, 1864-11-03

Political Matters in Europe-Tbo Re-
moe teitDE II the map or Europe a
M31h-Au 1nkeFcak1nG S&mm or
the AoAn8AKJ Questions,


tFtom Our Special Co.4espondent.1
| PARIS, Friday, Oct. 18, 1854.
bave been given to understand that Anne,
iean Journals and American corresponding
from this side OF the Atlantic naya be.n trest
irg lately Of Whist Is called nsw organize
tion OF the map Of Europe, and discusstu,
such subject as though 1t were realfv
question Of serious interest and impending
acfuallty. Now am scarcely willing t
allow that such topic, In the sense and viii
LIE 81 eepi0g extension attributed to 1t b,
these writer's, is worthy Of serious discussion
at al, or that IT Is necessary to trouble Won
readers With refutation IN Yegte of such nre
tended prcjects. Maps OF Europe on q nav
construction have, indeed, been put firth
IRON time to time, both In P.ris AMI else
"here for nanY years past, but they have
generally been regarded as little better than
political equibs, denotipg at most the feelfno
"n1eh p1edoninated for the moment in the
oeanty where they appeared. Thus, re-
m-moer, some years ago when there was
mucn na. nad feeling In Germany ae Ainat France.
aner hne Italian var, u1caasing oue of theae
tMngs IN which France was rtpreaenta5 M
Nv uo"n 70 her ancient dimensions before
t tae ela OF Louis XIV, and deepoiled even of
ser se se1msnic PfoVlpces On her -estern bonn i.
daly. st1asbourg and all A1satja hsc,naa
ton, W At'ie fe eoas1ruc-
VI! course this publication came from tba
s.a utAe1 s!no ~ o1 the Rhine. By Way or refaIia
LUZ eon, french map Of Europe was publtshed
so9n altef, IN which Gtrmany Wa5 made to
of ofnea s ptopo1t1o1ably In her turn, and Lost.
g. 3 course, al her trans, ,Rhen}an possessions
bnt 70 sane person, or any one yersen in ~.
.opean politics ever thoug ght of taking tbpsa
I'LL 81 au ss1lsn. or believed that the2 wera
On Ioe eve OF realization. There is an inber.
enI e1s inertia In the Old World which. Of
ase,!. ana were there no other impediment.
to any sweeping design Of q reconstruc.
nc tton Ut It's parts. See With what rapidly at
tt sne Gonerses q M az the changes brought aboutbY
lie tltst Napoleon cane to naug6t. and hnx
speedily things grayttated tack to their old
m cst ter. Even The Congress Of Vienua, with
~ rs power, could achieve nothing perma.
since. s~0As Sfee
The Partition Of Poland has certainly not
been so successful as to encourage thu great
powers to reepect such acts OF selfaygran.
dtcmsnt on still larger scale. After iaose
Of nearly century, RUSSIA has only lust re-
covered htr hold on her share of t6e plnn-
der, ut the cost Of a lorg, bloody, and exnen-
slye war, which threatened monentarilT tn
extend itself into the dominions of Austria
aid Prussia. And, even noW, the oueatfnn
Of the restoration Of the old Ktngdom of
Poland is lar moro vital and impeding one
than any new division OF the States Of Eu-
rope ANY complete and systematic recon-
structton Of the map Of Europe would be
quite conlrary to all our experiences OF tbe
immooility Of the Old World, to the inyete-
Iacy OF lOnE habft, and to the widely con.
1lctiug, interests which must be reconciied
before it could be brought about. ~.
Even the French question Of the North
Eastern boundary Of the Rhine-though ap-
patently. perhaps, and certainly tue KEY to
the whole, and without which not a step
could be made in any Of the other supposed
plans Observation-Disclosures that il full of
difficulty: The liberal and constitutional
party III Belgium is entirely opposed to an
he1atton with France, and the clerical and
nlt1amontatne party Is much less favorable
tban It even, and becoming more in1isposed
every day, BY reason Of the policy of tbs IN,
Perial government on the Papal question,
In the Palatinate, Treve6 and fru5siAa
Provinces wess OF the Rhiee, French domsin |
Would ee, know, from my own personal |
Inquiries ard experience. to tile last degree |
ulpalatable. Wien the French 8ent there |
comtd Is nberstors, now theT would be |
regarded as 1nVactrs. These 61ates,
with the Duchy of Luxembourg, hayn
oecG me highly prosperous aud almost ah3o.
nttlg EejfgoFtrntBg. " We Wish for no |
,hsbge no,o'-is the language / have heard
hers over and over agaia. Besides, they are
essentially German; aud must the pretended
reconstruction OF Europe begin BY annexine
| T. utc1ic to a Romaic race-by gross yio-
atiop, that is to ssy, Of thHt very principle Of
'ationhlit7 on which the RECOMMENDATION In
E1esttcn is supposed to be based And vet
Without the boundary Of the Rhine, France
you'd neither move herself nor permit 9th.
rs to move In the direction Indicated,
II regard the question Of the extension of
he French frontier as extremely difficult and
Dly to be brought about by some peculiar
urn Of fortune, consider the forcibla or
immediate absorption OF said States az Sar
hy, Bavaria, etc /, BY their more po 1ertM
e1ghbors IS entirely circumstantial, aud |
My to be effected, 1t ut all, b. the slow and
II dual process Of time In favor Of centzAli.
alton.
But, after all, what real or serious proof do
1e writer's In question bring forward in sap-
o1t or what they assert hone, or almost
ore, unless indeedi it be proof to assert, as
lnte. that u the Empress has been nseotia.
e These matters at Schwatua1." Tusr is |
:At tie most delicate and vital interest Of |
! Europe have been conflded to the care Of
1e OF the prettieet, but w1thal the eIufeat
Oman in the Wurll.