American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-08-01
The European War.


advances against his express orders
what Will be the consequences Eth
er France re ccdes from her unwarranted
position of providential yiceroyship, or
she forces the allies to an acknowledge.
ment of ber superiority. And that might
be rather ticklish undertaking. Napo.
leon has seen too much the effect of the
needlegun to desire its application to his
owp in iividual case without very good
reason. lie is very much in he position
of the lion tanner, who has raised coup.
lie Of the royal cubs and has succeeded
in handling them for good while, but
gradually they attain their full growth
aud strength, aud having by chance tas-
ted the masters blood issuing from q
casual scratch in his hand, they become
feroeioas and unmapageahle and awaken
in his breast The natural dasiFe to make .
respectable exit out Of their den. Schil-
ler ip his Don Carlos makes Philip, King
of Spain, say of the prince royal:-
"Charlos. the lad, commences to be ter /.
rible to a,s," and this language would
tome very natural franz Napoleon. Vie
tor Emanuel, whom he has nursed and
raised, (foF tull compensation, Of course)
begins TO be restivo under his reihs and
shows unmistakabls signs of kicking -
Count Bismark, his tool, his creature,
who owes his position in Berlin merely
to the influence of Louis, ventures to be
independent aud disregards the hints OF
his imperial friend as if he were blind
and deaf at the same time What black
ingratitade What mean return for
kind intentions! LOFTS, we do pity YOU.
for we imagine to aee listla black cloud
rising in the distant sky which might
portend storm. Having failed in thy
great Mexican expedition, losing the con-.
troll over thy European friends and tools,
fearful of domestic troubles,i could it he
possible that thou shouldst become ant
object of pity rather than iears Could
it be possible that thou shouldst serve for
one Of those telling Instances where ret.
ributiou is meted out in full vigor here
on earth, alroadyI
Such thing is not only possible
shaping events make it even probabie.--
Napoleon's overtures are not only spurn-
ed ON both sides, but Italy, hitherto so
shy of his displeasure, dares to go ahead
IN spite of him. Cialdini is across the
Po, and follows the retreating army or
the Austrians. Rismark also politely de-
clines the French offer, and, really, no
sensible man will blame him for it Let
us sift these French proposals, and the
cloven loot of the author will appear in
every paragraph. 1he German Conled7
Grafton is to be dissolved and new one
to be created in its stesd, Of this aem
Contetieraiian gsither Austria nor Iras-,
sta shall be members Now, if this pro-
posa does not bear open iaced impudenco
on its oeuntcnanee, We do not know what
impulence is. In regard to Austria
WE'LL as it is already pushed out of doors
by its yicto, ious adv,r,, r. tie proposition
might answer, as it would not alter the
position much But in regard to Prussia
1t is too prepos;erouS to think of it min.
ute. One OF the main purposes for which
Prussia commenced this war, was closer
union Of the German States and great
| er influence Of Prussia in the affairs--,
Could Prussia he expcetel for moment
10 agree to proposition so dcajly to its
interests We almost think it Was merar
ly offered to produce refusal and look
for developments in Keeping with this
view. The second article provides for
the Rhine Us the western boundary of
Prussia, and her compensation far the
provinces she woHld thereby lose, by tho
cession of Ifesse- Cassel, lIesse Darmstadt
aud Brunswick The provinces Of the
above named States are to be indemnifed
by receiving the Prussiaa prayinees of
the LETT bank af the Ilhiae. Truly
we do not know what to !mire more
in this proposition, its stupendous in.
solcnoe or its deep cunning. France
offers to the victorious I'russians as
compensation what is eyen now IN
their possession, and endeayors to collect
on its frontiers crowd OF small Princes,
who would have to look to France for
protection, aud would 10 reality be moth,
ing better than Frouch vassals. Prussia
might as well commit suicide at once, as
accent such proposition, If she would
not consent to have weak Denmark stand
with one foot ON German territory in the
North-she oan impossibly suffer power
ful France to enjoy this privilege in tho
West, and this proposal is tbasefsre as
absurd as the first. Not even Hadneyer
does Napoleon allow to Prussia, although
il could, if hostile territory, with one
blow sever the vital arteries of Prussia,
No Baden is to receive it as compensation
of territory ceded to France; Or, do
these propositions contain no demand for
land on the side of France? Some towns
and districts were kindly permitted to
join France, If SO inclined, and if this is
not demand clearly expressed, we con-
fess not to know the meaning of the
word, ~ s..ls
| As a matter Of course, Prussia could
not, did not foi o moment mediate tho
scoeptton of those proposals. What she
demands, is in keeping with her achieve
ments exclusion of Austria from the
German diet, closer union of the sew
eral States, the right Of Prussia to COM
mand the Federal army aud to represent
Germany at the foreign Courts. This is
worthy Of Prussia, but Napoleon becomes
| ai.r,nad ha sapda tho pruss;ap da.aards .