The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-04-13

Tor the accomplishment of a common purpose; the
diplomacy of France has proved too much for that
of England as WELL Although one of the Five
Great Powers and party to the treaties of 1878,
NAPOLEON has shown himself able to make war
and peace, and reconstruct the map of Europe at
his pleasure, in derogation of those treaties with
out so much as saying to England 'by your leave,'
or taking her into his counsels. The Italian ques-
ton has been settled without her assistance. Aus
tria and the PORE have been deprived of posses
sions which the treaty of Vienna guaranteed to
them. States, hitherto separate and independent,
as Tuscany, Parma and Modena, have been united
and absorbed, together with Lombardy and the
| Romagna, into one kingdom. A Sixth Power Of
the first rank for such Sardinia may now claim
to be among the States of Europe has been added
to the family, and all this has been done without
the Intervention of England, and without even
the formality of consulting her upon the SUBJ
ject. The annexation of Savoy has been
VIGOROUSLY accomplished in spite of her
opposition, and in contempt of her remonstran-
! ces. Meanwhile, her people have been kept
in a constant state of uneasiness and alarm re-
specting the possible intentions of the French
would be positively ludicrous. During all this
time, Prussia has gone on in her own quiet way
| and has been neither compromised nor iniurously
| affected by any of the results which have taken
| place. Although the regning family of Prussia
is nearly related to that of Russia neither that nor
any other consideration sufficed to draw Prussia
into the Russian war. The appeals of Austria for
| assistance, and the clamors of the minor States
which sympathized with Austria, equally failed to
shake her determination during the war in ITALY,
| Although a member of the Bund, she asserted
and maintained her right to judge for herself
what were her obligations to Austria, and to 90
to war when she pleased, and not before.
| She repressed the warlike enthusiasm of the
people and of the smaller States, while she armed
for the struggle that at one time seemed imminent.
| There is little uouDJ Inar uttiruur vmue
| composed and resolute, had much to do with the
sudden and unexpected termination of the war.
The peace of Via-Franca would not have followed
so soon upon the heels of the victory of Solferino,
had not NAPOLEON forseen the difficulty of confin-
ing the war any longer to Italy, and the danger
| of having an enemy, in Prussia, on his flank.
| Rather than risk the chances of a struggle with
| united Germany, he wisely concluded TO make
peace, although the step involved partial aband-
onment ofhis original programme of 'Italy free to
''the Adriatic." As thesubsequent measures adop-
ted for the pacifcation of Italy have called forth no
remonstrance from Prussia, they may be supposed
to have met with her approval. AS Protestant
State, she is not likely to feel any tender sociude
for the POPE, while it is olerabIy certain that she
regards the humiliation of her ancient foe and
rival, Austria, with undisguised satisfaction. In
the single matter of Savoy, she has inerposed a
word, and with the effect of obtaining from the
French Emperor an immediate disclaimer of the
doctrine TO which she excepted. The theory OF
natural boundaries, which had been suggested as
an argument in favor of the annexation of Savoy,
was too susceptible of an application to the case o.
Belgium and the Rhenish provinces 10 be allowed
to pass sub sileio. Prussia protested against the
idea, and France dsavowed it, and Prussia salts
fed with the disavowal, disclamed, on her part
any further interest in the question of annexation