New-York daily tribune., 1849-05-17
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
The European Revolution.

.,;n oo-s,ad with camps aad battlehelds and
from Ea,, to West echo the notes OF preparation
while the combat, suspended at one point, breaks
nm, With fresh fury al another. The Revelation
M longer works With barbados, manned BY the
vorkmen Of Paris or Vienna bat enlis.s nations,
and fights for the possession Of half the continent
Defeated today, its armies resume the "ork a.
some distant point 10 morrow. One hope 10 oe-
stroyed bot some other comes as II by Inspiration
70 reanimate its children. Their leaders are IN
pri,oned, shot, banished, sometimes fall OF their
own weakness and incapacity bat new men r1se
in their places. Their opponents, trained 10 al
the tricks Of policy, cunning, shallow men Ike
Gaizot profsning the name Of Order by applying
IL 70 the pitifal, selfish interests OF dynastiss
and classes, live in disappointment and terror.
Where they thought their enemy buried, host
nses to the assault Forthey contend not against
merely mortal tagonists bat against ideas which
ever raise up defenders 70 themselves-sgainst
necessities which are placsbe-sgsinst I'M
pulses which are nothing less than the life Of
humanity
IL 10 now bat few months since the Austrian
armies led by ore Of the Oldest aud most ssiliul
generals Of the Empire marched against Hun
gary. Well appointed and Offered, carrying a
large train Of artillery, there was nothing bot con-
hdeDce among those veteran troops ss they tnrned
their backs upon Vienna, the scene Of their last
triumph. The Magyars had little except an io-
donitsble resolution with which 70 maintain tneir
cause Headed by Louis Kossuth, the most bril-
liant orator perhaps, in the world, but totally des
titute Of all military qualities, with few regular
troops, hardly any officers, few cannon, and a
scsnty supply OF other arms; surrounded oy 'ne
Slowaks, Crostisns, Savonians, and oervlshs All
Sclavonic tribes Of different origin language ana
interests from themselves outnunbering ihem ~
ak million souls 10 four aud already part'siy 10
hostility with them it seemed that the anucipS-
,,o,. of the Imoeriasts were well grounded and
that the national existence Of Hungary-tbe Oldest
constitutional ate Of Europe, was near its end.
The first events Of the war only strengthed this
suDposition. Favored by the unusual mldness OF
The sea.op. without which the country would have
been impossible, Windischgratz advanced from
pre.bors which fell without blow, and as soon
master of the Capital. The Magysrs were every
where defeated. They had men ready to tight
but no officer able 10 train and lead them Indeed
we happen 70 know that Kossuth attempted 70
send an agent to the United States to engage pos
.ite. some Of our generals TO take command OF the
Hungarian soldiers.
But fortune soon changed. Benz and Dembinski
assumed the highest posts in the Magyar army In
the presence Of the common danger, differences
between mobiles and the psassntry were forgotten
The poor nocked TO the standards and therlch gave
their fortunes to equip them. Bem destroyed
Pochner in Transylvania, and then over" "helmeo
the Russians, who had come 10 bis aid Dem
binski and Gorgey pressed the Austrans IN
the interior. One by one the posts they had
taken were recaptured, and now Windsehgfo'N
is in disgrace at Olmttz, and the legons he led 10
the destruction of Hungary, defeated, demorslized
are falling back to defend the territory and capital
OF Austria itself against their advancing cen
querors
Nor is this all. The Austrian Empire, which
boasts an army of half a million, is unable to re-
,ist this nation Of four millions, with their half
savage allies In such an emergency there is but
one quarter where aid can be looked Tor, but one
power that will lend It's troops to overthrow the
,ndependcnce of nation. That power is Russia.
La ., doing Nicholas acts with the consistency
which belongs TO the Russian system far more
than to the individuals by whom 1t is executed.
We hear much OF the talents Of the Au,ocrat and
of the political genius of Russians Such talk Is
worthless The Czar is aman OF very ordinary
powers of mind, and his subjects have no origin
.ntv. It's the system which is admirable ad-
mirable for its horrible perfection, for It's utter
aunihilaiion OF mtny millions OF men, that to say
its mplanting in them tho will OF their ruler, so
that they are bat machines OF which he Is the
mover. Well this system feels that the Hunga
risns are its enemies even more than the enemies
of Austria. Right across the Hungarian frontier
is Gahcia, a Polish province, and next the pro
vinees of Russia, and the whole Of Poland. Who
does not see that first result of a complete and
definite triumph of Hungary must be rising OF
the Poles to which that OF 1880 was chds play
The Magyars are therefore not fighting for them
selves aud their own independence alone. Were
that all the stake ia the quarrel we should watch
Its progress with greatly diminished interest In
some respects, indeed, we believe 1t would be wei
tor the Austrian Government to be extended over
Hungary. The material resources OF the country
would be more rapidly developed; there would bs
better roads and bridges, larger crops Of corn ard
wine, and possibly more speedy oprovemsnt In
Education than can otherwise be hoped for Not
that there will not be improvement in all these
things at any rate, but yet the Ausuians are much
better practical mea OF business than the Hungs
rians JUS. as they better than the Italians in
the same respect. But what gives the contest q
far higher importance than belongs to any locs'
issue s the TACT that is part Of the Revolution
aud tha, the question of liberty, peace, progress
aud true order is involved in IT, l; is the question
whether this shall or shall not be the last revolu
tion in Europe
nseems almost too much to hope that the Hun
sarians should be able to cope with the forces no
to be brought against them Still the chances ar
not 50 unequal as they may seem. The courage
and enthusiasm which have beaten the splendi'
troops Of Austria ought not 10 be crushed by suel
army as that now coming from the North The
Russian soldiers are iltfed, weak, Incapable o
besrng long fatigue, and possess only one usein
quality. namely, absolute obedience. In then
despotism reaches its last refinement They can
not even be called slaves they hardly have al
much individuality as belongs to machines In