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Even before it appeared, the former chafed at the thought of Napoleon holding the left bank of the Rhine. On hearing of Metternich's Frankfurt offer to the French Emperor, he wrote in his diary: "Propositions of peace without my assent Rhine, Alps, Pyrenees: a mad business."
I pray you, therefore, give me the names of some reliable, honest, and faithful men to whom I may apply; for I must go to Austria." "That is to say," exclaimed Count Nugent, "you are going to prison. Let me warn you, do not go to Austria; Metternich's spies have keen eyes, and if they catch you, you are lost." "I must go to Austria," said Gruner, smiling; "the cause of the fatherland demands it.
He, too, was wrestling with the morrow, though in another sense than Metternich's. His mind was alive with projects; an exultant consciousness both of capacity and opportunity possessed him. "Why, you've passed the club, William!" said Kitty. Ashe awoke with a start, smiled at her, and with a wave of the hand disappeared in a stairway to the right.
At the close of the great European struggle the finances of all the German States were alike disordered, and their industries paralyzed. Compared with France and England Germany was poor, and wages for all kinds of labor were small. It became Metternich's aim to develop the material resources of the empire, which could be best done in time of peace.
Napoleon as a Financier Failure to Secure Aid from the Aristocracy The Fontainebleau Concordat Napoleon Defiant His Project for the Coming Campaign State of the Minor German Powers Metternich's Policy Its Effect in Prussia Prussia and her King The New Nation The Treaty of Kalish The Sixth Coalition.
Tea was served in the hall; every one was in the gayest of spirits, and crowded around the piano to hear Prince Metternich's last waltz, which was very inspiring. Dinner was served very sumptuously; the servants were in plush breeches and had powdered hair. I sat on the left of Prince Metternich and next to Count Kevenhueller, who is a Knight of Malta.
On the 15th the particulars of the Vienna revolution and Metternich's flight reached Berlin; and we, too, learned the news, and heard our mother and her friends asking anxiously, "How will this end?" Unspeakable excitement had taken possession of young and old at home, in the street, and at school for blood had already flowed in the city.
But when the King turned to Austria, and marching with his cavalry to Ratisbon virtually put his army at Metternich's disposal, the Saxons in general supported him. On April twentieth was signed a secret agreement between Saxony and Austria whereby the former in return for thirty thousand troops secured the integrity of her dominions.
She had then thrown her weight on the side of non-intervention, and, had the Spanish question stood by itself, she would probably have done so again. But in Metternich's opinion the Spanish question was of less importance than the Eastern, and it was important that the tsar should not doubt her loyalty to the principle on which she had persuaded him to refrain from an attack upon the Porte.
Prince Metternich's fertile brain was already at work to imagine something amusing to divert their Majesties for the evening. He suggested charades. He is excellent at getting them up. When we met in the salon he spoke to the different people who he thought would be helping elements. All in vain! Prince Metternich insisted on charades; therefore charades carried the day, of course.
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