New-York daily tribune., 1846-01-15
The Fruits of War.

When the great Frederick came to the throne Of
Prussia his father had prepared and equipped for him
an army Of hundred thousand men. Meei,ng shortly
after the Austrian Minister the latter said TO him Your
father has given you great army bur troops have
seen the wolf yours have not" Well we'll '.sad
Frederick 81 will give them opportunity TO see tie
wolf" Frederick then added, in his memoir :" had
some excellent old pretenrions to Austrian province
which some OF my ancestors had owned, hun
dred wears before; and sent an ambassador the
Court of Vienna stating my claim, and presenting full
eroosition of nv right 10 the province The same day
r,v was received in Vienna entered Sile
sa with my army Soyou gee that The very day his
army entered Siesia he gave notice TO the Court of
Vienna that the con'ehGou !oT tAe JOINT occupation OF
Silesin was ended
without faith without mercy; irritable even to fe
rocity: enjoying the pain and humiliation of others"
M2tires for this sudden War on SaeSid-.' The
King of Prussia the AnlMachiavel, had already
fully determined 10 commit the great crime of vo-
latipg his pligh,ed faith by robbing the ally whom
he was bound 10 defend, and by pluneing all Eu.
rope into long, bloody and desoating war and all
this for no end whatever, except that he might
tend his dominions, and see his name in the gezettes
To quote his own words Ambition interest the
desire of making people talk about me, carried the
day, and declared for war. 1hls was IN the w In
ter of 113l
Progress of the Wdr.-But for This beginning of
war il is probable that the peace of all Europe
might have been preserved. Now the whole world
sprang 10 arms. On the head OF Frederick is al the
blood which was shed in war which ragged 30
years, with some suspension OF hostities and in
every quarter of the glcbe. These are the TWO
French wars. before the American Revolution
That the Prussian monarch might rob the Austri-
ans of the province of Silesia, black men fought on
the coast of Coromandel; and red men scalped each
other on Lake Erie; the men of New and Old Eng
land shot each other around the walls of Lewiston
Nova Scotia. and savages murdered or carried into
captivity men, women and Children from Haver-
hill Deerfeld Schenectady and Wyoming.
The allied armies overran Prussia, burnt cities and
villages. and devastated the country. Every sixth
man in Prussia had pershed Frederick anticipa-
ted the ruin of his throne and nation. his sleep
broken his face haggard, the grave was his refuge
from misery and dishonor, and he carried the poison
in small glass case. He wrote to his friends-"I
have no resource left, all is lost will not survive
the ruin Of my country. Farewell forever
But the King recovered hope and pushed On the
war, not caring to what extent property was de-
stroyed, or the pursuits of civil life suspended,
tha, he did but make head against the enemy. AS
long as there was a man left in Prussia. that man
might carry a musket; there were still rye bread
and potatoes-there were still lead and gunpowder,
and still Frederick fought on. At this time he
writes, " am no Saint, and should die conlent, if
frs, could nfict q portion Of the misery which l
endure"
Result and Policy-In February, 1863, the ma
lions signed Peace. The contributions levied on
Prussia by the invaders had exceeded hundred
millions of dollars. Near 5000 houses had been
burnt TO the ground. The traveller passed q success.
sion of villages in which not single inhabitant
NAMED The fields were unculiivated-the tiocks
and herds had been swept away The very seed
corn had been devoured in the madness of hunger.
Thirty years of peace might restore Prussia.
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