Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-04-06
The Prospect In Europe.

A Paris correspondent of tho n. ork fouhe'
! ufiirns that the mission Of Lord John Russell 10
not a peace mission aud no peace will grow out
Of the Conference Of Nenna. England at th7
moment desires the destruction of Se'astopol
more than peace. Tins is the real sentiment
| the correspondent says, of the arlstroefate men
! of England at this time those men Who com
pletely failed in conducting the affairs of State,
and who know that EngIhnd is great nation,
when properly aroused They know that if the
war ceases now, England will have sunk to most
degraded position in the eyes of the world, and
they prefer an opportunity 10 display her old ira
ditonnl power. and thus redeem the reputation
they have lost for themselves aud their country.
In this new contest, the aristrocracy and the PEG
pie will be alike Jealous for the war: since for
the first it is struggle To maintain the power
which has been hereditary in their hands, and
which they feel gliding awny from them; aud for
the second, an honest, patriotic effort 10 wipe out
the stain which the war ha- brought upon tho
country's reputation. 1t is even broadly asserted
in diplomatic circles in Paris, that Lord John
Russell has gone 10 Berlin and Jiensa to pre-
rent peace i; and the demands which the allies
make Of Russia to blow up her own fort Mt Sebas-
topol and the remarks made by Lord Pnlmerston
about the speedy return Of Lord John to assume
his post in the Cabinet, all confirm this assertion.
Suffering ms England may be, she does not desire
peace at this moment; and there will be no
peace-rey on it,-All agree that the instruc
tons given, both 10 the English and French
Commissioners to the Congress of Vienna, IRE
brief and abrupt; and that they have directions
to cut the negotiations short the minute their
propositions are refused, any prevarcaton is
attcmpted; and since laws aud regulations
in regard to the Black Sea and Sebastopol are IL
part of their terms, it is impossible that any
peace can grow out of 1t.
Policy OF Louis NAPOLEON Washing
ton correspondent of the y. Y. journal of Com
merce writes
Late letters from Paris have attracted more
than usual attention, account of their disolp-
sure of the designs and policy of the French En-
peror lie will not only go to the Crimea, aud
take the war into his own hands, but will greatly
extend the field of its operations. Napoleon bo
lieves in the star that led him successfully to
the Empire, through the coup deidt of the ID of
December. After he shall bring the Russo-Fur
kish war to such IA conclusion IA he aims at, he
will not, probably follow tho example of his uncle,
III ItpuuihlihB an uhlTuiIiu "h'' anu esPoueiHP
n princess by whom he may expect accession to
his strength, us we'll as to perpetuato his dynas
ty in his family Then will he not attempt tho
act of his destiny the invasion of Eng
landl Those are shadows of events that may
not be distant.
On tho other hand, if Napoleon fall victim TO
his Crmean expedition, the results will he quit"
as important to the world; Tor it may be followed
by democratic revolution i'll France, and political
commissions everywhere. \ long series Of wars
and revolutions, seem TO menace the world. Even
were the Conference of Vienna to result in II gen
cra qualification, it would not be but of momen-
tary duration.
But the opinion gains ground, that the contin
uaneo Of the war in Europe will not be horeatter
so detrimental to our industrial pursuits, ns has
been generally supposod,pr we may be able
for some twenty years longer, to maintain peace.
ful relations with all foreign powers