Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-12-08
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sorrow for the death Of ARTHUR, Duke Wellington,
Her Majesty goes on to express the friendly relations
now happily subss,ing with her government and all
other foreign powers.
During her remar Ss we find the following allnsion !
to the recent difficulty between our country and Eng
land arising out of The fishery questions
Frcouent and we'll founded complaints on the part
of nv North American colonies of miraculous by cit.
izens of the United States. Of the Fishery Contention
of 1873 induced me To dispatch. for the protection Of
their interest class of vessels better adapted to the
service than those which had hcen previously employ
ed This step has led to discussions with the govern,
lnent of the United States: and while the rights OF
nv subjects have been firmly maintained, the friendly
spirit in which the question has been treated induces
me to hope that the ultimate result may be mutually
beneficial extension and improvement OF our CONNER
cial intercourse with that great Republic"
Thus we perceive that the Queen chooses to demo.
mina,e the steamers which her government sent for
the protection Of the Fisheries, decorated with port
holes and charged with those Internal engines whose
crude tllroats" ,lmndtrcd uguinst our defencelesa
skifs, nothing more than ca class Of vessels better
adapted to the service than those which had been pre-.
viously Employed
1t has lee n said that there is nothing in Names The
great genius Of her maestys realm wrote that "a rose
by any other name would smell as sweet" and we
presume she is not inclined doubt its truth II may
be that those war steamers adorned with port
holes merely for the snke of ornament, and that their
cnnncn were intended to only on occasions of
frstirily-but our trembling fishermen undoubtedly
were Of a-diflercnt opinion.
The latter portion, however, Of the clause above
quoted show. that John Bull and Brother Jonathan
arc desirous of mutual peace and harmony
The speech further recommends the adoption OF such
liberal; just and generous policy towards Ireland ms
shall cause her to rally from the depression into Which
she las hren sunk by the suffering of late years.
Nothing of importance has yet come before Pnrlla-
ment. Mr.. viers gave notice that OH the 2zd ult.
he would place n distinct motion before the House
with the intention of compelling Ministers TO declare
their policy decidedly and equirocaly, rs their
language had been vague and defective. Thismotion
we trust will he productive Of beneficial results. Mr.
v was supported by Lord JoHS Russell, Mr.. CoBDES,
Mr. GLADSTONE, Lord PkLMERsroN, and Mr.. HUME
The news from France is highly interesting. In
deed ere this we may take it for grarted that NAro
LEON III sits upon the French throne. The Senate
after iclberalion have voted LOUIS NAPOLEON the
Scnaius Consulium for The re-estnbishment of the
Empire In consequence whereof, in accordance with
til. power thus placed in his hands, the Prince imme-
iarly issued his decree convoking the people through
out tile Republic 10 pronouce for the acceptance or
rejection of the Scnafus Consuiium. This pretended
piece Of rrpubcanism in offering The acceptance or
rejection Of the to the people, plainly nothing
but sham and perfectly in accordance with the policy
Of NAPOLEON. In fact the President of the Senate
himself in his speech to that body proclams or rather
commands the French vote, viz: The popular in
s,inct which acclaimed NAPOLEON ], to-day revealing
itself anew, halls by the name of NAPOLEON III, the
Prince who for four years has governed France with
sonuch wisdom and skill The following is the pro-
position presented for the acceptance Of the people.
"Tlle people will the establishment Of The impc.
rial dignity in the person of LOUIS NAPOLEON BoSA-
rARrE with hereditary right in his direct, Legitimate
or adopted descendants and gives to him the right oi
regulating the order Of succession to tbs throne IN the
BoNArAnTE family. in the manner prescribed by the
Senafus COnsuifum Of the Nov 1852.
LOUIS NAPOLEON in his message 10 the Senate ex.
presses his conviction Of the dangers of accepting and
wearing the crown but quicts all his fears and appre.
Een,iuns by the fact that he represents the popular
and national will by many titles, the nation in
elcvaling him to the throne, will be doing nothing
more than cruwning itself. =" Crcdat JudGus A1eila
non cgo.''
Appearances now promise, snys the correspondeni
programmed If ST. Cloud on the y" 2d December, the
anniversary of the coup dctat OF last year. the ami
vcrsary Of the battle of Auserlitz and of the Coron
alon (lSGi) of NAPOLEON"
The ancicnts were accustomed to represent Fortune
tickle and inconstant, flying hher and thther
first alighlng upon head and then another. favor.
ing both the lowly and the mighty. LOUIS NAPo.
LEON may be we'll said to be the subjcc, of her mos,
changrable caprice. a man not long since Knocked
riiculed, AMI even imprisoned, now Emperor oi
France even stepping, it were, from the gloom Of
his dungeon to the throne Of one Of the mghlicst
kingdoms Of the Continent.
4 writer from Somth America treating of the Atnn-
tic slopes Of that country, says that "a CITY, the capital
of province larger than all Of The old thirteen States
Of this confetlcracy put together, and occupying on
the banks Of the La Plata very nearly the relative 20.
sinn which ST. Lons occupies The banks of the
Mississippi carries on its by the mule load
instead of steam power. and such distance that
each caravan in going and returning is from ten to
twelve months.
1t is really astonishing that the southern portion OF
Hemisphere should lag far behind the times while
the northern half ia making such colossal strides in
Improvement and invention. To he told, in our day
of steam and lightning, that large city. with equal
facilities with our most nourishing towns, ezpcnds n
year in lnndng its prodncts upon the peac"ns PC
riod Of time in which steamers would the
ocean than twenty times, il almost Incredible.
! Why not fit ont expedition, such intended for
Japan against the fatal md mistaken pocy of Cuya-
ha cndeavoring tosccrec from observation its wonder
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