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thing that was possible has been done.
6. The great Allied Powers did not labour ezein
sively for their ewn advantzge. Each mensher
the alliance was indemniEed without distinction, et_
cording. to the share which he contributed to the co °-•
mon catve. They also steeple) ovliy atterd,d t. thz
just claims of individtials, and onati:tainc:l them w;rh
as much firmness as the moat sacred hoe:este, ',l'.
States. Nothing was left imperfect or equivocal. le
the saw: manner, as we can conffientiy affirm, they
'discusses and reguived the ref &tins lietweei. the Al.
lint Porvers. No object Of any iMportince
Ontle:lded ;- no argent question remained u•isiilve,•
A great number of those which, at the ca
the Cinizre.ic. had. not bred sufficiently di•!•!,..e
admit of being determined, were erneweit it
Never were there affairs so insporiant, so re, ;,
and presenting so many difleculties, term•ii itoi in
short a time,. -iswil-wiels-posinnefr SUrcebr,-- Ore; r,ion.
and efnct. UpOn this point even' they
they have a grreroci• for marring some rsill'em 4,
cannut edit se the tribute oi their iiistiot
statesmen who superintended the Whole.
As to what concerns the spirit And tier
which, have d;rectud all the negoc:atiun:, slaJit
hazard the following reflections :
66 To establi.h a true state of peace with Prince
a Manner TF solid as circtiniaantes will 'semi.%
tope should require iudemoities for the po-a,
security for the future. The last treaty has
this double end in the most advanuoteoas
'lf we consider, in the point ait view of indemniti,:i.
the Worth of the territorial cessions, imd the- pecu.
niary contributions which it ireposes on France, sur-
passes much the expenses of the last campaign,
besides have been supported in the most put by
Fraseee. But considered in another paint of view
more important, the territorial cession: utoi,
niary contributions of all the neln!toonfitig States,
the greatest solidity for their future saiety. it a
great part of the sttnls which France is to i,ay, is, by
oieriie of a formal Cnovention conclu:led bete..
' the different Comet, destined to the con•truct•.iii •.:
net/ fortresses at different points on the frontiers,
lin a military view the aggLiadisem.nt of croon,
German provinces on die Sarre and the Lours,
cession of Fhitlippevihe, Maiieubierz„ irre-Lo:n
and Landau, arid the der:blition of the itittitic.4!:,,..
of Hitningitee, }say be considered its great
tages, as well at the augrtraitation of the S.ei::;
tory, and the cession of all S irhy t tier luny(.•
Sardinia's Srates. Those adeantagi•ous tenon, 1(
geiher with the satisfaction of so many private chin.
which had till pow been dine imperfect justice to, i.
the desigO had not been adayted of ruining France.
66 This, in truth, is what many pessow woio.
wista—personi who regard the abuse of force, as sidle
lul policy,' or blind policy as an elf..-ct of hale of coui,
There have risen among ethers in ditterer
points of Germany, many voices which have angiii
condemned beforrhano this Treaty, the knit of 5
much reflation and labour. In the opposition tii..
it would not be admitted as a basis of a negociathi •
that France should reliuquish three or four of la
mest productive frontier provinces, could such a pia
be executed without proloneiag indefinitely the sta.•
of war, so as not on:, to deprive France of her pc:.
tical existence, but to bring down incalculable eri
on all Europe. This question is the first which
will be necessary to examine, and to resolve it will
'equine inure profound knowledge of politics than we
eats suppose any of their passionate judges to posses-
Another, not less important question, is Olis, sul
posing we could obtain these conditions without ev -
dent danger, would, it be prudent to require thee '
Would this be the Method of insuring or facilitate, ;
to it Stare shaken to its foundation, its political reg.-
neratioo, 'that ';teat prob!ool .1 state knowledge
.rope ? nit all the risources .f policy offer at.:
ether ponciple, or consideration, or interest, than :
weaken Fra'tce without end—without martin
What, in short, would have been the conseqiiences
this dangerous attempt it it had tailed ? \Vita ev ls
w.allit it not have produced if it had sowed the ger,.
of misunderstanding among the p ewers otiose unit,:
has ssved Europe, and laid ,he foundation of a kr..
and durable peace ? Motives ot that importance on! ,
which can explain the uniform views and the Wit
concerted proCeedings of the Powers, whose utile
less than ever could be disturbed on t!:,s ire t+ t
question, for all that has been said of their differeii,
of opinion, and lung and warm dehates which it ga-,-;
rise to, may be ranked with the tables of the day.
66 The internal state of Fr.mce is not yet of t
ture to make us regard as without tot:aid:awn the . •
,quietude which has been manifested on this subje,t.
Happily, this restlessness, as to the interest an
other States are interested in, is confined in oari
bounds. Fiance is, for a long time, out of e=dit o
to threaten her neighbours ; and if, in otter respect,
it were not of the highest importance for Eurpei
a solid and durable order should he estahlis! ed int it
unhappy country, she might, without d..nso, he t
to herreit---such is the strength of the I 1 syst
of Europe. But such a resolution would he inc.:T•
patible with the principle of the Allied SUrefeig .'•
l'he measures which they have taken are eusol'
worthy of their wisdom and moderatiod. h.
44 The permanency of a numerous army, suer'
ted on the frontier plates of France, must
ail the uneasiness which new troubles iii the intsr:
of France might cause to the neighbouring States : -
anti at the same time maintain the Royal Autoocf.
in the most energetic manner, without hampering
open ati. • ns.
" To this measure the Allied Courts have joi
other proceedings, of which the wise and
object cannot he mistaken by the French Gov
All has been &tie in this respect which
permit—we must expect the rest from time, if
developement of the present Constitution,
whe!,,
withstandit.g some dettctshas so many good'from the favourable influence ef a happy and Pe
hal neighbourhood on France, which at last has L . • • •
rigorousiy enough punished fur its past errors.
" But if the horizon is not entirely cleared 0:
this point, it is not less clear in other parts. At
epoch since the establishment of the European
once has the harmony been more perfect and
than now. The negociations at 1814 left still In
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to be desired and much to tear. Those of I OIL; L.
consummated the great work. The moment is ct
when the perspective of the golden age for Ete
should not be put in the number of poetical flaw!
:‘ The new l'reaty baLwast the four C"