Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-21
WILL THERE BE WARM EUROPE

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ruled by the bayonet.
WILL THERE BE WARM EUROPE ?
The last European adyices represent
the situation as still imminent Of war, and
the sensitivenes of the money and stock
market, upon both sides ofthe Atlantic, is
increasing. Our own unsettled condition,
the intimate relationship and connection
which we hold in business point of
view with Europe, the amount of our Sc
curities held there, all make the ques-
ton of general European war one of
great interest.
State craft has so many sinuOsities and
conyolutions, and windings and turningS,
that it is next to impossible for any one
who does not make it the subject Of
special study, to predict what it will bring
about Two Of the astutest masters Of
that science, Of the present time, are now
pitted against each other, and preparing,
if it suits their caprice, to bring into coll
lision the people of two great empires,
and all about a strip of territory-the
Duchy of Luxembourg, containing not
more than 100000 inhabitants, and, in
itself Of trivial Importance. Won Bis
mark, in q year or two by his diplomatic
genius, and the splendid state Of per-
lection to which he has organized her
military strength, has raised Prussia to
the rank of first class power on the con-
tinent; he has broken the pride of Aus
tria by defeat, and shorn her of a portion
of territory; be has curtailed the extraya-
gance of Russia pretensions in Eastern
Europe; and he has MORALLY wound
ed the vanity of Louis Napoleon, and
piqued the French people He has
disturbed that thing called the "balance
of power" in Europe. He has aroused
jealousies and antagonisms all around
him, before he had consolidated and fused
the acquisitions Of territory, confirmed
by the victory of Sadowa last year; but
he seems ready to meet them whenever
they threaten to cross his purposes, or
impair in the slightest, the integrity of
his masters kingdom, or the renown he
has shed on it He forced Napoleon TO
abet his schemes last year, and by con-
summate address, secured advantages
which the able and willy Emperor never
intended he should have, and left rank
ling thorn in his side, which both pains
him, and weakens his hold on French
confidence He is not ayerse, therefore,
to reopening the game in order to retrieve
his position Hence, his attempt to Sc
cure from the King of Holland, to whom
it belongs, the Duchy of Luxembourg
But though not its property, Prussia has
held it ever since the close of hostilities
last year, with a garrison; and Bismark
does net intend to permit it to pass, by
purchase, into the hands of France. And
from this small spark, blown by the am
bilious breath Of two intriguing states
men, a great fire is to be perhaps kindled
The military establishments of both of
the immediate contestants are being put
on war footing, and this is the signal
for Il general arming of Europe, and
chassepot rifles, needle guns, and breech-
loading cannon are in demand from the
Ural mountains to the Bay of Biscay
In such a strife, once commenced, it is
for the other powers to tell |
whether they may not be involved.
There is general apprehension, and the |
frequently proyokes, what, in
Is absence, might have been avoided |
Nations, like men armed and ready, |
are more apt to fight than under
,ther circumstances. We are inclined /
o think, on the whole, that the duel be-
ween Prussia and Austria last year was
short sharp and decisive as to the
after, but that it did not last long enough
% decide several other questions, and /
hat, in all probability, the portents of
var on grand scale are too true