New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-19
GERMANY.
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pEvOLUTIoN AND COUNTER REVOLUTION.
We now come to the decisive events
which formed the ounter.revolutlonary party
In Germany, to the Partisan instruction of June,
and which, by q single blow, turned the scale
in favor of the ounter.revolutionary party; the
insurrection of October, ls4s, in Vienna.
We have seen what the position of the differ
emit classes was, in Vienna, after the victory of
the 18th Of March. We have also seen, how the
movement of German-Austria was entangled
with and impeded by the events in the non-Ger
man provinces Of Austria. 1t only remains for
us, then, briefly to survey the causes which led
to this last and most formidable rising Of Ger
man-Austria.
The high Aristocracy and the ockJobbing
Bourgeoisie which had formed the principal
non official supports Of the Metternichian Gov
eminent were enabled, even after the events
of March, to maintain predominating influence
with the Government, not only by the court,
the army and the beaureaucracy, but still more
by the horror of anarchy" which rapidly
spread among the middle classes They very
soon ventured few feelers in the shape of a
press-law, a nondescript Aristocratic Constitu-
tion and an electoral law based upon the old di-
vision of Estates" The socalled constitutional
ministry, consisting of half liberal, timid, inca
pable beaureaucrats, on the l4th of May, even
ventured direct attack upon the revolutionary
organizations of the masses by dissolving the
Central Committee of Delegates of the National
Guard and Academic legion, body formed for the
express purpose of controlling the Government
and calling out against il in case of need,
the popular forces. But this act only provoked
the instruction of the 18th of May, by which
the Government was forced TO acknowledge the
Committee, to repeal the Constitution and the
Electoral Law, and to grant the power of franz
ing new fundamental law to Constitutional
Diet, elected by universal suffrage. All this was
confirmed ON the following day by an Imperial
proclamation. But the reactionary party, which
also had its representatives in the ministry soon
got their Liberal" colleagues to undertake a
new attack upon the popular conquests. The
Academic Legion, the stronghold ofthe movement
party, the center of continuous agitation, had,
on this very account, become obnoxious to the
more moderate burghers of Vienna on the Goth
q ministerial decree dissolved it. Perhaps this
blow might have succeeded, if it had been car
ried out by part of the National Guard only
but the Government, not trusting them either,
brought the military forward, and at once the
National Guard turned round, united with the
Academic Legion, and thus frustrated the min.
isterial project.
In the meantime, however, the Emperor and
his court had, on the 18th of May, left Vienna
and fed to lnnspruck. Here, surrounded by the
bigoted Tyroieans, whose loyalty was reused
again by the danger OF an invasion of their
country by the Sardo- Lombardian army sup
ported by the vicinity of Radetzky's troops,
within shell'range of whom Innspruck lay, hers
the counter-revolutionary party found an asylum,
fomwhence, uncontrolled, unobserved and safe, ii!
might rally its scattered forces. repair and spread
again all over the country the network ofts plots
Communicates were reopened with Radetzky
with Jellachich, and with Windischgrasz, as well
aswith the reliable men in the Administrative hier.
archy OF The different Provinces; intrigues were
Get on foot with the Slavonic chiefs: and
thus real force at the disposal of the counter.
revoiuuonary camarilla was formed, while the
impotent Ministers in Vienna were allowed to
wear their short and feeble popularity out in
continual chickering's with the revolutionary
masses and in the debates Of the Forthcoming
constituent Assembly. Thus, the policy OF leav.
ing the movement of the capital to itself for a
time; apehcy which must have led to the ON.
impotence Of the movement party, in central.
lied and homogeneous country like France.
here In Austria, in Heterogeneous political con.
elomefate, was one OF the safest means of reor.
ganizing the strength Of the reac,ionists.
In Vienna, the middle class, persuaded that
after three successive defeats, and in the face
of Constituent Assembly based upon universal
suffrage, the Court party was no longer an op-
penent to be dreaded, fell more and more into
that WEAKNESS and apathy, and that eternal
oo'ery ios order and tranquility, which has
everywhere seized this class after violen,
commotions and consequent deranpem-n, sf
trade. The manufacturers of the Austrian
Capital are almost exclusively limited 20 sni-
eies OF luxury, for which, sincs the revolu.
ton and the flight Of the Court, there had
necessarily been very little demand The shou,
LOT return to regular system of Government,
and for return Of the Court, both Of which
were expected to bring about revival of co.a.
nsfcisi psesperisy-this shout became now gen.
erai among the middle classes. The meeting of
'ne constituent Assembly, IN Jaly. was hailed