The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-03-25
The State az Europc-COmsng Overthrow OF
the Settlement Of 1915.

The state az Europe Coming Overthrow OF
the Settlement OF 1915.
The mails by the Nova Sc0tian have brought
the full report Of the peace article III the Paris
Montar Of the 9th, which has had such a STINT
lu,ing effect on the funds of the sever Il Powers
OF iArope, and we give il in full il another
column.
1t is the same article of which we published
the principal points some days since, il the news
received by the steamship Weser, it having ap
peared on the morning of the day that vessel
sailed. The Importance that is attributed to it in
Europe. and the effect ii had on the p iDIi ecu
rites in most of the capitals, after the sailing of
the Weser, constitute its chief interest. In it.
self considered apart from the nervous anxiety
that now agitates European circles, and beyond
the sphere Of their Influence. it will carry very
little weight Indeed, its chief charae teristic is
a disingenuous effort to relieve the government
from the res onsibity which its rigid censorship
of the French press lays upon it in the opinion
of the public. II is assumed that because it does
not exercise previous censorship the govern.
ment incurs no responsibility 70 the language
of the JOURNALS. This is pure iallacy. Under the
system Of warnings for articles published dist.stc
ing with it the suspension of the publication and
its repeated exercise by the government it is
well known that the press in France is nothing
more than greater Or lesser reflex Of Official
opinion, and the mere tolerance Of its expfes-
scns without the issuing of the official warning,
is ratification of them by the government.
But the most important artcl- brought US y
the Nova Scotinn is one from the st. Petersburg
Gazette, which We reprint elsewhere. We have
found, by experience, that Russian officials and
Russian journals are the only ones in Europe that
dare to tell the world the truth either about
themselves or about the other European Powers.
That journal asserts that treaties like "vestal
virgins, who could only fulfil their functions as
long as they remained intact" and very pointedly
shows that the treaties of 1915 are in
state very different from that of "ves-
tai virgin By most of the journals and
statesmen in the Austrian interest on the
Continent, and the Coburgs in England, it
is assumed that the Congress of Vienna in
1915 settled the map of Europe forever that,
therefore, neither France, nor Austria, nor Sar-
dinia can change the existing order of territorial
arrangements in Italy, and that England, as one
Of the parties to the treaty, is bound to maintain
the faith thereof as something inviolable"
What was the Congress of Vienna, or the settle
Element OfEarope in 1915, that it should stand as
an insurmountable barrier to the march of events?
An arrangement made between four crowned
robbers-a quadruple alliance to parcel out
Europe among themselves, and for the benefit of
their families and fricnds-thc Austrian and
Russian Emperors and the King of Prussia in per-
son, and the British king by his representatives.
So little were the rights of nations re-
spected in that conclave that it was pro-
posed to annibilate the independence of
France and divide her into pieces like
Poland. This catastrophe was averted only by the
| strong remonstrance of Talleyrand, who in the
name of Louis XVIlI. urged the doctrine of 'le-
gitimacy," and reminded the other monarchs that
this was the only title they held to their own
| thrones; that by Remembering France they
would have two forces to contend against, which,
when combined, might prove irresistible: the
force of democracy and the force of nationality
for the severed parts Of the nation would nevita-
| bly, be drawn to each other and become re-
| united His advice, therefore, was that they
should direct their hostility against Napoleon
| alone.
| This home argument prevailed But in that
Congress Talleyrand was not the representative
OF France, nor of its reigniDg monarch, who
was then Napoleon, but of the dethroned Bour-
bon. The treaty was made without the con.
..nt OF France, and Lord Palmerston admits
.hat ." IL was not altogether such as the French
..tion wished Upon what principle, then, is
/ France or Louis Napoleon bound by it? One of
its provisions was to strip France of her Rbenish
provinces, her natural boundary being the Rhine.
Why should che or her ruler be content. Another
was to secure to Austria the farest portion
of Italy, conquered from her by the sword of
Napoleon l. Why should Napoleon III. and the
French nation be now satisfied with that arrange.
ment? Why should they be content that the
territory of the country should remain reduced
to what il was before the revolution of 1892?
Suppose, by a combination OF the European mo-
marches, it so happened that the republic Of the
United States was conquered by these allies in a
sanguinary war, and that without its consent, or
the consent Of its Congress and President de faco
the crowned heads assembled, stripped it Of ali
its territory acquired since the revolution Of
lH6-Florida, Louisiana, California and New
Mexico-could the American people be expected
to acqucsce in that disposition of their territory
for one day longer than they were able to take
it back!
Another provision of the treaty Of Vienna
was to cxtinguish the Napoleon dynasty
and to guarantee the throne Of France az the
perpetual inheritance of The Boarbons. Where
are the Bourbons now! Scattered TO the four
winds Of heaven by two revolutions that OF
1880, which overthrow Charles y and brough,
Louis Philippe to the throne, and that of 1913