, 1862-12-09
Qbita9o Qribn,1e.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1862.


REASONS FOR INTERFERENCE.
Unconsciously and without any intent of
so doing, the President in his MESSAGE i..a+
deli'ereo> stated to the world with, for
him, an unusual elaboration of facts an,] m
unwonted reference to figures, the most
powerful reason which will impel for
eign nations to Interfere in our national
quarrel. Showing as he does in his nlea
Tor the enactment Of his proposed law for
compensated emancipation, that at the end
of the current century, the United
States will, II this rebellion il not
successful, be the most powerful
nation on the face of the earth
in resources for offensive and defensive
war, IN population and in wealth, the great
est nation Of ancient OF modern times-bo
makes an argument for the intcrposition Of
violence that the European monarchlcs
7rospeetlvely dwarfed into insignificant
dynastics at the mercy of the fleets and
armies Of the Great Republic. have not, We
lear, the virtue to withstand And this ar
gument he clinches and enforces by the
admission, no doubt Just, though perhaps
untinlely, that nothing but disruption Of
lie Union, and tue social, industrial,
economical and political changes that
would surely fj1low, can mar the pro-
sress, past, present and future, Of which
he speaks so earnestly and so convincing
". Rr. Lincoln was and is right, and his
argument was Il necessity Of his belief
an integral part Of the solemn appeal that
he was imrelled to make to lis country
men, in the hope Of inducing them to con
sent to measure that would insure not
only cessation Of the flow of blood, but
The great national results that he predicted.
But imagine the feelings with which Ma
po!con, working away at the problem
Involved in the succession to the rulersl,iD
OF the empire that he now governs, will
see the certainty, calmly and dispassion-
ately written down, that, within the pro-
bable life time, nay, before the strong and
mature manhood Of his sou, France COM
pared with the Republic will be only
third rate power; that the navy that he Is
creating with such pains-taking and at
such cost, will be a 1i,liputian fleet COM
pared with the magnificent parade of
strength that the United States can make;
and that his armies now 500, 900 strong, can
dash themselves 10 pieces Exc waves
upon rock, against the ten mil
liens Of armed men that our
country will be able, in the year Of our
Lord 1900, TO Put into the field? What will
the ;:'istcclacy cf Great Britiin say when
tol.! tl:;st within tliilty-ei:sht years, the in
dIst1ial, monetary and commercial power
Ct Tie world will cross the Atlantic ant.
find a new home in this great Western En-
Iire; and moro, that the vulgar De;noc-
racy" whose struggles for scltrrcserration,
elcl'hai,tine and awkward, now alternately
excite their laughter and contempt, .sin he
the unGisi,utcd and intiisnutaiilc masters Of
the resources that Will be able
to defy all mankind in arms:
that the ideas Of liberty and equality
BY which are incn yet to be blessed, now
enduring TIE strain AMI shock Of war; will
be tie law not only FOR this continent. but
the rita1izing power that will crush all ar
istocracy il eli Clsfis:endcm, into the aust2
These are rlnpalatable truths; and il they
serve 70 make t!4c enemies Of tIlr country
quicker and more active, daring and more
aggressive, they must be bond of union
1aeie III home, whereby wc sla1l be
able to resist their most untriend]y c,deav-
nrs. In the face Of Tie prospect that OUT
country presents, We do not wonder that
foreign nations are our foes; but 1liat any
man with American Llood in lis veins can
le a traitor