The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-28

such as the loss of great battle or two, II
would be safe to predict speedy peace Daseo
on her humlliating retreat rom the c)nt1lct
and the overthrow and retirement OF 81 mark
Her population and the raw material o, her
army are lar superior to those OF Austria. IneIe
is probably no army in the world, not even ,i our
owr, which can show in its ranks so maHy euu'
Gated and intelligent men; ana no arm Wuch
has more intelligent or better educated people
to draw upon for recruits Ihere Is no lInit 10
the devotion and crhces OF which such
people would be oHPdpS Ssr II Were
Bismntk n popular leader, he would have
nation Mt ms back with which he might chal.
Ienee the whole continent TO the field.
But is not a popular leader, and no war
BROUGHT on and Conducted by him is likely to
command the popular support, much less excite
the popular enthusiasm. He Is either pto.
ioundly hated OF profoundly dtstrusted by all
that portion OF the Prussan people in whom
the national pride and national pluck most
abound Therefore, the present contest meets
with the most decided opposition. The Land
wchr has been dragged rather than marched TO
the fields the opening OF the struggle seems, as
wei as we can Judge, to be awaited by the pup
lie either with horror or toreooGlng' ana we
hear nothing OF any enthusiasm even on the
part of the regular army. The drawing OIL
blood, especially should the outbreak OF hostili-
ties be marked by any successes, however
trinng may bring about great change.
Should there be early successes so great as
to hold out near prospect OF what is now only
seen Ia troubled dreams-the destruction OF the
whole tribe OF prinCelings, and the consollda-
tion OF the German people into one great
State-there Is little question that the Prussans
would fling themselves into the struggle with an
aIdUr which nothing could withstand, before
which Austria would surely go down, and we
should witness the appearance on the political
scene OF a power whose magnitude and real
strength would certainly alter the whole com
plexlon Of European politics, and give new
tUn to European progress.
German unity" has presented itself to our
minds 80 long q vision DaODpu oil DV
orators, or mused over by professors, that few
foreigners have ever taken the trouble to think
what it would really mean. 1t would mean,
however, the sudden creation OF an empire con-
tanning population OF over sixty millions-that
is, it would be numerically the equal OF Russia.
But these sixty millions would be, unlike the
population OF Russia, OF one race; they would
include, perhaps the most learned, patient, in
dustrious, civilized people on The lace OF the
globe which has attained the hgheat distinction
in arts in science, in arms, IN literature, IN
every thing, in short, but in politics, occupying
the most fertile OF the favored portion OF the
European continent and which would be capable
of maintaining with ease amIliOn OF men IN arms
within weeks easy march OF Paris 1t will be
easily seen by anybody who seriously considers
the meaning OF these facts that the creation of q
real German State, whether empire or republic,
would revolutionize European politics.
1t would launch an Immense population on a
career OF extraordinary progress; II would con-
sign France and England to the rank OF second
rate powers. 1t would red ice Russia to COM
parative insignifcance, and deprive her of most
OF her influence in European atlal1S, aud even IN
Turkish affairs and force her to find vent for her
energy more and more in expansion eastward.
Whether in such an event the House OF Haps-
burg could settle down on the Princlpalitles OF
Servia and Bulgaria, and protract an enteeble1
and somewhat ngloriOus eXisteI ce, far removed
from the scenes OF its past greatness, may be
doubted. But it is every day clearer and clearer
that royal house which has no nation at its
back must soon cease to be a reigning house,
and that the spectacle OF kings existing TOR their
own sakes is one TAich Europe Will not much
| longer tolerate
| possible that Louis Napoleon might SEEK IN the
| resettlement of the map, for what is called the
| ''Tectifcation" oil the French frontier, by the
abstraction of the Rhine provinces from Prussia.
| But this is som mething to which Prussia, yicto
| rious, would, in our opinion, never submit, and
which she would be sure to resist successfully Y,
| and which, even if imposed upon her after 8
| defeat, could not prove a permanent arrange
ment. Sixty millions OF Germans united would
| treat a demand for the annexation of portion
| Of the true German soil to the French empire as
| abs urd; and even if Germany should not be
united, and this demand we're successfully en-
| forced, the union OF Germany is not likely to be
| sufficiently remote to allow time for absorption
| Then there are changes going on Ia France
| which ii takes close observers TO perceive, but
which are nevertheless, exercising marked
influence on her foreign policy, and which pro
mise, II not checked, to make her. perhaps IL
| our lifetime, as pacific In spirit as England her
self. The love OF material comfort is increasing
amongst the people with extraordinary rapdity
and as it grows the military spirit declines
The long freedom from political convulsions
and the ireetrade policy OF the empire, have
by giving great stimulus both to foreign anC
domestic trade, enlisted a vast body OF thu
population on the side of peace. The horro
of war, which was once the reproach of tn
Paris bourgeoisie, is working lower dow
amongst the population every day; and tn
population is not only not increasing, bu
slightly diminishing, fresh and striking illus
traton OF the Thrift and love of comfort o
the whole body OF the people; for in this cas-
means OF subsistence, is kept down by choice
We may, therefore, fairly count on a longe
period OF repose, of careful abstinence iron
interference in foreign quarrels, and a NOR
wealth than has ever been before witnessed 1
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