The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1871-11-01
CFro,a the Loadoa Nail, Sept. t2l

much at Gastein, and yet so much short Of COM
pletiOn, that they have had to finish their work
at Salzburg, where. in the uniforms Of each
others armies, they have exchanged sentiments
and assurances. How much more, can not vet be
known. EmperOrs, however. can not expect to
meet and confer in these days without inspiring
solIcitudes which may prove groundless, or hopes
which may lack fal6llment They are thunder
clouds, which can neither meet nor part without
a seeming significance; but when they not only
meet and part, but also meet again, the conclusion
is that there must be some cause for their meet
ing. The two German Emperors must have had
good deal TO say to each other. The difficulty
is the saying of it SO that "the reciprocity shall
not be all on one side" However, there may be
common objects, aud those objects may be shared
not only BY other Sovereigus, but by all good and
quiet people. As peace is confessedly one Of
the greatest objects Of society, and as for peace
there must be accord and common understand
ing, so the world ought not to take it amiss when
Emperors are seen in conference; yet the sight
always did inspire misgiving, aud that no. with
out reason. For hall generaiiOu-that is, frOu
the autumn after the Battle Of Waterloo to the
day when the Duke of Wellington had himself
to announce that the elder branch of the Bour-
bons had ceased to reign in FraDee-no phrase
was so odious as Holy Alliance" To the
sense Of the vast maiority here, and elsewhere,
it comprised tyranny, oppression. bgotry, and
every form of hypOcriey and selfshness. An en-
gagement Of despotic pOtentates to help one
another in governing their people and oyerruling
the whole world on Christian principles, was SO
Ioty and impracticable that it only served to
show of in stronger lgh. the inevitable scandals
which personal folly shares with constitutional
government, aud which viii abound everywhere
while man remains man. For fifteen years, every
wee of administration, every failure of legislation
or miscarriage Of law, every wieked0ess, every
folly. was set down to the attempt to put the
human nee 10 swaddling clothes. After all that
has been alleged for or against it, and with the
light Of results to help Us, perhaps the utmost
that can be alleged with probability is that the
Continental Powers nigh. have done their work
better and in more lasting fashion if they had
only condeseended to a somewhat lower tone, and
morality. Upon the whole, then, it IS quite pos
sibla that such an Alliance as that said to have
arisen cot Of the meeting at Gastein should
eventually De found to compare favorably with
that Of 1915. Every circumstance Of that era
Was likely to foster exalted aims. The armies Of
EurOpe we're deeimated, ezchequers were ex-
haasted, credit low, democracy crushed, and
reaction scarcely knew where to stop. The En-
peror Of Russia, for one, believed in divine
interPositiOn, Of which he was the chosen instru-
ment- Unhappily for those dreams, human
nature remained substantially the sane, and the
events OF the previous twenty-five years had left
deeper impression on the mind Of man than
they had even upon institutions and names. So !
the Holy Alliance not only failed. bat became as
ridiculous as i, had been odious- Should the 4
sOFereigns Of Germany, Aastra, aud Italy now
enter intoan alliance for the preservation Of peace
they may possibly be long successful, and even,
b. the mOdssiy Of their ain, avoid the reproaeh
consequent upon Ultimate failure. War, when il 1
comes at last. brings no contempt upon the pre-
TioGz peace, and Order is never more appreciated
than when it ceases to reign
Still. there viii be no excessive admiration for
that which, however Eise and Virtaous. is also
convenient and necessary. Enthasiasm is wasted
upon matters Of eoarse. To the two German
Emperofs It must be an incaicalzble relief that
mutual hostility IS changed into community Of
interest, and rivalry into cooperation Both
have every reason to vish for Peace, and to pre-
serEs il, 50 IOng Is peace Eithoot s not the cor
relative Of domestic dificuIiies within. Bot the
whole Of EarOpsan society Is perTaded with
sTiIs compared With which var itsslf may be-
tone acceptable to SOyersigus and to the priVi-
sgsd Or fogtanats classes So lOng. however, a.
Communism and conspiracy ean be kept down,
Peace Is = necessity Of happiness, sOIseocy aDd
.xistsnes itsslE Everybody. too. naturally Graves
or Peace when he has had good boat or more
han one good boat, Of war. Bat, in this in
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