The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-05-26
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ties, made, on ther4th, . strong speech in
favor of pcace-in favor Of respecting
boundaries and the present status, and OF
refusing all eoqntenauce to Italy or to
Prussia. Italy, he said, should be assured
that she would not be assisted by Francein
any eveut--and that if Austria got the
better in the struggle, and attempted to
exercise against her the rigors OF war,
France would allow ii to be done. The
aged statesman was in feeble condition,
and declared that he had come in spite OF
physical exhaustion to make last effort in
favor of peace, of the good of his country,
and the honor of his Government. The
speech produced quite sensation, and the
sitting was suspended for nearly an hour.
The Journal DIES DebatS, the ConStitu-
tionncl, and Opinion Nationdle, all took
ground against the opinions of NJ. THEIRS.
The last-named journal places him as, in
effect, maintaining all that is written on
diplomatic parchment as right--all that
is not yet SO inscribed as violation OF
right. Treaties had made of Italy col
lection of small powerless States, ruled by
Austrian projects. 1t turned out the
Lieutenants of Austria, and elected a
National King; "that," says the Opinion,
.swas a violation of Right" according to
NJ. THEIRS. The treaties of 1915 "cut up
Germany into more than thirty ridicu-
"lous sovcreigntics," and made its Consti-
tuition laughable and useless machine.
"That was right" says the Opinion, ac-
cording to NJ. THEIRS. In 1866, 1t CON
tinues, "the Germans are annoyed ana
"tatigucd by this Gothic organization.
"Thcy wish to form great State, to have
" a navy, and stand for something before
Europe. A statesman (M. BlsNARch)
" nIaces himself at the head of this great
"idca, and pursues it through all the oblique
upaths traced out for him by German d.
"pIomacy." That is violation of right,
says NJ. THEIRS.
II is plain that the French idca--thc
popular scntiment-against the treaties OF
rs is about to vent itself through the war
which seems inevitable. The Paris CORES
pondents of the English press represent
the intelligent and wealthy as opposed to
war: but their views are prcjudiced, and
not reliable. 1t is said that Mr.. THIERs's
speech was greatly applaudcd in the
Chambers. A person giving the Emperor
some account of that speech told him
that the appreciation of the Chambers
seemed unanimous" He remained ST.
lent for some moments, and then dismissed
his attendant, with the words, RaiSon de
plus, raison de Plus ~ Meaning, "All
the more reason y or, the reason is but
the stronger for my policy.
France is beyond question in for the war.
NAPoLEoN knows his people, and knows
they will go with him for wiping out every
vcstgc of the treaties of 1915, at Vienna
and Paris. Indeed, already have the set
Elements therein made, to which England,
Austria, Prussia, and Russia, pledged
themselves, been frequently violated! 1t
was decreed that "a BONAPAKTE should
never rule France, and we have in men,
Der of that family, on the French throne,
the greatest among the monarchs of the
times. Under the name of the Neither
lands, the Holy Alliance jumbled together
Holland and Belgium and in 1880, the
latter nation, with the help OF France,
gained Il separate existence, the Holy AL
lance not interfering, and LEOPOLD was
placed on the throne Of Belgium, England
and France concurring.
In the foregoing sketch, the reader will
be struck with the remark of the Opinion
Rationale relative to the desire of Ger
many and the ideas of NJ. BISMARCK. The
Schlcswig- lIolstcin is but link in the
clair of those ideas. The absorbing of
the little sovcreignties and the cStab-
liShmcnt Of great State, with great
navy, is the grand object of Prussia. SchleS-
wig Holstcin is important only as ailordins
sea-room for the navy.