Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-08-16
THE HORRIBLE CONDITION of

come home TO roost." At this
moment nothing is so astonishing to any
American travelling in Europe as the sud-
denness with which the attempted con-
,piracy for breaking up the Union Of our
by the great powers there has been
followed by a similar conspiracy for the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of European States, and
of all the ties beyond brute force, which
formed the European system.
Lord Brougham, now one Of the Oldest
of the Houses Of Peers, rose the other
day in his place, to expose the horrible
state of things in Europe, and to express
the hope that a European Congress would
soon assemble to settle them. For C
he spoke the truth--the condition Of Eu-
rope is horrible. Europe has always
boosted of her institutions, written and
unwrit,en. The treaties Of 1915, and the
well-known diplomatic system, formed to-
gether a constitution and general code Of
laws and government for the States Of
Europe which kept the peace from 1914 to
1854, and answered something Of the pur-
poses Of what we call a Constitution.
The plans Of the Russian Emperor opened
up the way for Napoleon's interference
along with England on the Turkish ques-
ton and the breaking up Of the European
system at the same time. Stronger than
any single power, the French Emperor
has steadily sought to destroy all comoi-
nations for mutual preservation. and them
holding the balance Of power, constitute
himself the arbitrator. Thus he did in
Austrian and Italian affairs, and thus he
secretly attempted to break up our Union,
and through Mexico and Texas establish
a French power and the dominion Of the
Latin races on the American continent.
The success OF arms and the jealousy
Of England at a critical moment defeated
his scheme for American Empire, but the
mutual jealousies Of the European pow
ers have been fomented. until, at the latest
dates, the state Of Europe is indeed horri-
Die, as Lord Brougham says. England,
moody and sulky, protests against every
thing, but does nothing; while the amoi-
ton of the stronger States and the imbe-
cility of the weaker are now without the
check of any sort Of international law,
and a scramble for territory is the natural
result. It looks as if there soon would
be but three frst-class powers left on the
continent-France, Russia and Prussia
and but two supreme s,atesmen-Napo-
leon aud Bismark. Prussia has already
swallowed up the smaller German States,
and will apparently destroy all Of Austria
but the name, and the liberties of all Ger
many. But the former in securing the
cession of Venetia to himself and at the
right moment sending of his fleet from
Toulon for Venice, has made use OF the
cats paw to pull out the chestnuts for
| himself, or rather it seems as if he would
like, il possible, to become the lawyer Of
the fable. who, in deciding the oyster case
gave each claimant a shell but kept the
oyster for his fee.
This was just the condition to which
several Of the great powers Of Europe
conspired to reduce these United States a
few years ago, and non were more dis
gracefully vehement and treasherous in
that work than Lord Brougham, who
turned his back on all his anti-slayery an
,ecedents to abuse the North in its hour Of
weakness.
But three years have wonderfully changed
the aspect of affairs. As was recently
said by one Of our American writers.
"we are comforted and they are torment-
ed" awe are sitting in the front seats OF
the worlds great arena, and the nations
of Europe are struggling before US on the
bloody sand. They are fighting for en-
pire. We have won the battle we fought
for mankind. They are filling their land
with widows and orphans and childless
parents. Our heroes graves are already
green ; our mourners' grief is softened by
the remembrance Of all GU: martyrs won
and by the sympathy and gratitude Of a
redeemed nation. With US now all this
struggle of war is a memory-sad, tender,
yet glorious, undying memory. The can
non are silent, and the torn battle-flags
are hung up as monuments Of sacrifice,
rather than as emblems OF victory-for
our children have fought that their child
rem and the children Of their adversaries
may be brethren"