The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-05-08
France and DwAtxerlaBd.
THoCvAhbL TO The YKxHCH CHARGE D'APrAihS

n. THoCvEhbL TO 1Ix FRENCH CHARGE DAfFAih1
la. ...5 li..,4 sss N, PAaB, March 10, 500.
The Feeers Conpci being una ole 10 shut eyes 20
the ,ntors.cs ana unsDm'ty Of Ae m.n'fess.aor1 ~
crafgcc h kerH W ask me whether the Ewperors 90
yesnn IL Persists % ,he views which have already msds
wi,s Hr's,sr gave ms vnderstsnd thai the HeVenc
Cenieosis.sb d. boi obtain Cbsblais or Faucsoy,
ood haso po other resource than 70 protest against any
bcstons u the tatsY que submit to the powers
winch ngnej The usaties OF Vienna . grave question,
whcr you'd be very embarrassing 70 his Imperial sAes
W eove,nmerr The following Is the substance Of my
ihe manliest4uons which exotic your anxiety" sad
impossible 70 couSs their Ssuu,neDss and force taey
reproduced daily In different parts OF the country the
ecive councils have resolved become the organs OF
Their expression. Several members OF deputatou from
TIE Councils General OF Chambery and Annecy have NJ
soy arrived 10 Paris TO express wishes and
b. taken You VIII readily ths, The Enpersrs
cannot be Indifferent 70 this step the
sentiment which reveals The Emperor has sbo~n you
by the language which I nave been authorised TO
s~i'zeriand. But while the ART thought Of the
tne .Sne.atou Of savoy preseotsd isssS 70 b. una,
sesed hs sc,citude your country the Federal Coun
cal left means untried to excite distrst Of ana al
ns efforts directed % the obecs OF forming league
oween the Powers which seemed disposed 70 lead them
selves to the project THIS nanitesuy results from the
versment 10 Parliament oopnpe myself 70 mentioning
the iaca must frankly confess 70 you that these
tc<, which carefully concealed from VI, had been
kpown sooner should have felt IL my duty respectfully
" represent TO the Emperor that ought 70 abstain
from any negoc atom With the Federal Council ] do
they show the 10y ally Of our intentions and win even
uow 60 50 far a. 10 say thai Intentions still 10
70 seiile the affair in accord with you, and In taking
your interests into account l should think Il, how
superGuous 70 tell you that did not raise ques
tco Of territorial change implying in some Sort rec
agreeable switzerland and that In DEMANDING tbs ces
son NJ savoy impossible that object could
Confederation Our wish from beginning vas 20 recon
che all interests and resoy TO enter int your
y,e-s; bu, II sh.i be shown 70 us tina. c.nnc.
savoy with the according 70 the desire
the population, without declining Accede TO dis.
pemberment OF the country TO be Effected fos your
bensHi, we must submit 70 the conction, AMI tue
Federal Council itself must Admit that could
do other wise. We moet scru pnlously endsavof-
ing TO OBTAIN Information and to ascertain as exactly
possible the real feelings OF the inhabitants upon
tbs point but what cannot reasonably be askei OF
that cetsion Of territory ~bch Judge Indispensable
for the safety of frontiers should be depend
upon the ceEion solicited By the federal govern ent and
that should resign ourselves TO failure with
the fedsr by placing be popusi under
the obligation to pronounce against their union with
France unless they will consent 70 make portion
Of Savoy TO Switzerland Sucn solution would main
tain the actual state OF things which suits tns con-
federation bet which would not eut France because
she would not only lose Chabas aud FAucguy but
also the other districts which We become ueces
essay for our defiance There Ia therefore, Al won
great difference between the positions Of the tao
govern mens--a difference which obliged to take
into account The agitation Shich has been by
the prospect Of the partition OF Savoy would not
over, have been 70 ntepse II s H. While left It to
the populations 10 CONSIDER with perfect freedom what
yer. their tue interests this question sws emisres
bad sounded the alarm and joined 70 their propa
gsndrm nirigues which have had the effect OF woundng
the national sentiment You reap what you have sown
The Of your attitude is that II has led to supper
ton that You are working ior an increase OF territory
Did you not yourself pu, In . poston when you pro-
Ioeed 10 so 10 speak (Do dtnr ds) secret treaty
partition, TO tell you that had rgni 10 dispose
This premature aroor you part II producing
hs natural consequences 10 Savoy, and for THIS
Switzerland cannot pretend that France responsible n
rot Tor me 10 sugRest the conduct which the FEDERAL
Council should pursue under these eircu instance II
10 howev, that Il has but OF two
10 follow. II does not fear 10 BE- re minded that par
tcular combination 10 p mind IL protest against
any alteration Of the anna que; the Powers win appre
cate step In the that viii be made TO The
PLANTATION which We propose 70 give upon the whole
QUESTION; but l do not think, for my part, that the
spnrraton Of savoy 10 France can be regarded a new
danger th. neutrality OF the Helvetc Ooneder sou,
which, how ever stroogly guaranteed ~ will he on
more enecuAiy protected st by respcct Of Europe
and The aloe II Lake Leman thss It's frontiers
would be readily accessible moral barrier did not
sue their greatest force The protest OF the Federal
OF the question would, no sever, head 10 q certain
ooopess between which, Of reciprocal
teress, had better be avoided The other course ooen
10 ssitzerisnd, 10 rely upon our good feeling which
has had opportunities of apprecstng uucer other
stances and cannot doobs that subject the single
condition Of entirely frustrating re.u imposed upou
us by imperative exigencies sha seek al poaribe
coubpstors and modncaious to sho~ desire n
tssv Switzerland, to copsoidae her usty, whrh
,aeeuard for ourselves vel a. for her, and 70 take
her SITS into consideration fully the essential
iptsrepts ~ France will permit Such IN the language
whrh ured N Kern DO not doubt that be viii
exact account Of II 10 bM governm~nt T. never.
the sntborize 10 read tha despatch IN the Presi
dent Ct the Federal Council TaoUvENEL