Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-07-22
DAILY VIRGINIAN.
SATURDAY MORNING. July p. 1854.
rha nuropean News-Austria and Russia.

The European News-Austr1a ana Hussls'
We publish to-day fuller extracts from the i'm
pcrtant European news brought over by thu
Franklin and the Niagara. The speouatons o
the London Times ON the Austrian movement u
Wallaehie. and the accounts of the Spanish lnsur'
rection. will be read with unusual interest The
latter outbreak, happening almost simultaneous
Nv with the ostensible movement of Austria against
Russia. would seem to be a precursor OF the
mighty popular outbreak against Kings and by
nasties with which Europe is still threatened But
we do not believe. in despite of the labored con
yic,ions to the contrary of English Journals that
Austria. in the existing crisis,designs,or has ever
designed to throw the weight of her arms against
Russia in behalf of Turkish nationality We
prediet that her present position is ruse-a coup
diplomatiqae to enable her still to temporlse with
the Western powers;and,if not in fact to protect,
nj least not TO offend Russia power which
virtually holds her own national integrity at com
mand.
The duplicity of Austrian diplomacy has be-
come proyerb and vet it seems 70 u, in con
sdering the real situation, internal and external
of that power in the existing political imbrogo OF
Europe-compounded as she is OF inultfarious
peoples and Earring. discoIdant and revolutionary
elements. ready at any moment to be dissolved
when the military Gordon by which they are
bound together shall be relaxed-that no eircum-
stance of self protection ever more imperatively
REQUIRED nation 10 exert whatever means IT pos
sessed to keep aloof, us under existing orcum-
stances, from war either of aggression or de-
fence And this is particularly the case as respects
her relations TO Russia In 1912 only by the
co operation of the gigantic strength of Russia,
was she saved from threatened ACKNOWLEDGMENT
through the rebellion of Hungary. And Hun
gary still bleels. She will never be reeoneiled
70 Austrian domination. so long the brilliant
and bloody fields of her revolution and her mar
tyred heroes are remembered.S She awaits another
opportunity to strike. Tuscany and Lombardy un-
der Austrian protectorate, and denationalized Po
land alike pant for opportunity to throw oil
despised and accursed yoke. That opportunity
will be given whenever Russia shall be assailed
by an Au .trian army 1t is true that,n an alliance
with the Western Powers, Austria would claim
n guaranty from them Of her own safety, and
hence of the internal quiet of her Provinces
And what spectacle TO tho civilized world would,
in all human probability, be here presented
Russia the ally of the republican revolutionsts
of Hungary and taly--and English and French
troops mingling their blood on the revolutionary
fields of Hungary and Italy, to perpetuate over
them the tyrunnies of the despotio House of llaps
burg Could any English Ministry stand one
hour as the ally of Austria in such a contest'-or
could Louis Napoleon so far outrage the sympa-
thies of the French people We think not-nor
do we consequently think That Austriais dispos-
ed to place herself in position to give birth to
such an emergency. She is in the power of her
colossal northern neghbor, who can, at any
day, kndle into a consuming flame the explosive
material of which she is composed.
The Austrian convention with Turkey, for the
occupation of Moldevia and Wallaehia-or per-
baps only of the latter province-is at best sin
grlar proceeding. if the parties to the convention
were sincere England and France, the allies of
Turkey, and hence. under any such convention
guaranteeing protection to Turkey, alike the al
lies of Austria. are no parties to it. 1t does not
appear that they consulted in the negota
ton or in fact that it has received their approba
ton and consequently, while it may be true that
Austria has commenced the military occupation Of
Wallachia according TO that convention, it would
not do her accustomed sincerity injustice to sup
pose some sinister motive in the movement
Armed occupation of that province, under the
terms, as would seem to be the case, of an ulti-
matum in SO far accepted by Russia, might well
strengthen the Russian cause, in keeping the
Prineipaties as neutral ground, and thus weak
ening the aggressive strength of Turkey x of her
Anglo-Fren forces, by transferring the seat OF
war to the Crimea-a position and distance al
which Russia would be stronger, and the Turkish
arms would necessarily, be much less effective
But we will indulge no further in speculation
Europe as great chess board is opened out be,
fore u.s. Kings, Queens and lesser powers arc
being moved-we say not whether by the hand
of Destiny or Democracy-ina contest such per
haps as the world has never known before With
patience are content TO contemplate the
successive steps to the grand denouement
Important State Elections are to be held in TWEEN