St. Mary's gazette., 1865-01-05

EUnRoljlP'iEl4h n ljl'il trEREscs IN
y AAHRI AFFAIRS
sFSos sAe 60 ~ ~ Ay.s. ass3
We have nj srpssssed the essp-
ION that there was no danger Of European
intervention In this contest between the
North and South. 20 long as each section
Of the Union was doing it's utmos. to des-
troy the prosperity Of the other. and SO
long as the dsperdition of property and
credit. and the loss Of power. or the other
result. division Of the country. was to des.
troy on, national prestige. Our worst
enemy could not do more than to waste
four millions Of our wealth day. dilute
our currency to its present worthlessuess,
impose such debts q ours upon posterity,
and waste l million Of human lives! The
most insiduous and malignant enemy Of
liberal institutions could do nothing more
to degrade them than has been done, ii
the destruction Of rights. and the capri
cious exhibitions Of despotic power that
we have endured. No scare-crow ef6gies
of warning against representative govern
ment could have been 60. up BY. the most
skillfal caricaturist more complete in its
distortion. than the President ana his Sec
rstary Seward !! For four years We have
been doing the work Of the despotisms
and the aristocracies, and Of all enemies
of free, government, more effcctuAlly than
they could have done.
So long, then, a the contest was an
even one, and promised to be indefinitely
prolonged. they have been willing to see
it go ren. When the preponderance of
one side threatens to overthrow the other,
and to- terminate the contest by leaving
the Government and the country unit,
|'ihs 0se nil hsfsltersasG Their intsres,s
wiilspronpt ade9 70 interfere. and seek
to relieve the balance; or 80 control the re-
suit a. to leave, two dinimical and rival
Governments to neltraliEe each Others
power upon the continent, instead Of one
great consolidated democracyt .siEetslT A
We believe that at all times France has
been ready to intervene 80 soon as Eng
land would join in the alliance. France
will undertake no great war without her !!
Earl Russell, so long as be- remains at the
head Of a ministry. will not take sides
With slaveholding confederacy in order
to prolong the life Of it's peculiar institu-
ton. His family ansecedents and his own
forbid it. But if Intervention is the policy
deciled On, change of ministry can be
managed without a crisis, aud even with
out a contest. The political leaders in
Parliament are like old members of q
club. and they adjust q new ministry as
they would a whist party. and .'cut in"
and ''cut out" still keeping the choice
players within the circle of score of men.
Slavery, TOO. may be abolished, at least
in name, at the South. 10 relieving the
conscience" Of England. ..a.
We shall have foreign intervention then
in our moment Of apparent triumph. un-
less we are more fortunate and wise, and
our adversaries abroad more forbearinx
and tolerant than the history Of dynasties
and Of nations gives Us much reason to
hope for. ~' .@" ""
The question Of European Interference
already presents itself. Spain. a. this
moment threatens to attempt the recon
quest Of Peru. Of which indeed she has
never ye. recognized its independence.
Forty years Of actual Independence has
been lost upon her; and the diplomatis.
she recently sent to Lima was not dele
gated as an envoy to . foreign Power,
bat as "Csmmissioner Extraordinary," the
title which she originally gave TO her
delegates 70 the Colonies! y '.4la''a-'
, The Peruvian Minister. justly iudiz-
nant at this. den,anded explanations. But
the Courier des Eh.i. :s. from which
We gather the facts, says the representa-.
tive Of Spain disdaiued all explana,istis,
left in .yessel-of-war. and on the same
day the order to seise the 'chinehas Islauds
was executed. The presense l~ss that
Peru had refused justice in q case where
Spanish subjects had been outraged. and
one Of them murdered. The delay Of the
...,.,. 80. III a. !. .:8 ys :l.eu