Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-20
9aiIg gppeal.
MORNING EDITION.
ATLANTA. GA.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 20. 1864.
nECLTnE OF ENGLIsm P0WRR.

DECLINE OF EEGLIsa POWER.
In the present sspsct of affairs on tbs Euro
psaR continent, the New York Herald thinks it
discovers indubiiAbls evidences of 8 dwindling
away Of the former glory and power Of the Brit
ish Government To establish this opinion, the
fsct Is called up that there was at one time q
prospect that England would aid the Danes.
TIE British Parliament vas loud in its denunei-
tions OF the course parsusd by the Germans.
Lord PAIAERsTOE assured the country that
England would no. slow the disnembermsnt Of
Denmark. He went so far as to be fseetious on
the subject, and say that by the temporary &C.
oupstion Of Schlsswig and Holstein the Ger
mans meant ths- would keep those provinces
for al time bu; be made is be Understood that
such az intention was pTeposlerOus, and his
Official journals announced that British feet
would at once sail foT German waters.
THE has rolled on, and with it the Germans
have rapidly taken possession of SchlsIHig,
Holstein, Jutlsnd, and now threaten to take the
capital Of Denmark. Still no feet has sailed
under The English fag to German seas, and not
one English Tsd-eost has gone to the assistance
| of the poor Danes, who were encouraged by
the advice OF England TO make bold defense.
| TheTe seems new 10 chance foT Denmark. The
English journals sdviss her to secept the terms
| Of Asssria and Prussia, and congrAtulAts the
! British government upon having escaped the
entanSlemants of the Danish question, and
thus avoided war with united Germany. In
al these articles the London papers harp
upon the opportunity which Napoleon has now
to seizs upon the Rhsnish provinces. They
comment upon tkis fact evidently with the pur-
poso of making it bEil to induce France to be-
cone pTemsturely engaged in the war. But
Napoleon is too wise Z man to be caught with
such chsff. He sees that England, after al her
braggadoeio, Is hambled to the dust By the atti-
tude Of Germany, and he will be the last to help
her ous Of her shameful dilemma.
La the Polish question Russis struck the FIRST
blow at the influence of England. She defsd
her, sad the latter WAS forced to submit to the
humiliation, because she feared that France
would abandon her in csss Ehs Undertook war
with The Czsr. She thought she would be sure
Of the support of France in this Danish i'm
bfoelo, because The interests Of Napoleon were
st stake; but here sgain she made a blunder.
Ths Emperor Of the French is q man wEe can
bide his tine. He knows ihss when he chooses
be cen obtain The Rbsnish provinces, and BOW
he keeps clear of the muddls, tells his msrshals
that tais is no quarrel of theirs, ARd gszes COM
placensly st Eogland humilis.ed, browbssten
and obliged 10 submit.
In the estimasiCn Of the wsrld the glory and
power Of Great Britain have dWiRdled AwSy,
and she noE takes her stand among the second
rsie Powers. She can rail and joke; but she
dare not bite. All this she has been reduced to
| by fear Of NAPOLEON and he and France well
know that at last Waterloo is bitterly avenged
For the future the Emperor will make use Oi
England. For safety she viii cling to his policy
and eadeavoT to fancy, while sharing his power
tia. she Is still "Gresi Britain" The nations
of Europe will not be deceived, however, AnC
viii no longer submit to her rule as Of yore
The ion has grown old and feeble, snd mus
now beware Of the ass.