The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-10-07

stoned by the siniultaieons effort of'i's seve'H
kingdoms to devslope the democratic sentimenl
and to wrest from their rulers larger political
and social rights, but Il is also war Of naiios-
alities; struggle between antagonist races di-
fsring in language, in origin, and wanting alto
gether in all those elements Of strength &hd
union which spring from community Of descent,
speech, and the thousand sssociations which
kindle and keep aliye the fsassf patriotism.
Subject TO the same ruls FOB centuries, the
subiugated races have yieldsdsS reluetant obedi-
ence TO the vciois, while they h@ss chung with
undated confidence 10 the hope thai the time
would come, when they might shake of the
strong grasp which held them down, rs-asssrt
their nationality. and wrsak pPon ,sheir opPres-
sOrs The accumulated wrong pf2ges. The over
throw Of the French monarchy, has famed the
latent spark into acOnsuming FIRE, which can
only be quenched by blood. Europe is shaken
TO its centre. Notsy the Reformation, orths
invasion Of the Northern Barbarians, so con-
vulsed Il. "Europe, In a word, is in labor with
the twin birth Of constitutions and of nation
alities"
. By the Territorial appOrtionment made at the
Congress Of Vienia, Il was attempted to ANAL
gamate materials The most discordant, and by
sort Of geegrsphicallegerdemai to render more
compact and symmetrical the FIVE great parties
10 the distribution, with the most arbitrary dis
regard Of the wishes or interests of the people
so parcelled out
OF the five great powers, Russia alone is ex-
empt from the fennent Of revolution. In a tran
sition state between the barbaTism of the East
and the civilization of the West, the country is
one vast barrack, in which all discussion adj
verse to.existing institutions, is hushed by mill
tay watchfulness, and the terrors of Siberia.
Awaiting herself OF the animosity of her sub
jects TO the jewellers Of the Caucasus, kept alive
by the remembrance of the Illuminating defeats
sustained at the hands Of its heroic defenders,
and Of the hereditary hatred of the Russian for
the Pole, she is able to preserve the loyalty OF
her soldleTy and to crush in the bud every at
tempt at innovation. tits in short the great bar
meade Of despotsm against the approaches Of
liberal opinions a barrier, which time and a
higher civilization can alone destroy.
Prussia, withits capital given up to the frenzy
Of the mob, while its pedantic Monarch en-.
camped with his legions in its neighborhoOd,
and waiting only until his good people of Berlin,
drunk with bbod, and satate with anarchy,
shall hail him as deliyereT from the horrors Of
uncomfortable license, or bend the unwilling
knee TO him asa conqueror; Prussia, in this con-
dition of her Monarch and his people, covets a
portion of the small patrimony of her sister Of
Denmark, AM would wTest from her part Of
the Scandinavian peninsula with its unwilling
population to lound off the territories she hopes
eventually tObway. In this wanton aggression
she is supported by the whole Gemanic Confed
Grafton, while Russia and Sweden have declared
that the territory of Denmark shall remain in,
violate. The armistice is at an end, and We
shall soon see whether the unholy pnnciple o
partition is 70 be earned out, or the earnest
wishes and strong circumstances of those mos
interested are to prevail.
Austria, that anomalous agglomeration Of re-
pugnant races, prey to central anarchy anC
provincial rebellion, clings with iron pertinaci
ty to its 1900, 900 Sclavonians, and its {
millions Of Italians. Provoked by German
arrogance and misrule, to assert their los
nationality, these subject races are in arms
and unless the French and English eabi1e.s, q,
whom the Italian difficulties have been referred
are recreant to their professions and the known
will Of this people they represent, Venice ant
Lombardy will achieve their Independent ce
The reverses Of Charles Albert with his undis
ciplined levles. were to be expected before tn,
superior numbers and veteran skill Of Radetzki
but we are not of those who believe that Ital
ian nationality was irretrievably lost by the ca
Pitulation OF Milan. Should Austria reject tn
terms preferred by France and England, Their
are loo, 900 Frenchmen encamped on the ives
tern slope Of the Alps, eager for the fray, an
waiting for the telegraph, to pounce upon tn
invader and drive him to the Danube.
Austria, oppressed by internal dissensions
and deranged revenue, has well nigh exhaust
ed her resources in her successful attempt TO It
sumo offensive operations, and there is Sigh
probability that united Germany, notwithstand
ing the aggressive spirit which seems to animat
| il, will ann with the certainty Of general wa
as the consequence Upon the whole then, il
spite Of the temporary reverses sustained by tn
Italians, it seems probable that Italy will ceas
TO be a mere geographical expression" and be
come virtually Independent Of foreign rule
Germany, broken up into small States Ia
been made sensible of its weakness, and ha
made an effort to resuscitate its power by NOR
perfect union of its parts. The old Gemani
empire has been revived at Frankfort, by tn
election Of an emperor, as was done five or ST
centuries ago. Will this measure be more eff
cient now, than it was then, in giving real uniol
and positive strength The European journal
lists think not; and that confederation with In
nominal supremacy at Frankfort, while the rea
power is at Berlin and Vienna, can neithe
work well, nor hold together, nor be productiv
Of egood results expected from it; that the rem
edy is in itself wholly inadequate to relieve III
disease. and contains an inherent principle G
dissolution, which must render il utterly inopel
alive and powehess. But the Germans them
selves hail the election of the Archduke John
as a measure most likely to extingnisn the revo
lutionary spirit which perpses the land, and b
recO--',~ the people 60 their rulers. The imme
date effect, undoubtedly, has been to tranquil
ise the public mind so far as the central States O
Germany are concerned; but it has not had In
effect of conciliating the subject races, and tn
old animosities between the Teuton and Scla
Won, are, apparently, asfar from being appeaso,
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