Mediaeval and modern history . rit whichcontrolled the Congress of Vienna,was incarnate in the celebrated Aus-trian minister. Prince Metternich. Metternich hated the Revolution,which to him was the spirit of evillet loose in the world. The demo-cratic spirit he declared to be the Fig. Metternichr ?,. 1 , . , 11 (From a. paintms by Sir T/iomas spirit of disorder which could not ; \ ^ ^ _ Lawrence) fail to change daylight into dark-est night. The demand of the people for a share in governmenthe regarded as presumptuous, and was wholly convinced that anyconcession to their demands coul
Mediaeval and modern history . rit whichcontrolled the Congress of Vienna,was incarnate in the celebrated Aus-trian minister. Prince Metternich. Metternich hated the Revolution,which to him was the spirit of evillet loose in the world. The demo-cratic spirit he declared to be the Fig. Metternichr ?,. 1 , . , 11 (From a. paintms by Sir T/iomas spirit of disorder which could not ; \ ^ ^ _ Lawrence) fail to change daylight into dark-est night. The demand of the people for a share in governmenthe regarded as presumptuous, and was wholly convinced that anyconcession to their demands could result in nothing save horribleconfusion and bloodshed. Metternichs system, therefore, was a system of repression. Hismaxim was, Let nothing be changed. A diplomatist of wonder-ful astuteness, of wide experience, and possessed of an intimateknowledge of the public affairs of all Europe, Metternich ex-erted a vast influence upon the history of the years from 1815to 1848. This period might appi;opriately be called the Age of. 586 CONGRESS OF VIENNA AND METTERNICH Metternich. It was due largely to the Prince that during thisperiod the old autocratic form of government prevailed so gener-ally in Europe. 647. Metternich and the Holy Alliance. —The activity of Met-ternich during the earlier portion of the period of his ascendancywas so closely connected with a celebrated league known as theHoly Alliance that we must here say a word respecting the originof this association. The Holy Alliance was a religious league formed just after thefall of Napoleon by the Tsar Alexander and having as its chiefmembers Russia, Austria, and Prussia. The ostensible object ofthe league was the maintenance of religion, peace, and order inEurope and the reduction to practice in politics of the maximsof Christ. The several sovereigns entering into the union promisedto be fathers to their people, to rule in love and with referencesolely to the promotion of the welfare of their subjects. All this had a v
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