The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1856-11-13
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Balance Of Power in E6roIr,ell

lsS s'atetsSV "a 'e'' VI ioWcI Ill tEul0Ie.
n In the dcbates.of the British Parliament /
and the British press, there is nothing more
eharaclerislic than the utter blindness. of
The nation To its own faults aud its .pfnrien.
,cy OF self sufficient tin,ermeddlinr With the
Imputed faults OF other nations 5
Epglal,l is full OF. lamentation over The
lophfessed natiob.diies Of continental Eu.
rope, sucli az the Poles in sul,iec,ion 10
itussia, and the Hnnganans or irtlians 10
Aastt1a; aud yet one.halt of The Inhabitants
OF the Britisilisaudsc consists of. one nation.
l.ality oppressed by Tie other half, which is
distinct nationality. The S:xons of En-.
| gland Waies, Scotland and Irelaisd. con.
qoefed tho Cells of England, Wales. Scot.
land and Ireland, and ftom that day 10 this
have ruled them atsthe pout Of The sword.
There does not exist in Europe a more ia.
grant case OF irreconclable cohtfaiiety of
race. and of religion than that wlsicl, is pro
sen'ed by the hostile Saxons aud Celts. As
between England and Ireland especially, in
theIr5hisiory the horsors OF foreign tyranny
are etentold greater than anything which
has occurred in Poland, in Hungary, or in
Lombardy. - =
England is continually quarelling with
the imputed nlisgovernment of this or the
other country of Europe. Her text Mt the
present time consists of the most extraya.
CANT esaggeraiions of the alleged misrule of
King Ferdinand of the Two Sicilies. If il
had happened in Sicily, as il so recently
happened in Ireland, that. Neapolitan mis-.
government had produced chrouc famine
IN Sicily as British, misgosernment las in
Ireland, and driven one.four,h part OF its
population TO starvation or exile, there
Would be some little excuse for the syste.
matte calumuiation Which British orators
and writers apply 10 Ferdinand. IT. indeed,
there bein the history Of the human race
one long national tragedy, ii is in The
wrongs inflicted by England upon Ireland.
We, in this country, thfonged ne il IS with
ltniilions OF IRISH exiles, have the evidence
continually before our eyes Of the miseov
lerinneat OF England. But we do not sui
ticierliy reflect upon the protracied period
of time. and the immense extent of this
Itdepppalatien Of Ireland tv the tprauny OF
England. From the reign Of William III
to the present day--from the Sarsfei,is and
1.-THE Walls OF the first half the last centu
Try TO the MacAiahons and the O'Dannels Of
theiast hall o; the pleseoi cenlury--lhere
is,not battle field oG Europe which hasno
istlishonored England through the great
achievements OF exiied TfiShmen. And with
What lace can the English prsle OF Spanish
lnlsrule, in View of lllat se.ics Of ncis OF
bl9l9elng oppression which pgoluced The
revolt and the Independence of tLe present
United SlRles!
Ehgla.d has been ufge,ing Ioud cries
these twenty years about the alleged amBi
lion and lust OF dominion displayed by the
russians, although tho conquered subject,
OF England connt bS thousands. while those
OF Russia court only ty hundreds; ana at
the very time wlien Great Briltin was en-
deayoiing lay u war Of invasion to cure the
Russians OF the annexing spirit, She llerseii
was anneSing the kingdom Of Aoutlh. And
cettainly, ii there ever MAS spectacle ol
lsunsnfPasSed Accommodation and Of ex.
t'ene inconsequences, il was that of the
izngsh bowling torihe demolition Of Sc
bsstopol, while they themselves held bv in
trpsion and Icy breach Of treaty the fort
reSses Of Gibraltar and Malta, and the Ioni.
AN isar,ds.
Epglaud is continually reproaelline the
United States because of the existence OF
Slave siabef n Q portion OF them--iorget,ing
That she herself Ilas millions upon millions
OF slaves in India. andloss bur land bound
sells, whom she had stripped in The mass
81 properly and Independence by the mere
rg'it of conquest and the lorce Of her ar.
mies-- forgetting ,hat the inequalities OF
condition IN the Island of Great Britain.
Tie departures from the rule Of comnlrir
are far greater than they hre in tie Uuite,,
States. The DpchcSs Of Sutherland. Insane
with sen,ilneEl;d sympathy far the blacl;
laborers ofsllie United States, is utterly in
sensible 20 the agouies Of The vassals-of her
hsusc, burnt ont from their aneien: home,
in Scotland, in order tflia she mighttcnant
her l'uds with cattle, instead OF men and
women. The ruthless prosecutors Of their
own vassalS me iii patrons of the )ihenous
ronRuces ot MIS- Stowe.
England Tor aghundred aud ifty years
has been prating about tho balance of pos,
erin Europe. She cannot tolerate q siand-
ing army; andio keepOpthis false protence
size most Hee'js pass new mutjny acI an
nually, repeating in its preamble every wear
Ton OF the balance Of power in Europe IN
The reign o. Ann, she pursued this phantom
through ten years Of bloody war. stupidity
huiidiug 0p Austria at the expense Of
Fmnee. How scorniolly The great historian
Sismoudi points at tie seiiseless inf,ttuation
'of England during al that period! So, for
another ten years, England exhausts herself
~ the eiioft to exlingi,ish the dynasty OF
the Bonapartes in lheperson OF Napoleon l.;
and now, with thesame fury Of uuintelli.
gence. she has been dcuging Europe with
blood IN orser 10 reuoyate that dynasty in
The person OF Napoleon H. In a word
England perpesualiy iutenneddlipg in ,llo
affairs OF oilIer European States, even tlieir
domestic administration, in amanhcr which
seems like the mere reckessness of wilfal
mischief making, but which is recoaciled TO
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