Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-04-08
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
wnanNeTOr. NC. FRIDAY. April 5. 1859.
Peace and war.

Botn on THIS and on the European Conlleils, W say
nothing of the isles of the sea- there are constant ruors
of an exciting and startling kind, such rumors generally
ending in smoke indeed were onetenth of the out
rapesO that we read about really true, Or the
ruuorg of wars that we hear based upon any founda
ton in fact the inhabitants of the EARTH like the planet
on which they live would have revolution every
twenty-four hours, with private combats at any time
during the day Or night.
A few days since-nearly week ago. in fact, it was
reported that the Steamer Northern Light from Aspin
WALL bad brought of the capture of the Jos White
Steamers on Lake Nicaragua, by French officers, with
the further fact that the crews had been imprisoned
Now, here qCaS mares nest. Here was Louis Ma.
poleons big finger in our Central American pic. We
in peck of troubles and mistake and must fight
out of it. The President was Immediately to be blamed
for not doing what Congress had refused grant him the
power to do. Why don't our government do this that
and the other things say the opposition and we regret
to add that people who call Themselves Democrats
although every man of common intelligence knows that
the President cannot 60 farther than to repel actual In
vason, without express authority from Congress He
asked for that authority during the last session. far at
least might be required to enable him to extend efficient
protection to American citizens in the small Spanish
American Republics where there is really government
sufficiently powerful to grant such protection, or auf
GENTLY responsible to be called for redress or indemnity
But the Steamers were not seized by French officers at
all. The alarm was a false one.
We do not cancIidly think that one half of the ru
mors about the isthmus are true We do not believe
One-tenth of the reported outrages" which flourish
in the columns of the sensation papers. Foreign
nations have disposition to impose upon u.s. because
they know it would not pay worst enemies are at
home They exercise their baneful influence through
appeals to the spirit Of faction which is abroad spirit
ostered and kept up by personal and selfish AMBITION
Parties are now no more known by distinctive appeIa
tons having reference to their real Or supposed political
principles or measures of public policy Il is not now
Democrat and Wing. 1t is Democrat and Opposi
ton" chronic opposition indeed without any great
amount of reason Or propriey. state Of anless hos
tility This state Of things in the United States has
more to do with the rumos Of war between us and for
eign nations than anything else. "Just sec" say the
aarmsts, g how we outraged and how this Presi-
dent of ours fails to protect u.s. although in truth the
outrages are Of their own invention and even if
they were not the President is wholly powerless.
So much for things at or near home. The issues of
peace and war in Europe are more complicated than
they are with u.s. there many parties to be con
suited so many interests to be guarded many trea
ties traditions movements and countermoVements com
pensations and contradictions that it would take Met
ternich himself to unravel the tangled sken and h
hardly could. The immense ornaments Of the Euro
pean powers form standing menace against peace ant
YET perhaps in guarantee Of its contin
uance Thus, the formidable military establishment
which Austria maintains in Italy is regarded by Sar
DINA as menacing her independence and at any rate
subecting her to most Onerous expense in order tC
keep up military establishment sufficient to meet the
dangers with which the overwhelming forces Of Austria
threaten her. She complains of this constant menace
under which she labors this constant expense to which
she is subjected and England and France concur will
her, certainly France does and England Also so far
representation goes. The narrow river Ticno across
which you could throw biscuit alone forms the frontier
and divides the rival sentines of the rival states
Victor Emanuel theking of Sardinia aspires to bult
up his little state into more respectable position, Il
become himself virtually the king of Italy, instead
being the sovereign Of little corner which is only
Cognised conyentonally as part Of Italy at ALL Blu
the Sandman monarch knows that Austria could crus
him in three weeks unless some rst-cass power shoul
come to his assistance France is the power looked
An arrangement is said to exist with Louis Napoleon
whose forces are in certain event to cooperate agans
Austria.
But Louis Napoleon has felt the pulse of France an
finds that war viii not be popular because it will inter
ere with trade and trade means bread for the workers
BE would willingly avoid collision, but can be- will
out losing prestige To avoid collision, he must bac
down to certain extent, sacrificing the position whc
he assumed in the Russian war as being the leader
Europe. Austria seems determined not to give way
VIII Louis Napoleon Or rather can Louis Napoleon ??
1.-The Yields he will fall back many steps in the scale
power and influence.