The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-04-22
The Relations Between England aud
France.

Fros the Ne~ York Herald
The Persia brings intelligence that the
Emperor Of the French has issued orders for
his navy to be put on q war footing while,
on the other hand the British government
have directed their coast defences to be ex.
amned, and large body Of men to be con-
centrated at one of their newly made camps
This hardly looks as though either nation
felt perfectly satisfied that the mutual ex.
plantations OF Lord Malmcsbury and NJ. de
Walewski had entirely and altogether buried
the hatcbet The English, Of course, need,
even in times OF piping peace, not to let their
coast Notifications fall into decay; they re.
quire men for India, and they may as well
be trained to act in masses at home; the
French navy will shortly be required to un-
dertake the promised expedition against
Cochin China, and will require navy for
this, not to speak of other naval enterprises
nearer home. So that, ON the whole, these
several movements of the two nations can
certainly be explained without necessarily
expecting war between England and
France But, considering everything this
peaceful explanation of the phenomena is
hardly AZ plausible as another.
What passed at the interview at Stuff
CART no one has ever known. Recent events
have revived the old inquiry--what passed
on that occasion between the Emperor of
the French and the Emperor of Russia
Was it Il second meeting Of Tilsit, at which
the Emperors agreed upon fresh parti.
ton Of Europe into Empires of the West
and the East, with Russia as the nucleus
of the one, and France the heart of the
.o.kes.' .... .~.,,,, ......
In how perilous a position the Emperor
stands, every mail tells numerous stOries.-
Think of that stiiled groan-V,ue Ia repub.
hque which rose from the lips of two hun
dred thousand Frenchmen as Orsinis head
fell into the basket There is need OF plen-
ty of tried soldiers to keep down that mob,
or there will very quickly be an end of the
Empire. And how is the Emperor to keep
well with the anti-British soldiery if be in
sists on pretending that he plays the part of
the humble, dependent, and submissive ally
Of England? On one sde-a gulf-aban.
donment by the soldiery, and the fall OF his
dynasty; on the other-another gulf, war
with England. Apparently he must choose
between them.
In the event Of war with England the
chances are that at first success would rest
with France Her army is much larger and
better disciplined than that of England; her
capacity for throwing one or two hundred
thousand men on the British shore, in the
course Of few hours, by means of steam
vessels, and hurrying them to London, is un-
doubted; and If the manRuvre were under
taken vigorously and swittIya the outbreak
Of war, the immediate result would prOba-
bly, be successful. OF course, in course of
time il would be as impossible for a hundred
thousand Frenchmen to maintain themselves
in London rs it would be- for like number
Of Englishmen to occupy Paris, or French
men to hold New York in course OF time,
the invaders would be ANONYMOUSLY expelL
cd But this would be but the least part of
the reprsals which England would forthwith
undertake. She would at once proceed to
organize and subsidize the republicans of
France and Europe. Though the exes who
would hasten home to take part in the revo.
luton she would scatter few millions OF
pounds sterling throughout Paris, Rouen.
and Lyons, and the empire would be over
thrown in six weeks
Such is the inevitable prospect in the
event of a war between France and England
and the ouIy question Is whether the pres
sure which the army and the agricultural
classes are exercising against the Emperor,
in consequence Of his adherence to Great
Britain and to the English alliance, is suffi.
GENTLY powerful TO make him perceive that
the evils we have described rs certain to fol-
low rupture with England are alter all less
than those which he would have to encoun-
ter by retaining her friendship.