Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-12-02


forwardness. This policy must now be reversed.
For there can be little popularity al Vienna for any
prince of the house of Lorraine or Hapsburg. Late
events will live in the popular mind from year TO
year, and they will be as unforgiven as they will
continue to be unforgotten. There will be long
enduring bitterness of feeling between prince and
people, and the latter will always be finding oppor-
tunites of vengeance and retributon al least, the
former will always live in dread OF such being found
and made use Of. Military sway mus. be the gov
eminent of Austria. In fact, the Government is
alreadya military one-RADETsKI, WISDIscHGRATz,
and JELLAcHIcH are its true masters. With
monarch of imbecle mind they will continue 10 DE
such. There may be sudden end 10 their power,
in their being unable to agree, but they have strong
bond of union in being all ScLAvoNIANs.
But the seeds Of liberty and liberalism have been
planted even in Sclavonian breasts the larger
masses Of the peasantry have gained immunities and
emancipation from the revolution; these cannot be
taken from them-there can be no retrograde step.
The arisocracy of even Sclavonia has been shaken,
serfdom has been abolished, and, though despotism
may for while appear TO flourish, its death-blow
has been struck even here. Thus il is that the
great cause of humanity and liberty progresses.
Sometimes the surface runs rapidly over obstacles,
and creating terror by its noise. Sometimes 1t
runs unseen and silently in an under current; and
SO, at the present moment, is 1t rapidly running.
The peasantry and humber classes throughout the
Austrian ex-German dominions are running with
this current the abrogaton of the feudal enures by
the Diet of Vienna has given them great start, and
the Sclavonians will continue to advance in enght-
eminent and civilization in spite of victorious Gencr-
ais and Aulic councillors of State. And for this
improvement in their condition the Sclavonians are
indebted TO the proves and perseverance OF the
Viennese They il was who dealt the first blows
to despotism, by the Punishment Of METTERNIcH,
by forcing the Emperor to convoke the Diet, and by
enabling the Diet to pass It's emancipatory DEGREES.
1t is surely not for having done this, for having be-
slowed rights and property on the peasant, given
the country foretaste OF constitutional Liberty, OF
freedom of thought and OF the press, that the Ven-
nese are now made sacrifice although we know
that it is often the fate of great public benefac
| tors to seal their legacy with their blood.
We have thus gone into our comments upon the
condition of AUSTRIA, both as it is likely to be af-
feded by the decisions Of the central Diet or Par
lament at Frankfort and by the conduct Of the EN-
peior at Vienna, and the character of the persons
he has employed in reducing the latter city; be-
cause we think that the affairs Of Austria and the
issles which will unavoidably grow out of them,
are more likely to affect the tranquility Of CONT
mental Europe than any other ingredients at present
migling in the politics and the policy of its strong
ly lgitated population.
FRANCE is in quiet and settled state, compared
with Austria and Prussia. The revolution in the
former country, which commenced in 1890, and
could not be said to terminate until 1915, did for
Fr;nce what the revolution OF lS4S has yet we
fea-, to do for Germany. The outrages and MUIR
des which have disgraced the populace OF Frank
fot. Prague, and Vienna during the present year,
seem TO be an acting over again, although as yet
only on very miniature scale,the terrible atroci-
ties committed at Paris more than half century
ago. France is a revolution ahead of Germany;
ard the abuses which have to be stripped and
whipped " in the latter country have been eradca-
ted from the former one by a bygone severe and
searching operation.
NOVEMBER 9.-There is very little known yet OF the de-
tails Of the siege and capture Of Vienna. We afraid,
however, that of the insurgents guilty Of great
breaches Of good faith firing upon their opponents during
intervals Of suspended hoses. Such things though
almost arise in stale Of irregular warfare, alto
geiher indeensbe, and prepared hear Of
terrible vengeance upon the heads the offenders Fire has
caused much mischief Vienna both the palace and the
BILE library, containing $780, 600 books and 1000 MSS be
sides invaluable Of natural history,
flames both buildings were, however, saved without much
injury. The students sId have fought like nadmen,
and have been slaughtered in great numbers. The
quence Is that WINDIscHGRArL has decreed that The AGA
demc Legion shall be forever dissolved" The national
guard has also been dsbanded for unlimited time. All
newspapers and political associations suspended, and all
assembages Of than persons forbidden strict
search has also been made for concealed The General
has also refused recognise the Diet in Vienns the legal
assembled however, the lst instant, but it was
surrounded by the military, and Of its session
secret one. There is a that the Of government
will be removed Prague; but the Emperor, shorgh,ed
he is will surely suffer himself be advised upon this
point Should he his capital be WILL under the pre-
views and feelings Of the Assembly Frankfort
be German prince. Austria will become SclGrona,
Teutonic, and United Germany will suffer fair por
Of the Fadeand the Duchy Of Austria to sink into
the position Of province Of foreign kingdom and to be gov
erned by nonresident foreign prince. So much for Aus
TRIA and your readers will, afraid, think much
than enough In The time, there much trouble brew
ing Prague Crscow Bunn, and other places where the
populace almost in open rebellion.
Then there PRUssIA where the Sovereign doing nearly
as much mischief by bis iudged obstnacy, the Empe
ror Of Austria doing his domnions By his weakness
The King Of Prussia gradually comedies every thing the
people, but he does yield any point until be com.
Peled and submits with good grace. Thus the peo-
pie feel tia; they him nothing and attribute his fears,
and not TO his generosity every acquisition which they make
Of civil or political privilege There is intense sympathy
among the people Of Berlin for those Of Venns and in the
former city events Of much succeeding each other
IL.