Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-12-31

tjon-LouiS Napo1e0ntS Policy.
From the Foreign Correspondence of the Boston
Commonwealth
The Schleswig and Holstein question of
which have written you before, is suddenly
brought, by the death of the King of Den
mark, to the verge of its crisis. To the old
dispute between Denmark and the German
Diet for the crown-right in these Duchies, is
now added the dispute about the succession.
The old question is very complicated, and,
as your readers might not thank me for giving
its history in full, | will only say that the
Germans claim Schleswig as a part Of their
Fatherland on the strength of an old docu-
mcnt dating some five hundred years back
and the Danes oppose to this the recognized
policy Of both countries for those five centu-
ries, during which no one dreamed that Den
mark did noe own Schleswig. The question
very much resembles the secession question
in the United States. It's most formidable
aspect to the Danes is the number of Copper
heads in Schleswig and Holstein. And the
object of the Schleswig- Holsteiners resem-
bles that of our confederates in that if they
should succeed it would take from Schleswig
the liberal institutions which resemble those
OF Sweden and England, and substitute for
them the hard absolutism of Prussia and
Austria. The chief Importance of the pres
ent situation is that if the war,-which
Russell has been vainly striving to staye
off by proposals of arbitration, should
come, it will imply a union of England with
Sweden and Denmark against Prussia, Austria
and other powers, and an attempt on the part
of Napoleon to come his Mexican trick over
the Rhenish provinces, whilst their natural
protectors are engaged elsewhere. The po-
sition of England in the whole affair is ex-
| IL IL 1
instance, in the Court Journal of the Princess
Of Wales and the Crown-Princess of Prussia
(the Prince of Wales sister, driving out in
Windsor Park together; yet when the war,
whose notes of preparation fill the ears of
Europe, comes the first blow will be that of
| Prussia against the new King of Denmark,
| the Princess of Wales father. At the same
! time Ernest, Duke Of SaxeCoburg the first
| to proclaim Augustenburg Duke of the Ouch
| les, in opposition to Christian (Alexandra's
| father is the own brother of the late Prince
Albert. Thus the first effect of the war will
| be to divide the house of Victoria and array
| it's members the one against the other. But
| England has chosen already. She will take
her place by the side of Denmark, and will
| fight to any extent rather than have that
country cut in twain by the German Bund-
| But it is war which the Western Powers
hate; for it will tie up the hands of every
monarch in Europe, and furnish a peculiarly
fine opportunity for the uprising of the demo
| cratic elements of the old world.
The tidings will reach you by the mail that
| bears this letter that the Polish instruction
| begins to give signs of extending to that DOT
| ton of ancient Poland which fell to the share
| of Austria at the time of the PARTITION
namely Galjcia. There has already been one
| in, ba Wanna Count 49,
| will be more. Let me now tell you the secret
of this whole matter. 1t has long been a
mystery why the Polish insurgents had never
| fired gun in Galicia. The reason was that
| Napoleon had promised to help Poland, and
| his only request was that Austrian Poland
| should not be attacked. Entirely for this
reason the Poles refrained from rising in Ga
licia. But why did not Napoleon wish to
| have the insurrection take that direction 3
| First, because he wished Austria to be in con-
| dition to ally herself with him under certain
contingencies. Secondly, he knew that the
Instruction in Galica would infallibly be fol-
| lowed by one in Hungary, and that this would
| be signal for an attack from beneath by
| enetia-which would fire a train underneath
| every French regiment in Italy, train, too,
| whose other end he has some reason to fear
reaches to Paris. The first Of his motives
has ceased to exist,-Napoleon no longer
cares for any help that Austria can give,-
| will he risk the other? Much depend.
upon his decision, and he must now decide
quickly. Galca will soon be threatened:
if it rises the deluge comes. Austria is
then crushed out of existence and Republic
of free States takes her present place on the
map. France crumbles next. Napoleon can
avert this only by helping Poland. In fact,
the Poles will presently be compelled either
to succumb to Russia or else to deal with Ma
poleon exactly as Cayour did. Cavour sent
to- Paris this message, Either Louis Napoleon
helps me to free Italy, Or I shall conjure up
to my assistance throughout Europe the de-
mon he most fears,-Democracy. So Ma
poleon's knees knocked together, and he
helped one state to gain partia independ
ence, for fear that more would get it if he
did not The Poles have only refrained from
threatening him in the same way byreason of
the number of copperheads (the Czartoryski
set in their ranks who have hitherto con-
trolled their movements; but now the winter
of their discomfort has come, and this, the
only alternative of subjugation, mast be seiz-
ed. These facts will interpret for you the