Daily national Democrat., 1861-07-23
A Paris Journal on the American
Troubles.

The Journal des Debats, in one Of its latest
numbers, says:
All Europe watches the Development of the
great American drama with anxiety; but
nowhere is a compression manifested like in
France This cannot we'll be Otherwise
The French as nation are thoroughly Dem
ocratic, and eannot look on with indifference
when a people with whom they have So
great a spiritual affinity, battle for freedom
Who can but admire the United States2 In
country with sixteen times the area of
France. the population doubles in twenty five
years, while France requires two centuries
for such process The progress it makes
stands without precedent in history. Who,
then. would not feel compassion when
everything all of a sudden appears to be in
jeopardy ~
countries of Europe there are people who
are not only content, but really glad to see
the rupture of this great Union OF States.
These proud Yankees" they cry, "who
would acknowledge as their equals, and
meant to dictate their laws to The whole
world. are now to be Inundated and the
Republic the Democracy are done for!" Let
us see whether this way of reasoning and
this Joy are justifable
America is great through its abundant
wealth, its eneagy, It's Intelligence. When
we measure civilization by the generality Of
intellectual culture, the pureness of morals
and moral power, by wealth and the degree
Of liberty, We are forged to acknowledge that
the AMERICAN people are the most civilized
on earth And should we rejoice over the
destruction of such civilization? Setting
aside everything more sublime, we cannot
well forget the solidarity Of nations. No
people stand isolated. None can be indiffer-
ent to the other. When America suffers.
Europe suffers likewise. Is America to be
ruined ?-then we must expect to be ruined
also. The yearly importations Of the Amer
lean Republic amount to thousands of mil
lions. How would it be if our exports were
to sink 10 half the present shipments, or were
to cease aloceth England and France
Germany, Belgium and Switzerland would
get into o horrible situation, out of which
political agitations would arise, more dread
full than those which occur now in the United
States, more terrible than all which the
world has get witnessed. Lyons and Biz
mnghaH, St. Etenpe and Chichester, Mnhl-
hansen, Geneva Augsburg and Brussels
what would they do with their starving
millions 2 Ard what if this civil war should
cause an instruction of the savesR Moue
not the whole cotton crop be destroyed
The mere thought Of such disaster make:
ones hair stand on end. No, gentlemen, the
mere pleasure of seeing the proud American
nation humiliated would be bought little
TOO dear by the ruin of Europe
1t is on the American Democracy, its ex-
trayagance and recklessness that the present
state of affairs is blamed A more unjust
conclusion has never been drawn. The
democratic principle has its faults as we'll as
TIE monarchical. The latter, till now, is
adapted to Europe, and is suffered 10y the
people. But has it no register of sins to
show? The former is adapted 20 America
and has proved successful there. The Dem
ocracy of the North is not to be blamed foi
the instruction of the South, which has beer
preparing for the last eighty five years what
it is now putting into execution.