The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-03-02
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Tx VuiIed States, - thay Aow stsAd, ere re-
specIed By oil The BaiiDns Of the Earth; but II
| thew were 70 divide themselves into two Or three
considerations, theu would begin reciamatiOns
ANN an the powers which might think them
selves entitled % wlks then.
As aaw the fall Of the Frcnch Empire in
1914 and 1875, and that czech power regained
Ollen more Than IL had lust, can tell you what
would happen in America u the United States
,hOeld separate aud find themselves reduced to
chill war. In the first place, France would re-
take Ia,uisidna, According IL ancient treaties
Spain would reclaim Florida England would
appropriate OrcEOn and several other States;
MexicO, under English prOtcctinn, would reinke
the territOry Of New Mexic,', Texas and CafitUr-
MIA; and England might perhaps keep California
a. an indemnity for the subsidies furnished to
the Mexican Government n its wEr against
tho farmer United States.
Now you will ask me how al these resump-
tons cnuld take place, aud by what right! That
is very easy to explain. h IN hOuis Napoleon
who wOud begin By very simple aud logical
process II reasoning; hr every one knows that
Napoleon Ill aims at consolidating all that Ma.
pOIeOn | had i'm view, with regard To foreign
policy. Now, Napoleon I, In 1893, ceded 1,'UiS-
lana TO the Unitcd States FOG the sum Of five mil.
lions Of dollars which the Government If the
United StateScngaged TO pay TO- American mer.
chants whose gIOtis aud ships had been seized
during the wars Of the French Republic, from
l5YZ to 1901. But as the United States have not
D1id the aforesaid i've milliOns, and as for more
Than forty years, We have seen brought before
Congress, session after session, French Spoil.
alton bill, which has never been passed. there
fore, as soon rs the Union shall be dissolved,
those who claim the sum will address them
selves to Louis Napoleon, and have NO duubt,
considering his character, that he will pay their
demands and rctake Louisiana, England. who
suspects sOne such thing, has already ordered
several ships 1T war 10 the Cult ri MexivO.-
See how Providence, having such an instrument
US Louis Napoleon 10 work with, can bring
everybody back To harmony.
The foregoing is translation from
publication, made by an old French Off
Ger, in the columns Of the Courier Of the
United States, published in New York and
which is the most intelligent newspaper
journal printed in the French language.
The author Of the above appears to have
been witness Of some Of the great events
Of France which are now remote, and his
observations enable him to logically view
the present and to derive from its events
at least few reasonable conclusions as to
the future, though they be tinsclcd with
French military display. We cannot see
that he may be wrong with respect to the
course Of French policy upon the SCpara-
ton of our States. The astutc directors
Of public affairs in Europe, have always
looked at our government as being an cx.
pertinent depending more upon tho free
will Of the scattered people than upon the
absolute strength Of the government it..
self; they have accepted the possibility Of
q growing and invincible determination in
every citizen to maintain tho government
at personal sacrifices Of mere opinion, but
they have candidly and carefully queS-
toned the probability; they have seen
that so long as tho possibility existed in
. view of perpctuity, the consequent cxpan-
sion into grand national power would be
such as to resist foreign encroachment and
to command the highest peaceful cOnSid-
Grafton Of foreign powers, and that the
moral influence Of the Republic upon all
civilized mankind would be such rs to
keep the monarchieS in n state Of liberal
preparation for protection either by the
admission Of material reforms through
governmental concessions to the people,
or bysmeans Of attention to military sci
encc. But while that influence has been
: permitted to almost ObliterNtc the appear.
ance Of despOtism, and while it has been
apparent that the United States possessed
: the most expansive elements Of enlight-
ened greatness, the expectation Of speedy
and easy downfall has been prominently
fixed in the governmental theory of Euro
pcan mOnarchists. They have seen moth
ing which seemed more inevitable than the
breaking to pieces Of a coniederacy which
separately obtains existence from change
able people, tenacious Of the largest libcr-
r ty, and which centrally, or collectively,
). derives no powerful absolutencSS indepcn-
: dent Of the popular will and State sovcr.
4 eighty. Correctly has it been observed
y that the sense Of free enjoyment would,
Y among people occupying vast territory
c and combined in small communities only,
G in diversified ATTITUDES aud interests. pro.
h ducc bitter controversies and arrogant
0 disregard Of equality and the necessity OIL
i. mutual concessions, until mutual d;strust
C and disrespcct would change the popular
y currents from peace and cOntentmcnt, and
4 from confidence in the government, to.
ward numerous pretcxts for separation and
l. new forms Of national existence. Correct.
Q ly has it been observed that community
r possessed Of all the opportunities Of Gle
q waiting the inferior classes above the supe'
riOr, and in fact Of entirely cQualixing the
qualities Of citizenship, and bringing the
public management down to the conflict
ing and disArraneing interference Of every
: individual, also possesses oil Of the bases
and indictments and tendencies, to uni.
versal anarchy, hatred and destruction.
Correctly has it been observed that pco'
. pie convenient to and susceptible Of par
tisan completeness, tossing in their own
hands the government Us the creature OIL
. their liberties, their opinions and their
will, must dcmOralizc their partisan con.
duct, and in the corruption Of their party.
ism, degrade their systems Of government,
. encrvate every branch and envelope all OIL
1 the ordinary means Of peaceable rule in a
confusion from which even well devised
: revolution could not produce satisfactory
: restoration.
Rnk in Vieuino, tho CONSEQUENCES NJ Oh.