Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-05-25

s.5-Sir Archibald Alison, in a recent
speech at Glasgow, Scotland, predicts that
u terrible War is about to commence on the
Continent of Europe that it will result in
the undisputed supremacy of one of the
three powers of Russia, Germany, or France;
and that the victorious power would imme-
diately turn upon England and punish her
for the recklessness she exhibited in eman-
cipating the negro and placing him on a
political equality with the whites. The
Galveston News, commenting ON the pre-
diction says:
Many of the European Govern
ments have been built up by blood
and oppression, and the day Of the
judgement of these may come at
any time. Still, we cannot help be-
lieving that this judgment will be so
ordered MS to prepare the way for
long reign of peace. In other
words, we think u war in Europe
now would be reactionary war
not in the sense Of renthroning old
opinions or institutions, but in the
sense of bringing justice to the
wronged and oppressed, and would
end in such distribution Of power
as is necessary to long period of
peace. Sir Archibald Alison must
have had some such notion whom
he said that all the great powers of
Europe had wrongs'to avenge, in
tlicted on them by Britain in former
times, which they would willingly
seize the first opportunity of re
quitting, England has paid two visits
to Paris within four centuries, and
has occupied that metropolis, and of
course feels that France would glad
ly repay the compliment to London.
She has also paid a long visit to
Russia at Sebastopol, and Sir Archi
bald thinks the Russians will always
feel awkward till they have visited
England at Portsmouth. He added
that the victorious arms of Great
Britain had been seen at Washing
ton, and the Americans were only
waiting for "England's difficulty" to
let their standard be seen in Lon
don. All this shows that Sir Archi-
bald thinks the coming war will be
retributive. In this, we think, he
is right. we cannot undertake,
however, to say what course it might
take; all that we are inclined to
urge, at present, is, that it will not
be permitted to "overfow and pass
over" the boundary of retribution
so as to create the necessityjfor still
future wars. At least, we do not
think that this will be the case to
the extent which has been witness
ed in the. past. Much, however,
depends upon how far the world
may be prepared for peace. Posi-
bly, it may be less SO than We are
inclined to hope at present; but
we cannot allow ourselves to believe
otherwise than that time of peace
is approaching, even, although it
may yet be in the distant future.
1t may seem q little remarkable
that, after announcing his belief in
a retributive war, Sir Archibald
should also have declared his faith
in "iron- clads." England, he said,
had fallen behind in naval improve
ment, and he doubted whether her
Royal navy now equaled that Of A
merica. The great change in the
construction and defensive armor of
war ships, he contended, had entire
w altered Great Britain's relative
position in any future naval war
and, said he, "unlcss steps are spec
Oily taken TO cOunterbalance its ef-|
fects; it may safely be predicted that
evil days are coming upen us, and
that the days of our national indie
peDdence are numbered Perhaps
be should have added that the
apathy Of England was only a sign
tlsst she was destined to the retribu-
ton which be suggested as n pay
ment for the invasion Of France and
America and the o.her wrongs
which she had inflicted upon differ
ent nations. Or, il may be he
thought, after all his predictions,
that no one conld tell what course
the war might take, and that the
teachings Of wisdom simply suggest I
ed TIE proprieiT Of preparation ac-
cording % the best stsndard.-i