roops. The
leaiiug L0ndou papers have discussed he nst.
Ter warmly, and The diplomatic representatives, d
England IN Paris seems not 70 De 90 GOOD fsfs0s
wiih he French Goummsnl. TIE fne'ieal
consequences If all ghess lhiags hss bsea tla,
Consos haze fallen one or two per csat-
We % 10, believe lhere Is maeh i1uBdalion
for apprehension The military preparations are
probably tx ggeTaied the agitation Of TIE press
about wlr comes more foma want Of other lop.
ics ihaa Com :ae soidily Of background. Of fear,
aud The an in tie funds Is yeiy uiliug-ani SO
great as would be produced By single hard rain
about harvest time.
Besides, The English are hsbiiualiy scary on
this subject Of invasion. They are forever pra-
ling about the iadellihle memory Of Waterloo 10
the minds Of the French; but from heir elces-
sye seusiiiveness at this idea Of French nyasio
one would suppose that the whole people from
childhood. bad been taught to repeat, IN terror.
the story Of William tue Conqaerof and lie FIELD
Of Hastings.
Topas. By Napoleon demonstrations, which
kept tie British lslapds spepless ior months.
lhoagh lley are nov believed % have beea only
teiats To- dismet attention from his real oLjecl)
ih7 revolution Of 1880 gave rise TO the same cloud
Of anxious sufmises. and many believed That as
soon as Louis Philippe had worn his crown a
little 10 the shape of his head, he would pour his
legions upon devoted Albion The same fears
we're revived with rcdoubed force. aud certainly
with greatly augmented probability, 81 the reyo-
luton Of l5is Tie spirit Of propagandism
seemed then fairly unclaimed, aud every element
of disturbance 10 be in The ascendant, Yet in
1890, the only warIike adventure Of France was
to prevent The Dutch from laking Holland or
rather Belgium; and IN lsl9 her only invasion
fp iae peace, consisted IN putting down the free +.
boeiAg democracy Of Rome.
Bai we are eyerasiiogly referred back 10 the
French Republic Of '93, and the aggressive pol.
icy Of Napoleon, In regard to the first, il is SUI
tcient % say, that the Republic was attacked,
and defended itself in spir Of desperation, not
q ambition. ii desperation won victories, and
victories inspired the spirit Of aggression, the ma.
tion' which paid the penalty were themselves
the cause. In regard p the second, il is
idle TO draw prognoslicalions from the career Of
Napoleon. lie was sent into tho world for Il
conqieror. The wars which he waged as a rtl-
Ter, be also conducted as a Chief; every yicto.
fy won by BIS troops was pre.emnently his own
work, which advanced his own personal fame,
and strengthened his power. Bui il he lad been
only statesman, who had conquered reyom.
lion BY superior tact and good fortune, and thus
raised himself to pre.emiuence, wars waged by
generals uf his appointment would have been
fields sown With far greater peril to himself ihan
% surrounding nations. Every Marengo, and
Jena, ard Aasielliiz, and Friedland would
have raised up a rival, instead Of support to his
power.
10 a man in Louis Napoleon's position, war
islhe most desperate game that could be played.
Defeat would destroy him. and success would
give over the allegiance Of the army to the vic,
torious general. We have that Faith in the sa,
gaciy and craftsmanship in The French presi-
dent, to believe he viii not thus cast away the
chance Of giving solidily and permal ence to his
power. And all that we hear from France, con.
firms this conclusion. The French funds have
risen decidedly since the ID December. and have
lluetuated less than the English IRON that date.
Great additional activity has been feltthrough0ut
Tho manufacturing and commercial interests d
the country. Tho whole business world ii
France has thus given expression to its liiiI coa-
hdonce, not only 10 the stability q die presi.
dents government, but in the continuance ii
peace. WHY should we hesitate 10 believe
them = Charleston llfercury.