Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1849-06-01
The state Of Europe.

The condition Of Europe has certainly falsii-
ed thousand predictions made by men who
thought they could see through the miilstone
further than other people; and il now confounds
all the arithmetic Of the most cautious caIcuIa-
tors. Wise men have ceased 10 iorelelI, and
even to expect The weather changes every
day, but il yeriiies none of the prognoslics.-
Storm comes where we look for shine, aud calm
where we were sure Of tempest. Events play
al cross purposes-or, rather seem TO tumble
out of the lottery wheel Of Time, in that inco-
herent, chaotic manner, wllhoulorder, meaning,
or apparent cause, in which we should expect 10
find words and letters drop in ncomprehensble
confusion from the wiring machine Of La2uia.
Thrones fall and rise again-and republics rise
and fall again. The victor Of to-day is the de-
leated of tomorrow, and the iavorlIes and foot
balls Of Fortune change places almost every
hour. One single baule annihilates Charles
Albert-One siege, commonwealth of Sicily
one march of French brigade, the republic of
the Romans.
We find the King Of Prussia, after reaching
the very goal of his ambition land, only year
ago, hewas almost the most insignificant person
in The kingdom suddenly tossing his head and
refusing the imperial crown of Germany, to ap-
pearauce, as disdainfully as Syla threw off the
Roman Dictatorship this difference, that
he rejects the purple unlried, while SyIla threw
it away after he had enjoyed and grown tired of
il. And at the same moment, the Cesar OF
Austria, after sweeping the Bohemian capitol
with fire, and washing his Austrian metropolis
with blood,--aller furnishing Sardinia, and aw-
ing Italy, and alarming Prussia, and treating his
Hungarian insurgent subjects with angry con-
tempt-suddenly beholds JelIachich beaten, and
Windschgratz routed, and the imperial armies
captured and cut 10 pieces, and the rebel Mag
vars even now on the march towards Vienna
and the palace of Schonbrunn, and is obliged to
beg the help of Russian bayonets 10 save the
august throne from which his uncle was, so
lately, ANONYMOUSLY driven.
In short-whether it be the obscruriIy of dis
tance of the difficulty of ideas and instincts d.
ametricaly oppose--itls is clear that we cannot,
in America, understand as we would the myste.
ries of European politics and destinies. We
cannot tell what is TO be the event of things in
any one country, or what is to be the general
result on the continent as regards the struggle
Of ideas and prescriptions. All that is manifest
is, that the battle between the kings and peoples
is not by any means finished. The cause of
Liberalism has yet mighty hope staked on the
success of the Hungarian arms. If the Mag
yars can compel their Emperor to terms, consul
tutonal freedom will be established on firm
footing throughout all Austria; and Italy will
feel the happy consequences through every f.
bre. If they can successfully, also, resist the
Russian attack and repeI it, wo betde the glory
of the Gar and his power and authority in Po-
land, and even the provinces along the Turkish
frontier. Polish Generals and Hungarian re-
venge will light up fire of retaliation in some
form-of political proPagandism and insurrec-
lion or direct war--which may transfer the thea
tire of revolution from The banks of the Danube
10 those of the Neva, and bring into rehearsal
in the streets Of 81. Petersburg some of those
dramas of barricades and whole civic commu-
mites in triumphan revolt, which have been en-
acted with such tremendous effect in nearly ev-
cry continental capital city.
The approaching elections in France and the
apprehended change in the British ministry,
are events which may be productive of new
complications and momentous consequences
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