The lawyer's son of Corsica, 2 that fiery symbol of despotic Democracy, had so drained Europe of her blood and her treasures, that the nations sympathetically, mechanically as it were, rested wearily upon their blood stained arms to recover once more their long spent strength. This long spell of quiet and resting of armor has not arisen from any increase of peaceful morals, or love among nations. 1 Twenty-five years peace in Europe! The like has not occurred since Cæsar with his victorious legions invaded Britain near twenty centuries ago. For twenty-five years European nations have been at peace with each other, and the several excitements that have created bloodshed, have been the civil commotions of individual nations. It resembles the stillness which mariners, who sail in tropical seas, tell us invariably precedes the terrible, awful and desolating hurricane. The calm which prevails in the civilised world at the present time is of thrilling moment.
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