New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-07

,epb. was undoubtedly highly usPalatsble to tue
whole yiernese Court Emperor ArehduAes and
nobility mus. hail sny occasion to thro" OH tue
odious md disbouoring pfe,snre. Above ALL the
military pride Of the Austrian army Wa nuui'
b,rd. and humbled In tie nostintoleribe maons''
iy the overbeaIipg aad ccntenptnous demeaaof
Of the Russians during the campaign IN Hungary.
The Russian officers scarcely acAno"ledSe1
spy compsnionshp VITA the A1strans whhe
treating the Magysrs with politeness and u'Olni'
" Itis very natural that such humiliation should
create thirst for revenge in the bosom oil every
Austrian officer and General The present con-
usuder.in-chief in the Prinoipalites, Baron
Hess, is the representative of these violent feel
in.s. AID the officers generally are forward to
uree the Imperial Government to declare war
against Russia.
Aside from this point d'hOnnsur there are vital
and decisive Interests that must weigh heavily IN
the scsle. threatening as they do 10 transform IN
not distant future, the aggraLdizementO OF Russia
into death blow to Austria. We do not believe
that Constantibople can give TO its Possess'r tue
kew Of the ancient world, or that such posses
zion must necessarily become dangerous to the
Iest of Europe. History, at any rate pu'' tue
lie upon this commonplace dictuu. AS soon as
Constantirop.e became the capital OF tse Roman
Empire, that power split in tive; the East was
never able to conquer the West, and we dare say,
never will be- The Turks have had Constsntioople
for 40 years. and though supported by immense
possessions in Asia and Africa, aud actag uoder
&. t'aia m 4 a
10 history the Sultsns never penetrated far
into Europe and never ruled it. 1t is true
that internal dssensions and the siding With the
Porte of several powerful Magnstes of Hungary,
maintained the Turkish sway for nearly 100 years
over regions extending to the German and Au'-
trion frontiers but the Republic OF Venice
was ab e to contend single handed, end often sue
cessfully with The Sultars, and to gain footing
in Dalnata. on the AdTiatic, aud at some
points on the Mediterranean. Since Amurata
snd SOymsn the Turkish power over the neigh
boring parts of Europe has been on the decrease
notwithstanding the possession OF COnsIantlno-
PIE. or rather in consequence OF 1t. STILL the
oresniz atom of Modernism was originally sineS w,
energetic, col censrSted, and superior to that
of apv other State of Europe, based, as lt was on
the fana,ioal spiri. of comparatively numerous
population, commanding all the material reqal'-
ties Of war By land as we'll as by se,. The pos
session of ConstantinOple by Russia, would, there
fore, not necessarily be dangerous to the rest OF
Europe, but it would sound the death-knell of
Austria.
This is well understood by every Viennese
m
eide with Russia in the pending war. Herhonor,
as well as her interest must spur Austria to throw
all possible impediments in the way OF Russia,
and to contribute, as far as possible, TO cripple
and humliate her former protector. Austria,
az she stands now, has far more to dread from
Russia than from any eventual western revou-
ton. For this IeasOB ever since the famous ulti-
matum of MenchikOfi, the tone of Austria-as it
Is clearly shown by the perusal of the official
documents emanating from the Nlennese Cabinet
has been cold and unfavorable to the pretensions
OF Russia. From kind of a subdued opposition,
the Austrian Cabinet has slowly but unhesitat-
iDgIy zone over to hostility; and there it stands
LOW This explsns why the western cabinets,
and above all, that of ST. James, have 30 far had
every reason to count on the good will and the
eventual co0 peration of Austria. The documents
we refer to- show beyond doubt that Austria is
sincere in her attraction toward the West, and
10 her uninterrupted estrsngement from Russia.
The breach Widens more and more, aud, If con-
trary to the more sapguine expectations Of the
West, Austria has not committed herself decided
", and declared war, il is not on account of the
Russian troops agglOnerated along her frontiers,
from Poland down to the Dniester. Not on this
side lies the real dagger No battles fought there,
whatever be their result, will overthrow or
destroy Austria. Its 10 the south Of the empire
that the abyss is gaping and the peril imminent.
The Austrian possessions south of the Danube,
the Save and the Brave, to the shores of the
AdIiatic, are almost exclusively inhabited by
Slavic tribes, such as Illyrisns, Serbs, Crosts,
Morlacbs, Dalmats - all Of whom, for five
centuries, have had no other tradition - no
other creed than bloody, unrelenting feud with
Mohanmedanism. All their feelings of religion
tstility to the Turks. All their recOllections,
ike their national poetry, have only one theme
war and revenge against the in6del There ex-,
lists no domestic hearth, no family, high or low,
among these tribes, which has not an account of
vengeance to settle. 1t may be said, therefore,
that all live on single idea-thst of hatred Of
the Moslem. If, during their subsection to Aus
tria, this part of the Slavic population has not
been exposed to Turkish oppression, these
Slsvons are, after all, brothers and kindred of
the principal stock which is still subject to Of