Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-01-07
THE APPROPRIATION OF CRACOiV.

From the Foreign Correspondence ~ lie II ,tSiia.,i1i
ilioa.
But have already dclayedto lny To announce one
Of the most important events which las irauspryl in
Earppc since SlJ. The fPo lands nat OF a has
set forever The free cty Of CracGw the last hope Of
the Poles, Is now a pert Of the Austrian cnpire The
three powers which partiiioncd X, skos csun,ry
Lave dccrccj II; and, withstandtnr e emphatic dec
laatops of NJ. rizot and Lord Pamerslon ha, such
procedure. when 1t was lhreatecd in April list wcull
be cH"uS beh against 'hc perpetrators # this bold act
vet lis NOW 81 trcH acccD III The British papers par
cuarly Lord Paine rslon organ. tha tie nrls-
prc WAS conSuu mated account Of lie enicne r,Iar
which Louis Philippe has locn endoavorl 10 10 eslae
sh with the Emperor Of Russia. and charges him with
haNll been ghly 81 more dGplc ~ than be even was
III the Nlun 'nScr mara"e. The Dehais on the con
rary declares that thc French government regards the
usuFl"n as c9cratcd to en,anger the peace Of a Eu-
rope aud that ENGLAND and Frarcc should stand side h,
side IN their IcS.s,ance to That journal # The 2lst
commenting upon the subject. observes
wv cannot add anything lie force of the word;
pronounced in the two mrl'amcnts oi France and En-
Gland by MIR. Guiz and Lori lalmerson If treat cs
were any hing. If ticfc was any other eht in Euro,
than that OF bayunes. should say Without fear of
ng conradictcd y any of ,hc Nr:,rs on rational law
IL Russ Il. Prussia. and Au>a thai The free city # Cr,
20" enjoyed all ,hc qua a0res winch II letter and spr
II ol the most solemn treaties IN he world could afford
on May J. el5. Austria and Russia had r,eorn,zed
ever The independence and neutrality of he city If Ora
COW. The ST. day Prussia and Russia had made a
'r'aiy i INC same object and IN The same terms On
J0nc9. Sl1, these treaties Lad been sanctioned and
inserted IN the mnu Of the Congress Of Vienna sane
ftned by all the pc In alice e. il was declared
that the city ct tiacow. with lis tcrrry was 10 be for
free ndcpcrdc aud strictly ncntial CITY Sucb
are ne lltS which 1t is now thought fit tear up =
And why What crime has the poor indrpcpd,ni citv
commit "a! LIS ctlme Is hs-.hat il hrs rcn stacked
with the Polish refugees from Gallica ;or in 9th, r
"5idS, en- an aust'Ian province. TAX. no Ilat it is
not now i" CracoW that the Polish conspirarors come
bnt from taIlca. II is not of Cra,aw IL; a complain,
q CHIT Ia he made it u.s. on The candarv Cracow which
has rioh 10 complain. Blu no Inattei n that If is
Cracow which is punishcd and Aus ria which in
ncis the punishment by :alang possession oft Never
must b. declared, have diplomat SIS Translated with
more pItlcsS hdoliy the fable Of the wolf and the aub
We are quite aware that treaties do not 81 for thirty
years aud we know that there perpctuirv for them
except IN the pomplus expressions of heir protocols II
Is however, assuming great sp1nslbly 10 tear ND
treaty and to proclaim openly that the spnations Of Eu
ropean right are cast into oblivion Fycrs thing in fact
IN the treaty OF vienna is conarce together If one mr.
tice Is scratched out why cra.n another If ,rt;
d. which protected Cricow is alb lishe1 why s,o,d ar
tee H. aitnbntng TO Prussia great par of the knr nm
OF SaNony, he respected Or article - contrrrnr
on her sovereignty Of the old French de1a ens ON the
lett bank OF the Rhine ! And 10. which makes Frank
fort ON the Maine free CITY, Is not more c,.ar and Nv
preSSNe than arlclcO which makes Cracpy \ free and
independent city also Articles - and 10. which max,
4eneva and Basic Two Swiss cities are no,hjno anna
tN hph' S''ld ana stringent i1n article o. Nav m re
why should we be Obliged torcspcrt article 3 of tho treat
oi November, 1919 which lncrdietcd France from r
nying llunlneuen?' -
thus the case IL distinctly stated 1.-THE relations If
England ard France were other than what they are iis
exceedingly questionable whether they would have ,t
tempted physically To prevent the political annhia,i,p
ct 'acow hat, under existing circumstances ADM; tl,
LOUIS fmliPp' Is IN NJ way committed I, the three mar
ihtrn IWerS. they could not in concert in anv onn
stlon winch they might he disp sed tomake. r6ev ba,
zach other more impacaby than either ofthem b,tcs
'nSS'a Aus ria. or Prussia. England ar,ues ifFr,nc
Is permitted by these nations to violate the FRENZY
'reen' Wh IMMUNITY. Austria is justified AT e,s, nv m
anPe, III violating the treaty If Nienna On the o,bnr
hand the king Of the French is cont,s,ed with his r
nhhS beyond the Pyrences and in order to make ..,,
Sofance douoy sure hereafter. probably disposed =,
"ance any step thai would result in weaken,pn tho
influence ct Great Britain on the continent '''s '''
Inns innovation upon the equilibrium, of ru,.,o
arranged at Vienna by MeernIch and Castloreanh L"l
'iHo'c.l among the smaller German states tho mo-,
hing 'rphodingS for they imagine thai nov nar,i
=, nun ATOMS mat they too 10 be lnerred ,nt ~
u pnIuuonlng powers. The free towns rho pI,;
uc r@'' and the Nescr have no other nr,,,i ''''''
.er sovereignty than AT upu which the free n,n
lsua f'i'ch an! rs the game Il the ..sr,nocs, oI
u" 'r" 10 be The order Of tbs da1 the ia, b ri heuf