Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-08-16
What will Austria Do +!

The feeling OF dstrust concerning the good faith
and the ultimate course of Austria gains strength
daily in England, and some of the leading presses
begin to speak out their sentiments very plainly
The London Morning Chronicle of a recent date
says:
Events hurrying EDWARDS to 4 great crisis
In minds, there has never been doubt as to
the position of aiiairs between Austria and Russia
We have, from the first regarded these Powers
as acting in perfect harmony, though at times
seemingly at variance. Others have taken diff
terent view OF the relations subsisting between the
Courts of St. Petersburg and Vienna. They be
eve that there is real and decided antagonism
between them, they avow their inability 10 believe
that Austria could have signed convention with
Turkey, TO drive the Russians ont Of the Princi
paiIues If she not heart and soul against the
Gar.
1t remains TO be who is right And that
we shall see before long. The curtain of conceal
ment must soon be raised and the whole world
will be able to form It's opinion to the real po
sltion of affairs Nothing, up to the hour at hich
we write, has occurred TO shake, in the slightest
degree, our faith In the VIEWS we have entertained
all through the piece. We firmly convinced
that Austria was, from the first, conserving par
ty TO the entrance OF the Russians into the Princ-
palities.
Duplicity has been charged upon Austrian pol
icy for centuries Every empire or kingdom
which has relied upon the pighted faith of Austri
an Emperors has been betrayed in turn. So long
ago as Sha kspeares time, their character for be-
traying those who trusted in them was so notori-
Gus, that the great dramatist in the play of King
John, puts into the mouth of Constance mother of
Prince Arthur, the following words
80, Austria. Thou slave, thou wretch, thou
coward.
Thou little valiant, great in vany
Thou ever strong upon The stronger side!
Thou fortunes champion, that dost never fight
But when her humorous adyshp is by
To teach thee safety. Thou art perjured too
And sooth ST up greatness.
Thou cold-blooded slave!
Hast thou not spoke like thunder on my side
Been sworn my soldier bidding me depend
Upon thy stars, thy fortune and thy strength?
And dost thou now fall over to my foes g"
1t may still be. and the present state of affairs
favors the speculation, that before the Western
Powers find way out of the war upon which
they have entered, they Will be obliged to make
use of the revolutionary elements which they have
combined to crush. To form barrier against
Russia, they may yet find it polite to reconstruct
Poland from its ruins, and to keep Austria within
bounds they have but to stand back and let Hun
gary and the Austro1talian provinces move for
independence again. Thus far the allied troops
and fleets have done nothing. While the allies
were amusing themselves with parades and re-
views at GalIipoli and Varna, the Turks have
borne the brunt of battle and covered themselves
with glory along the Danube. And so in the Bal
TIC. The largest and best appointed fleet which
the world has amounts to nothing more
than blockadIng force. Admiral Duchesnes re-
ports nothing more than the inauguration of a
picture of the Virgin Mary, the mainmast of his
flagship, and fire eating dare devi! Charley can
only tell the Qeeens gracious majesty that ne sail
ed up within sight of Cronstad.-and then sailed
back again. MIL Sent