The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-09

Powers, and in more recent times II wa
even asserted that nothing but the rcnue
aTbitralion WAS required to ext,nguish war and
it, horrors for all tne TO coine. w soouci uiu
the differences between Turkey ana Russia ASSUME
an mrort.ut character than the theory Ia question
NO. ;stantIy acknowed ged and applied. First 4,
<,onstantin ,pIe and afterwards at Vienna, ths
renrt septstives OF France, England, Austria, AID
P,rssia combined their acton in evident pursuance
Of a common uDcerstaI ding aud at length not
q outstanding some unavoidable diffeTer OF opin-
ion the views of all the four governments were
brought to an identity Of expression. and commit
ted to the formal terms Of diplomatic record
Thes came the hour Of tial. The sentence of the
court had been unanimously pronounced; but who
was &c execute the deereel Eng and and France
though reluctant in the extreme to forego the bless
iDgs Of peace, nevertheless adhered to their words,
ard accepted the last resort of arms rather tn an
permit their decisions to become nullity; but
Austria and Prussia, though committed to the self
same resolutions, have hitherto abstained from
giving them force, and have allowed the common
adversary to persist in his contumscy and violence.
Such policy as this has naturally created some
strong feeling among people whose words are
,equivalest to their bonds and who are habituated
by the usaees their daily life 70 attach the highest
saactity TO ali their engagements. 1t is felt in En-
gland that Prussia might, had she thought it, have
upheld the cause of the Car against the Sultan
have defended the occupation Of the Prncipafties,
and justified every title Of the MenschikoG demands
This course was perfectly open to her - sovereign
ard Independent power, accountable to herself alone
for her views Of European transactions But this
course she did not venture TO take. On the con-
trary. she concurred with the Western governments
in den0uDcing the aggressi0ns of Russia, and put
upon formal record those identical conclusions in
virtue Of which these governments are now engaged
ia IL ~ss after this voluntary testimony 20 the
justice Of the European cause, alter this plain con-
d unaton of the Cars proceedings, after this pub
lie assent 10 the regulations made BY England and
Ffsscs. that she net only beed her own words by
manifest indifference. but exercised her influence to
em6arrass ard impede the more honorable exertions
OF Austria in the common cause.
Austria had many implements Of her own to
su, mount before she could bring her forces into &C.
tion. Those who are loudest In complaining Of her
decays should recoect that they we're also tho loud
est. Lot twelve months ago, 10 proclaiming her ut
ter inability to 60 to war in any cause whatever.
Taa aggregation Of territories termed the Austrian
empire had recently been shaken almost to dirup-
aoa sy toe commissions O. revolutionary year
ly contuOlable the imperial finances ina hopeless
condition and the whole framework Of the political
machine seriously disorga Tlese difficulties,
however, would all apparently have been overcome
Prussia herself labored under no such embarrass-
mfrts. She hsd, 1t is true, in common with Aus
tris, long line of frontier exposed to Russian
assault in of AN actual rupture with the
Gar. but exactly in proportion to the extent
ei this line was its probable security If Austria and
Prussia remained sincerely Mt one. Together, and
with the resources OF the Germanc C0nfedei acy at
their backs, these governments could have brought
million Of bay onets inio the field against an az.
gIesor. whose forces would at the same time have
been distracted by the operations of France and
England before Cronstradt and Sebassopol. Danger,
therefore. was out Of the question, while other dis
suasives there were none. Prussia had a full trea-
suTy credit In abundance an enormous army, and
an enlightened population. Az far az political
s5mpataies are CONCERNED, her professed afinities
were rather with Great Britain than with Russia
she had been Boosting Of her advances In constitu
tonal science, had laid the foundations of
representative government. and had every
where where, asumed the position Of q Power with
and intelligence Of her people. The one
sole confederation on the other side originated in
We personal sentiments Of the sovereign. The
rorof Austria under moral obligation to the Car,
was intimately connected with that monarch BY
family ties. and to such account was this connec.
SON turusd that the public duties Of the nation and
the government have been substantially sacrificed
There exists in Prussia party analogous to those
discovetabe in most other nations-a party not &c
much conseiv alive as ctionsry, opposed to pro
gre, adverse to liberal institutions, and DESTROYS
nsfs,es Of revivng the past than improving the fn
taTe. This patty, though small in numbers, ani
perfectly insignifit can't il comparison with the grca
Piussaan nation, has many adherents among thu
nigh nobility, and. under such Constitution a
sas gs,sns has recent
mOsi emu ely INTO lts han5s, and Aila itse
o me weakness, indecision and affections Of tn,
E'ug to play the game of its natural patron-th,
Gar. This policy Is accom- plshed by various meaus
bat principally through the facilities afforded by the
p cahsr constitution of the Germanic body.
Austria and Prussia, besides being independent
AMI sovereign States members OF that political
ociation which still bears the collective name OF
Germany. The command or presidency Of this asso-
ciation would be equivalent to the command of n
mighty kingdom. II was once lodged With the i'm.
n%rfai in OfA Init ar
rangement terminated in the wars of the
Frebch revolution, and the prize, under some desg-
nation or OTTER has been contested by Austria and
Prussia ever since. Any false step on the part
OF either OF these Powers with reference to Ger
many. might throw the desired ascendancy into
ire hsnds Of the other. This risk Austria is natu
rally unwilling to run, not to speak of the material
support which might be lost ii the Germanic body
arder the influence OF Prussia to dissent from
her pros ceilings in the matter OF the war. II hap
pens. too, that the second rate German courts-sucl
as those of Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Ssxony dc.--srs
peculiarly amenable to the designing overtures o
Rnssia, and are thus made ready Instruments Of in
trigue. An Illustration of these facts given il
west were termed the Conferences of Bambcrg
where the courts In question volunteered an ooinior
upon the war and its objects framed thoroughly ir
Russian interests. Prussia, therefore, by putting
this machinery in action, as well a. by intimation,
Of her own policy In the same quarter, can menacs
Austria With isolation from the Germanic body with
loss OF influence ami with deprivation Of support
Such o game, however, is double a. well Ms dan
gerous; for Prussia, like Auatris, has German inter
este ss stake and her risks would be Infinitely thu
greater Of the two IL the German people SHOULD
awake to o sense Of its own dignity and iights. Ii
the meantime, Al active alliance with the constitu
tonsl governments of the West against the despo
Of tie North would prove the security of Ausfri:
il her disaffectod provinces would terminate sus
pepse a. costly and perilous to her as actual war
ADD would exhibit her ~ the true cham pion Of Ger
Dn iotersts against the iDsid;ous blockader of thu
Danube. This cooperation, Notwithstanding tn
ciandestine opposition Of Prussia there is now eve
ny reason to anticipate, add the Emperor OF Russia
after seeing all the great pc Of Europe unite
against HIM in the cabinet, viii encounter thre
out Of the four combined against him in the field
EFFECT OF THE EUROPEAN WAR ON TIL
TRADE OF THE WORLD
From the London Times July %
An stti le in the 81. Petersburg yourna indic,te