Nebraska advertiser., 1864-09-29

SiFe dow. 6uL tllS eFeulIuI success was
not the result of any armIstice proposed
or agreed to by the Crown. Each such
previous offer and conces ion on It's part,
/ had SC strengthened The hands Of the
-akingdom within the kingdom TO use
the term at one time applied TO the Pro-
,eslant or Huguenot League il France
that nothing but a train Of for,uiiOus
and concurrent circUms stances-the sue
ceszion Of such ministers as RichelIn,
and Louvious-enabled the royal power
to triumph over the seceding-so to speak
provinces.
| The proposals far''a truce or armistice
between Spain and the rovolted Neither
lands. or'Uniled Provinces in 1907, by
the Arch dukes, was considered to man
. fest so great a desire for peace-on the
4 part of the Spanish authorities, repre- sen
ted bv the Northern Executive in our
/ case as to convince the world that they
were destitute Of the means for sustain
ing the war. This truce, concluded in
/ 1909 was tantamount to q declaration
Of the independr nee of the seeded States
of Holland, and was ratified by the peace
o! Weslpalia, IN l64S The interval be-
tween 1909 and 1913, thirty years,
was period Of renewed continual war
between Spain and her revolled provin-
ces, IL which the border States Of the
Spanish Netherlands and the ocean, were
the theater Of furious hostilities. BY this
truce or armistice, the Netherlands, or
seeded States, gained almost every ad-
vantage, except actual recognition, they
could have won by successful military
operations. This case is very opposite
to the reIati We condition of North and
South at this moment
Frederick the Great was not partial to
cessation Of operations, alias armistices,
unless every advantage was on his side
IN the game Of wits. The armistice be-
tween Russia and Prussia, IN 1862, when
The latter was almost on its last legs,
made difference of at once 60. 900 men
70 FreGerIcK, an advantage IN point 0f
numbers greater than he could have ex-
pectod from gaining three pitched bat
lies" It was only when aged and worn
-ou, during the potato war" or War of
ne Bavarian Succession" in I777-5
that we find him conserving to a suspen-
sion of hostiliues. ThIs was IN March.
l779, and followed by the peace Of Tes-
chen in May. The proposal came from
Maria Theresa, the Empress Of Austria,
who, from her apparent, superior power.
thought the game al first was in her own
hands; and she, The proPoser Of the
armistIce, came off second best IN the
treaty. The same remark IN the major
Ity ef cases holds good OF those who are
most ardent for peace.
Napoleon acknowledged that the arm
istice o. CherascO, IN 1896. was a perfect
stroke of fortune for him. Il was pro-
posed by the Court of Turin, when the
slightest check" he said, zone caprice Of
fortune, would have undone everything. p"
Here we have military power, the
South, represented by Napoleon. saved
By the moral weakness of the Allies op-
posed 10 it whose armies were superior
IN Numbers, especially in cavalry ard ar
uIerv-our own case eEactly-weIl sup
pied with every thing. and IN possession
of f0rresses the French were not in a
condition 10 reduce. The result was the
complete humiliation of Sardinia.
When the French Directory sent Gen.
Clarke to propose an armistice in 1897,
after Arcola, Napoleon would not permit
him to enter into negotiations because the
future Master of Europe saw that unfal-
lering audacity and fiery energy were
the keys to Ultimate triumph, not a ces-
sation of hostilities or an armistice.
Napoleon was in a disastrous condition
in April, 1897, when the Austrians, feel
ing their own wounds and not perceiving
the weakness of the enemy. proposed the
armistice of Leoben. The result was
the peace of Campo Formio so humiliat-
Ing to the old Empire of Austria and
glorious to the young Republic Of France.
What palmer confession Of weakness
on the part of the apparently successful
invader than Napoleon's seeking for arm
istices while in possession of the old cap
ital of Russia /? Alexander, duped upon
the Nieman, had learned that the Corsi-
can adventurer. become Emperor by his
ambitions ability, never offered suspen.
sions of arms, except to get the better of
an adversary by seizing the opportunity
conceded to gather up his reIns, coucen-
trate, and prepare for sudden, fa.al
blow.
Napoleon confessed that his consent TO
the armistice of Pleswitz or Neumark, in