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ifthe Western Powers Of Europe forbore |
from, openly befrisndlng the rebels when the
farsuse of war seemed SO greatly ia the lstter's |
favor, they win certainly be more than ever |
dcsirpus st the present time Of continuing their |
policy d 'a6esar. nov thatthe rsalm Of secession
u est In twain by the NorthcVu conquests on
the Misaissippi. Itls mot simply that the peo-
pis or France and Great Britain are daily bo-
coming stronssS checks upon the tsrgiversstions
and cvasions oftheir rulors, for there are other
c,uses Influencing peaceful decision which
Europesu Govsrnments know how 10 appre-
ciate.H To put the matter In all the point and
terscness Of which our masculine Anglo-saxon
tongue - capable-no foreign power or pow
crs, has dared or scsu dare 70 interfere. Eng
lands Interference would probably cost her
Canada, and although France has nothing TO
lose territorially upon this contiasns, the Em-
peror and his advisers are too shrewd TO incur
the inevitable loss ofpress0e. -...
With the exception Of Great Britain, no
power In Europe possesses ths resources for
carrying on foreign war Of more than two
years duration. What a war this would be
with the United Ststes The 6rst Napoleon
shattered his empire sgainss the Colossus Of
the North, and yet the Russia Of 1872 Is no
more to be compared with the America of1s62,
than the Republic of wsahington's era Is CON-
psrshle IN the magnificent structure Of the
present time. Wha; military power would, In
defence of the axioms war, engage In con-
and vastly Its superior in wealth, intelligence
and TesouIcss,) Sith base of operstiens more
than three thousand miles distant, especially
when the line OF COMMUNICATIONS would be In
constant danger from swsrms Of cruisers, and,
moreover, the act of God The invading force
would, In the nature Of things, lose all title 10
being regarded ss an army; II would become
whAr the French Term :" q movable column .
depending for iis supplies upon the enemy's
country. Thus The greater tho army, the less
chance would It have for subsifting; and the
further 1t advanced from the seabosrd. the more
would IL be at the mercy Of Its opponents.
Such an Invasion would, In fine, prove more
disastrous 10 the assailants than the memora.
bic Russian camp.ign, and might possibly cost
the nst,on making the sttsmpt its position ss
enc ofthe great Powers Of Europe.
The growing ssntinsnt amongst the French
md Rnglisa people show itself daily more
strongly In favor Of non-intsrference with
America and her domestic concerns, and pub.
lie opinioniu Europe, when generally and de,
'cidediy srprsssed, alSsys produces its effect
upon governments. The friends of American
unity in England base their opinions, however,
on other ground then those In France, and the
enlightened appreciators Of the real principles
Al issne In this contest are much more nnme-
rnus In be laiier country than In The former.
That such should be the fact will not be deemed
.sruprfing when the history OF the two nations
lie considered, and fair account tsken OF, the
vsst difference between their political sduca-
tioi,s. The stndird aud liberal minds Of France
see In this ciyll war the antsgonlsm of two
prineipies--deniOcracy lSd aristocracy-and
they desire the succrss of the North from con-
yiction that the maintenance Of the Union
against any and every enemywill enure at some
future period IN their own advantage, whilst
its disGolutiou won'd he selZed upon ny the
hat-rs of rr'e institutions IA proof indis-
putahlo that government by The people Is n
failure. Their only arquainianr-. as IA nation, ,
With political freedom has hecu coniin ned IN the
Republican cras Of 1893 and lS4s; they pride
themselves npon the thonght that American
Independence is, in some degree, the work of
their own hands, and they imagine that the
prosperity of the United States will, In one way
or the other, enhance the glory and secure the
safety Of France. Frenchmen dream abcut and
professcdly adore liberty without, however,
having been sufficiently educated, political
ly, TO comprehend ito requirements-politica
equality is, with them, an abstraction develop
great American Republic Is their I'oia d'appsi,
the fulcrrin upon which they rest tho lever Of
their hopes; and should Internal commotion
succeed in cffecting what foreign hostility has
ever failed to impcril, they would regard tho
division of tie Union az mortal blow to the
liberties Of every people, and their own con-
tinn"d prostrailon to despotism. TOD. l.
H"6i""', 'n n'ne'outrary, mas Deen euucuteu,
through ages, To regard herself as the only free
nation on the earth and her isolation from the
rest Of the world, added to the smoothness with
which her political liberties have advanced
through 80 many centuries, have led her to
believe that her system Of government is the
only one really conductive to liberty, and the
only one by Which liberty can be assured. His.
toriaur, falsely soeslled-mere party scrib
blers--men dishonestiy usibg history to estab.
lI.h some theory or TO throw down some prin
cipiei vocal newspaper writers, either incapa
HE OF understanding n,w truths or crailil,
distorting them ,o sui, the prejudices Of thei
empioyers-this tribe OF sttorney-like, Grub
street literary hscks-haVe thus far educated
the English mind into the belief that their
national form Of government is alone aniled
70 o fee CON immunity, and that il is their duty
10 force their system BY hook or By crook upon
other nations. But the progress 'of reform,