The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-08-05

bound themselves? To recognize thc|
peace of Prague. and to make common
cause against whoever should assail the
new order of things. Who then could
think Of breaking through the contract
concluded at Prague? Not Austria, GER
tainly, to whom every consideration or
good policy recommends its faithful Oh
servation. Not France, assurcdly, who
did her best to cooperate in the compile
ton OF the diplomatic labor. ;,
| lf the peace OF Prague had not had
any other result, it would ut least have
been cursed by the populations that have
been annexed without being consulted,
and it would disturbed those jealous
minds that feel themselves grow less rs
their neighbors grow greater. Yet even
then Europe would have been tranquil
III assured as TO the future. Unfortu.
nately, Prussia had no sooner finished
one task than she set herself to the ac-
accomplishment of another. Not content
with building up Prussia at the expense
of Germany, she reserves the right OF
building up Germany at the expense OF
the peace of Europe. Prussia plays TWO
different parts, and plays t'ein WIN
mary velous success. She is at the same
moment one of the five great powers
and German State. In her character
Of Great Power she is cOsmopohtah !;
Questions of origin and of race AFFECT ner
but little. Poles and Danes arc anke
good for extension Of territory she has
no prejudices. as she has well shown III
her alliance with Italy against Austria.
/ In her character Of a German state sne
is animated by entirely different senti-
ments she has the true German nDer'
the national idea is dear to her. she
can not resign herself 10 remain forever
separated from her brothers OF the South.
Her heart would bleed were Gcrmany
lcompelled to an eternal division.
= North of the Main close union mas
been realized, and in drawing 1t every
wear closer the effort is made to cement
il into one grand uniform monarchy, by
lmeans Of constitution with sliding
knot, which will soon make short work
lof the autonomy which is left to the small
Ilcr States. At the same time the States OF
the South are invited to come in oy de-
lclaring that all the Germans are brotncrs
and those who begin by asking guaran-
Itecs are treated as friends OF foreign
domination. BY the fourth article OF the
treaty these States have their '1ndepena-
lent and International existence duiy
lrccognizcd' but care has been taken tax
len TO add that alliance could be maae
with them not only by friendly but Dy
'l''national' relations.
/! The existence of Austria is OF vital IN
ltcrcst to Europe. France is well aware
lof that. and knows, moreover, that Who
lever menaces Austria, Incnaccs hcrsciI.
besides. she feels that her Government
Twas mistaken in their calculations. She
|approves the philosOphic manner in
(which they have rcconciled themselves
tito their position. and the good counte-
finance with which they have met losing
game, because she knows that every mis-
tItake can not be made matter OF ac-
lcountability. But she desires to avoid
'Ibciny twice deceived. There are, be il
admitted. in France, jealous spirits who
rItind great difficulty in consoling them
s|selvcs for the Marengos Of other nations,
,Itherc arc others who boldly declare the
!, principle that France can only be great
Elm propotion as her ncighbors are feeble ;
: There are lovers of adventurous projects
+ who covet the Rhine, and who dream
5 of attaching to the flanks of their country
sla German Vcnetia, an eternal cause OF
, ,|disquiet and disturbance. The bulk of
: the nation think otherwise. Consult the
: good sense of the French nation, and ask
Y whether France ought to 60 TO war to
.Iannul the results Of 1865, TO prevent the
Of powerful Prussia in the
Q north of Europe, mistress OF her own
D movements and Of the choice Of her al
alliances, sufficiently powerful TO prevent
r rIanything being done hcnccforth in Eu'
s slrope i'm which she is not consulted. The
!, good sense Of the nation would reply
: no. Ask, on the other hand, If thciI
: -lGovernmcnt, should occasion arise
a ought to oppose by force the establish
J. .lmcnt Of great federativc and constitu'
Q Itional Germany, sufficiently united tC
a assure its independence against oil for.
: cign inroads, and giving also, by its con
8 stitution, guarantees for the peace o.
Europe; il would reply that it had M
h objection, provided this great Germany
would engage 10 fasten upon no one any
9 German quarrels. But when it becomes
: a question of giving up the middle o.
J, Europe to an ambition at once obscure
Q ,tortuous and sophistical, which refuses
Q e|any alliance, which takes no pains to re-
9 assure any one, and whose dream Is per.
: hans to extend itself from the Baltic tc
!, the Adriatic, then that is what the good
n sense Of the French nation can not ad'
: Unit OF. Accordingly, 1t counscls the
: -,Government to be watchfnl, and to joil
.Iwith Austria in saying to Prussia: we