The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-03
THE sALzBuRG CONFERENCES.

IL was to be expected that the Conference O
lhe Emperor Of the French and Of the En-
reror OF Austria would give rise TO ever,
species OF political speculation. IL was Ger
ialnly i'll itself an event of more than orIipar,
siSn'hcancc Some time must, however, clapsc
we presume, before any authentic information
can be had on this subject, for all that la,
been hitherto published is clearly nothing
more Than surmise. There can, in our opinion
be no reasonable doubt Tint il was the intcn,
lion OF The Emperor NAroLEoy to effect, if pos.
si9le, at this Conference, MI alliance with Ans.
ira, or Mt least 10 take The iniiniory stcps
toward snch M end. The .Siaa,s Zr;,ypo rc.
marks upon This that while il is certainly 10
\ tue interests OF Frnnco 10 enter into such an
altlnnee ii is maniiestly for the benefit of Aus
ria nt this time 10 remain free from nuv
eh'angiIng outside connections. And with
France especially, she could not enter into
s''ch relation, having The example of MANI
MILAN and Mexico fresh before her An
alliance Of France and Austria, for pacific
purposes, is quite practicable but IL ia not 70
be considered that Austria would enter wifi
France into conspiracy against Germany.
when it is we'll known that tho very existence
oil austria in future must depend upon strong
German background.
RUSSIAN and German interests have becou,
one and inseparablo; and NAPOLEON bImsr,f
cnnnot but 500 that, in case of n war ocoius,
rrussla, he could not comnt with any certainty
upon the neutrality Of even Austria.
The reason of this is to bc found in tbo Goo,
tha' Austrlh hns more TO fear from TN alliance
Of russia and Russia than she can possibly
gain from union with France; and in order
10 arert such compact between her Nortbern
and Northeastern ncighbors she has no choice
left but to range herself on the side Of prus-
sia Under these circumstances. then tba
Saizburg Conference can have had no other
object than 10 make ono last effort to avert n
war between Franco and Germany. The uni.
hcnilon OF Germany, IL was seen, is inevitable,
hut in preventing the incorporation of all Ger.
many into Prussia, II is sought 10 pre- vent such
a conflict.
The personal intentions of NAPOLEON are
more iavorabioto conservation of peace, than
Is generally believed on the eastern side of tbe
ithne; not because ho considers, in common
with some OF the first and most Ibernl minds
OF France, a war between the French and Ger
man people as an evil, as q crime almost, but
because he is fully conscious, that such war.
should it end disasrously, would at once termj-
nate his career and his dynasty in France.
That such conflict should end Fortunately for
the French arms, must at hest be doubtful and
history moreover has already shown what werc
tho Consequences Of . successful war against
Germany.
u is true, The French army, and portion Of
tho people, still look upon the successes Of
Prussia, and The growing unity of GERMANY ss
q cause of danger and alarm to France: but
This feeling is far from general, and those are
OH the increase, who ere opro,.d
% q war with Germany. and who protest
'gainsL the opinion that France can only be |
great in ths weakness and partition of her
ieighbors. Public opinion appears TO lean
nore and more toward this view Tho scnsa-
ion' moreover, recently produced in Germany
" the report that France was meditalinp an
Intervention in tho North schleswig question,
las again shown what enthusiasm peryadaa
no herman mind at present, and how sensitive
nc national feeling has become; and tho Off.
'iai organ Of tho French Government Womb
'ol haTo taken such pains, Of lato, repeatedly