The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-04-06
Nnpoleon and fhe Wnr.

pOleOD 10 le ltRlsiatiNc ouu1 W kFdnCet hP-
Oh The opening Of The session Of the present
year, siutes with great d~eoision aud ability
IAe whule case which has given the signal
for war, aud interrupted those pacific relu-
tous which have long been so precious 10
Europe. The Emperor has embraced, and
expressed with gIeat judgment. not only
those circumstances in our present p~osi,ios.
which address themselves most powerfully
10 the interests of Franco, hut those, also,
which are, aud ought TO be the basis Of the
great public policy Of Europe. II is lhst
policy which has contributed more than any
other cause Ia e%xtiuguish the rivalry so long
familiar 10 the Cabinels Of England and
Frunce, aud 10 remove the suspicious which
attach themselves TO the sudden ard violent
restoration il the Imperial power. The
same policy has extended itself 10 Germany,
and has already Voused the leading German
State TO a nobleT senee of thai independence
which the fears and obligations of lS46 and
lS49 had seriously impaired. Since Russia
hos suddenly, and without provoca,ioH. re-
sumed tho aggressive policy Of the last CEN
Jury, which tho moderation Of Alexander
and the bohs,ed mugnanimity Of Nicholas
had suspended, it is time that the Imperial
court of the north should learn that all Eu-
rope Is prepared to oppose its progress on
Iha, path.
It hos been the fashion in France, espe-
cially with tho purity calling i,self conserva-
tive. aud bitterly opposed to The present form
OF government, to represent this ceniest as
uns in which France is moi directly inter
ested, and as a matter Of secondary impor-
lance 10 her policy. To these objections the
Emperor gives q powerful aud peEemplory
combustion. II is not The interest Of France
10 submit 10 the Indefinite extension Of Rus
sian ascehdancY over the continent, to abdi-
cate any part OF her own power in the Med
lieTranean; and a revolution in the Es5t
which should mahe Russia n great MediIer-
rauean power, would be more injurious 10
The independence Of Southern Europe, than
any olhor event which could happen in our
part Of the globe.
Il is evidently the desire of the heoa of the
French Government TO draw u clear distinc-
ton between a war begun in defence Of
these principles and wars like those Of the
first empire, which wero perpctunlly kim
died by the spirit Of conquest and revenge.
Fl ID Louis Napoleon begun his reign by any
such lnilmaIIon Of the Imperial policy, It IL
not too much 10 say that The coalition now
formed against RussIH might have been di-
Fecied against tho expressions OF France,
aud he would have become what Nicholas is
now-ihe outlaw of Europe. But we ac-
knowledge his appreciation OF the temper
aud spirit Of the age, when we fad that he
rests his claims 10 The consideration and nj
nance OF Europe, not on his victories or his
20 wei of attack, but on tho service he has
rendered to the cause Of order and Of peace.
rhs result Of an opposite course of conduct
by Russia, has been ihat she has forfeited
ner position, and that France, uDgor he.
present ruler. has gained oil the ground
which the Emperor Nicholas has lost.
This speech Is calculated to prove to the
most Inoredulous that the alliance projected.
mud IN part realized BY the Four Powers, is
essentially defensive IN its principles and l,s
objects; md That II has sprung out OF no de-
signs or schemes of France or OF England.
bot from The necessity Of opposing q barrier
Ia tho wanion invasion attempted by Russia.
The Emperor NICHOLAS is not only justly
opposed by the rest Of Europe, but he Is con.
demned ~ q renegade to the political doc
tTlnes of his life, aud no language could be
found 10 ceaSufe him more strongly than
thu, which his own Cabinet has applied on
other occasions as ~yiolators Of public law
and dlslurbors of public tranquility. BY a
singular inversion otthe paris which the En-
psror OF the French and the Emperor OF oil
the Rus,ions seemed bat a few months ago
respectively 10 fill, the Que who owes his
crown To the vlcissltudes of n recent revolu.
ton. stands forth as the champion OF estab-
lIshed rights. while the other, who has pro-
fessed for n quarter Of century a fanatieal
respect for legal obi cations and existing
institutions, hears himself Justly denounced
by a Bnnnpsrte as tho enemy Of Europe
Nor is this change a mere artifse of LAM
1uoge; it has really taken plncc in their re-
speGtlve posiIiSns aud in the nature of things.
As long us the conduct Of Louis NAroLEoN
IS regulated by the principles which he. has
here once moro declared To DO the gui0iHg
policy Of his reign, the alliance of France
with this couniry is secure, mud the rest Of
Europe will receive with equal satisfaction
declarations 50 favorable 10 the restoration
Of peace on a lasting bnsis. Evan the oppo-
nents Of n Government founded upon arbitra-
W power, must acknowledge that the Con-
s,ilulional Monarchy of Frunce could have
followed no bettor course; aud the language
q addressed on this occasion to the Legislative
Assembly cannot Gnil to be responded to nv
The nation with moro than ordinary conf.
dsnre in the Government Of the Empire.-
london Times.