Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-04-26
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BRATTLBBoRo, WI.
SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1856.
PEACE IN EUROPE.

been broughtto a close. The belligercnt par
ties have all signed defntivn treaty Of peace.
Nothing now remains to be done but to get in
the bills and foot up the expenses. As for
paying them that Is out Of the question. The
amount will be charged over to the national
debt account, where il will only be felt as the
screw of taxation receives an extra turn.
To us il seems that, as among the allies,
Louis Napoleon has rcaped all the advantages
derived from the war. The details of the pa
cfcation have not yet been made public, nor
are they indeed all yet arranged and digcsied.
But enough is already known to induce such
belief. When he assembled the imperial
throne of France, Russia refused TO acknowl-
edge him as the founder Of dynasty. She
accepted his elevation MS fact, but she would
not admit him within the pale of those who
ruled by divine right. England also regard
ed him ms de faeio rather than de jure ruler,
and had II not been for her former expensive
efforts in attempting TO prevent Napoleon
from ruling France, she would have probably
hcsitated longer before she allowed the parye-
nu monarch to become the guest Of her own
loved queen. The latter Of these countries
Louis Napoleon has made his faithful yet sub
ordinate ally in a war Of his own, while we
venture to say that no questions Of his 'di-
vinity' az n monarch will ever be heard from
Russia. At this moment the first government
Of Europe is that Of France, and Louis Ma
poleon is its embodiment. Less than eight
years since he was an exile and in poverty.
Where he may he eight years hence no one
can tell; but il his dreams Of ambition con-
tinuc to be as well realized as in the past, il
needs no seer to inform Us that he will occu-
py a position that was unailained by the fret
Napoleon.
In relation to the results Of the war we find
the following in the Boston Alias, which we
think is very just estimate so far as il goes,
of the results produced by the war, aud the
condition in which it leaves some of the par
ties who were engaged in the conflict
"'rhosc who have from the beginning stu
diou-ly misrcpresented the war, lis causes and
its purposes, will now hasten to declare that
il has accomplished nothing, and after ter
rpie expenditure OF pioou ann treasure, mas
left Europe in 'iafu quo Nothing could be
further from the truth. Russia, Il is true, has
been treated mngnanimously, but she crawls
out Of the contest maimed, crippled and ex-
hausied. The monarch whose rapaciiy pro-
voked hos'il'iies has gone to his account and
WIN MN has utterly faded from the earth
thnt system wh'eh he devised, AMI the appli-
nnces by which he sought TO establish It. The
Prineipalities at which he grasped have slip
ped away from his dynasty forever. Consian-
tinople, which he coveted, never occupied a
position OF greater independence. lie aspir-
ed to make Russia great naval, and the war
has settled coneiusively that such a power she
can never be. The magnificent fleet which
II cost years ofiaoor 10 construct, has been ut
lef'y demolished. Inc seemingly impregna-
o'e 'o'''ess "n'cn was 10 protect that heet has
"een swept IRON Tue earih. Inc neutrality
oi 'he n'aek sea anu the sea oil Azot has been
secured Inc ice navigation ofthe Danube
mas oeen es'@o'ished' Al the other extremity
VI '"e einpfe' .he aihahee WIN Sweden has
"'e" RUSSIA IRON inc Auaniic coast and
- 80 ~ "S' o"'' a"''' ueP"'' frozen up Tor
""' '"o 'e"'' '"e ca" never We nrst rate
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"e o.' "',", "ei '''''ary resources
~ oe'" "'''' a'u 'ou"u waning heierc
"' "' s"o o'eis""uo"eu Europe, and h'Ied
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