Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-08-07
Tho Present Aspect ofEuropean Affairs.
4 l. 1 I, II

Whatever may be the motives which appear To
have suspended the direct action of the Austrian
Government and the German Powers, nt'thc very
moment when il was confidently supposed TINT
General Coroniui's division was nbont to enter
the municipalities the first aud most important
consideration for ourselves and for the world l.
TINT the operations of tho Turkish army, backed
10y the forces aud the Generals OF France and
England. are not IN the slightest degree dcprn-
dent ON the ntrignes of Berlin or the hrsiations
of lennn, On the contrary, there never has
been moment since the commencement of tins
war at which the belligercnt Powers were resolved
and prepared to prosecute their enterprise with
greater activity
The delays which are m~rparable FROM tho
opening oi "A campaign, from the extreme difficulty
of obtaining thc means of transport especially IN
u barbarous country, nro at last overcome. The
Russian dctcuccs nj the Sulina mouth Of the
Danube are reported Ia have been attacked and
destroyed by five British and French steamers.
4 considerable detachment of French troop,
starts for the Baltic; while the main eApcditonary
army under Marshal St Arnaud aud lord Raglan.
must have reached the Danube IN time to support
the last energetic and brilliant operations of O
mar aashn.
To talk ofncgotiations aud especially nogoii
atoms on So thmsy and uu~uti~ Hetoly II basis II
the lasl communication from Petersburg the
moment when the heligrrcnt Powers are Just
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they hive n right 10 anticipate from their Nust
sacrifices and their long torhcarance, l. mn uh- ur
dity of which no man IN Europe except the King
of Prussia, cun be guilty. The King OF Prussia
himself must Dc nwnre that he has lost all credit
and influence with the Western Powers, AMI
with Europe and his Envoy IN London, who went
through the tormahty of presenting his crcdcn.
tials 10 Her Majesty yesterday, is not 10 be enyi=
ed in the discharge OF the duties he will have Ia
perform.
But the Cabinet of Berlin still hopes to play
the game OF Russia IN Germany, and II is zeal.
ously seconded by several of the petty Courts
From what is passing before our eyes, it is not
too much to assert TINT if the policy of Gorma
ny had depended ON the secondary SoyerciEns Of
that country, and if Austria had not advocated II
more Independent line of conduct, the whole Ger
man nation would have been sold to Russia in
this contest. II is felt throughout Germany that
the Emperor Francis Joseph is the only Prince
who has shown sense aud spirit at this crisis, and
that he has been thwarted by every influence
which could be employed to warp his Judgment
and to shake his courage.
Hitherto, although the expected advance of the
Austrian army into the puncipalities has been
retarded, the presence of near 25o,oOO men ON
the Austrian frontier and in the Provinces of
Gallcin, the Bukowina and Pennsylvania, has
exercised very important and salutary effect ON
the II is the presence of those troops in Il
strong advanced position, fortified by the range
of The Carpathan Mountains, which eompels the
Emperor of Russia and his Generals to retain
al the finest troops Of the Russian army in the
kingdom Of Poland, in Podola, and in MoIdayia,
in~omueh that onl Y part of the Sd and 18th corps
can he said to operate at all under Prince Gort-
schokof in WalIachia.
The last accounts state that he has not at this
moment more than 10000 men, and very proba
bly, this estimate is correct, for each of these two
corps is supposed to be reduced To about hall
that Number. With this force already much dis
Outraged. weakened and shaken, the Russian
commander may have To fight battle; but the
reason that he cannot look for any efficient rein
forcements is that the bulk of the Russian army
is kept in check by the formidable array upon the
Austrian frontier, and this obstacle can only be
removed by an assurance that Austria accepts
the humiliatng and insecure position in which the
policy of Russia would place her
Until Austria enters the Prncipalilies not on
" rs the declared ally Of the Sultan but rs one
fthe declared antagonists of kussia, we have no
desire TO see her move at all. \ neutral occn-
patton would only be a general embarrassment,
and must give rise TO distrust and luminosity ON
both sides. In the meantime, the course ot e.
vents has become so rapid, and thus far, so sue
cessfu that the decision of the Austrian Gov
ernment is losing the important influence II seem
| ed likely to exercise Il few weeks ago over the
| results of the campaign.
In the present state of this campaign with q
mer Pasha advancing on Bucharest and tine ain
| ed armies on the Danube. it's mere puerillty te
address another ultimatum to Russia demand
ing the evacuation Of the Princpalities IN month
! for in less than that time.the fate of the invad
| ing army ought to be decided; and, although th'
weight of the forces and influence of Austria II