The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-12

ous in repeling that invasion than the bcss rcpubcs
with disunonists in Parliament or an imbecile at
the head Of the government, elected as choice be
tween two really great and meritorious men. The
example Of the United States has, In this respect
not acted very encoursgngly on the rcpuhlioans Of
Europe, and has ceased to be considered
dcine for all political diseases The United 6tates
secure they against any and every attack from
Europe, and without single powerful nation on the
American continent to dispute their progress OF
dominion, may have weak, vacillating government
for four years, without robbing the soil Of bushe
Of wheat or a bale Of cotton; but the matter nigh
turn ont disastrously If similar case happened in
Europe The very freedom Of Poland, and the fac
tons in which she was divided, rendered her an
easy prey to Russia.
The hrst step in q commercial point Of view which
Austria is about to take, is to ask admission into the
German Zollverein. The manufactures Of Bohemia,
it is believed, will under encouraging Laws and the
pete with those Of Saxony, while the silk manufac
lures Of Vienna having the raw material close a
their doors, have nothing to fear from their Ger
man rivals. The admission Of Austria with all her
States, Hungary included, will open to Germany
the trade Of the East, through the free navigation
Of the Danube, ard beat down all custom houses.
from the Rhine to the Turkish frontier.
1t viii open market for the raw products Of Hun
gary, and enrich that country which has lately suf
fered 80 much by the revolution. There IL but one
way Of pacifying Hungary and that Is by apaelora-
ting her condition and developing her almost mex
In connection with her entering the German
Zollverein, Austria ia aiming at forming tariff
league in italy, but here she meets with the most
determined resistance Of England and France. The
commercial interest Of England is opposed to such
measure, and the political prospects OF Sardinia, the
well known protege of Great Britain, win not per-
init it. On Italian ground Austria will not succeed;
horo o1,o boo fnn fnnN ton nhn nIx,.
and here she meets people more civilized more re-
fined, and of greater historical "reminiscences, than
she herself can boast Of. people possessing
classical language and literature, and reminded Of
its former glory by thousand monuments Of mar
BILE and brass, with the arts fourishng In every
city, and its master pieces crowding every
gallery Of Europe, can never forget its
rule be ever SO mild. In her Hungarian and Sca-
vonian provinces, Austria may prevail by German
civilization but in Italy abe cannot. Italy s more
elements Of classical education are to be found in
the language and traditions Of the people, instead Of
whole mode Of life a italy is superior to that Of
and neighbory relations may exist; but the history
of the last thousand years has demonstrated that the
union Of Italy and Germany Is unnatural and barren.
md destructive of tie hest interests of both coun
tries. Let that which God has put asunder (by the
Alps) not be joined by the puny hands of man.
have thus entered more fully on the posi-
ton Of Austria At home, in Hungary. Ger
cue to her conduct as regards the war in the East.
It shows that Austria, In her present condition,
will never become the active ally Of Russia, and that
her political existence shall be secured at
home and abroad she cannot fail TO become
the rival of Russia in the commerce Of the East.
Her separate treaty with Turkey, her occupation Of
the Principslitics, her antagonism TO Prussia her
proposition to the German diet, all show that she
has policy though from her shattered finances and
the alienation of very considerable portion Of her
subjects, that policy is as yet weak in all It's manes-
tatiOns. Austria wants peace at all hazards for it
is in peace only that he introduce those reforms
in her administration which may save her from ma
tona bankruptcy and ruin. Yet is the position she
has assumed such hat il she is compelled to draw
the sword she must DO it in the cause OF the Allies.
and have no fear whatever Of being contradicted
by events. The increased power Of Russia "a inc0m-
patibie with her national existence. Austria may
remain neutral for while. Austrian officials, mis-
understanding their position, may misgovern In
Hungary, in Pennsylvania In the Danubian Princi-
palitIes, but in the end she must take sides with
France and England or become Russian province.
As to the war, 1t Is admitted on al sides
that 1t has only begun, and that no human
eye can foresee it's termination. Every sovereign
that has engaged in it may die before the pre-
eminent may change before the publications. are
Exchanged. The fall of Sebastopol or the signal re-
pulse OF the allies will only be the signal for gen.
eral war, not for localized the present seems
to be. Let Bessarabia be invaded by the Turks, and
the neutrality Of Austris will at once be emhgoiled:
let revolution break out In any part Of Hurope and
the war win at once receives fearful nutrment IN the
preaching OF general crusade against the encrooch
ments ct the Asiatc power OF RuHsia-
Turkey will either be entirely Europeanixed by the
present war, or abe will cease to be an European
power. Every reform or change she introduces into
her government tends TO modernize her insttutions,
and the creation OF national debt ia perhaps not
the least Of these Turkey must follow in the wake
OF the protecting powers and she must surrender
the very ortrcsses which might enable her to resist
them. She has already introduced q European sys
TEN OF CONSUMPTION, allowing the Greeks TO serve
by the side of the Musgulnan, and she will finish by
with the faithful. II will be the only condition
which France and England win guaranty new
Loan and without such guarantee no one, not
even Baron Won Rothschild viii lend her penny.
less warlike, yet equally fanatic with the Turks, is
evident from their resistance to the system Of con-
scription. II they were the men their paxtzans
opportunity Of arming themselves, and by carrying
arms which Is the badge Of freeman in the East,
ass ert their equality with their former rulers. The
Greeks, however, fly from the CONSUMPTION and give
fresh evidence Of the historical truth, that II u not
by single stroke, however well aimed, that you
can transform slaves into freemen.
il is now certain that nothing important win be
undertaken against Cronstadt. though some blow
may be struck against the baltic provinces Of Rus
Sin. The over large naval force nov In those seas
seems to warrant that conclusion. Az the war IL
now conducted In those waters 1t IL one Of savage
determination for no other purpose than 10 infict
the greatest injury on the enemy's property. This,
unfortunately is the leading characteristic Of every
maritime war;
The English and Russians are both recruiting in
Germany, but the English are by far the most sue
cessfni This shows sufficiently which way Ger
man SYM athies are inclined, or, Il you please, on
which side Is the most money. The fact that 40
large portion Of the former army Of Scheswig Hol
stein has joined the British foreign legion, and that
men Of unidentified worth and character have taken
tie Queens commission, furnishes undisputablc
proofs that the liberal sentiment throughout the
continent is with the allies and not with Russia.
This nGy te Of little consequence now, but il
may he decisive toward the close Of IL some years
hence.
The Spanish Cortes have just adjourned sine die.
They have, in part heen driven away BY the cholera,
which is making more fearful havoc In Spain than
in any other country. Previous TO adourning they
voted the loan which they hope win be taken up out
OF Spain. AS long as France and England are bor-