The Diplomatic Relations, of England With the Quadruple Alliance 1815-1830 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Diplomatic Relations, of England With the Quadruple Alliance 1815-1830 With the overthrow of Napoleon the victors of France were confronted with the task of reconstructing the map of Europe and of restoring peace and order. For this purpose the Congress of Vienna was assembled, and a year later the Quadruple Alliance was formed, destined to become the most powerful concert of powers ever maintained in time of peace. A discussion of the origin, character, purposes, and justification of such a union arouses numerous questions that demand consideration and solution. Was this dominating alliance, this strong concert of England, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, in the period from 1815 to 1830, necessary to the reconstruction of Europe following the Napoleonic regime? Was it an acknowledgment of the failure of the Congress of Vienna to establish order and the regard of one nation for another's rights? Was this Alliance, then, a logical outgrowth of the Vienna conferences, or was its need foreseen in the dreary days of desolation, and its form gradually evolved? Was it a great machine of repression or instrument of war projected into time of peace? Did England see in such an alliance a noble means of guiding aright an erring nation? Was she actuated by selfish motives in casting aside the policy of Pitt, the policy of non-interference, or was she forced to a realization that what concerned Europe was of consequence to England, that she could no longer be a self-sufficing national unit? For forty years following the Second Treaty of Paris, the peace of Europe was steadfastly maintained without a single encounter between any of the powers. Is this a justification for the reactionary character of the alliance? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.