Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-12-17

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but not unprecedented, at least relatively ;
and another state once stood its ground
; against that power in its proulcst suprem-
acy. 1t is no. to be therefore denied that
Louis Napoleon is now building up pow
er which may become available in various
ways, according to circumstances and op-
rortuniiy. He is trying it to his hand
Travelers in France remark the ircessant
accumulation of rcso lrces, AID of expert
ments iii their efficiency. Besides the
votes 70 be taken OF demand GU; of the Of
fetal ballot boxes, he has ~ store, we hear
Oh credible authority, ~ artillery Of not
fewer than twelve hundred guns in readi-
ness for instant scrvicc-Dany more than
the aggregate Of the forces on both sides
at Waterloo. At Toulon, the experiment
has been tried of enbarkine a large body
Of troops in one of the great steam waf-ships
recently launched, and the experiment WIS
perfectly successful the number of troops
thus embarked WAS FIVE thousand. There
was to have been a reduction Of the army :
it has not taken place; but these augmen-
'ations of navy and artillery are perhaps
the substitutes. Against what are these
vast forces to bc directed? Who knows.
Much may depend on others. "Who will
buy p To otf.r the alliance Of force so
mighty and SO handy, is tempting; to
threaten hostility, alarmin~. accept me,
aud De safe,'' their master may say Gre
fuse me, and your blood be Oh your own
head. Enlhrone 'Orier' in Paris, or
dread the crusade Of revolution against you,
directed from Paris" In The face of per-
il, alarm is in itself the worst danger, as
siCmber is the next worst. The slumbcrer
nay awake to resistance and to victory :;
the towards very vigilance is paralysis
Has England united both weaknesses !?
We believe not yet Preparations are
mad, or are in progress; bat they are
mace syb rosa, lest the timid take offence.
France is ready; We arc TO have completed
cur prcparat:ves some years hence Now,
non-dcfencc is actual temptation for an in-
yadcr. If not still SO, it is only through
the latest precautions Of Lord Hardinge
that England is not almost an irresistible
temptation to any neig glboring adyenturer
richer iu material power than in cash or
renown. The temptation is almost the
greater when non-defence is backed by pre-
cautions like tha: of taking down the flags
in Chelsea Hospital, when the corpse of
Wciiin gton lies in state, hest the foreigner
take offence - \ land defended only
by timid people, and that land caAed
England - by the same rule, 1t would
be best to dispense with the funeral pa
geant altogether, as that also might give
offence. Or let funeral oratioa declare
that the English flag is buried with the
hero, and that the series began at Crccy
eH'l,d at Waterloo. Perhaps the proud in
yadcr might grant to pity what he would
refuse to defiance? The foyb6arance Of
any foreign potentate, however, is but poor
reliance for state. There is only one
real safety, and that consist in rendering
Invasion inposstj'e.-Speciaior.
/ PETERBoRo'- -Poitica! Tta Nefiag-
On Tuesday evening last Mr G. H. WAal-
ley, the Opposition candidate, gave a treat
to the female population Of tLiS city, by
inviting them to substantial teaing. Up
wards of 700 tickets were issued and the
Assembly y-room and Corn-exchangc were
filed with the fair sex At the commence
ment all appeared tolcrabiy calm and qui-
ct, but as the steam began to rise from the
Johea, tongues began to clatter, which
only subslded as the tea-pots became eX-
hausted, and Mr.. Whalley and his friends
took their places on the platform The
night being wet, omnibuses, cabs, and fys
were in great request. The cathedral choir
and Mr. Miller's brass band we're engaged,
who at intervals exchanged their position
from one room to the other, the choir anu
sing the company with Duets and glees,
and the band with choice selections of mu-
sic. Several attempts were made to get up
dance, but the committee would not al
low Of it. Mr.. IIeady presided at the As
sembly room, and Mr.. W. Vergette at the
Corn-exchange The speakers on the oc-
easion were MIR. Digby Seymour, NJ. p,
Captain Reed, Mr.. Tindal Atkinson, bar
rister, Mr.. Taylor, solicitor, of Crowland,
and Mr.. Whalley, the candidate. All Of
them informed the ladies it was their duty
to assist in electing Mr.. Whalley, as that
gentleman, if returned to Parliament, wo'd
strenuously exert himself to get the duty
taken off soap, tea, sugar, and such like
articles. Those promises were, it is need
less to add, vociferously cheered. Mr.. I.
Atkinson was the tavorite of the evening:
he delivered 4 very humorous and eloquen,