The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-12-02

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49, vhe Pro9reAs OF EUROPE.
II n sAs remark o. one Of the most insellirert
Americans In Earore, formerly prominent editor
"a sad long resideusi 10 Paris. that Ln
rope Il advancing With the most rapid and s'cady
mosement 10 material progress. IN the develop
meat Of natural and Industrial resources ana Tue
Application Of scientific discoveries ana insen-
ticas TO the wants aud conveniences OF man =.
th,s 10 ahead country, we are apt to think ana
srs.k al Earope rs old and decrepit, bas tnerc
uever vas greater mistake 1t is only ner FORMS
=, -.,...,,.ut tia, are behind the age; In arts
sd arms. mower and ropolatiou, commercial ana
n ut.cturing enterprise, her progress Is onwac'
"a a. n so,id a. we'll 40 rapid. As for Great bri
-. ~. nsver vss A. powerful and prosperous
A now, aud never was her craftsmanship more
DISC. far reaching and comprehensive. The same
4, true OF France, which, under the guidance OF
Iou,s Napoleon, IL advancing every day In trade
and commerce and has become more respected
abroad, as vol - stronger At heine. The Anglo
Preach ALLIANCE presents new aud startling con-
solidasion OF the firss military and the first naval
powers Of the world, which claims to regulate the
affairs Of both hemispheres, and the presssrc OF
whose pretsnsions Is unoomfortaaiy felt upon our
own expanding progress
In the East, vast political changes have occurred
the effects OF which upon the commerce of the
world will DO iucaicuiabie. The opening of China
and Japan, presents . brilliant and illimitsble
prospec. 70 the spirit OF European aud American
enterprise. The gigantic tide will fow across the
Pacific to Central America, and thence to the Ate
lautic cities and England. With Pacific Railroad,
San Franeisco would become the recipient of this
enormous commerce, which would make her the
Tyre OF the new world, and thence it would fow
~ III oard Rrit vV bar
usual foresight, her wonderful comprekeusiveness
of AHA and policy, aud 40 energy that time seems
only to increase and nvgorate, Is seeking to build
m a British sonfederacy ia the North, aud rails
road through her own possessions to tho Pacific,
thus enabling her to convey over her own domain
the treasures which Der arms and arts have acs
CURED In the East. Russia is founding a new
empire on the Amoor river, and Napoleon is
stocking hs colonies with fresh supplies OF Afri.
can labor and opening up Northern Africa to
France. On the whole, Europe never exhibited
such vitality, preparedness aad promise. Never
were her people In circumstances Of greater ply
steal comfort, whilst education is becoming every
day more general, and In some portions of the
continent Ia more universal than it is in tho United
Hta.es.
II the United States intend to keep pace with
this onward movement of the nations, we must
give up our insane sectional squabbles, and join
heart ard hand in the Advancement Of cur common
and substantial interests. The emissaries Of rival
powers abroad have cuuniugly sown seeds of dis
seusieu Ia oar midst, and induced us to expepd
our energies in squabbes with each other, willis.
they have preserved compact front and steadily
augmented 10 fortune and power. Whilst We are
rauting about abolition and disuuion, France and
England, tae hereditary enemies of thousand
years, have formed Union which, en- if our con-
federacy were rs solid as it is vast, might well
demand our jealous vigilance, and the ndustri Gus
development OF all the resources OF national
strength and greatness.
Congress is again about to meet, and it remains
TO be seen whether, standing face to face with the
evident consolidation and enhancement of Euro
pean power, it will spend its time in distracting
and embedding the nation, by the continued agita
ton of abolition and sectional broils or whether
it will bend all its energies to the development OF
those elements of material prosperity with which
the land is overlooking, and which, If we will but
preserve the Constitution and the Union will make
the United States, century hence, the greatest
power Of the earth.