Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-11-18
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policy as 10 make ~ ho' o"'!
useful to the Spaniards or the English have by
some exhaustinc canal dried up the springs oil
sympathy that once united the heroic natives
Of Sarrspossa and the rictors Of Tslayera, and
otherwise exactcd n price for their services
whose pa, ment would redeem even the graft
tude of a dog, it is no less a fact that the French
enjoy influence and sympathy in Spain. while
the English are laboring under an i'll disguised
feeling of hatred and distrust.
Immediately after the treaty Of Nil!airanca
the general impression was that the next move
would be against Prussia. This was sa'9'
believed and rewritten. But ho" uiieAP.'.Ia
ly has public attention since been Drawn . u
shores Of Northern Africa. The MOroceo W.
ton is looked upon at first as a "lro"'tun ~
tion,a diminutive Pei,ho altar; bu', elrels,ne
from its i~nsignificancc the lilSPano.rr""Lv ~
| Moorish question is now deemed !" W VI.
most mastery anti-English move oil inc rten''
| Cabinet. The cannon balls shot at 'hc P"%''s
of the Riff are, from one inference TO a'o.ht'
made to strike at Liverpool and fof'S"i"",h
The secret affinity Of those distant anu "S ",
similar places lies ut the foot OF the roeN
! III lYInr1lfHr I'd
all Europe. and controls the passage oil 'hv
Straits. Let Europe hold Tangiers against al
Encland and ncutralizc Gibraltar-and Inc
Straits in time of war, would not be free, ccr,
| t,iplv but would be annihilatca; they. won'u
become impossible to all ships; and Inc Pro-
ble,n of making the Mediterranean 4 iane'
whether a French one or not, would DC 80 '"'
resolved. nj.
On this question, England finds herself IN Il
friehtful isolation. She is one and alohe.-
Austria and Russia are scarcely less interested
than France and Spain in the freeing or
neutralizinr of the Straits of Gibraltar. Wecan
now understand how the longsighted policy
of the French Emperor not only allowed ou'
favored the lease Of the port nf ' iilatranca 10
Russia for the establishment of Il naval sta,
ton. We can also understand, that by leaving
Yenctia to Austria, he makes it the interest OF
that power not to oppose measures that viii hc
of no less Importance to the ports Of Venice
and Trieste, than to those Of MarscilleS and
Toulcn. The same arguments bear on the
cutting Of the iSthmus OF Sucz.
At that point England finds an ally whose
interests are impcrillcd even to 4 greater de-
gree than those Of England. The sick man
acts in concert with the 'rich ~man'-Tnrkcy
with England. The former is so sick that his
friends and neighborS are in haste TO divide his
estate, and the latter has grown 80 rich since
those treaties Of 1915, that his allies OF the past
and the present, Spain and France, are anima-
ted with an unmistakab!e desire o! recovering
some Of their spoilS.
So. the tolls with which thc Shrcwd Emperor
of the French has surrounded England are he
coming every day more tight, strong and evil
dent. Thepolicy which has planned them, anu
hitherto been equally successful. is in keeping
with the policy heretofore adhered to. He is not
single-handed; he has allies or interested parties
in the background; and it was soin Crimea and
Lombardy. The enemy, on the contrary, i
isolated-and so was Russia in SeiaStopol, and
Austria in Milan.
This is what we call the reversal of the old
French policy which mostly consisted in fight
ing, single handed, against ccaie>ced parties,
with much glory, perhaps, but with no benefit
at all when without loss, which is rather Il rare
occurrence.
1t might have been expected that Prussia
would stand by the side Of England; but who
knows but that the late interview Of the E'H'
peror Of Russia with the Nire-Regcnt OF PruS'
sin was not intended to keep that country from
any culUilSlllS I!l.allNt, ~ "a WI ~ N
As the matter now stands i'll Europe Il Russian
tendency is somewhat .Anti-Enslish
The language Of the English press nj this
time is worthy Of attention. England haas
made up her mind. She is not only preparing,
but fully prepared, as far as accumulation "i
naval forces can make her. She never had q
larger and more efficient navy. She is ready
for the worst--rcady to defend her soil. The
public press no longer tries to ropaga,c panic,
but to raise confidence. The time for crying
ITO the wolf is past the time for resisting the
wolf has come, Hence the motto, "whos
afraid ?" is the order Of the day. Bat 1t seems
to US that many preliminary moves have YET Ia
take place before the final struggle which ap'
pears to be determined upon On both sides
and that England, by rcservlnc hcr action ior
the sake Of the defence at home. impairs her
odds in the mcanwhile-cach additional! partial
success lettering the prospect Of her foe.
The London Times SAID some time ago,
with some irony a propos OF the treaty OF Vii
l~afranca, ''rhe game Of the Emperor OF tho
French must be u long one indeed. What Ii
his was 4 long game, during which, keeping
England all the time discrectly armed lcr 4
desperate case of selfdcfcnce, he would enjoy
freer play and pluck at leisure the,ine,t feathers
to adorn his Imperial eagle.