The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-08-27

Metternich con nletf A HE a4tb vs.r or ,bs r5,b
of Nav. He was horn in 177a when Mar,
Theresa was Empress- Queen Of GERMANY and
Hungary. ouis XIV. King Of France. George
TIT. in the thirteenth wear NJ hi. t;os.h,n
Of England. and Catbarine IT, was Czarina
Of Russia. The United State were then Brit
ish Colonies. Holland was RennSI;c ysn;ce
reirned over and from her hundred ;s,es- ard
Poland was still an extensive kingdom. ftbe
partition treaty was signed in 1772. \ The,old
French monarchy was apnarentlv as flourish
ing as il had been at anv time since the davs
of Hugh Capet. and the gui,lotine was an un-
known name to the nations. OF those eminent
Russian soyers,sos. whom we have seen make
the world trembIe. neither Alexander nor
Nicholas was horn. and bo,b are now in their
graves. the former diving more than thirty
wears since. Napoleon was a little bov of four
or five wears. sstf ddl;nro abont on Cors;can
and was as fond Of confectionarv a.
if be were not destined 70 inven- beet snear
The American Declaration was not dreamed
of. Soain was soa,n with Indies. and vice.
rows ruled in both the countries Of Mexico
and Lima. Statesmen who have be.o dead
for half a century were bovs. or vounp man
for examine. the Younger Pitt and Charles
lanes Fox ..Ev.,;n.,, had M, heen wr;t,.,
Scott was on,v tweotv.on. months old Rvron
was M, horn nnt;, sone 6fteen wears ,.,.r and
even Sam Ro0ers wa. hnt a child Vat sEv.
ebna,, il now An old book Scot, and Rvro,
long since vanished. and even Rorers ia dead
while Mettern;ch ia alive and IN good nbv.;-
ca, condition. though he has had his full share
NJ t,,.,s and n.rnl.x;,;os .,a ,y.s na,or
miracle Of confluence. pract;ca,,v h. ia a
Mormo,;te .sR,datzkv connscts IN. mill
tarv profession Of the are of FreJer;ck and
Daua with that OF pelissier and Todlebcn. 80
does Metternich connect noaer, d;n,omacv
and statesmanship with those OF the age Of
Kaunitz and yergennes. Thev are both Ans.
TRANS. and each once held the worlds Fate in
his hands Metternich n in 1919. when he ipduc.
ed his master to side with the Allies against
Na,oleon, and Radetzky. in 1889. when he
turned the tide in favor of Austria in sIta,v.
II ia noteworthy. however. that Metterricb
faiIe, at the very time when Raketzky suc-
ceeded, the soldier proving himself to be as
good a man at eighty. as the statesman at
forty. -ree
Metternich's life synchronizes with the
new age that commenced in l776. He is the
sole survivor of the actors in the great events
of that age. Of all those who signed the :nfa-
nous act of oatlawry against Napoleon, adopt-
ed by the Congress of Vienna, March 13. 1915
-aa act that gave the Emperor IN to the dag
ger of the a,sassin-he and Nesselrode, SO
far as we know, alone live; and Nesselrode
was not one of the frs. men of those DAYS. If
any of the other signers are living, their modes
of life are such as to keep them free from pub
lie observation. Metternich has outIiyed
with the exception already named, all those
reactionary statesman who triumphed in 1872
'I5-Wellington, Castleresgh. Hardenberp
Liverpool. Cathcart. Chateaubriand. St.dion.
and the rest. All the men of the other side,
too, are gone Bassano, Caulaincou Carnot,
Thibeaudeau, and all the Others of those French
men who were identified with the fortunes Of
their country and its illustrious chief. Lord
Castlereayh,s brother. the late Maro,is Of
Londonderry, saw Metternich at Vienna in
1s4i,. and the ola prince--be wa, then az
himself TO coral ixed 10 a rock
both must move together. . forcible 6oore to
which the events Of ls4s gave livelv inter-
pretration. 81 8
In the note that contained thi, remark. he
alluded to the share which he and the Marouis
had borne in the war that led To Nspoleon, 81
oyerthr ow, ga war; he said, (which is now
becom no a mart of those times which hi.torv
itself names horoic:Y vet we now and him
alive, and likely to live much longer. seven.
teen wears after having written thus COMMA.
Gently to IN. Eue,;shm.n. who I. mn more
tne mos. dis''psu'snea oe MS Predeeessors,
Aau"'s' a'eo 'n MS oo'n ye"' which IS Met
age.
nase sa'1 that messernieh lsa practical
MormonHe, ana II the reader wishes to see
the proor OF tne correctness OF the assertion,
We refer MN 10 VOL u, PIP. 44l-2. Of DR..
Vesne's "Memoirs OF the Court, Aristocracy
and diplomacy OF Austria" The English
translation OF tnat work, however, affords but
an inadequate idea OF the SUBJECT. Ore must
80 70 'ne original 10 get Oh the facts that are