Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-08-02
One vss Afraid ami the Other Frightened.

Such is, as it appears 10 u>, the moral oil the
peace concluded a; Ti!lairanca, between the
two ElnpcrorS. Sill. how was the one afraid,
and OF what was the other frightened: is
the gst Of the matter and the thing to be cx'
planned. Otherwise our disqui>ition on the mo-
tvcs that have brought about the peace, and
made il matter of fact in such an unexpected
manner, would be as unsatisfactory to close
examination and analysis Of the requisites Of
such an event. as any that We have read and
found not to the point.
Well may the correspondent: OF tine Man.
chester Guardian say thai "the mysterious
man who sways the dcstinies Of France, has
never flung down more puzzing problem for
European solution The very terms used 10y
the two Empcrors in their announcement Of
the peace, contribute, at first reading. 20 dar-
ken the problem; for they are conflicting, and
even apparently Thoroughly contradictory
However, n much as we can expect aud want
to know OF the real motives under whose I'M
pulse the contracting parties haze signed the
peace, is given to Us in those short documents,
and We viii derive from TIE summary, unnSu-
al, private, ch-hand manner in which the trea-
ty was agreed upon. secondary teaching that
will corrohcra;c our first Inference
In his order Of The lay, published at vero-
ia, 18th July, the Emperor Francis Joseph de-
clarcs that austria commenced the war, rely
ins on ;he dcvotedncss Of her people the brave
ry Of her army, and on her natvral cliics.-
.fot haring jon"d niles, Austria yields to an
unfavor2bc political situation On the other
hand, Napoleon, in his proclamation to the ar
my of Italy, which the "Uo"teyr" published,
positively states our arms have only stopped
because the struggle was about to assume pre-
portions inconsistent with the Interests Of
France in connection with this formidable var.
The first discrepancy that offers itself to the
mind Of the reader is that OF the absence OF allies
clearly specified in the order of the day Of the
AUSTRIAN Emperor, as coniiastc,! with tie forth
coming of allies OIL the Austrian side, appa-
rcntly pointed out by the terms used in Napo-
Icons proclamation to his soldiers The Empc-
ror Francis Joseph calls his political situation
an "uniavcrablc' onc; the Emperor Of the
French alleges that the interests Of France
(worls that We must always understand a.
Napoieons o%n interests arc no longer N
keeping with the threatening character OF
the war. How can the political situation oi
Austria become 50 "unEayorablc" if war l.
going 10 assulnc such proportions that the IN
tcrcats OF france, Of Napoleon ILL.,, will be
imperll!ed thereby or how can any compro-
missing and dangerous feature of the war arise
for the French from the want felt by Austria
of her natural allies: Is it that the two
Empcrors have agreed altc- having contrlrcd
Il way oil making treaties that puts diploma
fists on: CT their wit, 10 make Of tie state
ment of their motives Il still more undc-
cipherable eni -na: II is evident tila. il tranci>
Joseph and Napoleon have found it proper
to withdraw from the knowledge Of the public
any characteristic sentence whose interpTcta-
ton might give clue as to the real cause "i
the abrupt termination Of the war; and never
thclrSS, considered themselves bound to insert
in their proclamation sentence intended 10
satisfy that public want Of information that
cannot be utterly disresar'led in our times, and
which would prove kecner than usual from Their
mysterious proceedings there WAS no means 10
attain their aim more secure than the putting
forth Of two dillercat arguments that entirely
destroy one another, and by their mutual eX-
rlllsion, leave the matter in the dark. Nothing
less than If the peace was notified to the world
DWrement CT simpiement. We would assume II
10 be the case. II the terms, upon whose apparent
character we have land >uch
;tresS, could not be reconcied together; but
not only can they be reconciled, but they are
he confl nation Of each other All that Is
needed, is aR understanding Of Napoleons