Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-05-18
The War News, As Viewed by the South.
ern Citizen,

" war 10 inevitable. Mr.. JOHN hITCHEL OF the
Southern Citizen said on Saturday last: +" Europe
is at this moment" (about noon we suppose)
wrapped in amuke and fame, shaking under the
multitudinous tramp Of hosts and dinted BY the
bloody hoofs Of charging squadrons." And see.
ing that Mr. mitchell Is from across the polu-
phloisLoio Atlantic, VIC put it down as reasonably
sure that such (or something like it) ~ the fact
The SAME authority takes briof but interesting
view of the probable gathering of tho hostitudi,
nous armies; on the Que side, "Croats, Tyrolese,
Bohemians, Galicians, Germans and Hungarians,
-Sclavss, Celts and Toutons,-splendidly equip
ped and disciplined, poor devils and formed into
mighty Rlaughtcriug- machine, the other,
"forty thousand Sandman regular troops and
10000 volunteers" already in position, while the
passes Of the Graian and Maratimc Alps are pour
ing in, by tens Of thousands every day, the dash.
iug regiments Of Napoleon with Polissier, Mac
Mshon, Neil and Canrobert sweeping down cav.
airy, infantry and artillery, zouavss and Chss.
scurs do yinccnnes, upon the destined field"
There also are the swift steamships fastening from
Toulon and Algeria with reinforcements after re-
inforcemonts to concentrate upon the field of op-
oratiors Ella Genoa and Spezzia. In short, JoHr
Mitchell talks of the matter precisely as man
would, if the Washington Monument had attained
such an altitude and hO woro on the top of it with
such a puir of lungs and such telescope Us would
enable him, existing to behold for himself oil this
mighty marshalling Of tho yotaries of Mars. Of
nv Nuhtf IN hot ho
and doubtless does know,--hence our reference to
his opinions and conclusions in the matter. Wo
take him rs authority par erceiience. Sec then
furthermore what he iuites in regard to the per-
feet familiarity with which tho cuntendng parties
in this great strife cau review their respective po
sitions and arrange for each succeeding develop
mcnt in tho mighty drama of blood they are hur.
rying to enact:
"Consider, further, that the whole scene of this
warfare has been for five hundred years thorough
ly known and surveyed for fighting purposes:
every river and every bridge and ford, every hill
and the height thereof, every road, rsvine, fort
and field, all have been over again mapped and
measured, the scene of memorable battles or mar
chcs, sieges, ambuscades. or outaankings. 1t has
been the diagram on which military men have
Occasionally practising and playing matches, to
add, as it were, new iustrations--to heap line
upon line and precept upon prscept-.uutil now the
fold Of sction and all i8 capabilities are as plain
as choss.boar
This chess-bosrd, it appears, is about half as
large MS South Carolina and lies along the little
river Ticino which separates Lomburdy from Sar-
dinca. UIide Map Of EurOps.) On this arena
three hundred thousand soldiers are now, accor-
ding to the Citise", face to face, and probably in
deadly conflict ;-or perhaps VIC should say, that
paper supposed them to be so on Saturday last.
Aud if so, who knows how much blood may be
split by this time ! how many warriors have gone
to their rest how many Jeaunettes have lost their
Jesnnots how many captains have become colo
nss how many colonels, generals how many
generals, field marshals! What magnificent space
for curious conjeetures and diversified conceits
But following the current Of tho Citizens
war article, We como to his notice Of England in
that connection and hero we quote two paragraphs
IN toto:
England, If she has no army lit to take part in
the European struggle, has at losst sage advice to
1ire-for the sax. Of peace (yuu understand,)
humanity, civilization aud all that: nnd her advice
being very contumoli"usy rejected by Austris,
and never once u.ked by France or Surdiuis, she
can Mt all eyents make show uf activity by bum
ding of her fleet to the Mediterranean, though
with what purpose it is hard to see for the English
government would US sU0n presume to send the
London police to occupy Paris, ss land y man or
blockade purt iu the Mediterranean, or in any
the miuutest particular interfere with tho move
ments Of the bslligerents uny of thsm by sea or
land. 1t is however considered, we believe, un
imposing sight to her ships sailing about it is
expected to produce fine moral effect upon such
q tunultuous Europe. So Diogenes, the philoso-
pher, when hs saw all Coriuth in commotun pre-
pairing for the enemy, begun 70 roll bis tub with
great violence up and down the street-that he
also might bs doing somewhat. England's tubs
ore rolling now up and down tho Mediterranean.
It is needless to say that England will srade
any treaty, and resort w any mean shift but With
the finest moral and christian sentiment iu her
mouth all the whils iu order to preserve position
Of strict neutrality and that il she darss to fight
at oil it must necessarily be the side Of France.
Should she do otherwise French General and
his Etat .IGjor will soon occupy Buckingham
Palace, and Ireland is up from the Giants Cause.
way to Cape Clesr.
Wull put and spicily written ;-but we quote the
passage ain order TO protest against It," It is
natural enough in an Irish patriot 70 taunt old
England with her present disinclination to war.
But Southern patriot must be excused for seeing
in this peace policy Of hers cause of congratulatiOn
and comfort. A thinker Of the Shamrock school
may derive joy from her anticipated implication
in the perils Of q most hazardous war But to one
who has any peachan for the beauties of the cotton
th,to ;nk.
ly unpleasant reflections. Patrick may laugh in |
scorn ut Enysnd'o clubs rolling up and down the |
)" But Brother Jonathan (or at
least that part of him South of Mason 4 Diron's
ine) has bstter reason to pray that every English
tub of them all may continue to stand on its own
bottom. One who has learned his wisdom from
IN Emmett may look with rapture to the prospect
of England's downfall But he who has beon
taught Of JGDu6fe and Calhoun, can but regard
such catastrophe, us the world now stands, of all
.hiugs most adverse to tho wealth and woll-being
Of our section.
Independent though of all prudential considera.
ions, we are in America, chiefly, the descendants
,f English ancestors, and draw from that paren.
age some Of tho highest elements of our success ns
people. England and America are, moreover,
ho grand bulHarks Of Professionalism ON earth. So
comes it, that they cannot sunder withouts dis.
of natural afinities and falling of from
heir duty to High Heaven. So comes it, Ireland
% the contrary notwithstanding, that they must
md will be friends and allies for all time.
Give Credit.
Our friend Of the Lancaster Ledger failed to
,iro the Adrert.er credit for couple of agrieul-
ura pieces lately copied from our Farmers De-
'artmsat We assume that tho omissioa val an
nsdyntunoa. ',