New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-17

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ostensble purpose of calming excited apprehension
missed their purpose partly because the very fact Of tht
was recognition Of cause for appehenson
partly because they wofuy lacked intrinsic defnteBe>s
partly because Government is not at all bound to hold ny
The opinions which its inspired tools are hidden to utter
can it often has DONE repudate these tools ana lh.
utterauceS at any moment The uORtCaT, tho sole OH
cal newspaper observed dligent silence
There could be stronger condemnation Of the personal
system of government than TO be found in tho state 81
the public mind for the past few weeks Tho general iee
ing was that the answer the question whether there Will
be war or with the man who holds an army 81
600 soldiers at his beck. lie is the abter OF wsrtnd
peace in Europe His delay in pronouncing his dees.n
mas already cost millions millions to his SUBJECTS no
Of Frenehmen said: 81" Napoleon says haYe,
or Italy, in definite, positive terms, won't maven,
neither Prussia nor Italy would dare do IT, Inc emo,
worthy of god let him interfere with threat 10 .u,
and it will onrvs OF Than be has, or at least
than he could prudenty exercise IS PLAN enough 10
ectng outsiders But he has all along encouraged h''
subjects in such 'nr rd n ono
sense they logical in making him Responsible ior e
continuance Of the mmnently alarming . situation.
The proceedings in the Corps Legsatf yesterday are %
manifold importance especially in visS OF the actual
European crisis generally in view OF the pohcai history
and nature OF the Napoleonic regime IL was inc ny
fxed-before the chances of war had become mchaeht
for the presentation Of the bill proposing lCOOOJ as h
number of eonserps this year for the army Amendments
reducing this constant Napoleonc number ana otnef" We
qualifying in pacific and LIBERAL poltico-eeonomicai and
humane sense, the provisions OF the bill had Dcen Az
nounced by members Of the Left and OF the ihd parry
the OF these members
if possible explain itself the Ausro-Prussan qnes
ton and on the Mexican business But since the last lew
DAYS when the AustroPrssian has become the Ausuo-
Prssolalian question: three-fodedly tangled ana uo
cate IL has been understood that Government would de
cline go into general discussion. But It must let s
spokesman say something, which something must M
cate something policy at least OF what 1t wants the
world TO believe its policy; and so the words OF Ms
fer Ronber were hcarkcncd to with intensity OF interest
You will be likely regard his brief speech worth repro
ducon in full in IBE TRIBUNE. l give, then, only us
main points: Under the circumstances OF the moment,
government deprecates general discussion, but recos-
nzes It's duty TO make known the pocy IL mas ni'olo
nnrned ts present attitude toward the German Powers,
and especially its situation IN respecto Iay In the NAT
ter of Schleswig Iostcn, this policy has been invariably
pacic as indeed how could il be in this or other q'>
tons not directly touching the honor or interests OF
France other than pacific Its constant fostering Of IA
dusy and trade and commerce at home ITS actual earnest
of international Industrial exnibltoh,
offer themselves patent proof Traditional sympa,ns'
and the recent war, give US special interest ID itay
But France does the guardianship OF her -
teress nor the responsibility of her Like any other
nation she judges and acts for herself But we declare
that if she thinks best to attack Austria, which we should
utterly dsapproye she will do purely at her own sk
The position of Government may be defined IN three
words pacific policy, loyal neutrality reservation Of
entire freedom OF action The applause was long ana
Oliver Twist his cry for more in these words and Tho
Mexican question died without echo: Behmon', one
of the Left when the applause had quieed yielded MS
right to the floor to Thers who had 20 the House
from invalid armchair. In speech OF bniancy IN
usual even him, he held the attention OF his auditors
words of approval His review Of the Schleswg Holst,n
business is the best and most intelgble history OF
that haye his scathng cnque OF prussas shameful
part in it is very masterpiece IN It's KIND 10 make Dis
mark the brazen and his sold Royal Master b!ush were
not that faculty denied them. Then he drew In great
mastery outlines and held up 70 view prophetc sio
cal sketch powerful in strength OF light and shade OF the
picture that New Europe wond present when Prssia
graspng and Itays nngracful ambition nave aualbeh
their ends-the end that inscriptions ambition amns
atthe reconstruction of the German Empire, its capital
transferred from VIENNA TO Berlin, and It's ansapne ally
| being United Italy instead OF Spain.
Observe now that NJ. Theirs immensely applauded
from all sides Of house while attacking Prussia and
foa all but the Len side, when attacking ltay 20
great the emotion that the regular business OF the
session was suspended for than half an hour after ne
sal down. Observe that Olivier and Jules Fayre, speak
ing heL Left end the Third party expressed full approval
Of his oPnions-exceptng, IN part those regarding ty
another OCCASION aud that The House them BY vote that
unanimous less 10 voices, passed the bill ordering
CONSUMPTION Of 100000.
The moral of yesterdays proceedingsin the Corps Lef
atf this: Governments declaration is approved WITH
INSTANCE (which means that France-for here, at least
the Deputies strictly representatives OF their constu-
ents-particulary does not want and don't, on the
whole consider that some increase Of territory Rhine
ward would pay for It's cost or balance disadvantages OF
gcayincreased Prussan power on IFS advanced frontiers
The nation its ruler, don't Tight nor let there De
fight If you help it-and we believe You can. H. N.
b. consttutionay bound 10 obey the voice OF has
people but he has enough TO take into consideration
such expression o and to use 1t also as base for has
diplomatic action towards other powers ButnrthermoT
enable you you cannot to- strike IN at the proper
time aud secure the desirable slice OF territory all for
idea. We periodically grant the 100000 conscriPs Tor
army and navy And that is another warning TO Master
Bismark, other portions of eerdays session OF too
Corps Legisatif warning 10 Italy. This, for IN
stance, which forgot 20 mention in its places just be-
fore the Conscripon bill was put VOTE Minister Rou-
her informed the House that since its opening Govern
had transmitted 10 him telegram received from the
! Italian Government solemny assuring France and tho
world that Italy would not strike the first blow. This an
nouncement was applaudod TO the echo by the House
The actual critical state OF affairs presents IN Itself
strong argument in favor of accepting the proposition
which Napoleon emitted several years ago of European
Congress IL is Il confirmation of that prophetic argu-
meniatve passage of the paper in which he proposed It,
the Of which is The course OF European history
damned only by rotten old treaties and new Temporary
fngsn Of diplomatic andbags, drifts inevitably to war
and deluge of bloodshed" There is that Russia
and England have shown readiness to join with France IN
exercising diplomatic compression the three pugnacious
powers another that they have ntmaed readiness
to reconsider their sometime rejection OF the Napoeonic
idea of Congress. The classic school of states-
men lsocalled) are likely to hold with Theirs that
the balance OF power in Europe lsSeai,edl rs
scaports on the Baltic; Austria, with but one
on the Adratic Italy, completed by Venetia, predesned
Mistress OF the Mediterranean, the first Napoleon French
lake-sueh changes would seriously combobuate (eom.
bobulate is not dictionary word wish II WERE or that
could recall any other as tit to the easel the balance
How for example shall Russia bear this Baltic growth Of
Prussia more nderently than France bears its growth Of
power in Germany And Ii France shall surely demand
by virtue of its pacific Loyalty neutral policy of expecta
uon with oO0OUO troops TO keep II, expects compromising
territorial guarantees Rhneward will Russia not insist
a of Turkey strengthening its old purpose and its
power to cut and come again And England comes
into the quarrel and the old Eastern question soe barely
skinned since the Crmean war, breaks out again.
And so, from consideration Of the mprobability Of
between Prussia and Austria or Iy and Austria, OF
any Of the three when broke out being
crcumscrbed within their fronters of tho terrible prob
bites of general in Europe of tho certainty OF
grave financial arrangement and economical losses even
nations that should take active part in it, Of the
grains of common that exist in the minds of
able satesmen OF Napoleons still unlquidated Mexican
busness-from consideration Of these among other things
your correspondent still ngerngly cngs TO his old opn
I'm th hn Enrnna. I'M