Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-11-16
CONFERENCE AT WARSAW.
rom The London Times, October 80


In that ancient city which stands like monument over
the ruins of Polish independence have just met three Ii
neal representatives Of the three Soveregns who ninety
year, ago commenced the work of extinction and par
ton which IL has been reserved to days to
fully consummated. Austria, Prussia, and Russia have
met in their second triumvrae, coDjuncture OF Ill omen
to the liberties of Europe when OF old it proclaimed
wrath ITO Poland aud to man. But the spoil that they
divided among them has not thrven with them. They
meet not Of old, TO plot the ruin Of their neighbors
and to divide among themselves that which is their
They meet In terror and dsmay-with discomfort
at the present and sinister orebodings for the future
The pillars which they believe their power mmuaby
based cracking and tottering beneath them. new
spirit has arisen In Europe no longer the frantic spirit of
innovation which burst forth vehementy in 1898 and
lSI8-the easiest antagonist with which absolute
Prince have COPE the suicidal of all manas
which, if it succeeds in overtime wing depotsm is to
lay broad foundation for tyranny In its stead
The spirit Of the present day is more moderate
tona and therefore to those who rest their claims neh
err on reason nor moderation more truly formidable
The spirit Of modern Europe spurns at theOcracy, wheh
or in the person OF priest who has made himself into
temporal monarch, like the Pope, Of temporal mon
arch who has made himself into the head OF a religious
Sect like the Gar of Russia. It demands equal rights
and equal laws freedom Of commerce, the abolition Of
invdious and exclusive privileges and voice for the
people in the affairs of the Government under which
they live and suffer.
These things sound to the ears Of men swathed
in the purple aud taught to lisp in the of absolute
dominion and Divine right strange and horrible indeed
and cannot wonder that the Soveregus of Eastern
Europe have together take counsel how this plague
may be stayed and matters retained little longer in their
original happy state But the council, If have been
correctly informed has ended in nothing II has been
solemn display before the eyes OF Europe Of anger and
impotence Of alarm approaching danger and feble
which has power TO avert it. The interview has
il mistake not revealed to each of the trumvirate the
Of his and Of his associates weakness But
has done something IL has taught these Emperors
aud Princes how little real harmony there il in their
views; how little they possess the will, If they pos
sessed the power OF united action. The solemn hunting
which conclude the deliberations Of these mighty
personages has been adjourned Ostensbly of
the illness OF the Empress Dowager Of Russia but really
We believe because the terms which the Emperors
met each other were such as to render inter
course exreme undesirable They are gone back each
his home, with little with themselves
each other and with, suspect the firm conviction that
those principles OF noninterventon which they cordial
ly dees forcbly imposed upon them alike by their
weakness and their dlsunon. The Emperor Of Russia
be well that he has enough his hands in the
interior of his country without pungng into the stormy
of Italian politics. He IL standing face to face
with whole servie population, which he has taught TO
know and demand its rights without having devised any
Of cOnceding them. Were be powerful as the
greatest Of his ancestors he might trembe before the
domestic troubles by which he is surrounded and which
threaten not only the subyerson OF government but the
destruction of society ITSELF The Southern half of his
domnons is desoated by the which the rashness Of
his father provoked his army is much reduced in
bers and those numbers is difficult 10 support
The credit Of the Government gone and n is next to
impossible for 10 borrow the eKorbitant
terms Russia recall her Minister from Turin,
advise the Pope to stand firm frame protests be-
half Of that maryred saint the King Of Naples; but the
days when Suwarrow crossed the Alps reconquer Italy
from Napoleon passed. not TO return Russia cannot
spare her army and if she could has not the money
quired to put in motion. The Gar may pray against
but he cannot fight against, the new Italian kingdom
Prussia must at length be thoroughly convinced Of that
Of which she ought TO have been convinced long ago
that the arts Of trucking and ambiguous policy
suited 10 the urgency of the present time She has tried
to persuade Russia and England the two poles OF the
political world that she is entirely in accord with both.
After the failure OF the conference at Warsaw she has
nothing for it but to relapse into that semiconstituon
alism from which for moment she seemed to wish to
emlncpate herself. But should imagine that
has returned fron this aborve meeting utterly dis
cOntented the Emperor Of Austria. His feelings aud
preudces have been much outraged those Of his
neighbors but with him the evil does no. stop there.
The emancipation Of Italy is TO him something more than
a speculative injury. Ii commenced by robbne him of
Lombardy aud will assuredy not terminate without
deprivng him Of Veneta. He has played the last card
in bis hand BIZ the grant of Constitution TO his discomfort
ed provinces. The Constitution is scanned in
and dstrustful spirit and far yet Judge has
uOue ulsCOuJenls. Ills
troops are collected in immense masses behind the
fortresses Of Venetia his resources are exhausted
by the effort and yet he dare not take the decisive
step for which he has made every preparaton.-
He is not Of the provinces he leaves behnd;-he
not confident against the enemy whom he may have
TO meet in front Something is apprehended from Hun
gary this winter something the probability Of which the
Emperor scarcely admit to himself II Russia
only able and willing TO give the assistance in
OF need as she did in lSi9-but that is hardly to be
ek1 r. e -.
ton of which much has been made il cannot give
Russia the means, il she had the will for second
crusade against the liberties OF Hungary. Then there
Is the question oil finance, rather the certainty OF al
most immediate bankruptcy Nor is this ALL The En-
peror OF the French adds battalion to every regiment
pours his troops into the Romagna and while he recalls
his Minister from Turin secretly approves and stimulates
the very policy which he dsavows As far the letter
OF treaties is concerned Austria might invade Modena
Parma, Tuscany, the States Of the Church. Naples
without giving France cause Of war But France has
already shown how easy it is to make a 6sli when
she wants it, and it would be very dangerous conf
dence which should induce the Emperor to violate the
principle Of non-nerycnton recently laid down with
much emphasis in the semi-officia article in the
Constitutional. Besides the Emperor has recalled to
the recollection Of Austria that she herself has violated
the Treaty of VarAnca by her treatment of Veneta
that is sufficient OF quarrel To remain in her
present position Of armed expectation is to Austria nan
cia ruin, and sacrifice of all the prestige which she has
not lost already: TO advance alone is full OF danger, aud
to recede is scarcely possible No wonder that the En-
peror sought at Warsaw escape from these troubles in
the alliance of Russia and Prussia That hope has also
failed him. and he returns home with very little reason
to congratulate himself his Journey the state Of
things he left at Warsaw the state Of things he finds
Mt Vienna We cannot pretend to regret these things.
Could in the actions of these great Powers any
wish 10 preserve the balance of power in Europe while
respecting the right Of every nation to choose its
Government, the case would be different but see
nothing but and dynasiic opposition, and poll
ty having tor its object the alliance of Princess against
peoples, and regret that such councils should
be covered with confusion and that such schemes should