New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-11
ueinii. of The Siege.

It ia deeply b. be regretted that the people and the
liberal leaders should allow themselves to be led into
such outbreaks In the Vienna affair have sought ia
vain Tor a single clear and guiding purpose. Nobody
knew precisely for what they had taken up arms,
wis, they would gain by victory. To establish
public or even change the monarch was not proposed.
Not either had clearness Of mind force Of will
enough to say word which could serve rsllying
cry The first battle, that OF the 9th Oct doubt
produced by the Emisssres Of Hungary. They divided
the soldiers and set o. the people. How Lsour came
TO be murdered is still mystery, but the probability Is
that the instiga,on from the same source
At any rate cannot discover that there any al
tempt the part of those most deeply In the Hunga.
an interest TO diminish the fury Of the mob The de
sgn was TO kill all the ministers but the others escaped
Wessenberg the premier took advantage Of the fact
that he was unknown Vienna and boldly walked out
through the crowd The others made their way out
private doors. Laiour stopped TO change his coat sup
posing that private door through which he usually
went out was OPEN but whea he 10 it the key
not 20 be found and il too late 10 escape by any
other way. Il said that the key was purPosely
secrcied by his adjatsnt young Pole, whom be had
beirionded for many years II was found aiierwsrd
under some papers on his desk tie is now In prison
on this charge and concerned in the Instruction
most culpsble man. in connection with this matter
ia Count Auersperg who was al the time Commanding
General of the province He had 1900 troops in the
city with whose disposition it his duty TO be per.
ccy acquainted and large proportion Of the nhsbi-
,auis he must have known opposed TO the out
break. With such force so supported, he ought to
have preserved order and prevented the disturbance
from ever coming within the walls Above all he should
have taken care that Of the ministers hanged
His weakness is inexplcsble.
When the instruction foot many IA
vored i, who would have opposed the commencement
OF such affair with AL their ability. They knew that
il the city taken mercy would be shown, and
that the only hope Of escaping the state Of siege and
military despotism in fighting it out The hatred
of the sodery seems to have been the considers.
ton which the various parties that combined in the de-
fence hsd in common The National guard fought for
the privilege Of retaining their and Office the stu
dents because they believed their honor concerned
tbs sLorers because they had -us ies II social sd-
vantsges TO be gained by the defeat Of the army the
ultra radicals because they regarded anarchy
cessi,y and wished 10 plunge the country into H. the
sooner the better and the indifferent because they
were compelled 20 do The consequences Of the AZ
tempt are the terror of which have spoken, the loss
Of every liberty and the ruin Of the City for it is not
expected that il will recover from the shock. The loss
OF life already Is, as / know fron the moe, reliable
sources, LOO the part Of the people alone Very
lnsny have died since the Cspitulson from grape shot
wounds How many soldiers were killed IS uncertain,
bat there little doub, that It greater than that Of tie
insurgents