The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-10-08

For the Union
ruropeaa CHlsaies on this Continent.-Wiu
france Really sustain the Grasping Ambi-
tfsn or Engiandf

tisn or Engiandf
The battle OF La Hague in 1884, between the combined
British and Duch fleets The one side. and the French
on tbs other hrs gave England clear superiority at
The British and Dutch were eighty In number the French
but hy the latter oaghs under posvs orders from the
King caused by information which proved 10 be false
After being severely wosssd, as might have been
expected with such disparity OF numbers the French re-
ted to La Hague and Chsrbourg. where Admiral Russell
ran many OF them aground. aud burnt others was no
more possible for Louis XIV. during that war, which
ended the peace OF Ryswck TO send his vessels mo
the open sea- Loais XIV died after beholdng the naval
power Of France shattered, and her military resources
vastly caTtailed by the OF the Spanish succession
The Duke Of Orleans nephew of Louis was placed N
specay oy hs v,or him the
name oil regent, and some considerable power heif"n
subjected him 10 the control Of ,ny oi he coIII
whom be had appointed took IRON MN he iuJn Nam ~
infant heir 10 THRONE and gave 10 ine Duke o.
NATURAL son OF the King, powers Vi'ua',y a. ke. %
those bestowed the Dake oil Orleans oiea H.,;
man of sagacity. who bad COMMANDED VIII 'ni
in the war OF the Spanish succession ne Poseesseu
..h nonai, rv with The most considerable men OF the
kinadom He goi The will Of Louis annued by lhc rar-
lsment of PARIS, so far as regarded me Iesuc,os l
posed on himself and the powers conferred on ne Uuke
~ Msine and The majority of the council. Maine was
seays coward but, urged on by the imperous mandates
Of his wife, who brave and rash as ne was pusl
ianmous, he formed conspiracy against Orleans, and
found most ready supporter in Cardinal Alberdal, then
prime minister OF his cousin, the fIs Bourbon King OF
Spain whom the military operations OF the Duke oil Or.
leans had assisted TO place upon the throne Abenon!
was restless ambitious. and cunning The plot was 10 dis
place Orleans from the regency winch u was probable
would necessarily be polIaced as HE infant King was
hui five wears old and being OF feeble constitution, the
conspacy if successful, might even terminate in placing
philip on the throne OF France. while one OF his
children would remain King of Spain. Philip was BY
blood the next heir after the infant k,ng LOUIS ny.
authors and many OF ts abeitoTs Thus Orleans became
sole master Cardinal Dubois hs minister, and Car
dinal Fleury the tutor Of The infant King Dubois soon
died worn out by profgacy but Orleans pursued still
pacific system. and continued TO do SO until his death
France. naturally fertile and abundant in all The sub
s,an,ais and many OF the dellcaces OF living, was
recovering from the terrible effects OF the war Of
The Spanish succession. On the demise OF Orleans,
which was after the King attained his majority, Cardinal
Feury became prime minister, and, pursuing systenal
cay the POLICY OF peace, France recovered rapidly from
for Ave centuries But in his extreme old age, cardinal
Feury beset by the courers. involved France in war,
which lasted aboat nine years and was erouslt 70 z
had recovered their force, and the Bour bons were
found united in family compact, by which they waged
war to support aud not TO displace each other thus,
France and Spain were ranged side, and Great
Britain and the beautiful and celebrated daughter OF
Charles VI Maria Theresa. the principals on The other
Maria Theresa was thought BY several princes around
her domnions to be in a situation 10 allow them such
large ider from her possessions they might not have
good an opportunity 10 acquire again within consid.
cradle time. Frederick the Great OF Prussia, then an
known 10 fame, Tumped some old claims upon Sesia,
Of her Provinces and demanded their admission The
Queen refused and ensued France took part agaue,
her, the Elector OF BavsTa assaed her and got himself
proclaimed Emperor and harassed by such powerful
enemies, she found herself under necessity 10 purchase
Oft Of them who he'd now first disclosed those great
military talents which afterwards made bin renowned
through Europe This Frederick OF Prussia. 81
lssia coded by the polite but IeveDgeu Queen.
The latter owed her crown in these perous circum-
Stances to those Hungaans whom her descendants have
enslaved al last after sixty years Of previous severe op
pressions.
Peace closed these quarrls in i74s. and Europe
breathed freely for seven yeAB. But the revengeful
Queen, Maria Theresa inslgaied BY unprncped minis
ers formed league With France, Elizabeth OF Russia
and the Eectof OF Saxony 70 divide among then al The
dcmlnons Of Frederick the Grea. simultaneously with
the formation OF this league, disputes about the bounda
res OF Acadia and the limits OF the British colonies on
the west had come 10 crisis between Great Britain
and France and thus, while broke out on
the continent between the five powers have named
i also began between Great Britain and France
England aud Prussia thus became allied. because fighting
But The circumstances under which France involved
IN the struggle in Germany de,eve special recapiu a,ion
because they showhow she lost her principal colonies
The Bourbon race, then upon the throne, IN the shor
space OF less than century and hall had exhausted
it's vigor. After succession OF mIstresses, Lou
XIV was governed By Madame De Pos padour, naughty
woman whom Maria Theresa had contrved To enlist u
her interests by various acts OF afaby. poleness ant
support, which would have been honorable towards
woman Of character but were seville and base towards
mistress She carried her condescenslon so far as Il
write her autograph letter, and salute her with hgt
demonstrations OF respect and esteem. yalnglorioa
woman, governing corrupt king. thus won by the ART
of Empress sent the armies oil France 10 perish tn
battle fields OF Germany and Belgium, Che latter thef
called Fandefs) instead OF sending them TO America
preserve that sn,erpr'sns and valuable cooay-Cansda
The reviewer whom ! have quoted in my lsst says
"France never colonies effectively" and the sam,
siaiemsnt 10 repeatedly made by British writer's Blu
France hsd coonized effectively IN Canada; and on'
o the ciearest proofs OF II is The eagerness with
which Great Britain sought 10 conquer IL. -Four thou
sand ,roos ten By France TO Canada would ha VI
etiecuay protected that colony, although her navy
greatly inferior 10 Engla0ds But the mistress Of French
King had sent her armies fight in Belgium and Ger.
many. instead Of keeping aloof from quarrel wholly
contrary 10 The interests oil France. Nearly quite hall
the pcpalaion 81 Canada IL OF French descent this day
And the Csnsd,an colony not disturbed inter
nally under French sway Than British colonies have
been under English rule oslso. the Ffeaeh colonies
Louisiana and several Of the West India islands Bu
Eaglsnd cooquered the Canadian colony. II does NO
follow that she will be succeesful hereafter in con
qsefnx Algeria. although that may be of her dreams
france, by scattering her forces. los Canada wheD by
concentrating them, there 10 doub, she could hav,
retained II. This lesson il ia probable, will not b,
thrown away upon her. Greatly distant colonies. il
The present state OF the world. do not suit France
The shores oil the Mediterranean in Africa prox
mate, That sea laves a most beautiful part o
france. She has made a successful lodgment on ons
shore OF Africa and there 10 doubt that sh,
can colombo there than that che coonzed in louisiana
the West Indies, and Canada. II is according TO tn,
course Of human nature that she will no, always be a
peace with Tunis and TpoI, and the extension OF be
African colony in that direction brings her nearer and
nearer 70 her avose Egypt Once Trpol, the desert Of
bsrca alone inervenes between it's frontiers and Aexan
dfa IhEoug that desert Gen. Eaton marched ibeais
Porter and cambridge and their companions taken in the
fhisdslphia. Egypt has contained in former time,
seven m',ons OF people It's coil il annually renewed by