Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-08-12
C5c Daily spp,
SATURDAY, AUGUST IL, 1854.


This grand farce continues to SLOWLY orag
its laboring length along. All is indecision,
complication, diplomacy, and dlstrust, once
more. The Car has recousidered his propo-
sition TO abandon the municipalities, and now,
he saws. he will hold them in spite of the
Grand Turk and all his allies The King of
Prussia, impelled by considerations Of State
policv, had almost consented to join the
Western coalition against his father-in-law;
hut he seems to have taken counsel with his
wife since he formed that resolution and now
he is evidently disposed to help instead of hui
initiate old father Nicholas" The "boy
Nero" of Austria, directed by his infamous
mother, the arch intriguante Sophie, has very
adroitly played fast and loose with the West
ern powers for some time past and while
evidently fattering them, that he may betray
them, still continues to keep them in state
of silly inaction, by repeating the oracular
phrase, " Austria viii not disappoint the ex-
pectations of Europe"
Diplomatic, aristocratic, courtly Europe,
may expect Austria to be true to her promises;
but the Europe that lies crushed below the
incubus of royal rascality and the organized
treason of algarchic governments, will not be
disappointed by any course she may take
Like our own redoubted Caleb Cushing she
is sure to prove true to one party, and that is
herself.
Cronstadt still frowns defiance to the Baltic
feet and Sebastopol laughs at the western
warriors, whose barks are on the Euxine Sea.
Britannia's teeth find the granite Notifications
of the Muscovite too hard for bite. She
grins at them and they grin at her; and broad
grins play upon the faces of the neutrals, as
they contemplate the impotent farce. 1t must
b confessed, however, that France and Brit
ain have made one striking demonstration
since they threw down the gauntlet to the
virt They have made striking demonstra-
Bostf caution. They have manifested an
YpOse amount of discretion, and not much
have
Room i easily these powers could infuse activ-
into the war, if they were manly enough
to take the right course to do so. How soon
they could invest it with earnestness, respect
ability, and interest, if they really meant to
cripple the power of Russia and build up
permanent barrier between Cossackism and
Western civilization. Let them arm Finland,
Poland, Hungary, and Italy; and Cronstadt
and Sebastopol would soon cease to be of any
Importance in the economy of European poll
tics. The eastern war would then be changed
from mere scramble to preserve the balance
OF power, into a stern, earnest, enthusiastic
combat for the reconstruction of dismembered
nations, and the reorganization of constitu-
tional governments. We would soon hear of
battles instead of naval minuets in the Baltic,
and military dress parades at Gallipoi, if the
Pole, the Magyar, and the Italian were sum-
moned to the standard of freedom and their
Netherlands Under present circumstances,
we regard the European war with feelings
akin to those which animated the Western
suanaan when she l,A- ashland engaged
with bear. We really do not care who
whips.