Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-07-14
European Governments and Ourselves.

European Governments and Ourselves
European diplomacy is a tangled Web even to those
who weave it. 1t Is not to be expected that We can
solve its riddles and Athom its mysteries In nothing
in which human Intellect s1ercsts itself are the real
ends aimed at and the apparent employed go para
do1icA as in stAtecgaf which in Europe Is still an art
and a power, though As yet known on this side OF the
Atlantic only in ia cTuder ard coarser clements Ac
eus.Omsd as have bssU for the most part to the free
ventilation of all measures, schemes and policies Of
Government aiming by open and direct means at the
a,tsnmeut Of whatever Of scts sought to accomplish
20 taking iogs for what they appear to be- we arc Of
al people least apt TO Judge intellgendy Of the conduct
Of those whose motives influenced by causes deeply
hidden from public vieW and who are involved in meshes
and complications of State, whose rami6caticns have
been forming for centuries and pervsde the whole
civil zsd world. We compare war to game OF chess
but il is 70 such game that OF European diplomacy
Tor in ita var itself is but piece upon the board TO
ne moved whenever the eIgenc:es OF the game de-
uan1 it.
We hsyc shared In the general sense of wrong arc
indignation, awakened IL this country by the apparent
lealtessness Of ElsSud 10 the pending struggle. Per
lsps We NAV hsve judged unreasoDsby. ElglAud s
selfish as what nation is not The knight euautry Of
individuals vas an extinct type Of lunacy before Ger
vantss Sc, the world laughing at Il. The knight
-arv Of nations VAS never klOwu. TIE selhshneas Of
nations Is patriotism. While We have spoken barsbly
Of Eprlscd ~ have dsd no hard thoughts about
Ence tue reason being the general belief that France
has long desired t. intervene In behalf and had
urged EoEand TO ON wi her In recoguiz pg indie
peadepce. For this co. c;ured good will We render
hlrks 70 Frarce aud for the refusal OF England also
s,r ctlrej, our ind snltcu rs's upon her. Even If
ne facts be 81 We Gssume L Is "a; here perhaps, lat
our icnorsrcs q he scc-c. pohcs OF Europe may
Iced ts, ana Gauss co rlus;lce. 1t has not beea
ouy since &c was the custom 70 speak Of the profound
nd uasathomstll Sub !-ty Of Louis Napoleon; TO i'm
,sipe he VS. always revolving, 'b Pestors moment
n schemes q rhioh TIE world would know nothing
i.tey were accomplished and especially 10 believe
d.t be held /, the PFC Destined ot OF his lie to
all, the long dean o F,auee by laying "parfdous
Albion" di.cro~ned aud supp.ant at her feet Eoglsnd
IA. had abundant historic to he on her guard
a,lins France she may b forgiven if even We; she
eeps her watcs fsos burning so,g the Channel aud re-
members ,hs, &, IS nan VITO ESPolsOuc ideas and name
~ho now SAWS he scepr3 and holds The sword Of the
prisoner ed victim CT 81. h1cus.
America war. and Tie y,ry self hress With which ".
charge her vcud prompt 10 efforts to end it, the Uni
ted Satca we're Tie Only party 10 be thought Of. Her
ds1st and cou.eup towards that government aud pee
pc have been palpa5!y and frequently displayed 10
BE- Questioned Fer talk about international morality,
and the good iIi.h which imposes neutrality, is vel
elorgd ia the way Of cant Bu. she has other
forr ,c,ug tie recent propositions Of Count Persigny,
f a. late Yankee papers state she has rlscled them
ear in mind hs, in spite CT the seeming entente
as and eli the iuerchar goa OF royal siVity, Eaghnd
doss not trust and :, afraid put herself 10 tie power
Of tic nan Who conceived ami executed the grandest
psridy il history, the coup dsd: by which NApceor,
10 night transformed himself from President into En-
Urror. With al possible courtesy, sae coaks her Ius
ocou bu she keeps her eyes opeu and looks into every
tub OF meal France sends her fOs an imperial ca and
sounds every EooGsn horse tor armed men, In this hu
siaess Of Count PersgUy -le may think she sees
Trap Nay she may have CONCLUDED that the plot had
o, gun before, and that she for while the dupe OF
t. 10 the uoscmen agains. Mexico. English statesmen
NAV have reasoned this way The invasion Of Mexico
vas DR. .ct led With covert and sinister purposes.
I. To place Austrian prince upon the Mexican
throne for which Austria mus; pay round price, va
tho annexation oil VsUCua 10 the dominions Of Victor
Emluuel-shich would quet the uneasy nationaGtes
Of Southern Europe that have given Napoleon so
much troubleand the extension Of the boundaries OF
France 70 the Rliue-one Of the cherished idssS VA
pslsypss.
= A payable iufracon Of the Monroe doctrine. The
INVASION Of Mexico uGs intended by napoleon TO
broi Eugiand and himself 10 war With the United
S.ass, which would Of necessity be great maritime
war, aud employ the better part of the British Navy,
az during which he would withdraw from the contest
aud carry GU, the great NspOleOnc idea to Wit the
vision OF England. Il; is not to be wondered a., with
this srspicon tia EuglAnd withdrew from the Mexican
invasion.
But this ia not all. The annexation of veneta and
and the extension Of the French boundary could not
be accomplished without sppsasDg Russia. According
IT, We ere 20. surprised bear in late foreign sdvces
that the "ssk nan" III Turkey to be given to the
tender meTces OF the Russian bear lss though the
var In the Crimea had never happened But the
patton of CorstsndpopIe by ssia threatens the
lsDd route TO Iudis and the conquest Of Turkey in Eu
rope by Russian erns with the ccsson probably Of
some Of the PROVINCES Ausrs) Involves the future
conquest OF Turkey in Asia and the invasion of Hin
dos,au. This might be the tap 10 which Napoleon
sought to inye g'e England with doubtless, Other
pcatons Of vhch this side OF the water are ig-
uoranL Il ought no. then 10 to thought strange that
gland should heaate to take any step Which might in
V1ve her in war with the great maritime power OF the
Lifted Stos and demand The uss OF the pest Part OF
her navy many miles away frcm the poGt where her
deArts. interests are in 'Opardy
From this stand point which may be lhs Euglsh one
could hardly be regarded less thsl cool piece Of Is
Inc part Of the OOnederacy lell Eogal
to her face that she make war for the sake Of King
Cotton, end something than Assurance that We
should be cry viii England Because saC declines
engage in which mag Ter The invasion Of her
soil and the loss Of her rich possessions in lucia Ii
c, united too much upon English dependence on our