Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1865-02-14
Communicated
Intervention, Emancipation,
&C.

union of the North and South. If SO,
will they first rcIuir. Ills to -manci-
pate our slaves ! | am firmly of the
opinion that England. France and
SPAN. will, If necessary. intervene
by force Of arms in our war. and pre-
vent. by the us- Of all their resources.
4 reunion Of the two SECTIONS; and
this they will do without ever asking
n singl. question about our domestic
institutions. The step. when it is
taken, will not ts- TO aid n weak and
struggling power against p strong
one. n"1 to prevent the oppression,
the inevitable and invariab- Incl
dents of suhjusation bu, in tn. inter
est Of their own safety. The colos.
sal power developed by the two SEC
tions in the present war. has very
.r"at Y alarmed the Cabinets of F.u-
rop. hey So. clearly that their own
i .t"rr>l~ on this continent. Rs we'll
n. their European interests. require
tina, they should h- .-'v-r-d. They
see and know that the North and
South united could sweep the CONT
n-nt of every European possession
in the brief space Of n few months
Eft thousand suci m,.n aS Lee com
mnnds would be more than -u;licirn,
to r-volutioniz- and take possession
of Mexico. and not nor. than the
same number would be- required TO
wrrst Canada from the. British crown
10 TAXI possession of Cuba and the
other Yves, India island by means
of the iron clad flee, of the l.. $.
would scarcely be good brrakias,
spell.
But the ambitious and monster re-
public, knowing its powers. and
thoroughly on war footing both
on sea and land, would not contine
itself to this continent. but would
take special d, light in hurnhIins the
proud. naughty and selfish powers
that govern i'll Western Europe
Neither section in cas-. Of r-uniu II.
would bear any great love for Eng
land and France the South would
say that you permitted the North 10
"vrrun and c"nln"r us . dvou never
offered 10 rails. "A finger in orr sup.
port and the north will say that it
was through your intrigu,s and IN
reference tha, the rebellion wH, kept
alive for so long a period. and which
has cost Us 80 much blood and treas
ure to overcome.
With tins prospect apparent upon
the very eultac" Of the question. can
any one believe that ,h- clear headed
statesmen and pe"pl" OF England.
France and Spain. will allow the
present favorable moment To- divide
and cripple this power to pass unim-
proved And will they if other.
wise disposed to act sickle about,
questions of humanity and senti-
men,l Any one who believes this
is but novice in the policy tina,
govern the continents of Europe
Every thread of their policy may be
reduced to one Of the tire. following
heads
list. To grow rich.
I'd. To become powerful
3D.. To guard against future harm.
This latter embraces the great doc
trin- Of bala,,cc Of y,o,rcr." so
necessary to preserve order and har-
mony in Europe. And the time has
now come, brought about by steam
and improvement in the art OF war,
when America will have to submit to
the general law and system of Eu.
rope. The safety of Europe as well
as the rest of the world, require that
there should be no overgrown power
on this continent that the " balance
of power" be maintained here as rig
idly rs in Europe.
The armed Intervention Of England.
France and Sardinia, some ten years
ago. in the quarrel between Russia
and Turkey will illustrate very fairly
the policy that govern the continents
Of Europe when alarmed at the en-
croachments of overgrown powers.
1t will be recollected that there
arose. some ten years since, a quarrel
between Russia and Turkey, in ref
erence to the right to govern the
three Principali,ies of Moidavia. Wal
lachi. and Servia. Russia raised a
considerable army and marched into
the countries in dispute, whilst Tur,
key raised a considerable force with
the view of driving the Russians
from the country. War ensued, and
Turkey not being able to meetin the
field SO formidab an enemy as Rus
STA, applied to England and France
for assistance, which WAS readily
granted. All are familiar with the
details of the war in the Crimea. 1t
taxed all the snergie. Of England,