The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-06-07
For The g Star Of The Norh.o
EUROPE IN 1855.
(coNcLUsIoN.)
BY r. W. WEAVER.

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A general var in Europe now seems in
evitable, but all the crowned heads are inter-
ested against such an event. If II does come
only Omniscience can know the resnli /, for
there are strange providences IN history
The Bourbops thought TO cheek England BY
furnishing aid 10 the American revolution,
and when Independence was acknowledged,
il was The universal cry of exuliation al Paris
aud yieuna that England was ruined. Even
at London twas the subject Of lamsn,ation'
And yet il was the republican spirit which
came home with Lafayette and his compat-
riots that revolutionized France, and brought
Louis XVI. tosihe scaffoId. The American
revolution was the seed that brought forth its
fIun in Frarce, and if the fruit was moi like
the seed, thai difference was the effect Of a
less genial soil for.snch result.
So perhaps may be The. shori-sigh,ed wis
dom of man row. The rulers of Europe
think their safety lies in the war against Rus
sa. And yet the Cossacks may in this very
war sweep every throne from Europe, and
tuuo luNO- iiC " u1 iOt q itbU Otd0t Vi
out Of chaos. The barbarous Gossacks could
not remain the rulers of the refined South and
Wesl, but The new governments that would
arise, would begin without The encum5rance
like an incubus over Europe. For the doc.
trne is ere long TO be recognized that the
Kings and Cars of one generation cannot
for their own family aggrandizemeni impose
tax equal 10 half the value of their empire
ulon all the generations tha. shall follow
ihem
In England This question of national debt
thunders lond a, the palace gale. By means
of that debt, unproductve and consuming
Ideness has been waglng Il secret warfare
against the labor of the kingdom. until now
the wages of week OF a month will only
buy one fourth the necessaries and COM
forts OF lille which that labor would
have purchased five hund!ed years ago.
But worse than that---the manifest wrong of
the oppressor has crushed the spirit and
wi,hered the heart of the laborer. This
poverty of mans infiction has demoralized
the toilsman, and made him hate and fear
his own human nature. Il has eaten the
feeling OF humanity on, of bis sonl, as well
as vitality from his body. So that in Eng
land, since regular statistics of crime and
life have been preserved in 1905, crime has
increased SIR fold; and tina! was four times
as fast as the number OF the people. 10
Scotland the records show that ic the same
period crime has risen twenty-five times as
fast as the number of the people. ,,,
Ills this and other such problems which
mus, be solved 10 this war OF by some other
political convulsion in Europe. Ia France
The people long since expelled their iucapa-
BILE rulers, and sought for good plebian
blood. And though they have beeen de-
ceived since by each new set they have
chosen, the mass has learned its power and
The Emperor feels it. When the Gagged lion
knows his strength, the keeper dare no lon
ger be- cruel.
II the impending war go on there will be
a stiarge fellowship of incongrnous elements,
and in the multiplicity of the Cars enemies
will lay his strength. Thersis no natural at
finity between The French and English ma
tions, that have been al swords poin, for
ten hundred years, and the world may well
wonder when Kossulh and Mazzini willon
Emashal their brethren with the forces Of
Lord Aberdeen and Lonis Napoleon. The
Hungarian and Roman chiefs would fight for
The cause Of Freedom Lord Palmersion 10
check Russia and save India Louis Napo-
leonto give employment 10 his restless aud
troublesome counirymen or TO realize the
/ idea Of his uncle that the world might be
partilioned between him and The Russian
| Czar1-and only The infidel Turk would bat
1.tlefor bis country. But Kossuth and Maz-
sini are not yet the allies Of Palmerston and
Napoleon, nor will .lhey be so soon. The
former look 10 ihe overlurning Of thrones be-
fore they become party 10 the frayI while
England and France lead the conservative
Interest. and fea. lhe uprising Of the liberal
elements. There is The germ OF republican
ism ID every nation ia Europe, and Il only
needs little loosenine of The g upper crnst'
to break through The diplomalisls know
this and are fearful Of the result They do
mot waEt war. and ret fear The encroach-
ments Of the Car. { L
II this is mere question whether Turkey
J shall fall into the clutches of Russia, Prussia