Cleveland tri-weekly leader. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1854-1885, 1864-02-06
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q War in Europe
Tbsre is a logic Of events by which ma
issl ,sons are set drifting toward results which
thew scarcely anticipate Cabinets and
Psrllamsnts, Congresses snd Secretaries, !
assume high moral ground, and being un-
- -r able to retreat from their positions without
dishonor to themselves, the inevitable cOnse-
qusnos is they srePrscipitstsd into fear
q ful struggle.
This moral drifting or logic Of eyentsis
ssz illustrated in cur own times h5 the sue
csssive grounds that have been occupied
bv The President and bis advisers,
49, g lis precisely this slow but morally ceI-
.. tain prorrsss which is dragging the con-
tinent Of Europe into what nay be war
- Of fearful pOrtent and IS fundamental in
i,s intimate consequences ss will be eur
cwn revolution.
TIE small spark Of difficulty, which !
few months ago was not visible IN tse |
glare of the Polish revolution, has alrsSdy
reached the proportions Of an immense
conAsgratiOn.
Beginning IN dimpliug eadiss of sgita-
ton on the surfsoe Of European affairs, 1t
has rapidly gained the whirlpool switinesS
os that isrcs nasl-storm which engulphs
the uuvsry mariner into Its guTghDs
epth7.
Il may slmost he impossible for Aneri-
cans to understand the wild enthusiasm
( which characterize beth the Danish and
German people. Undoubtedly, at The basis
of q. Is that intense love Of liberty and
% hatred Of oppression which have for so
many years sgitaied tho German heart.
It's enough for the mssses Of the Ger
mans to know thst their brothsrs in
sebleswie and Holstsin arc refused their
rights by King Christian, Of Denmark
But with the leaders Of the Germsn Con-
fsserations, the possession Of g sea port
unon the Gernsn ccesn, is at the feunda-
ticn Of this wild tumultuOus enthusiasm
Of the Gsrmsns for the two Duchies and
against Denmark.
The most interested parties, however,
are not those most directly concerned, but
the Great Powers, whose constant object
tits ad=aace themselves and msintsin
the balance Of power. England is com
nitted 10 the defense Of Denmark. LORD
Russell hss for some time been endesvor
ing bv djplomatio InaneuTeTing to aver
the impending appeal to arms. England
is not so morally sensible 10 the evils
war as to be un=7iIiing to engage in gTea
European struggle, but she has aonstan
eve to her material Advancement
England advized Denmark to give a
Holstein. She did So Even yielding
without a shot, the great fortress off Rends
burg The latest foreign ad7ices repre-
sent her as demanding Congress TO sd
iudicste the question, snd stthesa came tim
as warning the Diet against too hard
pressure upon Denmark. The whole ones
ton is narrowed down to the probler
whether Eaglsnd viii 60 70 war with tn
Gsrmans For her, certainly this woui
prove great calamity. Though with he
fleets and armies she might support Den
marx for while, she would ultimatel
suFsr all the disastrous results Of her CIV
psouliar policy toward this country. Eng
lIsh neutrality would be psralelled b,
American neutrality. The sea would 500
be covered with fast sailing privateer
armed and equipped by German sailor
bvt secretly setting from American port
A continental VAT in which the gre'
an soavs part although oSlsmiteus
themselves, would not necessarily be
tous. On the contrary, it might comp
them to withdraw bslligerent rights fro
tie South. It might 'aford the so utiOn
the French intervention in Mexico, o
lisinr Louis Napoleon to withdraw h
forces from that quarter. A Europes
war must largely interfere with the tran
In brssdstuffs drawn from the contineT
go that she would be required 10 look
this country for her supplies. The il
meass supplies drawn from southern Ru
sia by the way of the Black sea would
cut of. and hence her dependence upon Il
markets Of the New World.
It seems to be general opinion tn
war may yet be averted, and that Mar
will opsn with the whole question sdjul
ed. For the interests of humanity :
trust it may be sOi bat still wa cam
cherish such confidence.
Louis Napoleon has something to Is
in European war. He can fesst
French people, already tired Of his ]
s.rictIons end drifting rapidly to LibsTi
ism, with military glory-advsnce
boundaries to the Rhine, punish Engla
f,r snubbing his propros>d COngre
withdraw gracefully from Mexico q
mike more secure his own uncertain Sc
We hope tO be disappointed, but
scarcely seems possible now for the c
smity Of European wer to be avert
The nations are all silently drifting
ward the dreaded result.
0nr Iettsr from BrOwuvitIe, Texas,