, 1866-05-30

THE EERopEAN CONFLICT.

ciyn atairs. has produced as t,1eat sensation
as lis preceding diseoursc IN ,omrst ic politics.
These speeches sound the toscln of rebellion
against the Emperor,s foreign policy. and His !
Majesty replied to II at Auxerrc by sound. |
ine the tosc{u of war The breach between |
Napoleon III and the Liberal party of France
is now complete, aud nothing eau compass it |
but the clash OF arms. Mr. Thlers has proven |
in former speeches the incompatibi,Ity Of Bo-
nsparte's absolute power with the proeress Of |
liberty, and the civilization Of the French
people. In his present speech he declares it
10 be equally Incompatible with the peace OF
Europe. Indeed he fastcns upon the Empe-
TOR the responsibility OF having goad-
cd Prussia on to that course which now
threatens to involve all Europe in general
war. Alter exposing the lawlcssness OF the
proceedings n..aiust Denmark, NJ. Thiers iutl-
mates that 1t eliminated in the German inra-
sion Of the Duchies in consequence OF n sinis-
ter understanding on the subject between
Bonaparte nnd Bis,nark- The following arc
the memorable words Of Mr. Ihicrs in support
Of this allegation: Suddenly q certain in,tu~
'stnte takes hold Of Bismark's mind. lie
changes his tactics. lie thinks, with Others.
that one way to refrain from being ibcralis
Il" t" fsicn being democrat lie declares to
'.tl,e German patriots Tint he proposes 10
"rindIcate The cause OF the German Dict,
aud he insades schleswlc- -uo'steln." The
mysterious agent who thlts encouraged this
Proceeding was no other than Louis Napoleon,
anc among those Who attempt, like Bismark,
to latter national ya1lltlcs in order to crush
national liberty the most conspicuous
parsonage is again tue same Napoleon. The
practical elect OF all this is tb tr.tmrlc upon
treaty obligations abroad IS ruthlessly as
uEon the people 5 charter At hoMc-thc vindi-
cation uf the principle OF nationality sctvin.,
as i Tfete1t III the one case, and :hc pro.ec-
lion Of the country a.siust revolution and
anarchy in the other.
Since Theirs and his, associatcs respect tue
sanctity Of treaties as highly rs that of the
Constitution, the Emperor is, torsooth, ob!i.-
ed 10 profess that be 1c1csts the former SIM
r!y because he has violated the latter
HaviD. broken his faith to the French pro-
pie in 1851, the re,norseless logic Of crime
forces the Emperor to hreak also his pledges
to foreign powers, His Majesty at
tempted to dissuise this as long as
possible. Eut lie is at last compelled
to plead guilty. Mr.. Theirs having
unnlasliel him, and arrai.ned Inn, as it
we're, at the bar of history, the Emperor re.
t"rts at Auxerrc with quasi sublime cflrun-
terry: Yes, abhor these treaties.v These
treaties, in themselves, arc entitled to no re.
gard. They are simply cont racis hetueen n
handful OF potcntates, drawn up without the
consent OF the respective populations, But,
us between these potcntate*, they constitute
a species Of public law, as regards the rcspec.
tive dOminions. These treaties may be abro-
gated by the consent Of all the parties 10
them, hut if one of ttc parties undertakes to
infringe or to denouncc them, at his own
pleasure, he insults alI the other parties, and
NAPOLEON would not have assumed this pro.
yokiug attitude il he were not determined to
make lis owl, will as absolute q law in the
affairs OF foreign nations as he has made IL il
those Of France.
Both England and Russia arc startled b,
this announcement. ACCOMPANIED as il is
with the Empcror's ap,,cal TO the tradition:
of the first Empire. IL sounds in the cars o
Europe like the booming of cauuop at yya
cram. Arstcrlitz and Waterloo. Russia, smart
lug under the blow inflicted unon her by Nh
nnlcon in the Crimea. and still nursing I'll
proud recollection Of tue disastrous dclca
of.hc first Napolcon's Is invasion ut Moscow, i
ready to take revenge for tho numilatIous q
Sebastornl. England is Discovering at last
tl.at the third Napoleon is following the cz
ample Of the lirst, and it remains now to i
seen whether new Pitts will nrisc to crush til
pr1,hcw, as they ssushcd TIE -,suc1e
In QUO respect, however, the sympathy {
the world is with the present Napoleon, an
that is in lis co.operaticn with ITALY in til
overthrow of Austrian rule in Vcuctja, an
we trust. also, tina, OF tho papacy at Rom
This is also the p,,iut wb;cl, marks the dive
cinr pa,b 1,etwrcu the Theirs party, VII
nn,.as.. md t,,e u,d;co1s who a,o,,ud tl,e ~