The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-04 00:00:00

ARRHCEA,

THE AUSTRIAN LOAN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Austria wants a loan ! The accounts are
corning in, and Kaiser Franz finds Wm elf indebted
to Czar Nicholas to a large amount. If the bill was
honestly worded, it would be a curiosity. well worth
preserving in Satan's archives. It would run in the
following fashion :

" Kaiser Franz, Dr. to Czar Nicholas, general
dealer in Tyranny and Oppression. N.B. Foreign
despots supplied with cut throats on the shortest
notice.

To murdering 20,000 Hungarians in cold
blood, because they wished to live ac-
cording to the laws of God, and be free £
To robbing and burning towns and vil-
lages, at per dozen ... ••• £
To handing the women over to the bru-
tality of the soldiers, and driving the
inhabitants generally to starve in the
fields, except a few thousands who were
killed for amthement . .
To decorating the brute Ilaynau for
flogging women, and assassinating his .
prisoners
To bribing and rewarding traitors
(Georgey to R it) ... £
To offering blasphemous thanksgivings to
Ileaven for having successfully done
Hell's work ...

These would he a few of the items of this precious
account. We have left the sums blank, as
we do not prcfess to know the Autocrat's scale of
charges for his choice commodities. We know the
articles are as bad as possible and wish we could
assert that there " was no connexion with any house ;"
but to say nothing of indications elsewhere, the
British Islands in the Mediterranean, and even Lord
Johnny himself, would make us hesitate in thinking
that Nicholas was quite alone in his glory. But be
the firm of Nicholas and Co. comprehensive or not,
there is the bill and it must be paid. Moreover,
Kaiser Franz has other creditors, having equally
creditable charges against him for " work done" by
various tools, from Windischgratz to Haynau, and
all want their money. Poor Kaiser ! what is he to
do ? He has bad crimes enough for the money, but
he cannot pawn them and raise the wind that way.
So he asks for a loan. Of course all the Jews will
help him, in grateful remembrance of how he
treated their brethren at Pesth. Of course all
the Christians will assist him, because their
religion delights in carrying "fire, famine,
and slaughter," amongst an innocent people. Ac-
cording to this view, Kaiser Franz will get the money ;
but there are some folks who entertain peculiar
moral and religious sentiments, and think that for
righteousness' sake no one will lend it to him. As
for this supposition, there is some truth in it, but it is
to be feared that if the security is considered good,
what might not be done for righteousness will be
effected for profit. Now, who can doubt the secu-
rity ? Cannot old men remember that Austria has
been twice bankrupt, and cheated her creditors ; and
is it not plain that she is now doing as fraudulent
tenders do, giving a good order to be ready for
another smash if it looks profitable and convenient ?
These are handsome recommendations, and will
mightily prevail. As to the morality of lending the
money, opinions will differ ; but many will consider
that money and morality have nothing to do
with each other. If Maria Manning should
come into the market at the same time

it might prove a rich attraction, but she is not tried
yet, is only suspected of murdering an exciseman, and
we know not that she would lay claim to having previ-
ously cheated her creditors. This is consolation for
Kaiser Franz, so he must not fear that a " Manning
Loan" will take the shine out of him, for although it
offered better security it would be deficient in atro-
city. This is a fine time for criminals who feel
inclined to let " I dare not wait upon I would," and
who are deterred from gratifying their villanous
propensities by fear of transportation or the gallows.
By lending money to Austria any one may become
an accessory after the fact to thousands of the most
revolting crimes—may participate in rape, murder,
assassination, torture, pillage, perjury, and blasphemy,
all at once, with less chance of being overtaken by
justice than the prime movers in their execrable
deeds. It is a rare opportunity, not to be lightly
lost, as the like may not occur again in our days.
It was thought some wonder that Mathews or
Yates could enact a play, impersonating all the cha-
racters without assistance, but that was as nothing
to this. Lend but a sixpence to Austria, and a man
is converted into a whole Newgate Calendar of crime,
and may boast of being a greater scourge than the
cholera, meriting at once the approbation of the'
Times newspaper and the measureless scorn of all
honest hearts.—Yours, &c., 11. J. S.