The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-06-01
YR. DIsRAELI Of THE BALANCE OF
POWER.


In his speech at Augsburg, Mr.. Disraeli
said:
a. know well that, il there is to BE- war
Of nationalities, Of opininns and oi races--a
war If re, olutioB and recon>tr uciien. we shall
weather the storm. (CheeTs.) IL will no, be
England that will suffer. II is Europe that
will be injured, Europe that will he de,oated.
and the sery potentates whose pride. and
ambition, and lust of conquest are bringing
about this perilous state OF affairs, will lind
themselves al the end in an inferior position
to that which they now occnpy. lCheers.)
Gentlemen, we hear a great deal OF the bal
arce Of power, Of the importance Of sustaining
certain barriers in Europe, and Dany other
axioms, all Of which 10 certain degree afr
true, aud which nav for certain time CON
tnue to prevail. But let me take this ops
pUrtunity uf impressing upon you that the
day Is coming, il il has not already come,
when the question Of the balance Of power
cannot be confined 10 Europe alone. Since
the time when that doctrine obtained. great
communities have risen in snOlher hrmIs.
phere, who will not permit the balance oi
power 10 be limited 60 Europe. You have
on the other side Of the Atlantic ,igorou,
aud powerful communities, who will y" l,r-
ger submit to your circumseribed tieur, III
authority. The Australian colonies. thoug,
now 10 their snuth, but in the youth 81 q.
ants, have already. as u we're, thrown their
colossal shadow over Europe. And Il Is inr
old Europe | lament that she IS eIhsusing
her energies and her resources ~ these wars.
would Wish that she woHll rather prepare
fur that awful competition which, IN romng
times, she must enc Oubtsr. ] would rather
see France, and Germany, and Russia de-
velap their resources, Improve their agricnl-
trre, increase their population, and cultivate
the arts Of life, social and scientific. instead
Of wasting their strength. risking their sta
biIIty, aud sinking. ~hen the era to which |
have referred sirise., BY their own mIsnan.
sgtmsnt slI want ol preseience. into an 10.
Infsrim and exhausted position. Remember
always that H. ,l1ui, thae-h she - bound 10
Eag0ps ), tradition, BY affect IN, and alsa
by great similarity 1T habits, aud all those
tee itch time slnne IN create and eonse,
rate, is sus a Mefs Powered the Did World.
Her gpugrs phltai position, her laws, her I'm.
ggsgr AID religion, connect het ~ much with
/ Tie New World A. with the Old. And AZ.
ikjsgh III, VA. occupied not unly an eminent,
but. | am bid 10 ,at, ihe most eminent po.
sitinn among Europrsn nations for ages, stli
II eseT EBsDpe. bt hsr 81 ri. lghtedness, falls
intu an nIerior and exhausted state, tor Eng.
Lind there will remain a. illu,trioUs future.
(Chevrs.l We are bound 10 tie commune
ties u tie Nru World. and those great States
which our own planting add eolon.Ling ener-
gees haze Grated. BY ties aud BY interests
which viii sustain our power and enable -
to pIa, a. great part ~ The times Jet 70
come a. We do On these days and as We have
done IL the pasi. LChrsrs.) And, there.
fore, nov that Europe !. 81 the eve Of war
.ay Il j. Tor Esfup,. mt England. that my
hssrt sink.