TIE BALANCE OF POWER.
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We shall soon know the opinions of Eu- ropean governments upon the Presidents explicit declarations upon MT. Guizops doc trine of "a balance of powero on the Aineri- can continent, t,--ifthey shall publicly express any Our own belief is that they will say nothing on the subject, and endeavor. by si- lence, 10 repair MT. Guizot's awkward errors What continental government will say

 word in opposition to thc Presidents declar aiions on this spbiect,. Russia, whose poli- cy is peace anl commerce with the United States, which gives itself no trouble about American democracy, while the American government do not interfere with Russian autocracy. which seeks the freedom oi the ocean for the benefit of it's own conmcrcej and regards the United Stass as the most formidable opponent of British maritime tyranny, and which, moreover, IS sufficient | iy occapied with the Circassans, will not espouse any quarrel into which MT. Guizot may blunder, to establish balance of pow CT on another continent. Prussia has full hands with its own subjects, quarrellng l about religion, and camorous for the consti- tutIon so often promised and so long denled- Austria Is too much afraid of another "uni- ted States in Italy, to think of interfering with the United States of America. Who then are lef, 10 talk about this ''balance of power ;n Frrncs and Britain. In France, owning not foot of soil on this continent, I and dependent on the United States for the most valuable portion it's trade, and unable 10 enforce any balance of power, such pre- tension is net only supremely ridiculous, but inordinately insoient. How will France. enforce such doctrine. \ hundred thou- sand troops, fit could land ihen upon our coast, would soon leave their bones on onr 1 coil. And .he French Government, afraid of rerolu'ions, aud European aggressions, and

 with it's hands full Of the Arabs, could not very conveniently sparea hundred thousand soldiers, even if it could fnd the means .of sending them across the Atlantic. The Brit

 ish Government ayow and will contend for no such doctrine If it should, onr conquest of its Northern colonies wih their own good will, would sadly disturb the eftsting

 balance, and transfer large amount of credit 10 our side of the sheet We therefore be- lieve tha, European governments will be si- lent on this subject. If they are, they will proclsm that France WAS rather premature In the declaration. If they are net, all they can say will proclaim ther inability to ac- complsh any such project. In either case, the message will be a bitter pill, and the at ti;uge of our country will command the res pect of all enlightened Europeans. Now let

 the people stand fast by the President I Phladelphia Public Ledger