Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-07-28

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the fulGllment Of "the stipulation
she claimed various provinces {
the left bank Of the Rhine, whic
, by the dissolution Of the BrenC
Empire, were at the disposal of Il
Allies, and the whole Of Saxon.
promising to ccdc to Russia Il
| Southern Provinces of Poland =
This proposal met with a stron
protest from France, Austria an
Great Britain, especially from Lor
Castlereagh, on behalf Of England
who contended that this aggrand
izcmcnt of Russia and Prussia wa
foreign to the great principles q
justice on which the war agnins
Napoleon bad been maintained -
Prussia and Russia both dcclare'
that they wonld not give way, an,
made immediate preparations 70
war. The energy of the other Eu
ropean powers, however, sool
caused them to lower their tone
On the Sd of February, 1915, a SC
cret treaty of alliance, offensive
and defensive, was signed between
France, England and Austria, The
Kings Of Hanover, Bavaria and
Piedmont we're invited to join the
alliance, and did so. Its principal
provision was that the contracting
parties should disinterestedly pro
ceed to carry out the stipulations
of the treaty of Paris. Both Prus-
sia and Russia at once abatcd thcir
and Prussia was content
with n part of SaXony, consolihg
herself with the prominent position
given to herself and Austria in the
new Germanic Confederation, fonr
votes out of seven, if they could
only pull together, giving them all
The preponderance they could de-
sire.
But all the while Napoleon, in
his island prison, was not idle. He
kept up constant correspondence
with his adherents in France and
italy, and Murat, ever changeful
md ambitious, at once threw him
self heart and soul into the conspi-
'acy, which was rapidly forming
md pAeading through the army.
On thcs26th of February Napoleon
escaped from Elba; on the first of
March he landed in the Gulf of St.
Juan; on the night of the Goth his
carriage drove into the Tulleries.
The great Powers, England, Rus
iia, Prussia, and Austria, entered in
% a treaty on the 25th of March,
)y which they engaged TO unite
heir forces against Napoleon, to
prevent his troubling the peace of
Europe, solemnly binding them
ielves not to lay down their arms
ill they had completed the destruc-
ion of Napoleon. With an ex-
lausted treasury, empty arsenals
twelve thousand pieces of cannon
lone have been ceeded to the al
les by the treaty of Paris), with a
egular force under arms, which
lid not amount to 10000 men, Ma.
'oleon set himself to oppose the
Whole Of Europe. He raised thirty
'attallions of artillery, added forty
'attallions to the Young Guard,
nd organized two hundred battal-
ions of the National Guard. For
Louis XVIII. had left for
Y millions of francs in the treasu-
y, while an equal sum shortly be-
ame due; and by dint of working
n the national enthusiasm, bor-
owing thirty millions on the sink
lg fund, calling in arms by proc
repairing old muskets,g ,giv-
lg treasury notes for draught
orses for the artillery and baggage !
'agons, Napoleon looked forward |
} having by the first ot June four
undred thousand men under arms,
ne-half Of whom would be dispos-
BILE for active service in the field.
n the meantime Caulaincourt np-
reached the other Europeon pow
rs with a view tn open diplomatic
ltercourse. ave can have Ho
eace," said Alexander; he has bro
en- his word. 1t is a mortal duel
stwecn us" Mr.. Metternich
rote; Europe has declared war
yainst Bonaparte. The power and
eedom of the French nation are
jsential to the equilibrium of Eu-
'pe. France has but to deliver
self from its oppressor and return
the principles on which the So
al order reposes to be at peace
ith Europe" There was no mis-
king such language, and Napole-
/ prepared to strike a blow. His !
emies had determined to crush |
m-he would defeat them singly,
d return in triumph to Paris |
aving formed a provincial gov {
nmcnt with his brother Joseph at
head, to act during his absence, t
determined to collect all his for S
S into one mass. and by boldly S
shing between the British and Q
'ussian armies, to separate them t
I'm each other, striking first to t
Q right and then to the left. He 4
collected that with only sixteen t
ousand men he had thus kept two Il
ndred thousand of the troops of b
lcher and Scwartzenborg at bay \
the plains of Champagne; what h
ght he then not hope to do with Il
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