The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-12-25

NS'SpOuJ - ME. EkN lCH.
Prague, Aug. ~, 1875"
The following letter from the Duke of
nassano. was, in consequence CT one from
Nosnt Metternich, stating, that he had re-
ceived Notes from the Russian and Prussian
Anioassadors, declaring the Congress to be
AT an end, IN consequence of the time, for
winch the ArmistiCe had been made. hay-
ing expired -
Note from The HGiniatrr for Foreign .%c-
fairs 10 Count Metfernich.
he undersigned Minister for Foreign
n ~ mas placed before his Majesty the
declaration Of the 12th of August, bv which
Austria throws OFF the mask Of Mediator.
WIN which she covered her designs.
Since the month Of Februarr, The hos
s'ie dispositions OF the Cabinet of Vienna
towards France were known to all Europe
,Ieninark, Saxnny, Bavaria. Rur;eu,hers
Naples and WeStphalia. have in their
archives documents which prove how much
Austria, under the false appearances of the
'e'e'es' sne tool> Tor her ally, and the love
OF peace, nourshed Jealousy against France.
HE Undersigned refuses to retrace tho
system OF prOtestations lavish OH one side
ana ihslnuations spread upon the other. by
whlcn the cabinet of Vienna compromised
the dignity OF its Sovereign, aud which in
It's deVeiopement, what is most sacred
among men, Mediator, u Congress, & the
name of Peace.
II Austria wished to make war. VIVA.
occasion nae she to ciothe herself in false
language, and surround France with snares
so oaoly contrived, that they were evident
to every body 1t the Mediator wished for
peace, would he have pretended that so
complicated transactions could have been
accomplished in Is or 80 days Was that a
pac!hc disposition which consisted i'm dicta
SinS peace TO France in less time than
would have been requisite for concluding
the capitu latinn oil beseiged place The
peace OF liachen required more than four
'hoHths negotiations ; more than six weeks
were employees in that Of Sislow, before e.
ven the discussions respecting the forms
were terminated the negotiation for the
peace OF Vienna. when the greater part of
the Austrian Monarchy was in the hands of
france, lasted two months. In the d fer
ent transactions, the interests ana the num-
oer on the parties were circumscribed and
when at PRAGUE, the point was to law down
/ the basis OF general pacifcation-to con-
Citrate the interests of France, Of Austria.
| OF Russia, OF Prussia, Of Denmark. of Saxo-
ny, and 50 many other Powers-wheD to ,he
Com pHcatlon which arose out of the multi
pilcify and the Diversity of interests were
JPlnco the difficulties resulting from the o.
pen and concealed pretenSions of the Me
dlator-'t WAS absurd to pretend that every
yAihg ShoH.d be determined in Is DAYS
Without the fatal intervention OF Anstri,
peace would at this present time have been
GohCiuoeo between Russia, France, and
i"SSid' austria, an enemy to France, and
covering her ambition with the mask of NJ
diatriX, complicated every thing. and zen
dered ali conCiliation impossible. But Ans
tria' having declared war, is in a more
true and quite simple position. Europe IS
tRus aearcr peaCe-there is one con,uI;cat;
ON less.
che undersigned has therefore received
orders to propose To Austria, to Immediate
~ adopt the means of arriving at peace
by opening Congress, here eh the pow
eIs' great or small, shall be calleI--Shere
All questions shall be solemnly tilated-
where 1t shall not be demanded that fhis
work, as difficult as it is salutary. he tar1
minated either in a week or month
where t! ey shall pursue with that leisure
lhset arabic from every operation of tina,
heture-wItn the gravity which belongs 70
so great interests and so great ends. The
hegociations shoulj be long They must be
so. Were the Treaties Of Utrecht, Of nj.
meguen, OF Rys%ick, Of AK lie. ChapeIle
c Moulded III a r. & So
IN the greater part o. these memorable
cussions'the quesiel Of peace was ALWAYS
independent of that war they ne|oc;steG
without knowing whether thcy would 6aht
or not and since the Allies found SO msnv
hopes upon the chances OF battle nothins
prevents them how as then, from reeocia.
ting, whilst fighting. The undersigned
proposes to neutralize a point upon the
frontier, as place for Conferences. To as
semble the Plenipotentiaries of Ansrria
OF france. OF Russia, of Prussia, of Saxo
nry-of convoking all those of the BelIieerent
fo"ers' and in commencing in that august
Assembly the work of peace so anxioUsIv
desired throughout all Europe, Nations
VIII experience real consolation in ssn,ng
the SoveTeigns employed in placing term
to the calamIties of war, and to sincere and
enlightened men CO Iiding, the conciliatjne
the interests, conpen sating the sacrifices. 2,
rendering the peace advantageous and he
norsb!e. e. all nations.
q" The Undersigned does not propose 70
reply to the Austrian declaration. and the
single Sritt upon which it iG found d his re.
ply would be complete in a single word he
would rnen,ion the date of the Alliance
concluded between the two Powers ON the
i4t harch, 1912, and the guarantee stiru-
lated by the Treaty, Of the territory oF the
Empire, such rs it was on the 18th March
1912, (S;D1ed e''
he DUKE Of BASSANO. "
DrcadeH, Tno uSt &c, 1918"
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