The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-01-24
From tie CvttDa Plant.
EuroDe aiisa America.

rared in atcuutnenal war. Two nations are
already in arihs i'll the field, two more are just
entering the arena, and so far rs human iuhg-
mpnt can loresee, the whole European commu-
nifty OF nations will be engaged upon one side
or the other before many months shall have
passed away. The opinion has been cx pressed,
that in the controversies in arms in which liaS
tions in modern lines engage, there must be Il
diversity Of general national interest," the ma
turrs of the belligcrcut people must be adverse
the general course of rational policy pursued
by the authorities Of each must he antagonist
ic and it often happens that the different steps
Of aggression and dispute are taken for Immc
diate partial effect, both at home and abroad,
without regard to the ultimate effect upon the
peace of the countries. This has been tho
roughly excmplifed in the progress of the Rus
sian quarrel. Unmndful Of its effect upon the
peace Of his realm or Of Europe, in the pur-
suit of the ambitious policy which was adopt
ed in the time Of Peter the Great, and persisted
in by every Russian Autocrat up to the present
day, Nicholas undertook to trihe with the great
question of the balances Of European power,
and the world is almost in blaze Of war.
Speculation runs !ot.upon the end Of the strife.
The different clements entering into the con.
stitution Of European society, which have been
to greater or less degree antagonistic since
the dark ages, all have their parts to play, and
their objects to pursue. The divine right Of
Kings, the position and power of the pIiy.
legged classes, the rights ard wishes of the rco.
pie. aud in various portions the element of re-
l;gious opinion, all arc arrayed and in the time
of general action may be expected to manifest
their powers. England fights for conservatism
and the safety Of her possessions. France, to
increase her own, and to diminish tlIe power of
Russia. Tuskey struggles for her rights and
existence. Russia continues the war because
she has become engaged in it, and having CON.
menced it wrong. strives by force of arms to
make it right. Austria, Prussia and the other
powers must fight, for the reason that they will
be forced to. BelIigrrcuts are not apt to be
very mindful of the rights of neutrals, and es-
pcciaily are they not, when their position places
them in juXtapo, tion OIL land.
we have alluded do not appear The nations
seem TO BE- acting individually, and so they may
act for some time TO come, but the elements
will be manifested, and thcir strength vii! be
demonstrated, us events happen which induce
one or the other powers engaged to call them
forth, either to increase their own strength or
to diminish that Of thcir opponents. From the
general melee, when the redundancy Of Euro
pcam population is sIbdued, and in each state
the giddy minds have had their fill of foreign
GnarreI>," the &kilul historian can clearly trace
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that Influence may now be Shroudcd in dark
hess. From Tie state of Europe turn we now
to this new world. From tie theatre Of hsto-
~, where has been enacted since the world be-
gan, the greatest deeds Of warriors and states
men, we can lock to that section of this earth
whose History for the most part is in the tutdrc.
IL all America. there is but one power which
holds the position of great nation. From its
earliest existence. it has had to a greater or
less extent, Il republican tendency. Founded
in different localities by people of the same
race, organized upon a free basis, it has pro-
grc>sei III lis arccr, permitting no restrictions
from arbitrary power, unit, as Il whole, ii cov-
ers the half of the North American continent,
and in population, in extent, ii resources. in
arts and in arms, it stands eminent amongst
the nations Of the earth That which is the
great object of the. European statr<nan-th
preservation O! the balance Of power. upon this
continent. is nauglt. There is 30 balance
amongst American nations, rs such, and it
would be in vain for any combination to ell
dcavor to establish one. In America there is
but one nation, and that nation, hy peaceful
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, the Increase in population
reared upon its soil, and derived from the hu
man store. house Of the old world, its warIike
victories, and the extension Of its commercial
intercourse, is fast progressing TO grandeur,
before which the most colossal empires hitherto
~Frown upon the face Of the earth, in every
thing perchance, except the extent Of territory,
will have been bnt approximations. The prn.
cip.c which has governed this onward progress
has been tie freedom Of its citizens. The
masses Of ;he Caucasian races here have cn-
ioycd the rights of liberty, and free to engage
in any enterprises; have exrrtcd their energies
and their talents for the progress of the whole,
and have extended the institutions of their
land until they ovcvshldnw the Northern coz.
tincnt Of the New World. The strength Of
the whole being dependent upon the balance
between the parts, and that balance being reg.
ulated not by the negotiations Of diplomats,
or the deeds Of armies, but by the constitution
Of the land, the power of the Union is that ol
nations combined. An acquisition Of terrific,
ry balances itself in the confederation, and adds
to the prepondcrance Of the power OF the
whole against which it would be in vain for
the world tn contend
America and Europe at this moment pre-
sent two very different pictures. In the latter
we see one nation in the pursuance of Il policy
long since adopted, striving to predominate
over all Others while others are combining 10
prevent her success. They will probably pre-
vent it; but being prevented, peace will hard
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