The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-28
sEUC nTSp TIC II.


1si5, 10 "ss" , ,a,ceIed out Europe among
Prussia eha n"e -, now appear to be consider
themse',es, he Russia, one of the high contract
ed saere" ras 81. Petersburg CARTE, OF Feb. IL,
thus speaks A.. ,srouare of thu Emperar
of the he very last extremity. II all means of
war .sioa should prove Of no avail In That case
4 would !, pe her present situation. War must conse
kuroy be considered possible. and oil that remains
q 20 prepare for that ,ad IL the noch
.he batter; but ii they fail, the extsting situauen
mnst then be accepted. however disagreeable It
nav be- Bat 10 there not some means OF avoid
,rs that disastrous nece,sitys The present terri
toriAi division Of kurope is founded on the treaties
Of is.s Inc IN part Of Italy the
tants of which are not friendly to her:, Inc
statesmen and orators OF England eonsss s az
fre,ties may be compared TO the sestal virgins.
who could only fulhl their sacred functions as long
~ thav remained intact. Does not n treaty which
hsen inrinsed prove that it does not perfectly
respond 10 the spirit which dictatedn As 70 those
Of ss they have ses ss now inyoSss II Enrope
had desiredhat they should be invioiaby observed.
she would have opposed Win All ner iorse .as resor
ties which ssgned those treaties. The same may be
said OF the revolution OF leis, so courteonsly &C
cepied by England and lastly Of the revolution of
december 2. iss2 which re established the empire |
in France and placed the reins OF government in |
the hands Of member Of "a nat ,ers
new life i those treaties which have become pow
erlees because the principles which served rs their
bases no longer exist, We regard 1t as measure in-
tispepsable to secure the tranquility OF EUROPE
which govern nations. No doubt they are; and ii
the AFFAIRS of the world were Interchangeable treaties
would be so like WISE Bnt II those documents which
ought 10 tranquility In Europe on the contrary
PLACE her in false and periious position Is it got an
evident proet that they have ceased to answer the
purpose for which they were concluded 1t may
readily be conceived that those elastic conventions
resembling as they do the nets which stop oaiy
small fish. while the large ones can force passage
opinion condemns them. Thus the pamphlet Of
"Nspoleon Ill eft rltalie" Gays with reason: THAT
a Power which will not consent to the changes
which are generally considered to be necessary
may invoke treaties, and have written law on lis
side but public opinion will be against it. What
ever may become the fate of the treaties Of 1875 it
10 not certain that Italy cannot remain IN the
state in which she now as nnsop0
an armed collision, and on the day after decisive
battle these treaties must De revised ana Iemo noe
escape those terrible trials but we repeat that Ia
our opinion the present situation OF Europe Is
scarcely preferable to war. lt is tune that the
nations of Europe should form Only one body. And
1t be 3d. how can we say when one member suffers,
what is that to u.s.! But that does concern Us
with that member. We shall quietly await events.
and If the Cabinets succeed IN preventing the strug
dence but if it breaks out We at least hope that II
ton"
The New York Hcrqld, in an article of real abil-
ity, comments upon the above significant para.
graphs 1t asks: "What was the Congress of
Vienna or the settlement of Europe in 1915, that
II should stand as an unsurmountabe barrier TO
the march OF events An arrangement made be-.
tween four crowned robbers-a quadruple alliance
TO parcel out Europe among themselves, and for
the benefit of their families aud friends-the
Austrian and Russian Empsrors and the King O.
Prussia in person, and the British king by bis
representatives. So little were the rights of ma.
tions respected in that conclave that it was pros
posed to annihilste the independence of France
and divide her into pieces, like Poland
This catastrophe was sverted only by the strong
remembrance of Talleyrand, who in the name
of Louis XVIII. urged the doctrine of 'le.
gitimacy,' aud reminded the other monarchs that
this was the only title they held to their OWL
thrones; that by dsmembering France they
would have two forces to contend sgainst, which
when combined, might prove irresistible: the
force of democracy and the force of nationality
for the severed parts Of the nation would ineyia.
bly, be drawn to each other and become reunited
His advice, therefore, was that they should
direct their hostility against Napoleon alone
This home argument prevailed. But in that
Congress Taleyrahd was not the represen tative
OF France. nor of its reignDg monarch who was
then Napoleon, but of the dethroned Bourbon
The treaty made without the consent o
France, and lord Palmerston admits that 'it wal
not altogethe such as the French nation wished.
Upon what principle, then, is France or Loui,
Napoleon bound by it?n
The Herald euumerates other provisions Of III,
treaty; one, to strip France of her Rhenish pro,
vinces, her natural boundary being the Rhine
70 Ausk |,
Italy, conquered from her by the sword of Napo,
leon l.; another, to ex'inguish the Napoleon dy.
nasty, aud to guarantee the throne of France a.
the perpetual inheritance of the Bourbons
where" asks the Herald, ''are the Bourbon,
now? Scattered to the four winds of Heaven by
two revolutions-that of 1880, which oyerthrew
Charles Y, and brought Louis Philippe to the
Throne; and that of 1SiS, which overthrow Louis
Philippe, and extngushed the Bourbon DYNASTY
And where is the doomed Napoleon dynasty -
Reigning Ia the Tuleries, its representative being
the first Monarch Of Europe. The assumption Of
s,vcreignty over all German States by Prussia and
Austria in 1882, the destruction fPoland as a kin
dom in 1882, and the separation of Belgium and
Holland united, under the title of Kingdom of the
Netherlands, were all violations of the treaty of
Vienna. The freedom and Independence of the
republic of Cracow was guaranteed "foreyer" bv
the treaty of Vienna. 1t was absorbed Austria
in lS47, Russia and Prussia consuming And now
Austria occupies with her troops not only the Ro-
man Legations, but the Duchies Of Parma Tuscany
and Modena, all in violation of the same treaty II
idle them to rely for peace upon the treaties and
settlement of 1915. As the French Emperor saws.
these treaties might do very we'll if the world did
not move. But the world does move. Napo
poleon is a man of the world, and not only moves
with the world, but helps it onward.
"The aspirations of Austria appear to be in the
same direction. The whole career of that Empire |
in Italy shows total disregard of the treaty of
Vienna and OF the rights of independent nations
guaranteed therein. BY secret treaty she altered
the territorial limits Of Italy recognised in the
treaty of Vienna and the order of succession
agreed to- and when in the troubles of 1852
she was compelled by circumstances to disclose
her secret treaty, she excused herself to Lord
John Russel's cabinet on the ground of 'the
many Inconvenience" to Italy of the treaty of
Vienna The English people are of the same
opinion touching the "inconveniencss," whatever
some of their aristocracy may say. Their feeling
10, that If the Shylock of Austria must have his
pound OF flesh in Italy, he must take it his own
responsibility, aud without any aid from England.
The settlement Of 1915 deposed the Bonaparte
interest in Europe aud it is idle to suppose that
now, alter forty years have clap sed, during which
II has been 30 repeatedly violated, and when a
Bonaparte is not only the ruler of France, but the
arbiter Of Europe, that he will permit it to stand
out OF tender regard to the squeamish outcres of
those who claim to be the legitimate rulers of the
nations, and who would to-day gladly drink his
blood and that of all his tribe if they had the pow
Or. The atrocious spoils distribution Of 1915 10
coming to an end.''
Universal Suffrage.
An American writer gives his views In the Lon
don Times on the suffrage subject, which il now
occupying the attention of the British parliament
and people. He takes decided grounds against
tia n isax~ali4x of su1drana He dAniaraa that