The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-11


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THE CONGRESS OF sovEREIGNs.
The. Paris Eposition bids fair to take its
place in history as the great Peace Congress OF
the World: Never before was there such
gathering Of princes and potentates, pasha,
czar, sultan and kaiser, meeting Her Cstholic
Majesty Of Spain and the Defender of the
Faith from England, all under the auspices OF
the Emperor OF the French; and this, too, with
in two weeks after terrible storm cloud OF
war had, passed over the, horizon Of Western
Europe. The Exposition had been SO long
planned, and on such colossal proportions; the
preparations had been made 80 carefully, sys-
tematicaly and completely, that it could not OF,
but prove brilliant success, and nothing could
be permitted to interrupt the programme.
Hence, we predicted that there would be no
war this. year, if NAPOLEON could prevent it.
There is now peace all over Europe, with the
exception Of the little family quarrel between
Turkey and Crete, which, it is thought, OMER
PAsHA is quite competent to arrange; and II
wisdom and moderation prevail, We see no
reason why the foundation should not be laid
this summer at Paris for long, secure and
lasting peace There is scarcely a day in which
LOUIS NAPOLEON does not receive one or more
soyereigns within the ahospitable portals
of the grand old Tuileries.. The Car
and his two sons are there now, and the
King Of Prussia is daily expected; altogether
more satisfactory state Of things than we
should have had if the Congress Of plenipoten-
tiaries in London last month had not resulted
80 successfully. Better, ten thousand times
better, for Prussia and Russia to come to Paris
and unite with people from, all parts Of the
earth in doing homage,to civilization, to art to
science, to literature, to peaceful progress.
Yes, it IS better thus, even though the vain
Frenchman should be much pufed up with
pride at this homage to France and to the EN-
psror of the French, frem all the soyereigns Of
the earth It is better thus, than tear Frank,
Norman, Breton, Zouaye and Provencal from
home and family, bring thom to the Rhine, and
there on the. borders of that sacred stream
mingle their blood withrh of the fair-hsired,
blue eyed Germans Of the eastern bank. Bet
ter far for peaceful German artizan to meet his
crafty Gallo brother in the Champ de Mars
than in the old role of'.furious Frank and fiery
Hun" 50 often played on the plains of Europe.
a Instead of seeing Alsace and Lorraine over
run with rapaeious horde Of German soldiery,
OF the iriich iih vineyards Of the Palatinate and
.Rhsnish Prussia, and the fertile fields Of Baden
and wurtemburg laid waste by lawless bands
Of uniformed Frenohmen : instead of seeing
houses burned, villages sacked, and cities
;plundered by hostile soldiery, we have to-day
in Paris d coneourse of people from all nations,
2riyalling with each other in the arts Of peace;
to the moral 30 well as the material philosopher
one of the most pleasing spectscles the world
has ever offered. I'D
of course, the chief gain Of the Exposition is,
as it should be, to France. We speak not now
Of such petty advantages as are derived from
the rerdiots Of partial juries, who give the lions
share ofgprizes to French competitors. We
refer rather9;to the glory which the brilliant
success Of this enterprise reflects upon the pro-
jsctor, the Emperor; and the indirect infu-
ence it is calculated to exert upon the malcon-
tents of the Empire. With such dazzling, such
universal homage, as is now being daily paid
to their Emperor, the French cannot but feel
fattered even to o degree Of yielding their OPP
position, for period at least, to the policy of
His Majesty's Government.
The sovereigns of Europe oil regard NApo-
LION as the revolutionary lion tanner. He
alone appears to possess the RAREY accomplish
ment Of thoroughly holding in check the spirit
of revolution, They all fear that in case of
catastrophe in France, it would extend to every
part of Europe and they nre not therefore un-
willing to contribute by little personal atten-
tisn on their part, toward full restoration Of
his halo Of glory, which had become partially
dimmed by the joint accidents of time and ad-
ministrativo blunders Some Of the German
papers give this as the reason of the success Of
the London Conference, and the ready acqui-
escence of Prussia to the evacuation Of LuIem-
burg. They further say that if number Of
the FIRST Sovereigns Of Europe accept the hospi
tality Of NAPOLEON, it is because they wish to
show the French people that they look upon
their Emperor as one Of themselves, as a ruler
"by the grace Of God"
1t is to be hoped that the ghost Of poor MAX
1M1L1AN will not come in to mar the pleasure Of
the august host and his illustrious guests. 1t
would be somewhat awkward if he should face
NAPoLEoN, in presence of all the sovereigns Of
Europe, and pointing to his own death wound,
or to his unfortunate spouse, say: "Thou
didst it."
NAPOLEON, it is also said, has returned to
the idea Of European Congress, proposed by
him last year; and to seriously advocate the
Of England for general disarma-
ment. This, however, will not likely come to
anything; for, it is contended, the Emperor's
own policy, more than all else, forbids any re-
duction Of continental armies. 1t is known |
that he is making the most herculean efforts |
for the effective increase Of the French army,
and corresponding preparation, for war in the
ship yards, foundries, armories, etc. "L' En-
pire, e'e't Ia pair" was pronounced fifteen years
ago, and SO far from bringing peace, it has in
creased the 'peace establishments Of Europe
to four millions Of men.
The proposition of disarmament was made
by Lord STANLEY in the London Conference,
but the Prussian plenipotentiary at once re-
marked, that he had no authority to treat in the
matter. And, in fact it is not easy to see how