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Show A GENERAL WAR. Wo have had little to say for .some days on the war. The dispatches have said all that was necessary. Vast hosts of men are getting close together on the Rhine border, with murderous intent; for it is murder when oue man kills another unjustifiably and with malice aforethought ; and every soldier sol-dier going jnto the field of battle is taken there, not to till one but as many as he can, of those whose only wrong is that they too have obeyed their rulers and have gone forth to daughter their fellow-beings without J'jfot cause of provocation. JJy tho tenor of the news for the part day or two, it seems evident the present war in Europe will be a general one. It appears impossible for England Eng-land and Russia to keep out of it; and though France and Prussia strike the first deadly blow, the exigencies, accidents and circumstances of war will inevitably involve others. One decisive deci-sive stroke ou the part of France, or on the part of Prussia, will make a preponderance of power, morally if not territorially, that will alarm surrounding surround-ing nations. If France should overweight over-weight Prussia, Russia would see a giant rising to confront her ambitious schemes; should Prussia overmatch France, Austria and Italy would see danger to themselves in the result. View it in the best possible light, the strong probabilities are that before winter quarters are entered, four-fifths of Europe will be involved in war; and we have no idea it will close with oue brief campaign. |