The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-08-06
The SITUATION IN EUROPE. becomes

HE SITUATION IN EUROPE becomes
clearer with every fresh indication Of
public opinion among Germans, both at
home and abroad, that the hostility Of
France to Prussia can scarcely fail to ao-
complish what it was especially designed
to prevent-the closer union OF the vari-
GUS sections of Germany. In fixing the
quarrel upon Prussia, the French Go.
vernment have only made that power
more emphatically than ever the guaran-
tee of German union, prosperity and in
dependence, and in prefacing it with
what has been interpreted as studious
insult to King William, they have caused
the absolutist character of that monarch
to be temporarily forgotten in his posi-
ton as head and representative of the
nation. Hence, the ebullition from the
Inn to tho Elbe of fervid and deep
sented enthusiasm, in which the hostili-
ties of 1866, and the party struggles that
followed them, are lost sight Of There
is now one universal desire to vindicate
the common honor of people in whom
sectional divisions cannot oxtinguish the
idea of kindred, and in whom fears of
Prussia are extinguished by their conf
dence in her ability to face what they
accept as common danger. We give
elsewhere the full text of the King of
Prussia's late speech at tho opening of
tho Parliament of tho Confederation. 1t
is all Grafton we'll calculated to make an
impression on the earnest and intelligent
nation to whose representatives it was
addressed. There is O. notable absence
of exaggerated confidence about it's an
Icipations, and it exhibits on obvious
desire to impress the full magnitude Of
the struggle then opening on the minds
OF the people. The samo desire is still
more Clearly expressed in the speech re-
ported to have been delivered by the
King to the Town Councillors of Berlin.
Such phrases as ''heavy srcritices will be
demanded by my people, ""we shall not
get OF so cheaply this time," show q
characteristic avoidance of brageadocio,
and quiet intensity or purpose which,
to say the least of it, form decorous in
PRODUCTION to n struggle 80 momentous.
In proportion rs the Germans become
more closely united in the common cause,
the Latin races appear to he developing
the natural sympathy which springs both
from their origin aud territorial position.
In spite of the peculiar relation sustained
by Spain with reference to the contend
ing powers, it is obvious that France is
sparing no effort to detach her from
Prussia, and to conciliatc tho popu-
lar feeling which late reflections on the
Cortes had disturbed. On the other
hand, the rapid termination of the deli.
cate negotiations touching the evacua-
ton of Rome, and the startling prompti-
tude with which France has fulfilled her
part of the bargain, makes it obvious
that oil minor Interests and traditions
are eclipscd by the present struggle, and
that the empire is equally desirous of
moral support rs of an active alliance.
What obligations the Italian Government
have incurred does not as yet clearly ap-
pear. 1t is probable that their stipula-
ton as to the peace Of Rome, together
with the independence of the Holy See,
will be found somewhat difficult to exc
cute. The Italian Kingdom is itself the
creation Of popular sentiment, and the
absolute possession of the capital is too
deeply seated q passion of the national
mind to render its repression by any
means easy, even should it be considered
desirable.-Netc York Times.
MURDER IN ST.. JAMES GOOSE CREEK.
Plnckney Grooms, young man in the
prime of life, was killed at his house in