Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-07-22

| this alliance. for the events now occurring III inc
east of Europe demonstrate beyond all posslolh-
~ of doubt that Austria is the natural guardian
| Of the Independence of those provinces which
have heen happilv termed .'the Low Countries
/ of the Danube;' hat her geographical position
| giyes her an advantage aud an interest IN these
| questions which no other power can acquire,and
that IT, instead of adherng TO the general policy
OF Europe Austria had lent herself to abet the
designs of Russia. the whole force OF the We stern
powers could hardly have saved the Ottoman
empire from destruction. while the calnmities OF
war would have extended 10 every part of the
continent. These propositions are now self eY-
ident, and we have the strongest reason ~ con-
graduate ourselves on the wise and straighffor-
ward policy which has prevailed at Vienna over
all other considerations. But what Is the inter
en- q to be drawn from these facts, and what
opinion are we 10 entertain of those politicians
Who in absolute and willful blindness to the real
dangers to which Europe is exposed, have al
lowed their passions TO carry them into declared
hostility to one of the essential allies OF their
country! Suppose the Austrian empire tn he
dismembered and broken up into the multlfar-
ons races OF which it is composed, but none OF
which is sufficiently strong or united to form an
independent government of its own can any
thing be more evident than that the barrier op-
posed by Austria to the spirit of conquest and
aggression would be swept away, and that the
great military Powers of the continent would
theneeforth dictate their own terms to the East
and to the West of Europel 1t is for this rea
son that in the course of those struggles which
eonvused the Austrian empire few years ago
we steadily kept in view that condition which
we believed to be the most essential to the gen
eral interests of our policy. The indendence
of Italy, and the constitutional cause in Hunga-
ry, doubt subjects which powerfully at
feet the sympathes of Englishmen. aud of all
those who have Mt heart the wafare of those fine
countries and the progress offree institutions
But the agitators and revolutonists who attempt
ed to accomplish their objects by violence and
by the destruction of the power of Austria were
in truth only preparing an easy prey to the at
tacks of Russia, of which they themselves would
have been the first victims. The effect of the
war in Italy and of the instruction in Hungary
was mainly to throw Austria into position of
dependence Russia which was inconsistent
with the part she has to play in Europe, and the
events of the past year demonstrate that Russia
relied on that of dependence to parayze
the opposition of Austria to her schemes We
hold il to be one of the greatest services that
could be rendered by England and France to the
general interest of Europe to have rescued Aus
tria from that position, by causing her to look
once moro with confidence to their friendship, by
placing her in her ancient and legitimate station
at the head of Germany, and by encouraging her
10 defend her rights one of the leading States
of the continent. What were the causes which
encouraged the Emperor of Russia to attempt
the outrage of the Menschkoff mission! He re-
! lied upon the known repugnance OF this country
to war,upoN the supposed want OF cordially with
| France, upon the internal embarrassment and
PROSTATE condition of Austria, upon the servility
of the wretched Prince who still reigns at Berlin.
A year has passed away, and he finds England
armed and eager in the prosecution of hostities,
France closely allied to the rest of Europe, Aus
! trla emancipated from the bondage of the Rus
sian alliance and the Prussian nation, at least.
eager to repudiate the degrading vaciatons of
their King. These are the results of year of
tedious but successful negotiations, and though
the time is now come when the direct action of
contending armies supersedes these transactions
of cabinets, we may confidently affirm that no
war was ever commenced under circumstances
more favorable to the objects we have in view
From early period in those negotiations
have entertained a strong opinion, amounting to
confidence that the Emperor of Austria would be
led by his ownsense to what due to his position
in the world, and by the evident uecessityswhich
dictated that line of policy to unite his forces to
those of the Western Powers;and we have never
ceased to argue that this union was the first con-
diton of success to that cause which now eompre-
hends all that is most precious to mankind. Our
confidence has not been misplaced, and, al
though a numerous class of writer's who take
more contracted view of these subjects, have Ia
bored as zealously as if they had been in the
Russian interest to defeat this European combi-
nation, and to sow distrust and vindictive feel
| ings in place of union and good will, the magni
tude of the occasion has prevailed over every 9TH
err consideration, and allied us to the government
of Austria by the same ties and for the same
purposes us those which already connect us with
the government of France. In both of these
empires it is the external policy, the public en-
gagements, Il the military power of their respee-
tive soyeregns which constitute the basis of this
alliance with us, and not their internal admins
traction or institutions With these we are not
eoneerned but we will venture to add that if
Europe is hereafter restored to more free and
healthy condition of internal government, if the
intercourse of nations becomes more unreseryed,
if standing armies are reduced at the peace, and
the evil of uni, ersal ornaments abated, these
| happy results will be mainly due to the influence
and strength of this alliance in upholding the
public law of Europe, and in setting limits to the
perncious ascendancy which Russia has too long
exercised beyond the boundaries of her own
empire.
Laterby the Niagara. of the War.
Prince GortshakoH mot the Genera) arrived
at Vienna on the 18th of July, and is the bearer
of the official reply of Russia TO Austria. The
precise terms of the reply had not transpired but
Gortschakof also carried an autograph from
Nicholas to Austria, the tenor ofwhich was said
TO be that by the evacuation of Wallachia, leav-
ing free the Danube the Car considers he sat
isles all the reasonable demands of Austria
Moldayia is not to be evacuated as the occupa-
ton of that principally is necessary as Il guaran-
tee for the conditions of future treaty of peace
Spain.
MILITARY INSURRECTIoN--A STATE OF SIEGE DE-
CLARED.