The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-12-22

tract from it,:
Peace. it is q tiessc.i word-a thing tha,
mans heart yearns after. and which the ma
tlons have a right to look forward to as :
crowning blessing. Peace none can prize
1t more than we; no country prizes it more
than England does now But in our vcarn
ing after it, let US not mistake sham for a
reality. Let US have peace-bv all means
PEACE-a calm which will fall like uuie,
sunshine all over Europe, and allow each ma
ton to devclopc its powers in its own way
We must have that peace and it is because
we desire that peace that crowning blessing
for Europe-so tervcntv. that we would no,
have the nation spurn from them in ds,lain a
base counterfeit. Let us have a Peace. bu,
not d mere trucc--not mere armed breath.
ing time, which we give to our adversary {,
recruit his strength. and watch more favor
able hour for rcsuminC the struggle. Now
that war has been forced upon US. We mus,
see that We do not leave the peace of Eurap,
forever at the mercy Of :lse Cars Now tit,,
fussia has openly resumed her old work of
aggression. and has published her resolu
ton TO abide to the death by her policy of
encroachment, we must either now force he,
TO re!inqui>h that policy. or p: eparc to see the
rule Of the Cos,ack spread Westward to :he
Atlantic
"Russia never resotiatea after defeat
lie maxim Is borrowed from Rome: and Hr
Arnold. remarkinC upon this feature OF the
old Roman policy declares that the POWER
which holds such Language as this ourh. tc
he rnt beyond the pale ot civilization. Yes
and for another reason hp>i'i. that iuarin,,l
10y tn" historian. lie looks upon the max.
i'm simply as an emhitterer of strie-as a
principle which lends 70 war a fearful accra-
va'Ion. True: but th"rc is more than this
in It. Rome was an aggressive State, as Rus
sIa IS now. li!r Lcgons were ever On the
aggressive and therefore, when Rome de.
clarcd she would not negotiate after defeat
il was hat saving that she was resolved tc
conquer every people. one after another. tia,
can" in her wav. l." have welded before
one. would have frustrated her whole future
Of conquest and hence she adopted this
maxim as 4 dcl'"rat" principle OF conurc>.
and. moreover. published it abroad As a means
ot terrifying her a1vrr>aricS Even So Rus
sin, the nascen: power OF modern Europe
even 50 Cars. who row wrsr fhe Greek he'll
met on Sala-1avs. rs representatives of the
Latin Emprrors of the East. have aIo2tcr,
the same maxim Of the conquest AID pub
li>'!ed the same man!i, >tO OF all-defiance-
The Gar of Russia is the I-hmscl of the En-
ropcan community. For century pas, he
has been a work sowing the dls<cnsion. and
I
to do 50. Now. when brought to hav. he has
thrown off disguise. and appears in his .rne
char.r.cr; and !: Us irc..n O cor,iues; he
not rudclv broken. Europe must choose as
its future either ccaselcss warfare or an ORR
entail srrvi'u'!c. .....,,,~ ,or o,,o
,>A'to 'iI>@n'>e their real sentiments. Bv
peace n"~ they mean peace at any price,
peace on Hu>slas own terms. That is their
PLAIN meanin-. They know f,la: Russia will
not r"rrde Il hair> -hr",lrh t~-.N thc forms
which were nI-el ll,,!n.is,hle in Apru.
hv. tGen. tins clamor ;or peace. A. ifii were
thing al present a:,airahe on satisfactory
terms? Let sucl clamorerS ,cave off the m
mani V snb:er!u.". and say a. once they want
p"ac" on any trInS,-taat thcv care no;hi:. q
for the future. either of their own country or
Europe pr,-rhat enough Cor the ,lay is the evil
thereof. and that il they can cc, GOOD mar
ket for their caI,coe> or their bread and su-
gar !i't!e cheaper. the next sencraio NAV
fare As 1t best may. After us, the deluxe"
that Is the motto o towards and t,j,b.
Jess mere clIn.crS after the crea.urr-com.
forts OF existence sacrtrcrs OF lonc future.
hs fntp n OF '
bret honr OF your own hiyh.Sp-nt existence,
alas that England should have ever born.
such sons. Alas that the gcniu, of indeprn.
dent Europe, in the hour o; her extremity.
should pom: with mingled scorn and pam
ful apprehension TO the batch of veteran poi
tIcIan> in Engiand-tO ,Ic Grai ans and All.
cr'leeGs, the l.uss lis and CotIcns-as potent
allies TO the common fcc,-as men whose on
lv bond of common union is the desire TO bar
ter long future tor brict present, and to
rend asnndcr the glorious League which west;
ern Europe has formed to arrest the Onset
G! toSsack barndrism and Oriental dcspo,
ism.
II we arc not to fight now. when arc we TO
fight Is Russia likely TO lose either the now.
er or The appetite for conquest, it we leave
her to triumph hi. .hhanlcd and unopposed?
Or are we likely to- grow better able 10 cone
with the Colossus? Is an alliance between
France and England such a common occur
renee that we should not avail ourselves of
II is IT SO certain to endure, so certain 10
revive when wanted, that we can otford for
the present TO let il lie in allowance? DOES
not that alliance depend manly upon the lf,.
OF one man. and tha. man surrounded hv
daggcrs: France, Spain, Turkey, and Sar-
dinla are now ltanued with us-when are We
likely even to form more potent or congen-
lal Alliance? Break from this alliance now
and YOU insure the triumph OF Russianism on
the Contincnt,-break from il, and YOU be-
come traitor to the liberties of Europe
Break from it, and YOU sunder England from
the community of European nations. And
remember, the day Of Western triumph and
European independence will come, whether
you aid in it now or not. We do not look for
a smooth course and unbroken success in the
struggle on which We have embarked. Pos I
slbly reaction may set in, which for a sea- /
son may overcast the prospects of Europe.
But the issue IS certain. Providence watch |
IS over the development of nations, and ac-
;omp'shes 1t in its own good time and the
ultimate triumph of Western civilization and
European freedom is as sure as the comm.
'f the harvest-time in the year. What will
England feel, where will her place be then,
I We abandon the cause now! Nor let the
Peace party imagine that our loss ther would
De, what they call, mere loss of humor. 1t
would be material as well as moral, affect.
ng our pockets as we'll as our pride, and
'eeP'ng US at feud with the triumph party
N the Continent
is Turkey safe So long as our armies
nd fleets of England and France ride Su.
rene in the Black Sea, and two hundred
nd twenty thousand troops of Western Eu-
ope to cooperate with those of Turkey A.