Newbern weekly progress., 1862-02-11
THE EUROPEAN NEWS.

THE EUROPEAN e 4 VS..
OPINIONS or TIE PRESS, TIE PE0-
PIE, AND TIE GOFERHENE
From the late Northern papers we continue
to extract interesting foreign lntelll>
gence:
THE CHANCES OF WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND
THE U. s.-A FRENCH OPINION.
From the Opinion Nationa7e, the organ of
Prince Napoleon of Jan. 7th, we extract the
following:
The same race lives on both sides the At
lantic The English will not readily renounce
project so dearly prepared, the Americans
will not willingly forget the danger which has
threatened them SO closely. The English Wll
probably not disarm, but the Americans will
certainly arm. A year ago they had no regu-
lar army; they have now 760,O0O men under
arms; they have no navy, but before six
months they Will have a formidable one
England is we'll aware Of this. Will she give
the United States time to terminate her inter
nal war and prepare for foreign one? Fright
ful symtoms are already manifesting themselves
in the South terror, it is said, prevails at
New Orleans. Five hundred houses have
been burnt down ut Charleston, and the torch
serves as the sigma! -" s1sLrcctlon among the
slaves. However strongly We May feel III ia
y
believe it can lead to good results II 1t has to
be purchased at the price OF lncend'arsin,
b!oodshed, and devastation. If the servlle
war extends, will not the armaments or Eng
land have had some share in it W hat is GER
tain is that the Northern States have hitherto
set aside that poisoned weapon IN their strug-
gle with the South But exposed to the
threats of England at the moment "hen they
are loyally resisting the rebellion of the South
there will be few Americans who will not ex-
claim, ''It must be put an end to- 1t must
be said that we call for war but that is not the
case We wish, on the contrary, to lind
means of preventing it, and we see no other
than the veto of France the incident of the
Trent being set aside. But under what pre-
text can England be prevented from lnterfer-
ing in the United States if the slave war breaks
cut in the Southern Confederation Can it
be expected that the U. S. will allow themselves
to be cut up without saying or dong any
thing. The recognition ofthe South md the
rio1utio71 Of the blockade 2ciU prore the aner1-
ta1Ze dissolution Of the great american Con-
federation ; no one can doubt 1t, ana every
one feels the presentiment OF It, we must,
therefore, behold the annlhllatlon under the
double blows of an internal and foreign war;
if that new Power, which, in spite OF It's ex-
cesses, retains in it's bosom the saving princl-
ple of human liberty and of social emancipa-
ton. After having re-establshed the balance
of power at sea- the United States, 1t is SAID,
threatened to overthrow it for their own advan-
tage.
Who says that? England which is about
to lose her naval preponderence, and VINO
wishes TO resume it. We shall be reProsched
with making common cause with the United
States against England We, in fact, do in
ine in favor of the United States, because
Eng,anl wishes to overthrow them under
preteAt Of checking their too threatening de-
-1iopnents and their excessive preteuslons.-
If the existence Of England were threatened,
as that Of the American Umou now is, who
would reDroach US for making common cause
with England? 1t as our conrictton h0t Eng
0land wishes to destroy the eristence Of the
United States, and 1ohaterer the issue the anc1-
dent of the Trent may hare, oar opinion IN
that respect acil not be IN any ecGy changed. -
| Does any one exactly know what England has
| expended in ornaments since the breaking out
of the secession in America? A grant OF three
| hundred millions was voted for the navy III
! March last the expenses OF the tieet aud OF
| the army have been carried up to the e'1or-
nous amount of seven hundred and sixty tie
millions and the funds Of three Thousand
savings banks have been put into requisition
to give the finishing touch 10 these immense
pre3aratious 1t Is only to make herself res
| t.ected and for 10 other object, that England
has sent 80, 600 men TO Canada, supplied with
! Guns all OF ler Innumeratle vessels, ana cailed
all her maratime population to arms. Such
demonstrations, in our opinion, cost too dear
! 10 be allowed to remain idle. The English
! know too we'll the value of money than to Law
| ish it for the childish satisfaction of offended
| vanity And if this prodigious increase o
military force has not really taken place with
view to the United States, it constitutes a
still greater cause for US to feel uneasness.-
| History does not offer an example of an arls
tocracy so admirably and powerfully organized
rs that of England. Peace and war have al
ways been in it's hands means OF government
and the British aristecracy have we'll known
how to make use Of these clements !; but now,
whether the clients have increased or whether
the patrons have declined in number ano
influence, the equilibrium between the two
classes has been visibly deranged. Peace is
no longer what England wants, for the mar
kets of the world being every day more anc
more closed to English commerce by compeu
,ion, she finds herself i'll at ease. What has
happened as regards cotton proves this. P@-
cifc agitation may surely ruin the English OBJ
Agarchy military agitation er0uld sare IT.
az, therefore, in scar that 1T ao'tl seeE ats sal
ration.
ENGLISH OPINION OF sEwARD's NOTE TO LORI
| LYONS.
from the Lendon Times of the 10th of JAM
With verbocity never equalled even in diplo
macy, and with an ineonsequentlal VaguenesS
never surpassed even in Congressional debate
Mr. Seward in this long document wander:
through the history Of all past transactions.
| ~. ho concludes that