. Battles of the nineteenth century . fromthe extreme south-west of Switzerland, near. LUCERNE AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT. Chamonix, away to the Lake of Zurich. Notonly do they divide the Confederation almost intwo, but they hold three out of the five mainroads which lead through Switzerland into Italyincluding the two which at that time were, andprobably still are, by far the most frequented—the Simplon and the St. Gothard. Moreover,the attitude of the Great Powers showed plainlythat the very existence of Switzerland as aseparate and independent nation was at ot the Continental Gover
. Battles of the nineteenth century . fromthe extreme south-west of Switzerland, near. LUCERNE AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT. Chamonix, away to the Lake of Zurich. Notonly do they divide the Confederation almost intwo, but they hold three out of the five mainroads which lead through Switzerland into Italyincluding the two which at that time were, andprobably still are, by far the most frequented—the Simplon and the St. Gothard. Moreover,the attitude of the Great Powers showed plainlythat the very existence of Switzerland as aseparate and independent nation was at ot the Continental Governments had anylove for the little State, which, besides showingthat men could live and thrive under a re-publican constitution, was always ready to offershelter to those of their subjects whose political views made residencein their nativecountries unsafe. Ac-cordingly, we find theProtestant King ofPrussia no less anxiousthan the ProtestantM. Guizot, Ministerof Louis Philippe, forthe success of theCatholic Sonderbund;while Austria andSardinia, who a fewmonths later were tobe at e
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