The Empire County argus., 1856-01-05

poslte tnat city monthly.
Kossuth, Mazzini and Ledru- Ron have addressed
q manifesto to the Republicans of Europe They
say that now that Sebastopol has fallen the war is
irrevocably and indefinitely prolonged that Sebas-
topol is the first word of a grand war, in which
the people of Europe to have the last word
The time has now come for action; unity is the one
thing needful, and they offer themselves as the
center whence an initiative may spring For Ita-
ly, Hungary and Poland, revolution is war; they
need allies and favorable disposition of chances
for France and the rest it is merely an internal
movement, and they have but to be unanimous and
to will. The beginning of the war appeared to
offer hope to the dismembered nationalites; the
peoples were deceived by it now those false hopes
are dispelled. This ill-conducted war has brought
to light the strength of the Revolutionary party
In two years the French Republic of 1892, by the
mere force of principle, swept France of enemies
and rebels. and transformed French society from
feudalism to fraternity.
During the two years past, despotism and consti-
tutlonal monarchy allied, have shed the blood of
one hundred thousand men and wasted labor to the
extent of S6OO,OOO,000, with no result but making
few ruins on the shores of the Black Sea and the
Baltic. Monarchs and despots are weak they
tremble at the genius, devotion and strength which
the revolution alone can call forth For this they
tawn at the feet of Austria, those feet which tram
pie on three enthralled peoples; vision of the flag
OF the revolution in Podolia and Lthunia has pro-
tected Odessa and Riga. They abandoned the
campaign on the Danube and the Principalities to
the Austrian invasion for fear of awakening an
echo in Hungary. They dared not give Finland
back to Sweden, and SO lost her alliance; it was
too dangerous precedent and might be carried
out by the revolution. The governments are now
divided against themselves The thought of the
Holy Alliance only exists; the fact has disappeared
The only force which could meet the revolution of
lo49, the collective force is at an end. The ene-
mys camp is broken into four--the Russian the
Ango-t French, the Austrian and the Prussian
Each has but single enemy. Russia is defending
herself Austria protecting her frontiers France is
drained by the Crimea and her menaced north
eastern frontier and exhausted England is reduced
to accept the few recruits offered by foreign pover-
ty and venality to supply her ranks. This is the
opportune moment; tomorrow it may pass away.
The liberal party is from this time responsible for
all the blood she'd on scaffolds and the slow tor
lures of which Europe is the secret heater for it
can conquer. 1t must fee! its strength and doubt
not OF victory; it is strong for God and the peo-
Piles are with it. Strong in its sorrows and suffer-
ings strong in the justice of its and the
immortal instinct of liberty; strong also through
the faults and crimes of its oppressors.
The sword of the rising revolution alone can
trace the map of the Europe of the future. Revo-
luton alone can regenerate Italy to third life,
'lhu say 10 hungary ana foland--EXst! 1T alone
can unite Spain and Portugal into an beran re-
public; create young Scandinavia, give a mate
rial existence to llyria, organize Greece, extend
Switzerland to the dimensions of an Alpine con-
tederacy, and group in free fraternity and make
an Oriental Switzerland of Servia Romania, Bull
garia and Bosnia. And it alone can harmonize
above this real European equbrium--sole guar
anty of peaceful progress the two grand ideas
which now lead the world, and which are named
Liberty and Association. Unite organize dare
daring is the prudence of the strong. Hungary
and Germany can not to-day do more than enter
foreign enemy to conquer and Italy must assert
her life one and republican. The man of the I'd
of December is the murderer of Rome France
and Italy, Rome and Paris--this should be the
battle cry