The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-10

JIm0 seLDcfssAvU Pass,
action was come, and p ussia and Austria fell into
On eddy and backwster OF doubs, aBxsties, dis1
oStnctioEs, rcantati3ns explain stioDs, aud in
trigues in which they have been, to their 81 vast
discrdit and injury, involved ever since, and Of
Shich nothing certain can be said exceps that the
policy Of each succeeding week Offers what Pope
calls vile antithe sis to that OF the week before
Now II IS oession to Russia In the shape OF
removal Ct patriotic d lonats:, or OF comm >ndsr
whose syibpathies Ger An instead OF 5c1Sonian
Now Il Is an act Of con ,ilis,ion " the allies by
sIepcirg a newspaper ird,screetiy active IN the
cause OF its Muscoyite patron, or cOny~stalation
Tor The Alma victory esicsd over powsS having
uninterrupted diplomatic rsianons,fN being,
nominaiIy AZ least, on terms Of anity ". al those
who evipce this uniriencly interest in iss oscon.
ntvre. We shall be curious To whether Austria
~l ccnsotr The great victory OF the 5tn OF Nov.
much cause Tor congratu alton as the triumph OF
the Anna, and would suggest, II tie precedent be
followed, that the sting might be taken ous Of 30
cecioed manifestation, by addressing the En-
peror OF Russia similar sicts'on on she fight Of
the Tui KS, and the heavy loss of Tue Light Division
Of Cavalry on the 18th Of October. Austria is in
the vortex, and no enc can say VIXEN she will
emerge from ii. We feel conddenr she must
emerge at last and that, borne away by The
tide of events, sLe mast ultimately jo. the
arms of e. gland ard France. IL il, however, of
every impo,far &c 10 her that this even. should take
place % socn as possible, ard that oy 1t . term
should be put to disgr,cefu state OF ipact1n the
continuance OF which II full OF danger ~ every
State ard government in Europe. Austria 10 rich in
historical cxperence, and ihas experience should
have Taught her the ex rene danger Of An isolated
position, and the absolute esslry that questions
OF European magnitude should be settled by the
harmorions and sinultaneol IS action OF the Euro
pan Powers.
Let ny one attsntivelg consider tee biss,ry O
te great Eurorean s.,ugsle. w,aed In tas earle
paIG OF his csDtury agaitst France, AMI Jaey ~il
find II ealiy establs hed that every attem1t a.
itola,lon-eve,y atemp, OF a. individual power to
separate is interests from tie great Eirogein
coDft SeJacy--vas the sure forsYnaher or heavy
dasreis; and that eve,y n'e0ei alton, so ioug as
II eudused, was croVnea wish sue ;ess icsy pro-
pot cd TO It's intin,acs BDd duration. nssiug
~ too remote and too much infiue need by exeep-
t'Onal cSnstf t. Ut 20 Ten ct she var u a.
rcd on beio the peace Of Aniens--a period in
vhien the war was rather ooe OF opln OF than sn
etoIt W resirs the ,lance Of power in Llrooe-
shall find that the disastrous wnrs which occn-
pied Europe from the pea Of AmisDs to the great
Russian campaign of 1872, we're so manly isolated
etofs ard Jost IN proportion as they we're Isolated
were disastiO aud discr disable. Prussia stood
aloof, t mporiziDg and hesitatit during the cam
paigp against Auhtrio, wh,ca began al Jim and
enoed ct Austerlitz and Rassii, though nominally
in allisucs with Austia ieIt her but feeble sup
port, compared with at the vast resources Of tho
empire were able to afford. Who gained BY thls2
Was 1t AuatIa, VINO saw herself placed by the
victory Of Ausserli'z at the feet OF her most
dreaded enemy, and compelled to renounce her
Russian alliance, ard 10 accept az the hands
OF her conquerOrs a fragile and ignomoi0us
peace? Was it Prussia, who, as q reward for
thai cu,pabe neutrality and miserable .me-servng
which had opened for NAPOLEON she road TO Vienna,
saw herse by The single day Of Jena stripped Of
her arpy, hen military prestige, her indse cadence,
her fortified places and her voice in the affairs OF
Eprope ond fell so PROSTATE in the dust thsr never
till after TIE disasters CT the Russian campaign did
she give the least sign OF vitality make the slight
est eftrt az enor cipation Or was it Russia, who,
sitter having left ih. tao States that form Bsr ma
tnral eefence 10 FIJI in det, before the giant Of tho
Wtsr, was compelled by tie sanguir airy sacrifice Of
Eylau and the sbattefng defeat Of Friedlanc, to
desert Der prDciples al her allies, and surrender
herself to the guidance OF her mighty AID success-
inl antagonist? But the Lesson had net yet sufl
GENTLY np'essedDpop Austyathe folly of an isolated
policy. Ia 1909, Austria without the aid OF Pms
aia. viii ch was crushed, or Of Russia. which was
humbieo again srgly entered the lists with France,
and 8g3in succOmbed upder series OF Sternl con.
tested but ruinous defeats. In the rst part OF the
campaign OF 1918 little success ait sDded the allied
Powers, till Austria Russia and Prussia united In
one compact League. That event was followed by
the vi tory Of Lepsic, ard by se.es OF SUCCESSES,
which IN Fix months put an end to the war.
If experience is 10 be any guide towards deter
mining fhtme events, these ia Is not barren Of
instruction. France las become tbs cetendsr,. IS
Russia the 8s1ailapt, OF fhe European equilibrium.
the Two powers bnve, IL tgct, changed pl1 eS. cha
racers, ard views. Between THESE two sofas ,ris-
TIC forces ssanf the iDte -Declite Kingdoms or aus
tra ana Prussia, WHO, uprauphs by TIE 3!.s aim at
Isolation ard dream OF neutrality. Bat tla tXpe-
Ilef &c q, HE late Ougc g. teach them taat tue
poicv ~ isolation Is one hat no Efforts GIN lsng
nahfaip, aud that the chnice prevented To chem il
Lot really whether they viii 60 10 war or Ia, ou.
whtth.r they will 20 To war as free agents q. =
tine ~hep their aio would be n edea AID n spreci
afed, or wtether they Will wsis 80 b. DIR aged gno
mr'oosJy into confess which they have ssr'ven,
c'pray to every dictate of honour aod consistency,
u avoi0. they have also TO consider whether Il
be not for their interest that the present war
should be at once extingusbed by the close union
OF nations which 40 speedily put end TO the last
anc whether they have any interest in coyertly
fediug fame which must u!timsteIy reach them,
aud eniold them one by one in its destroying EN-.
brace.
The Grand Council Of Bishops at Rome.
The Ctr,hta Cotoiica Of Rome publishes the fol
loving note, which seems " have sort of semi.
official Character
Our oily father, Pope Plus TX happily rsigning,
assisted by th.t celestial light which God sheds the
more abundantly when the gravity of circumstances
demands Il, has at length taken the resolution to
deign to the nnan'mous wish Of The pastors and
faithful the solemn proDur citation OF bis apossohcal
decision on the snhject of the Immaculate oncepti
Of the holy Mother OF God.
To give more pnmp and eci1t to this new and
eager yexpected solem.:y and 70 satisfy also more
fully bis tnder devotion that Of all Christe0dom
towards the august Viruin, his Holiness has con.
descended to invite to Rome ZOE the month OF Nov
empcr not only the greater part Of the Bisl spa of
the Eoman States, but also great number OF these
OF the Catholic world. II the difficulties of the
times, and the urgent necessities of many or the
dioctses which would sufsr too much from the
absence OF their pastors, bad not prevented it, the
sovereign Pontjf would certainly have liked 10 In
wife, specially and without exceptions, each OF his
venerable brethren in the Epscopate; but not being
able thus TO satisfy his wishes he desired at least
to invite nominally through his nuncios two or
three bisboas OF every nation, who mighs, without
too muo5 difficulty asa mble around bis throne and
represent the universal church, receiving with re-
spect and applause the decision by which the So
preme aston will respond to cbe universal wish.
we aie, nevertheless, gspfed that besides tho
bishops ~ ecisly invited, a grea: number OF non.
tiff, who will not be prevented by the too great
distance or necessities OF cir diocsses or by other
serius obstacles, will spontaneously come and asso-
Gate themselves with their venerable contrEyes in
this august sole unity, and will thus respond to tee
desire Il his Holiness, to whom their presence will
b. in TIE highest degree agreeable. Already GER
hin nombtr Of bishops have arrived, ard many