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FOREIGN INTERVENTION

The foreign news once more begins to
teen with 1umors Of contemplated inter
vcntion in our National affairs by France
and England. The reports as yet are
scarcely authentic, or derived from official
sources, but they arc sufficiently significant
in character, and borrow enough weight
from the present posture Of our a1tai1s, to
awaken increased vigilance in ouE Govern
mept, If these two great nations would
willingly note the dccadence Of power in
the United States, both from hostility to
our form Of Government and through jeal-
ousy at its supremacy on this Continent,
nothing would be more likely than that
their movement towards Intervention |
would be inyersely with the prospects Of
succcss to the rebellion, If the rupture be
perfected on this side the Atlantic, and,
without interference from abroad, the reb-
els maintain themselves with sufficient re-
cults attained to characterize their attempt |
SIS successful revolution, the two powers !
would prefer to keep their hands OF anu |
remain at distance until such time as the |
recornition of the new government would
eeen inevitable. With this view it would
he natural to expect that when the rebel
cause apparently flourished, these nations
would aid it secretly, if at all, holding
aloof from overt acts, willing that the Gov
eted end be placed freely in their hands.
This is OF the assumption that nothing
would better plense England and France
than the hopeless disruption Of the Ameri-
can Union. And when that prospect is
diminished in the light Of Federal victo-
ries, and gathers darkness from events
made up Of Federal advances and rebel
cvacuatioos, nothing would be more natu-
raj than that the scheme Of Intervention
should be revived with new force. There
have been fresh zeasous devolved from this
war Why European despotisms should
dread q recuperation Of our National unity
and powcr Ii they hated Us before, as the
cxponents before the world Of govern
nent by the people, that dislike is inteusi-
fed by the proofs that we are able to de-
fend those principles against all the old
despotisms Before this new age Of ours,
wewere at peace, and won OUT prominence
By the arts Of peace, and this, while
European nations were Tain-glorious in
arms and in var preparations Their
fleets and armies stood numerically Is q re-
proach to our own A nation OF shop
keepers OF agEiculturists, skilled in clipper
ships, and cunning in inventions and
money making, the reputation We thus
won was illustriouR, but scarcely
so awe inspiring as that nov
freshly derived from the Development:
of the war for tie Union. The Fedora
armies are immense, and that without &
single conscript Our victories were wor
by troops fresh from the loom and TIL
plough American invention, under tn
spur Of this struggle, has turned new
page in naval history, closing the list, an'
ruling out Of naval encounters their oH7
boosted Wat fleets. ALL these may b
deemed fresh reasons why Intervention
should not be postponed until no preteS
can be made for its exercise, and until
will be too late to aid the rebels. Thcs
foreign nations are too sagacicus not to Sc
that we shall come out Of this struggle a
the more powerful from the very instr
mcntalitics creatcd and 1nuscularized |
crush 1he rebellion. We shall have learnc
war, and the ability will be ours as uevt
before to dictate policy for this cont
nent against all conlcrs. Louis Napoleo
is aware Of this, Pa1mcrs:on knows
and the coming few weeks will, from Il
causes named, thoroughly test their re
feeling toward the United States. ca
crnmcnt and people on this silc the !
lantic, VIC are alike prepared for VII
events the future may have in store, and
tie struggle for OUT national existence
volvc foreign war, our 1eyies Of troops
our war preparations have only begun.