The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-02-21
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profitable snd flat peace uas therefore
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destroyed ll.e event would lae followed
- radical change, iu tho map Of Europe
-aa l.at B. UauA la4e iu,g aud bloody
wafs ia again .slt0e lhc a8air altaa eor-
tameH ln lasting IfarH.
ID b. interesting lo TRACE tAe gmalh at
H.e uea power which has cast tae old
policies 81 Europe Ia fragments at the feet
oi England their especial guardian, ii, en-.
Faa,ically a. Napoleon shattered the por.
.elaiu vase O., the feet Of the Austrian
tWbassad0r, f.c.s than two centuries
aEo tbe ancestor Of the present Emperor
II lbe great Gcruauie confederation was
HuiblHg bat a Marquis. he was So for
lunsle - 60 acquire the small duehy Of
Prussia. sud having persuaded lhs En-
lstor Of Germany to recognize bis domu-
hone IS Kingdom, the ambitious upstarl
terume the iaughing-.to of Europe, The
nrst Ling was Frederick William, who
oggauized the whole strength Of bis little
realm into $ standing army. His successor
Nas Frederick the Great, who put the
standing army Of bis father to practical
use. ITO enlarge his domiuions and
make people talk about him" (bis own
words be plunged Europe into a series
ofwar- which lasted many years and eX-
tended 10 every continent This resulted
ia anneNing TO Prussia the Austrian pro-
vince of silesia, to which Frederick had
scarcely the shadow Of prc.euce Of any
right. Ia few year. Prussia was still
further enlarged by that gigantic robbery,
the partition Of Poland Then came the
wars Of the French Republic and Empire,
during which Prussia was threatened
with humiliation, but which final
~ resulted in tho further enlargement Of
ser dominion.
The present King Of Prussia has been
upon the throne about ten years. The
real ruler OF the kingdom i Count Bis
marck, who. seems to be as inscriptions
a. the great Frederick, and perhaps a
trifc kecner ny means Of little wal
and good deal Of diplomacy, he man
aged to wrest scheswig-ll from
Denmark, aud annex one Of the duchic,
to Prussia, o-tcnsibly giving the other 10
Austria. Then, under the pretext that
Austria was developing aud protecting
popular tendencies IN ilolsteiu, he at once
invaded her territory and overthrow her
mIlitar, strength at Sodawa, American,
were surprised to learn that Austria had
been encouraging popular freedom 10
such an extent that II was found ueoessa.
e, 10 punish her by deiachiug from hen
sovereignty, and anneSng to the soyer
eighty Of Prussia, a territory and popula-
ton equal 90 Prussia Itself al the com.
meueemeni of the forty days war. Thu,
Prussia doubled her strength aud rc.
spuraes. and became the equal of any
power iu Europe.
ii4 the trgalir, at ISIS. tee west bank
of tlfr iaiut aud rac valley OF the Mosell,
Nerc stscu 10 Prussia This was done so
that ii lIu French people should adopt 20
laru pl gatrrunrnt toY "jmaNluu. tathg
.urauuAsua nouar. le, "a Boz ,nauicl.
tbe gateway io Jbr heart ur futco would
%. 30 Aae hrypiug ol "a foreign nation.
The lrmh people could property refuse
gq he sauHd by This arrangement, lar 10
VS.. asuulcl 80 ua the part Of France by
government forced upou Ncm by thc
trrs uBtl0u- aba were benefited hY Co.,
When THE natural boundary uf France
was given Ca Prussia, IL Was % compare
Ivel, feeble yias sud 1t ;. no, surprising
tast aW fsa,-r. u Francs began to teai uu-
.a~y hen This keeper Dt both banks ui
che Rhine became tAe ir.t military power
af Eurupe. And whcu they were threat.
.aeI witba German prince ou lHe throne
at Spain. which would make tha country
uiasa tl.git southern border au ally and
simul Hosiu,a cd Prussia. wo cannot
saltl s.4at tllry were willing 10 ri.k d
Naf ta ea,n frontier upon ibc norll
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a,rr routed, and telaFe .insle ma,s
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usse sastll8a9eA. Aaar lhe Empire has
atset wsf I8 Fl Provisional Government
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