Litchfield enquirer., 1866-07-05

4 X convention signed at Paris, Nov, 5 l8l! !, between Austria, Prussia England, and Rus sia, stipulated that the seven Ionian Island should form a.single State, free and indepen
 dent with the title of the United States of th
 1onian Islands, under the immediate protec ton of England. These Islands have, wi,l the consent of England. been detached iron
 this protectorate and reunited to the Kingdom . of Greece. U f'+
 The reactionary acts of the congress Q
 Leaybach and Trappan had for their object t,
 regulate the application of fthe general princi.
 plas of intervention in the affairs of otbe
 States, which it was pratended belonged te
 the four great powers. France, Austria. Prus
 sia and Russia. England refused to be par 1 y to this treaty Nevertheless the Constitu- l tion Of the Cortes was changed and Ferdinand Vllrwas restored to power. But afterwarda Spain changed the order of the succession to the throne and thus trampled under foot the
 principle of legitimacy which had been the basis of the deliberations of the Congress of
 Vienna.
 The preamble of the treaty of Nov 20th,
 1915, proclaimed the dispossession of Napo. leon Bonaparte, and the secret treaties decIar. that 'the Bonaparte family is forever excluded from the throne of France" and they estab iished Iegitsnsacy in France! Yet three several times. in 1880, ia le4s, and in 1852, France broke the treaties to which it had been a con- tracing party. And the annexation of Nice and Savoy was a partial overthrow of the ter ritorial work of the Congress of Vienna.
 Prussia was made the accomplice of Aus. tria in the suppression of the Republic of Ora. COW. She, by the Congress of Carlsbad in 1920, and the federal act of 1892, annulled, with the aid of Austria, the true spirit of the federal act of 1915. and in the place of inde- pendent States, she has established the right sf interve ntioa and of perpetual surveillance in the affairs of these States. She has said to their liberal sovereigns: " It is not permitted for you to give Constitution to your people" She interveued with Austria and Russia in the revolution of Naples in 1920 and she de stroyed by arms, in 1864, one of the powers whose existence was guaranteed by the federal pact, to wit |: Holstein. She has proclaimed by the month uf DIsmark that might Imakes :-L4 :. aha has honnhf land enhnurg for mon- ey; and now she is ready to involve Europe in war in order to appropriate the spoil of Den mark r... ... -e
 By the Congress of Vienna, Russia accom- plished her aggrandizement on the borders of the Baltic, commenced by the peace of Ny stadt, in 1921 but she has not held to the limits which were established in the interest ot the general equilibrium of Europe. Follow ing war against the Porte. she made the treaty of AndrinopIe (ls27) which extended her frontiers and added Georgia, Imeritie Gou- riev, and some other pashawlics of the mus. sulman provinces to the Russian Empire. The treaty of Unkiarskelessi went yet to augment Russian influence in Turkey. --
 Portugal figured in the Congress of Vienna; but at the death of John VI. Don Pedro obliged to choose between the Grown of Bra gil and that of Portugal, resigned the latter in favor of his daughter Donna Maria. Don Miuguel made an appeal te the principle of le- sitimacy, violated in his person, and provoked a civil war in Portugal. A treaty called that of the quadruple alliance" was made be- tween England, France, Spain and Pc frugal, to sustain the order of things created in this kingdom. .z..e.F -- -tl-s
 The Congress of Vienna did little for the aggrandizement of Sweden only itcon6rmed the session of Norway which Denmark had made by the treaty of Kie,, in 1914. It is the only power which has not violated the treaties of Vienna. ,.l
 Belgium did not figure in the Congress she was with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. annexed to the aDcieBt United Provinces of Holland, under the monarchy of the Low Countries, and served to complete the system of barriers that the Congress of Vienna cree ted against France for the purpose-of assuring the security of it's own wor But this ar- rangement was upset by the Belgic revolution of 1920. The King of the Low Countries in- voked in vain the treaties of Vienna. " Each uation," said he, has it's particular rights but Europe also has its riebts-the social or der wbich has been established" He there- fore aeitated himself to know if he could make the right of Europe prevail over the right of nations. The result is known. It is the most striking example of the application of the right of intervention exercised to preserve the general peace. and also the most fragrant violation of the treaties of Paris and Vienna.
 After the preceding exposition of some of he violations of these famous treaties, 1t will be seen that no European power except Swe- pen can now. with any grace, invoke these treaties in it's own behalf; and the words of Napoleon at Anxprre find full justification in the history of Europe since the great settle
 ment was made. + @" -5 j. CAsr LINE oR YoURsELF-A young man stood listlessly watching some anglers on 2 bridge. He was poor and dejected. At length, approaching basket well filled with wholesome looking fish, he sighed. l" If, now. I had these would be happy I could sell them
 at fair price. and buy me food and lodging Y
 "I will g.ve you just as good fish, said the
 owner. who chancad to overhear his words, ''if you will do me triaing favor" "And what
 is that 2" asked the ether eagerly. "Only to
 tend to this line till come back I wish to 90 on a short errand." The proposal wal
 gladly accepted. The old fisherman was gone | n 1ouo that tho vos1n0 man hovon fn ho i'm