Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-12-16
THE LATE INsURRECTIoN AT VIENNA.

With regard to the late unfortunate rising frankly
fess that, after careful examination the spot my opinion
of its essential is considerably changed have
been able to discover that the people of Vienna had in
political object to be attained regarded any principle in
volved It begun in the of freedom social
REFORM any of the ideas which have prompted the vaOns
revolutionary that have taken place within the
past nine months. No liberty proposed TO be attained
by its triumph for the city in possession of every be
y imaginable. And in looking through the history Of the
three weeks during which the revolt lasted, is struck BY
the fact that in the whole time nothing like clear purpose
expressed by any Of the parties connected with it, Nsi
ther the Assembly, by which tolerated and
couaged, and which did order investigation os
the death of Latou the city council which furnished The
funds carry on, the radicals who oudsc
urging forward the and the last admit that they
beaten, declared what they fighting fo
what they would do in Of victory. Had they uttered
the word republic demanded any other change in the
tica and social institutions Of the country insisted
the abdicaon Of the Emperor, any thing, thes
would have had the dignity Of revolutionary a.
tempt as is, have been compelled to call it riot
In DOING do not say that it a movement
without motives. There motives in il in abundance,
national, republican, social and individual But had
unity. Not of the motives adopted a connrDon
one not one of the ideas cherished in connexon with
conducted in confused and disconnected
the outbreak incoherent and dsordery. There
head or rather there thousand in word, ii
archy, in which the cowsrdly many compelled BY tia
few engage in resistance the army and the representa-
tive Of the Emperor, with which they had sympathy.
Every body except the abore and the students and the
ideals, who deeply involved to hesitate appears .
have played double part if driven ny pecessy to initiate
the monarch, and say thing, wish for another and do
third. On the part Of perhaps the majority the whole aJ
monstrous lie told for nothing. The Assembly A.
tempting between the Court and the People, and %
please the latter without breaking with the former the cy
council providing for the defence when they would gs
y have opened the gates Windischgaz the commaness
Of the national guard Messenhauser, Of great
hut Of great vanity, playing fast and loose with view to h
case triumph, and safety in Of defeat and,
through the WHOLE the beegng by his spss
Of every fact and plan and movement, they
known the people Of the city, before all these things
taken together only make il wonderful that there any de-
fence at all. Nothing but the instructive hostility the n
sry, prevailing among almost all Of the inhabitants
count for IT, II was trial Of strength between the sBeJ
citizens and the sodery and considering the advantage %
numbers arms and ammunition and unity Of direction,
the side Of the latter certain that the citizens proved them
selves fully equal their assasnts The superiority Of The
troops intrnsicay by great a, first sgts
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