The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-08-17

The Foreign Kews-Thc Hungarian Vic.
tories.

The Foreign Kews-Thc Hungarian Vic-
tories.
| The mails by the steamship Hibernia arrived in
this city last evening, and we enabled to place
before our readers, this morning, detailed ac-
count of the very important and interesting Euro
pean intelligence which that vessel conveyed to
our shores, synopsis of which, by telegraph, up.
peared in our columns yesterday.
Sanguine as were our hopes for the continued sue
cess of the Hungarians over the Russo-Austrian
forces, were not confess, prepared to hear of
such mighty results having been accomplished by
them as those which came like an avalanche upon
us yesterday-results, the importance of which it
is impossible to over estimate and which may, and
we hope will, exercise an influence IN Europe, that
will yet disenthral that quarter of the world,
and rekindle the fame Of revolution throughout
Germany, Italy, and extend perhaps even to the
British Isles. When Louis Napoleon, President
of France, turned traitor to the glorious Of
hberty-when he disregarded the pathetic appeal,
and eloquent assertion of nights withheld, and
numberless wrongs committed, which was pub
lished to the world by the Hungarian leaders
when, instead of favoring the republican move
ment in Rome and the Italian States, he took the
part OF despotism, and used the financial and mill
tary resources of the country fer the reinstatement
OF sovereign upon the throne from which he fled,
thereby making enemies OF those who were the
warmest friends and admirers of France-when we
saw, In the midst of those sad things, the noble
and gallant Hungarans, single-handed, and relying
upon their own strong arms and stout hands alone
for success, contending manfully against Austria,
and afterwards against the combined power of both
Austria and Russia we could not help excalming,
that 1t appeaped to be the will of Providence that
those same devoted noble, and generous Hungari.
ans were destined to triumph over all impediments,
TO regain their nationality to turn back the tide Of
reaction which had set in, and perhaps eventually
| 10 be the deliverers of Europe. The question will
ere long be decided. Austria is conquered, and
her ally, Russia, is crippled. The war cannot be
prosecuted much longer by the enemies of the
Hungarians, while the Hungarians, on the other
hand, are not only Numerically stronger than they
were at the commencement of the struggle, but are
possessed of that confidence which continued VIC
tory always inspires The prospect now is, that
the Hunganans; can maintain their ground for any
length of time, and that any force, or any number
of men, which the Russo Austrian alliance may be
able to send against them, will be unable to con-
quer them, it, indeed, they should be so lucky, or
one-third of them even to get Of the Hungarian
territory with their lives.
Such, then, being the view ahead, the result.
which the continued successes Of the Hungarians
may effect, become matters Of the highest import
ance Ia Europe, and TO the world generally. The
Piedmontese government has refused yet to ratliy
the treaty with Austria, and renewal of the war
in that quarter may break out at any moment.
They have been encouraged to take this course, no
doubt by the spectacle which Hungary presents
The Porte has ordered an army Of eighty thousand
men to assemble on the Hugarian frontier, to pro-
tect the Turkish territory Poland will, no doubt,
be up in arms and TO crown all, we hear OF move
ments in Russia itself, intended TO overthrow the
existing order of things in that country and esta-
blish a republic in lieu OF the present form OF
government. Taking all these things into consi-
Iteration, il really seems probable that the Hunga-
rian movement may yet revolutlonize the whole OF
Europe Their successes form the first decisive
blow that despotsm has received in that quarter OF
| the world, since the breaking out Of the French
revolution. They show, too, conclusivey, the
| rottenness and weakness Of the boosted Russian
power. After all that was promised and threatened
| by the Gar, after his pompous declaration issued
in such magniloquent language, what have his mii-
tary wretches been able to accomplish before the
| gallant Hungariansl Driven out OF the Hungarian
territory, andcGyng IN disorder before the foemen
whom they threatened to annhate with single
blow, they seek safety in flight from the fate which
! they would inevitably meet by further stay in
/ Hungary. This is indeed glorious, and all honor
to the noble Iungarians for IT. That success may
continue to await the Hungarians, is the prayer Of
all true friends Of liberty throughout the world.
We perceive that an attempt is being made by
the socialist organ in this city, edited by MIR. Pm
losopher Greeley, to identify the Hungarlans with
the socialists and red republicans Of France. No
| thing could be more;uDjust or more ungeneTous
Socialism has made progress IN any part OF Ger
many. and there does not seem TO be any likelihood
/ that il ever will and, least OF all, IN Hungary:
The German people, generally, are Of too practical
a character TO be led away by the wild vagares of
the socialists, Of either France, or their brethren
\ and mitators in the United States. They are OF a
solid, thinking disposition and while, IN common
with the rest Of the world they depore the defects
Of the present organization Of socIety, they will
not far forget themselves as to engage IN any at
tempt tending to overthrow that system or subst-
tute in ITS stead a new.fangled one-the emanation
Of fanatics and theorists with empty heads and
J long hair-whch, instinct teaches them, would en-
tell on them evils aud calamties that would be
suferable and perhaps result the efforts Of the
reck less socialists IN France have, in bringing
publicanism into contempt, and driving all timid
people TO the support OF government depending on
n. military strength for continuance in power, and
which Is not the embodiment Of the will of the
people.
Every arrival from Europe, for some time TO
come, will be snx,eusy looked for. succession
Of iidings similar to tfose which we received by
| the Iliherpla for few monfhs lsnper will, in all
probability, decide the great question which is now