, 1870-07-27
Ff0nCc md Europc-Thc Keystone
>tnse OF the Continent


During the past century many revolutions
hare transpire1 ir a wollI autject to change,
and III which events succeed each other with
out .nsernllesion, flowing NJ ceaeeleseiy a. q
river. In tho nlst OF all such vicia-
sit1des and changes. there is one country
which, without Possessing tho Same relative
power ~ heretofore, has been able to maintain
Its position ut the head of Europe 10 we'll thst
eeery enterprise accomplished in defiance OF
its will is fragile and litslo calculated to eu-
dure. That county il France. Franco ia
in truth the only truly great poTer Of
cur continent, which does not possess in its
midst together with the Necessities of iushriu-
ual action. the Fundamental sources Of ,neom-
pasiollity, trouble, weakness, and decay which
characterize the ma aiority Of other StAtes.
We have but to listen for moment to hear
beating in the Nort1, German Confederation
Fr7.s.s.is heart as well - HAno7enan. 11ol-
stein. Ehenish, Saxon, and Polish, while
with ue. from the Rhine to the ocean, and from
Eclg1um to tue Pyrenees. the finest ear, even
wf1p it that Of the Scandinavian Deity, who
could hear the eo1nd Of the grass growing, cAa
hear but one iactrt beat-that Of the French peo-
pie. = Who rercuel the nations OF Europe
from tho serflorn Of the Middle Ages? who made
mo3e1n Germany? who emanespated SPAIN:
who raised up Egyptf who gaze Italy its
unisy7 our father, France, aad always
France. And should Franco ever come TO
disappear ~ great nation, or eTen to lose
tie inluence which abe has previously exert
ed, that day would be one Of the most fatal
that the world has seen, for, the point of equ;-
! lihrlum once broken, we would see began in
Europe an unhridfed conflict OF rival ambi-
sions which would have for it's immediate re-
/ suit The ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of Anssna, aud.
ization with the reign Of panslaslsnl- The
interest Of France is thus truly the interest OF
| Europe. The allied sovercigns themselves
recognized tha fact when. befoEn invading tue
First Empire, they offered to Napoleon the
fson.ie. Of the Alps and the Rhine, and Do.
These memo7ab3e words a1e TO-
day, after an interval Of tuo-t*irds
OF century. the expression Of an incontesti.
bla truth. Herr von Bis1nask has hiraae!t
seeking to exclude France from his latest
rche.nr, he has shaken the equilibrium TO its
| -four dations, and precpitateu Europe into the
most critical situation which she hss ever
traverscd. and it is thus that We furnish the
explanation Of this phenomenon. The house
OF Hohanzolern has only ambitious aud cove.
tous longiugs to put in tho place Of the grcai
and eenerou. ideal Of the French people
There In not i singIe Slate which
does not feel itself injured by the policy
i.asssEssed ey shs Cabinet ot 1,sr'iI
NTH 70 much reason to its inde
pendent e1istcnce, IL mensced witt
complete absorption. Switzerland il il
rrnl. The Cabinet Of Vienna is under1,o iliu,
RUNS With regard to the lot which wonld b.
repcrsed for them II We permitted Herr vo1
Eisuark to rtalize his necteutioua aud fata
tch, me. All the western division at .Aus.r.
wouli raas under the scertre OF the uolenzol
lcrns, and the eastern portion, comprising
Hungary. would become An integrz! portion o.
the ltrssian Errirc 1:al5 itself would tile1
have tut escaped from Austria to become tn
slAvs OF new Emperor OF Germany. who
MISTER Of Switzerland, Of the 1yrul, Of Trieste
and Of 1stri1, wo1ld impose his command
urou them, while they would have OF th'
other side OF The AasiAtic smother neighhar nj
less fotuidable-ramely, the Czar-who t.
his two capitals. St. Petersburg and Moscow
would have ADDED ! third -Const1ntinople-
We rbou!d then Be able to count, in case o
war, on the energetic support Of Austria an
Of l'als, for We consider ~ entirely ahaurs
the rumors so freely circnlased Of the Cahins
Of Florence having once more formed an ali
ance with the prussian Government. Th
Italians have too much intelligence and goa
sense not TO know that their place ia bcs'a
France and Austria; that with US thay hav
everything to gain and nothing to lose. Will
With lru.sia they would run the E=k Of losn
everything, in order 10 occnpy Rome littl
20. ;ner-Eome, which is theirs. au1 c7ato
fs,l shortly to fall into their bands like ZIP
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