The Sun.
London, England, 1815-12-25 00:00:00

T REATY OF rARIS.

DEC. ~444 011secr'er; a (IC-
Journal, publi'-litcl on the Gth of De-
cember, the foil Owing
ThlAcsidts of' so
.nnoty-ncgoe7.ations for
,
peace, delt bave terminated at Paris, are now.
known to all Lite world. Ti'ey reqaire neither
lon explanations nor apologies,- nor eulogies,
and we should not venture to publish our ob-
servationsnpon this subject, if we were not pet -
suaered that after the idle reports and the rash opi-
nioits, which a great many public journals have
cirealated up(in this important topic, it simple and
modest.attempt to place it in its proper point of
view would be agreeable to the public.
" In order to appreciate in the first place, and
in an equitable manner-, the ne!,..,,ociations of Pa-
ris, with Out any reg•ard to the principles upon
which they were concluded, we must consider the
effects which they have produced, and under what
circumstances they have operated.
" The conferences Which led to the conelttsian
of peace were not in full activity till the month
Of December., Up to that period the Ministers
of the Allied Powers were incessantly occupied
with measures relative to the march and mainte-
nance of troops, with determining the districts
which they• Were to occupy, the connection they
were to have Nvitit the native Government,' and
(tVitiCh vc,ts an object of no minor intportance),
with the r,-establishmel!t of order and tranquil-,
lily in the interior of Fientee ; -measures which
requited -an active and daily correspondence with
the French Govertnnent..
" It ss'as not until the mouth of September
that they began the preparatory labours of the
diplotnatie conferences, 'and it was only on the
20f h of that month that , the negociations them-
sel as 'began. From that period, until the day
of .tire sigtwure, not only all thepeaties were
concluded; ; both principal and accessory with
France, bnt.alstr'a great number of Conventions
of the utmost importance, between the Allied
conrts,,.. and -,of which, even to the. present mo-
ment, OulY the Treaty of Alliance that renewed
them. has been publish 4 in air authentic 'shape.
It is sail!: !;:tit for eery impartial man to cast
ouly.a glance upon these aets, to 4e.convirkeed.
in. the Corsentions between Vrance
,and the
liowers, thty fiave tikcil and tie termine:i
tzvery thing which (-polity pernii,ted Europe to
exact as tt.repar.otion for the cv)ls whieleErance-
had inflicted- (as her at least they adinnted of
tparitt)oti), and at •tt security- for tranquillity in
future. 'Every point was disciiss.o; the g“,..atest.
effAti were !mule to Jegadat,e then, iu the.most:
satisfactory manner ; and' eve,ry thing that Was'
poisihle,has bccit thUte. The -.;f'e'et Allied Towerti
tiitLiatit labour exclusively.toetheir own iaclventai4el
'ATensber of. the
.illiiauee ititt.moit:ied
IViritYOt distinction, BeeOt ding to the simc
he e‘outrii4nted-to the common catise. They also
scriipuloysly at tended to (lac j)lst: claims ,of
vidnals., and netintaieed titian with as, lunch tirro--,
OeSs as the most s:fte,red Interety of 'states: No-
thing' W7li imperf ect equivocal. In 'the
same maneer, as we can contirleietly affirm, they
r..-cznlatet!.the relati4uts between the
Allietl Powers. No oliet-t tit..aoy
unlined undecided ; ua ttr4t:ltt 6:ctittineA
Ll:nsaved. A gte,,:t tut-tuber of. those ‘rhicti,
.at
Lite,COOCIIISjoIt of tbe.:ongres3, Inpi not beet) sub.
ftcietitly discussed to ailtuit t.itee:. det;.:rmintd,
Wele•rtnewed at Ihere affairs
bliportant, so iierlile!,:ed, anti preseutni!!,
so
tiltticv difiii ulnas, i+ :ttottlitutted in., so sittut
cod wititso much sio:coi, precision, ant) c•ffeet.
I Upon this point, eet-A they Who think they
Inca a
'ground for crnstirill-•!t;nue prtictifir. ry.uats,- can,
not refativ 91e:tribute ,9!1 their: justice to ihose
btater;Mell typo sOpettntended the whole. •
“A 1 to winq courents the spirit and the prin-
ciples which' have dite•cted all the nceociatins,
tve-sicall. hazard the.tol.lowing reflections o
:.--- •
" esUblista a.tytte *{ate peace nib France
is A spanner as soliti.as.circlonstanees iitii pet wit,
Europe st,o,ild require- indemuities for tut: past,
awl 'security :or the I,,ture. Toe last b'e'ats has.
fultiThal this double end in the most advantageous
In9nner.
.we cons ;(ter in the point of view Of
indemnitieti;the worth of tite teuritottai etssions,
and the pecuniary contrihutions which it imposes
on France, surpasses intiell the expellees of the
last c.aMpaigii, whiell besides have been Sit rittirt.eti
in the most part by France, - But considered in
another pOiut of view more important, the terri-
torial cessions ..md, the pecuniary contributions of
all the neighbouring States, tile greatest solidity.
for Omit; future safety. For a, great part of the
'_stints witich France is to Pay, is, by yit:toe of a
formal ConventiOn; concluded between the iiilier-
eot,Conrts,.destinea. to the construction of new
fortresses at dilferent points On the frontiers, and
in a military view the aggrandisement of frontier
• •
.German uroviuces on the Sayre and'the Lautes the
cession of I)billippeville Marienburg.Sarre-Lotti3
and Landau, mid the demolition of the fortiLlea-.
tions of HUningtten, May be considered its great
atiyanttiges, as well as the augmentation of the
tSriwiss territory, and the cession of. all, SayOy'tCt
the icing of Sardinia's :States, '[hose VlWkl•
gOus • terms, together with the satisfaction • of.
so (natty private claims which 'had till now been
'done ininerfret justice to, it the design had not
been adapted of ruining Francealtogether.
" This, in truth, is what many liersons would
'wish—pet:sots who regard the ahnse'of foi•ce, as
skilful policy, or blind policy as ati of pct of lOve
of country. There have risen among others
in
differentimints of Oertnany,‘many voices Wile!)
have angrily condeinned before-hand thiS 'Treaty,
the fruit of so much reflect-4in and labour. In
the supposition that, it, would not be admitted 'as
a basis of a negociation, that France shoti.ldre7
linquish three or four of her most productive
frontier provinCes, could. such •a plan he executed
wit bout proloning' inde fit ill ely the state of Wnts
so as not only to dept tee France of her political
existence, but to bring down ineateulable evils on
all litn:ope. This.question is the 10'14 which it
will be necessary toexatnine, and to reso:ve it will
require noire profound knowledge of. goiiuc s tlum:
we can
,suppose any of these pa,sionate jodgcs:to
possess. Another, not less importatit
is this., supposing- we eQuld obtain these condi,7
Lions without evident clat4ter, -.you'd it he-prudent
to reqnire. them Would this be the method oh
iusurin:, or facilitating to a State shaken to its