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ter reble approval Of those who A1o general!
s,nnoaed 10 be the peoples representatives.

10 be ths peoples representatives..
From The 7tn.es, Jait II.
After The f3ryt shock caused by the ontburst
Of French indignation against Spain and Prus-
ala has passed away, there viii he in this coun-
ty disposition to look With certain etu.n'm-
It! to the future. As nstion, our duty Is
plain. The Queens Ministers mast spare no
fort to maintain peacs. While pointing out
to France tha exttavAgance Of her suscept-
bilities and the absence of any toal danger to
her, eSen il the Prince we're elected; while re-
ualnaiug her that, on the worst construction,
what eie has received is but an aErosst, an'i
not au injury, they uill, no doubt, recommend
a ceuclliatorv cou1se to the o'ler States
winch have teen made by Franco
parties to the dispute. The good wishes Of
The public will 60 With any such oommunica-
tious, for We ais Ill on principle opposca to
var, and war between Franrs and t;er..lany
would he u purposeless As it woull be o:.sti-
nate and sanguinasy. But when re have done
our utmost duty ~ friendly power iu the IN
tereets Of peace, people will be found to SAY
that il these two military Stat.s cannot live to-
ahowa the world which is the loader OF the
continent, there can be little gainsd by staving
on var, the preparation for which il almost
~ bad ~ the leAllsy. No such considerations
must, however, be permitted to influence our
conduct Eventual war between France ard
IIuHG1Ay l4* Auettit 0Qi5 &QI p4oUAuAn AAolu tA'
state Of feeling which has just been engen-
de.ed, bnt there have been instances of jealous
ies equally strong passing away without pro-
ducipG such calamity. The Aninosity OF
Ffance against England in 1870. and for the
next three Or four Reazs. vas almost - noisat nt
again in 1858. and It WIS only to the coolnees
! OF the English character, which abssAined
| from returning the daily invectsves OF tho
| tribune and the press, TO tho caution Of Louis
Philippe and the Emperor Napoleon on one
| eide, and Of our own Ministers on the other,
that We owe the Preservation Of peace. We
| still believe it to be in the power Of states-
| men, II they will only exert cqnal forbeaEauce.
| to quiet the present jealousies OF Franco and
| Prussia until Of their own accord they die
away. Eery great progress had been made
! during the last Two Years. The French were
becoming reconcited 10 tie creation OF tht
| Moth German State and tie prc-emineDcs
OF tile pr,1.sian king. Their own moral se,,ee
led them to ssmpa.hize. IN spite Of them
selves. with the des.se Of the Germans fol
unisv. md lhoy could not hut rctoguiza that
though the acts Of Prussia were sonewha
| high-hanled, there WIS really no way OF bzeak
iug M the evsieua which had Kept the common
country. n. It were, epel1-bonna and .powezle:s
theories Of M. Thiers we're tacitiy repudiatetl
and, had 1t not been for this ill-omened iohen
zollesu Priuce, the feud between France an
Prussia might have become before long thin
| Of the past. Now, however, mstteta are in
woese position than they ever were. - r.
larsa is mu1e dangerous than the original dis
ease. The very aeep1ir which aeizes on thos
who hare 1abored for peace when they obsery
that moment sufaces 10 undo the work c
mouths oe years, is i'll itself fatal peril. =.
In urging that eyery effort should be mad
for the maintenance Of peace, We are move
traditional European policy. We m1y say, q
once, that re care very little about the bafanc
OF power, which within the last two OF thre
yeara has Significantly disappeared from th
, preamble to tho mutiny acf. 4 war betwae
France and Prussia would be var for the lei
bank Of the Rhine, aud would, no doubt, b
fought out until the capacity OF the one to col
qacr or the other to defend that debatAbl
, land was fully decided. The military result {
such war would affect 1,s but little. I'll
time has passed when il could matter to En-
land whether any western power possosso
uand OF this Or that fortress. Since th
! last settlement OF Europe, States has
! come to maturity in the world whic
] threaten to dwarf the ordinary members {
the European tystem. Russia and the Unite
. States afe the powers which the next gener'
tion Viii look upon as the most Formidable
I Moreover, thu interests and attention Of Eng
. land are chiefly concerned with her orn gror
ing colonies, and with the vast populations
, Aaia. The result Of Franco-prls-iaU war
! Of little moment to US politically. but we ha.
, an interest, in common with the whole {
, Europe, that the two most advanced nAt;ol
j OF the continent should not plunge into
. contest the effect OF which may be- to divit
! them ior generation By an enduring hatre
! How much the real strength Of cisi1izatie
: may lose by such 4 convnfsion it is impo!sib
: to foreteH. We can only be certain that Il
= importance Of Western Europe, tho princip
I field Of human progress, will be diminishe
= | SetlI2ps peruantntly tY q ffatticiial strife