Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-05-31

whelming majority;Snot to be governed by the
action of the Diet. Some Of the Paris papers
say that this action of Prussia tends directly to
revolution; and the leading Austrian papers
abuse Prussia most violently, and draw gloomy
picture Of the future prospects of Germany
PRUSSIA. wishes all Germany to be united as one
great power; and this, $50 far as can learn,
would be very popular with the people. The
great German Orator, VIEcKE, who was the au-
thor of the motion to resist the decision of the
Diet, characterized the smaller powers, as States
..too small to live, but tco big to die" OF
course, all the LITTLE princes, who would lose
their positions by the uSion of Germany, will
resist it to the last extremity.
The cause of oil this movement is, no doubt,
the great and increasing power Of NApoLEoN.--
Indeed, France has became SO powerful that her
very existence is regarded as threat to the
neighboring powess. Everything SApoIEoN
does, whatever may be alleged as the motive,
is construed in q bad sense. 1t was said that
ambition led hin-to Italy, and thathe would give
Tuscany, at least, to Bonaparte;, but such q
thing he has never limited. The Oath Of March,
q treaty was signed between Sardinia and France.
In this, Sardinia agreed to release the provinces
Of Savoy and Nice, so that they could vote freely,
whether or not they would be annexed to France.
Now, the English and German papers think they
have key to the Italian campaign. 1t was,
they say, undertaken only to get these provinces.
If that was the aim of NAPOLEON, he has GER
tainly paidyery dearafor these cold, bleak noun
tains, containing in all, butlittle more than So0,
900 inhabitants.
Switzerland was enraged at the treaty pre-
tested againstit, and endeavored to enlist the
other powers in her favor. Had she succeeded,
we might have had another Holy Alliance, an
other Coalition, and Europe would have been, for
years to come, one great slaughter field : 1t was
pretended that this was the fore. shadowipg Of
INApoLEoNs policy :. and that he would. next de-
mand the Rhine Provinces from Prussia. At
first it seemed that England and Prussia were
going to side with Switzerland in her foolish
ranting, but now al is again becoming more
quiet The treaty was drawn up with the great
est care, in order that no rights might be vio-
lated. Savoy and Nice were egiyento Sardinia by
the Vienna Congress but the Northern part Of
Savoy, lying along the Southern shore Of the
lake Of Geneva, was included in Swiss neu-
trality. Sardinia's agreement was to withdraw
her troops, and leave the Government in the
hands Of the civil authorities. until the people
were consulted by universal suffrage. The elec-
tions have just been DECIDED, and the result is,
that majority as overwhelming as that in Cen
tral Italy, in favor of annexation to Sardinia,
has voted for annexation to France It was far
ther plainly specified that Sardinia only conce-
ded the neutral provinces on the condition on
which she held them; and NAPOLEON agreed to
come to on understanding with the powers which
signed the treaty Of Vienna. Thus it seems
that NAPOLEON has done all in an open, legal man
ner, and that the alarm was all for nothing. A
conference Of the powers to come to an under
standing, relative to the neutral provinces, is
now spoken Of, but when It will take place is not
determined.
The English Parliament is mostly>engaged in
discussing the Reform Bill, or Continental affairs.
Some of the debates are notvery high toned, but
far from being so discreditable to the nation, as
some of the recent debates in our Congress have
been to my native land Yours, &c., B.