Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-03-23
VVarIIke News frsm sursps-Tae Daaisis
Difficulty.

Prem the New York Hersld.l
The European news by the Canada is Of a
very important character. The SehlesWig. Hol-
stein b&gatells Is assuming the proportions OF
a continental difficulty, which may be settled
only by a general war. The invasion of the
soil Of Denmark proper by the allied Germans
has reused the British Cabinet from its stupor
to some manifestations of that spirit and Ieso-
luton which once governed The councils OF
England. The British people recognize in the
wife OF their future soy, IGN those claims of
hospitality which involve the protection Of the
King Of Denmark against the powerful inFad-
ing coalition resolved upon bis humiliation. Il
Is this pressure Of pRbiic opinion that has
brought Lord Palmerston TO the denuncistion
Of lie course pursued by Austria and Prussia,
and to the significant point of declining 10 say
what her Msjssty's Government would do if
tho Germans entered Jutlsnd-
That this is equivalent to = warning Of Brit
iEh intervention is apparent from the fact that
on the recsipt of the news thst the Germans had
entered JutlAnd = Cabinet council, hastily sum.
mOned, took place in London. The resuli Of the
council will probably bo notice to the Ger
mans TO v&cate Jutland and they may, DsE-
haps, discTeeily respect the warning, and reopen
the door to a pacific solution of the SehiesWig-
Holstein imbTogliO- OtheIwiss British SQUAD
ron may sppeEr on the scene, and this may be
the signal for France to move, for Italy TO re-
vive her war cry of Rome and Yenics, aud for
Hungary to spring TO arms Efonch policy, il
appears, ia setting in favor of Denmark; and
why not Is il not the Germans who stand be-
tween Francs and her NapOlsonic boundary Of
tie Rdinei Unfortunately, however, England
has reason to distrust NspoleoR even as sn ally
of Denmark. England, under the control Of
her feudsl aristocTacy, has q natural dread of
popular progress, popular rights and republican
ideEs. Napoleon, in the midst of the Yigilant
and terrible republican elements Of the ooufi-
usnt, is compelled to be their leader. An sbso-
lute despot, he thus holds fast bis power By as.
suming the character of the champion Of the
people against tho abuses Of kingcIsft and its
usurpRtionS.
The British arisioersey can regard such a
man, welding the pewer Of Francs, only as ?
dangerous ueigbboI-to be eoneiliAtod, bul not
10 be trustO1 Hence the difficulty Of Epgland
invitiEsS France to q march upon the Rhine,
pTen as an ally. The humilisting neutrality 1t
first assumed By England in reference to the
Danish controversy may be traced to her tearB
OF France Is 3 propagandist OF the progressive
ideas of the age. Tho Prince Napoleon, in =
late speech on the question OF the SGez canal in
its political bearings, very feFeibly exposed the
contracted foreign policy and unserupulous self
ishness of the British sristOcIaey. We think,
however that he WAS right in saying tbEt they
would not dare to 90 to war to put stop TO this
Suts canal, in order to hold France in check rs
q political Power in the East, because in such a
war the masses of the English people could
haye no sympathy with their rulers. This same
power Of the EDglRnd's hewers Of wood and
drawers of water has enforced her sIistocrzoy to
stIicteE neutrality in regard to this civil war Of
ouTs, when we know that they bitterly regret the
opportunity thus lost for breaking up this coan-
tIy, its commercial power and tho ovsrshsdow-
ing influence Of lis popular institutions.
On the other hand, it IS the pressure Of the
public opinion Of England which is compelling
her unwilling srTistocIaey to side 8ith Denmark
in her quarrel with the German States, The
English people, perhaps, instiDetiTeiy compTe-
hsnd tho fact that another European war, how
ever it may tCIminate, VIII be 70 tEeir advantage.
In this view, and in view Of this present tTe-
mendous struggle Of ours with tho landed
arisiocraey of the South, we can hardly object
to another general shaking up Of old Europe
for we believe that from another continental war
the people will so far prevail that even the
dropsical sTistoeracy Of England viii be laid
low in the dust never to rise agsiu.