The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-25
REVOLUTION IN EUROPE.

There is in Paris IN International Pcaco |
League which designs TO have its branch or
auxiliary associations all over Europe, but wo
fear all their efforts for tho present will ro-
main without SUCCESS. True, the peoplo Of
Europe desire poaoe, ncod peace; and no
Government will maintain TINT it is not hcttcr
to husband strength and industry for tho arts
Of peace, rather ihan exhaust them in prcpara-
tions for conflict, or in actual war Never
thcless is perpetual pence chimern, as long
as tho fatc Of tho peoples of Europe is Mt tho
mercy of tho ambitious designs OF few
princely rulors aud their equally ambitious
cabinets. There is suro basis or guaranty
for continuance Of peace, for II is not de-
pendent upon tho wishes Of tho people, but
upon tho will and the calculations Of tho
Sovereign princess and worse still, upon tho
requirements Of their internal policy; and all
| This nowhere moro truo than in France. The
French people, We have tho bost Of evidence to
believe, have become moro and more pcacenbly
inclined with every year, ns theif increasing
prosperity, and widely extending manufaotur-
ing and commercial relations made them drcnd
war more md more, bocnusc they had more at
stake. But the Empire nccds war (cvcn
though NAPOLEON said L'Empirr c'rM la l,air).
and during the fifteen years Of its existence
there has nearly always been some war, either
on the iapis or else in actual progress. Singu-
lar IL is, that almost coeval with the birth
| Of this Empire, tho balance of power in Eu-
rope has been completely destroyed, and mere
| clnnce has seemed 10 control the policy Of the
several states and monnrchics.
Tho plausible means 10 this unjustiiablc end
| (of making might tnkc tho place of right)
| wore tho recognition Of tho "nationalities,"
and the "plchiscilc," vote by quasi uni
| versal suffrage. Concomitant with these, al-
though utterly at variance III spirit, wo have
| seen the constant increase all over Europe, of
| standing armies, nnd the almost total nbrogn-
| tion Of Constitutional government, and n steady
| tendency to unlimited Capitalization Of power.
AS long MS this, the foundntion-stone of the
NAroLEoSro systcm Of government continues,
no political progress, in tho direction Of
greater dcgroo Of civil liberty is possible,
and hence also no lasting pence. Only gene
raj revolution, which revolution Of course,
us always heretofore, would originate in France,
could give tho people the supreme power.
1 N"f. 'fStitS''i SRSSNSEd VI pcuCc
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| We cannot say, that We desire to sec such
subvcrsion Of order, peace, society, md of all
men hold dear, upon the mere chance that
order may perhaps spring from the chaos
Tho experiment is too hazardous. We know
there have been great men and good who
sirenuously believe that with NIL lis horrors,
| tho first French Revolution in the end resulted
in moro good than evil; Tint tho end justified
tho means. To men cast in such horoic
mould, revolution at this time is the only nos
sihle solution 10 tho veIed problem Of. Euro
pcan policy. And this solution is precisely
Tho one they most desire. We have, however,
too littlo faith in tho capacity of the average
of mankind, black or white, Cclt, Frank, or
Hun, 10 govern themselves in q decent and
respectable manner, and at the same time will
ling that their neighbors should. do the same.
This experience is tho result of what We
have seen both in this country and in Europo
in former ages, and in our own days. Wc
should bo slow, therefore, with tile lights be-
fore ls, to counsel deliberate effort at revo.
luton; for when government is subYerted, and
society is reduced toits original elements, what
guarantee have we, or tho authors of the great
crash, that their particular pet constitutional
dream will bo realized in tho reformation of
the State? How do they know that worse
spirit will not enter tho swept and garnished
house, and bring seven other devils with him
even worse than himself? An absolute NAV
tako tho place of limited monarchy, quite as
likely as representative republic. HIVE we
not IN example Of this in tho first French reyo
lutionf Was II not so in Rome And how
will it be in Mc1ico7
Your pratcr for revolution and political
change will generally be found to be some dis
appointed nspirant for office, some needy |
editor, or some individual sourcd from wl,al-
ever cause, almost in every instance pursuing !
such course from base and selfish motives,
having nothing to lose by revolution or nm
arcLy, and hoping TO gain much in the rehabili |
tation of the Stato and Government. rs, |
France, however, if we can read passing
events right, is in no imminent danger Of reyo-
luton. Tho imperial policy endangered it's
power both and its popularity in Me1ico, and
at sadowa, but the Exposition. with its aiten-
dnnt glories. Of bringing the sosereigns of
Europe to Paris to 90 honor 10 the Emperor,
will go far 10 oountornct those little eonretempi,
it, indeed, they will not leave balance in tho
Emporor's favor.