▁succeed ing ▁where ▁his ▁success ors ▁would ▁fail ▁ 1 3 0 ▁years ▁later . ▁If ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁partition ▁in ▁Europe ▁between ▁conserv atives ▁and ▁liber als , ▁they ▁cont end ▁that ▁some ▁bl ame ▁must ▁lie ▁with ▁the ▁liber als ▁such ▁as ▁C anning ▁and ▁Pal mer ston ▁for ▁their ▁failure ▁to ▁comprom ise ▁as ▁Lord ▁Cast l ere agh ▁had ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 5 . ▁As ▁argued ▁by ▁S rb ik , ▁Met tern ich ▁himself ▁purs ued ▁leg ality , ▁co operation ▁and ▁dialog ue , ▁and ▁therefore ▁helped ▁ensure ▁ 3 0 ▁years ▁of ▁peace , ▁the ▁" Age ▁of ▁Met tern ich ". ▁In ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁authors ▁such ▁as ▁Peter ▁Vi ere ck ▁and ▁Ernst ▁B . ▁Ha as , ▁Met tern ich ▁also ▁g ains ▁credit ▁for ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁more ▁liberal ▁ide als , ▁even ▁if ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁come ▁to ▁much ; ▁indeed , ▁Met tern ich ' s ▁lack ▁of ▁influence ▁at ▁court ▁is ▁now ▁used ▁to ▁shield ▁him ▁from ▁the ▁har sh est ▁critic isms ▁of ▁in activity . ▁They ▁argue ▁that ▁Met tern ich ▁comm end ably ▁pushed ▁for ▁an ▁emb ry onic ▁parliament ▁and ▁equal ▁rights ▁for ▁the ▁constitu ent ▁states ▁of ▁the ▁Empire ▁at ▁home , ▁and ▁abroad ▁argued ▁for ▁equality ▁before ▁the ▁law , ▁modern ▁b ureau cra cies , ▁and ▁fair ▁levels ▁of ▁tax ation . ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 7 , ▁Met tern ich ▁himself ▁denied ▁that ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁Empire ▁was