New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-05-09
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and more uSrccly threatening WHICH WIN ''i
cbsr.ist movement gives beer tJo much 70 do g.
nome 20 allow her 20 tbink 81 war Nevertheless 90
no.tnot be overlooked that she is making m
rnense preparations aud al this very moment tasa
powerful feet Of 900 guns ia the MeditefsneaD,
one equally strong 10 the Irish Channel rnd no
men.ol war scattered on other seas.
The condition OF AUsrElA is the most gloomy pos
sib.e Lombsr5y aud Venice are irreeoyersbly
lost; Hungary has already declared herself indie
pendent, and will soon dissolve al connection with
Austria. Gacia labors 10 TIE same end and Bo-
hemis makes 1nmeasared demands. Croatia To,
Siebenblrgen, ll.yrie and even The Tyrol, now no
longer true % tae Emperor speak very decided
language and threaten n total separation 81 the
least delay D. Grant theirrequiremen's.
With ai this the monarch is perfectly useless
the ministers irreso.ute and unable IS yet, to o.
i.erate the oh school Of Metternich, and the
nobility and clergy thoroughly rssctioDHry Add
T. this the Social Question, which has already pro-
doced its disturbances Of workmen At Vienna
universal rising against the priesthood, and in 5ey'
e-mark crusade Of the pessantry against the
castles cftbe nobility with excuses Of every KIND.
The last hour Of Austria has struck. The cunning
structure Of Kaunitz and Metternich is falling II
pieces indicating the day when the various coun-
tries and nations Of the Old Empire will be united
inaFEDERArIyE REPUBLIC. Still, in this time Of
universal dsorganiz alton it is much more probable
that the Austrian Empire will be utterly dissolved,
and that, 10 the anarchy aud civil war which will
be sure TO follow. part Of the tcrr,oryo Of Austria
will fall into the greedy hands Of Russia, while the
I a.. -..sf iotso .l, i.ca -,
prussia is ia the same state Of Reorganization
with Austria The King Frederic William Won
naughty and arrogant as a despot Is more entirely
bambled than Louis XVI He reens only in
name. he isa puppe, who signs the DEGREES con-
stantly forced upon him by hated Ministry he
profoundly hates the new order OF things reckons
on his army. his mobiles and change ia affairs
which shall bring back the old beloved Monarchy.
A dilettante in everything, without principles or
thorough intelligence, be is the toy Of events, on
account Of bis hsfness hated by bis opponents,
and but weakly supported by his adherents Like
Austria. Prussia is harequin's jacket Of many
c9lors made of all sorts Of Heterogeneous fragments
patched together The power that untes 1t IS
50 weak that il tears at every movement, and the
patches fall Off Poson has already separated her
self and We wait % see bow long the Rhine Prov
ioceswi1 hang on. Just as soon as IN Germany
the Republic is ripe Prussia will disappear 10 Ger
many
OfGERNASY itself there IS not much 10 be ssid
The confusion there is 50 great tie perplez,ty Of
ideas 20 extreme that no one tell when the end
oft all viii come. Every German has his own
system OF goysrnment IN pett0 bis own constito-
ton and his own plan of org anizstOn. From these
forty millions of notions 10 pr oduce single univ ersal
one. which all will accept is hercuiean task. All
hopes are now placed the German Parliament
which is 70 meet on the lst Of May, al frankfurt
aud organize all Germany anew. Bat before this
Parliament which is to be opened on the lst day OF
Nav only ten days are now TO espse la most OF
tho German States il has not even yet been defined
who the electors shall be AT the same time Ger
many is involved on the north ia war with Den
mark on account OF Schleswig Hostein, is threat
coed through the Polish movement by the immense
preparations of Russia on the east in Baden n
republican movement has broken out though as
Vet not M important one, and for fear of the desires
of France, an army OF $4,000 men has bad 70 be
stationed on the Rhine Add TO this the more aud
more vehement contest between the Republican
party and that in favor Of Constitutional Mon
archv, the redctiouary efforts Of the nobility and
the privileged classes, the jealousy among the
thirty four princes and their intrgue' in regard to
the German Imperial Throne, the old hostility be-
tween different nationslities the Peasants War
against the castles and public Offices in Saxony,
Westphalia aud other parts, and the Vaccinations
of Russian agents and you will agree with me
that for the present there is no reason 70 expect
an Organization and unitary establishment of Ger
many.
ITALY, which Germany IS so long proudly look
ell down upon, marches 81 the meanwhile with
rapid steps toward her emancipation. The King
of Sardinia has beaten the Austrians at Goito-
driven them back at Mantua. On all sides
/ Neapoltsn Roman and Tuscan armies are ap
preaching to force the Austrisn' forever on;
Of Italy, and lay the foundations of Italian
| Independence. No doubt this effort will be sue
cessful But whether after the victory the con
querors will not fall out among themselves is ano
Their question. The King Of Sardinia aims TO az
grandze his territories by the addition Of the rich
fields of Lombardy and Venice Tuscany is specu-
laiine on Modena and Parma; Naples has long been
looking greedily at the Roman Legations But
hero too there is radical means Of settling the
difficulty namely to drive out all Kings and Grand
Dukes. and 70 transform Italy into Union OF In
dependent Republics like the North American Con-
federacy. ouly with the difference, that the PORK
chosen by all the nations Of Italy shall DC Pre-
sident
In SPAIN, where Narvsez is ruling with IN iron
hand as well as in Portugal where Juste Ml'eu
ministry is making few half concessions oil is
mainly as il was. No money, but debts In sbun-
dance, no principles bat bayonets, no constitution
bat brute force, arrests, imPrisonments the press
overawed and an army Of sPies-such are the
measures and instruments OF the Government
means however, already exhausted. Not much
longer can this system OF debts and soldiers en-
dure the Iberan Repubic will come to make an
cad of the whole concern.
DEsNaRK, Shere the national and liberal party
nov have the conduct Of affairs, has successfully
begun the struggle against her nsurgent subjects OF
Schleswig HoIstein la the course OF a e" days
her veteran troops have driven the Schleswig Hoi'
steiners out Of Schleswig, occupied the whole
dQchv and taken their DOsitiou on the Elder.