Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-03-11
The War Question in Europe.

The wcll-niormcd London correspondent
Of the New York Commercial Advertiser. in
his letter to that journal, dated February Is.
>ay>:-
From every part Of France details daily ar
rive Of increased military and naval prepara-
tons. The tone Of the press is alike bellig-
crent. The industrial and financial classes
in vain rndcavor To stem the tide. and are
RAPIDLY beromin. convinced of their impo-
tenrc. Iua short time the requisite feeling of
Irritation will be- aroused 10 induce the coun-
try 10 plunge into anything. At present the
month Of April seem. IL be contemplated As
the time for action. If April and May are
allowed 10 pass. there may then be hope for
the year. About twelve months back, when
almost equal alarm was prevalent, it was
mentioned to y"ur readers that il we could
yet over the spring. We might trust III res
pite till 1859. \ similar opinion may now
he entertained. but the hope ol an equally
favorable result is held only by minority.
1t is believed the government Is at length
thoroughly convinced that mischief is at hand
In both Houses Of Parliament the same feel
inc NAV be- clearly discovered. Among of
tiriaIs OF all kinds it is still stronger. Little
is publicly said on the subject. and this dis
erection is Il consequence of the sense each
man has tina, hr knows his neighbor's
thoughts and that we had better by common
consent get ready Is soon as possible.
There is nothing in the Italian question
to inspire this universal diStrust. 1t arises
from the conviction that there il Il foregone
conclusion in favor of revival Of the At
tcmpts of the first Napoleon. that the Italian
question is merely preteXt, and that If this
prctcxt is removed another and another will
be- manufactured until the desire be attained.
Positive intelligence has been received that
Austria. under the advice of England will con-
sent to refer any point is dispute to diplomatic
adjustment. This. of course. should remove
ail fears of war, il those fears had no other
ground than that which has thus tar been
avowed But people look u Cherbourg. and
are cognizant that the Italian question has
not had any thing 10 do with single stone
of that work. They also rccollect that near
~ ten years ago the emperor announced
10 France that he rcpresen ted principle, Il
cause. and defeat. The principle was uni
vcr>al suffrage. the cause that Of the empire.
the defeat. Waterloo
While the misgivings Of the public are
turned in this direction, Europe is favored
with new Partisan pamphlet-not avowed-
" of imperial manufacture, but from quar-
ter quite as significant. Its title is LA
Gucrrc and its author. NJ Emile dc Girar-
din w. de Garardin ~ always eagerly in
the van Of national movements, and the En-
peror knows the men to select for any lite
rarv purpose The Italian scheme. in dip
loma,ic sense. has failed. Fresh ambitions
must lie aroused The potentate who crush
cd the Roman republic finds his sentiment
in that quarter misunderstood. He must
now take wider field and regeneratc not a
portion but the whole of Europe. Russia is
TO be hi- partner: Europe must be divided
into two goyernmcnt>--that Of the East aud
that of the West All the minor nations
would willingly submit themselves to these
TWO powers. England might resist unless
toblcm and Bright could be brought into
government. but if 81. she must BIZ coerced.
She must be driven from the command Of
the channel and deprived of every naval
station of advantage. This, says NJ. de Gil
rardin. would be Il work worthy Of Napo-
leon the Third. 1t would be Il war that
would repay its COSTA war that would
avenge Waterlo~-a war that would give to
France her lost frontiers. and place Europe
in equilibrium