The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-21
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Attp1tDu1 Ylspang.
SATURDAY nolsfINo.:. :APslL g. ,sse
Ae1airs In kspepe. .
ny ~ Arako. wo loarn has the Qeeee Os
Great 0sttaan has, b. The edvice OF - mA.ss-
srv. slreoAy rscoenlssd The aaasxattoa Of b.
! loran Tueenny. MoAsna anA Pafna, 10 the
Kin1iom az Uaratnaa. IT, eroanA HpeA which
? thts acknowledgment vas na6e. - se9ted b
Lord Jonx RussHLI, prsclsdss. ~ should
tAiwt. Ne psssllalssy a shsls ssstosatiou, ~
least by ~ assistaacs Of. England. Lord
Jons svtdsatly rsgards them ~ waifs, hAv.
ine no owser, and shsrsibrv liable 10 . ap.
proprfated b. the afss Aaass. Uron he arst
alarm, The Hapsbare rulers incontinenty
Ned. aad tAersby. according 70 Eaglish precs-
dent estsbaiHhed IN the case Of jams Il, alb
hlcaee<l their thrones. Having been thus left
without eovsrsment, The people called In
the King u Sardinia, - The Easlish, on the
occasion bsfore alluded to. called la Dutch
WILLIAM. England cannot contest the tue
ofyIcroR EMAxUxI, unless she b prepared
70 admit that VICTORIA has no title The ac-
ton q Austria proceeds on very dlnerent
,rtnciple,. She protests against the annsxa-
ton. in favor Of the Hapsburgs. alleging tsee-
1tss I century old, In which France undertook
10 guarantee their possession in exchange for
certain claims relinquished BY them In Lor-
rsine She has never learned even yet, that
there 10 such power in existence a. the peo.
pl-. and she seems to have forgotten tina there
ever was such an event q the French rsvolu-
tiOn. Austria IL the slOwest OF all national
old fogies, the RIP VAN WINKL. 0f the nations.
She, luckily for the peace of Europe, confines
herself 70 prOtesting-h0pes that IA her doing
So Europe will recognize her desire to keep
the peace-and (she might. have added her
inability to 70 TO war with NO allies and
bankrupt treasury. There seems to b far
more danger to the general peace, from the
annexation OF Savoy. A portion Of the Eng
lish press, and all the old tory remnants in
Parliament, persist in representing this an
nexation ~ the first step Of the French En-
peror in establishing what the first NAPOLEON
called the natural boundaries Of France that
is, the Ocean, the Rhine, and the Alps. The
protest of Switzerlsnd, backed undoubtedly
by some other power, 10 lively aud strong
We are disposed to think it q Continuance OF
the Emperor NAPOLEON himself to get Con-
gress together and procure the formal aboli-
lion Of the Treaty Of Vienna.
But while the attention OF the whole world
has been turned upon Italy and the Alps, the
u
speck Of war upon the Northern horizon. At
present it is no bigger than q mans hand but
If i, swell not to the proportions of q cloud
large enough to envelop all Europe, 1t will not
be for want of assistance from the weather
brewing English journal. The very novel
proposition is stated. that the whole scope Of
the Emperor NAPoLEox's policy 10 to establish
the ascendancy Of France in the Councils of
Err0 and tie H~nA he
his eaergy to fomenting discord between the
Great Powers of Europe. To effect this OBJ.
ject, we are told-certainly, we think, not fer
the FIRST time-that he enticed innocent and
unsuspecting Engiand-who, of course, had
never heard Of Sir HAMILTON SEYMOUR and
his conversations with the late Gar about
the disposition of certain "sick mans" eff
fects, and who has no interests In the East to
protect from the somewhat notorious cupidity
of the Russian bear-into an alliance against
the Great Northern Bugbear OF this enlight-
ened aga and forcing peace, while the honor
Of the latter was yet unstained, left him
with q heart ranking with animosity
against his ancient associate. With the same
object always in view, he next contrived
to sow tares between Austria and her old
friends, and, having caught her without
allies, first crushed her to the earth, then
lent hand to raise her up, an d left her too
grateful for his fOrbearance and bitter against
her recreant friends. Having thus eetab-
lished an irreconcilable difference between
these detachable notwithstanding made Rus
STA hate England for her active enmity, and
Austria and Prussia for their passive attitude
while he has secured her friendship by his
self-denial and courtesy, he has completely
succeeded In sundering all the ties that bound
these great robbers together when they met at
Vienna and plundered Europe. leaving but =
singis alliance-that between Prussia and
Great Britain-unafscted BY his machina-
TONS According to the far seeing man OF the
Herald, he il, even now, busily engaged in pre-
pairing the wedge with which he means to
sunder this loving alliance also. The fashion
Of the wedge In question is this:
The relations Of Denmark With the German
Federation, touching the old quarrel about
Schlezwig Holstsin, are. at this moment. any.
thing but friendly. On late occasion, the
Diet at Frankfort made demand upon Den-
mark for redress for certain alleged violations
Of the Constitution Of the Duchies, and inti-
mated, in terms too plain to be misunderstood,
it, determination TO support the claims of the
latter, ~ military force IL b necessary. The
Danish plsnipoteatiary not only protested
against such u step, but plainly intimated that |
his government had made all the concessions |
1t intended TO make. The Diet IL backed by |
the public opinion Of Germany. aud all Dem |
mark approves the position Of IT'S Govern |
ment. There can be no doubt that Denmark |
is DESTROYS to resist, aud would have resisted |
long ago, had hcr power been equal to her |
will. In this crisis Of affairs she has been
for some time seeking assistance from some |
Of the Grspt Powers, aud has at last sue
ceeded in Obtaining 1T from France. NeSo- |
tiations are In active progress. and it is pro- |
babls that in . very short time an alliance |
offensive and defensive. will be formed
In the even Of \ war with Germany. the geo. |
graphical position Of Denmark will afford |
incalculabls advantages to NAPOED0N. With |
the assistance Of the Dsaish navy and the |
Danish ports, he can crush the commerce Of |
Northern Germany, and blockade all her |
ports. Nor are his intrigues confined to |
Denmark. He will b content with nothing |
less than Scandinavian alliance. His nego- |
tiatiOns have been for some time ~ active at |
Stockholm - they have been Ut U0psnha.
gen, and, 1t fs rumOred, quite as success |
fal. An alliance between France, Denmark,
Sweden, and Norway, would b. . most for
midable alliance. 1t would seem to resemble
one Of those schemes for consolidation Of the |
ContimsntAl Naval forces, which the great |
NAPOLEON was - fond Of entertaintnR-t
Whether II b feasible or not, u 10 certain that
It has alarmed Tho Hold HrAtpns fpily - much
ae they were Alarmed NV The ann ntvAsee. ~vhsrh