The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1849-10-04
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE


/ News was received last evening Of she ulli-
mate fall and capitualion Of Venice, a city
which brascly stood thu scgc until sickness
ana famine had well nigh crushed tie spirit Of
lts heroic defenders, and until It's walls aud
houses were IN ruins. Compared with the de-
fence of Genoa, Of Palermo, aud even of Rome,
TIN, Of the old city Of the Doges viii stand
ont in bright eonirast--the inhabitants held ont
wihou, coercion until further resistance was
entirely hopeless, until starvation was busy
among the women aud children Had the
sa.ne spirit which animated the Nenetiuns been
shared by the other Italian c,es, and been
coupled with anything Ike unity Of purpose,
not hostile foot might now have been found
south Of the proper Lines Of Austria but there
was unlthcr unity nor combination ia the lial-
ian movement, from the lr.i, the petty states
were jealous of each other, aud one after anotl-
er they have been crushed
With the fall Of Venice the curtain drops on
all the great revolutionary movements of the
people. Dcspot.sm every where FEARS rs head
,rlumphant--ihc masses are either already
efoahllg IN their former shaeklcs, or stricken la
spirit are ,ubnissiyely awaiting the hour when
more oppressive yoke. are 10 be placed on their
neck~. Men claiming hla-phcmously 10 rule
"by the grace of God" their trcmor of. are
nov securely fencing themselves Ia with forest,
Of bayonets, aud they chucklo ~ they see their
former power returning. Prussia stands strong
cr and more erect than ever Austria may be
partially crippled, and is former lagh estate lost
TO IL bat the area If abso.u,lam or dcspotism
has bctn @ldrued bY Russian power, and the
people are a, they Mere before, or else are irod-
den even into more abJcct state OF bondage.
And whut next
To lin who will rci'cc, for a moment, it
must now be- evident that, without the active
assistance Of France or England, or both, the
gallant Hungarian, were all along engaged iu
hopeless ,ira2gc. Even had they been suecc~s-
iul against tAe immense force thrown uH 'h"Ahy
Russia and Austria, IN The end Prussia would
have cast her powerful aud INTO the scale, All
The great powers cngi"ed IN the uuhuiy laIa-
ton of Poland saw thc danger Of allowing the
llungarlns 10 establish q new government
on the border of their ill-gottcn possession,
Prussia rs well as the rest-Iud the Friendly re-
ations existing between the courts of NJ. Pc
tcr-burg and Re, in, with the uproaroHs Joy oil
the i'russian king when the nrWs Was brought
10 him by Russian aid-de-c4mp OF the subms-
sion of Georget, showed that hi, heart WI, ll-
,,rcsloi IA the struggle toau cNicnt which would
have sent Ia, hand finally to the work ct sub
lection. Hungary aud the hops, OF the people
least for the present. were lost thr French
Government refused 10 scGl H. armies gero.s
the Rhine, and England leut 80 other aid uUu
the sympathy oi public meetings 20 the c.iae VT
;he MagNars.
have ,,d That ever, where the hopes OF tine
people OF Europe are lof The present crushed.
Ii is trne tat the Republic exists iu mme here
IN France bal % is aptrioei hgfle~4r !ur under
that title q would not go on fora Week longer
were II not for the jealousy of tHe ,lherrrt llf-
ties conspnng against o. In whatever p ht pnc
may view tho present Government her, t i.
nothing but military dcspogi-u - absolute
a. that wiieh existed atanl per1u OF The .Hic %
the great Napoleon, whilst il la. none % the adj
Saniagcs which his commanding genius wA- cou-
,tantly showcung on ffantu aad her people,
That the most cordial UNDERSTANDING cAi@t- %
tbs moment between the French President and
the Russian Aulocrai there Is 10 d'uht--to such
complexion has rcfuhuclnlsm come o, last.
And w'l, such au alliAuer what hope D, there
Tor free and liberal institutions.
According 10 t8c Ngtaad Prince 0ul- Na-
polcon-oscry one here call, A.m lb. Frlute--ln
true monarehica style, ba- asked iue h1ld OF
his cousin, The aBughtcr OF thc Queen ot S'c-
den, IN marriage. Jni ua, obtained the q. eul
OF all parties lie beat nbou, among Sine Ger
man courts. or his ,mi,-afc. did ~u tur liin, on
a matrimonial speculate ~, and u Dr. SAID ct cav
orcd to obtain the hand of Princess ol Wa
teluburg but i.uhng IA this quarter, hr turned
hi, attention TO the court of Sweden, aud % re-
port. are true with sulcc-s II hr marry This
princess she Wii bring him spuIll down 10
the way Of ready money! 90 WWs1 Il ilnl-
much IN need Had he Ii.l 10, ptfusan> as murh