Year: 1863

radicals, with Greeley at their head to ruin this
city by bringing about conflict between the
State and national administration, followed
with martial law, military governor, and diota-
tors in future elections? That we have escaped
that is almost miracle, and is due to the firm
ness of our conservative citizens and their CO.
operation with the Governor and Generals Wool
and Sandford.


Probable END or tho Entente CordiaIc
Between France and England.
Napoleon's Mexican scheme will doubtless
have one result. 1t will arouse the fears and
jealousies Of Great Britain, who will see in the
conquest of the Mexican republic by the
French the commencement of q new era in the
commercial as we'll as military history Of
Napoleon's empire. England Is proud of her
immense commercial prosperity, and always
observes with jealousy the attempts Of all other
Powers to rival her in this her boasted sphere.
From this feeling arises her desire to see the
people Of the United States divided. 1t is this
feeling which has caused the evident favor OF
the aristocratic and wealthy commercial classes
throughout England towards the seeded States.
Great Britain fully understands that our COM





mercial resources are greater than hers, and
that in US she had rival fast outstripping her
most successful ventures. She saw that our
immease natural advantages were as yet
scarcely brought into play, and II Was a. 6vf-
dent to her ~ to all the world that we were
destined to be the great Power Of the universe.
1t is but natural that England should have
viewed us with an envious eye, and that she
rejoiced when the rebellion broke out, and
fostered 1t as much as she dared.


But now arises q new source Of discomfort
and dread for England. The Emperor Of the
French has succeeded in obtaining the mastery
over the Mexican republic, and proves by his
actions that he intends to foster the resources
Of the country, never as yet fully cultivated,
while his programme includes no less scheme
than the cutting Of canal at Panama to con-
meet the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The Suez
Canal being in his possession, another canal
at Panama would give him great con-
troll over the commerce of the world,
and England may well feel alarmed
by the present movements Of Napoleon, who,
although he has not realized the great schemes





ing foothold in the New. This invasion of
the American continent by France at this
epoch has its parallel in the invasion of Egypt
by the First Napoleon, which so frightened
Great Britain, who saw in that movement an
attempt to take from her the Indian empire.
In England it is well understood that every
stride towards commercial greatness made by
Napoleon is SO much loss to John Bull; and
when you touch his pocket he is ever very
quick at resentment.


To add to the uneasiness felt by the English
government at Napoleon's present movements
will be the fact that his Majesty may now be
tempted to carry out some alliance with Davis,
which will give him. in a great measure, the
control of the cotton, sugar and tobacco crops
Of the South. This England could never stand,
and we dare assert that she would in such a
case at once make common cause with the
North against both-the seeded States and the
Emperor Napoleon. England will understand
that she would have more to dread from an
alliance between Davis and France than from
the reunited States, and she will, we feel as
sured, work against such . contamination,
which is evidently entertained by the ambi-
tious and nowise serupulous ruler Of France
and the equally scheming ENJOYS of the rebel
Davis We should not be astonished to hear
at any moment that an English feet was
cruising In the Gulf Of Mexico, with purposes
far from friendly to the august ally Of perade
Albion. The entente cordiale, which for years
has existed but in name, must weigh heavily
upon Great Britain, who would doubtless
throw it off with good will. France has no
faith in the entente; and where both parties are
so distrustful rupture is easily accomplished


In all this we have our part to play. The
willy Mler of France has seized upon the mo-
ment Of our trouble to insult our government
by taking possession of country which we
cannot allow him to keep, as the very fact of
bis possession Is in direct opposition to our we'll
known intentions AZ regards this continent Not
content with thus acting against the will of the
United States, Napoleon has actually asserted
that he did it with the intention Of arresting
our progress, and we cannot tamely brook this
affront. We must by some means obtain men
enough to put down the rebellion at once, and
then, with the united forces Of North and South,
we must teach the over ambitious monarch Of
France that the American people have great
role to play in favor of oppressed humanity,
and that such mpediments as he endcavors to
throw in their way will be swept aside like
cobwebs The work we must first accomplish Is
the suppression Of the rebellion, and that ID
near at hand. Then we shall be enabled to turn
our attention to the flibustering schemes Of
France, and shall baulk them as surely a. that
our power and influence must spread over the
whole Of the continent Of North America
There is no room here for the populations Of the
Old World save as our loyal subjects.


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