New-York daily tribune., 1859-06-04
AUSTRIAN OPPRESSION.
From The London Nes,,. May %.

Austria seems resolved to Justify by fresh acts Of
violence and oppression, the European condemnation
of her Italian rule. Since she crossed the Tciuo, her
Generals and her armies have revealed the cruel ard
relentless character of the despo,ism they by
course Cf indlscrmnate theft and spolaon by acts o
cruelty ard injustice such have rarely IN modern
times Gisgraced the warfare of civilized nations. The
movements Of the Austrian IN Piedmont are dc
tated fom Vienna and the work of local destruction
now going on between the Sesis and the Po, we see
the character and spirit of the Central Government
That spirit is essentially barbaric The progress OF
civilization and TcfI emen has indeed. veueere1 the
surface but the center unchanged-the long habit OF
arbitrary rule has confirmed and renoered lnveterate
the 4 cngenders No sooner are the formal
restrictions of peace thrown off than Austria appears
in her I ue character. She hastens to indulge her
savage lust for punder, and crafty her savage IN
sines Of cruelty and revenge. The instrument ot her
Conservative policy il destruction, and her avoriie
means of concila'iDg dsafected subjects the knout
and the sword Every post brings us fresh accounts OF
the ruthless doings of the Anstrians IN Pisdmont
Their brutal Croats have ravaged defenseles' coun-
ty, sId rubbed without pity an innocent ana passive
people. Within three short weeks they have con-
veied not only by systematic plumber but by warion
destruction, the most fertile province oil h'urishing
kingdom into wilderness This Is the punishment in-
tiicted on an Industrious and thriving population,
whose only crime loyalty to its constitutional and
lawful King.
Ausina. il is announced is now about 10 deal
similar blow on her own Italian subjects. News has
jus, arrived that the Emperor has determined to hict
on the large towns of Lombardy the heavy chastiSe-
ment of forced osn amounting to seveniy-fye mil
lions of forms The Augsburg Gazette, in ANNOUNCE
ing this extreme measure, couples 10 true ba'siiah
fashion with ns ut 20 the wretched victims OF l-
peIal oppression. They are to be heavily hned, and
brought to the brink o ruin not for their words or acs
but for their sympathies." The citizens Of Lombardy
having Italian blood in their veins, sympa;hize win
the efforts made by hborne 81 ,te- III the grra. aud
common of national independence. That Is the
crime according tn the Austrian organ which Is about
10 bring upon these cities this heavy punishment The
forced loan is 10 fall exclusively the towns whose
"sympa.hies," says the Aagsburg Gazette, " with
" Piedmont have brought on the wal. and who mus
now pav the piper The whole of the tax Is to be
maid in silver rs The bankrupt Governmen; refuses 10
lake It's own pspeT. 1t might perhaps have been
tbop0lt tia, considerations Of prudence aud policy
xcpld bsye prevented such & wanton outrage on the
c;,;y,ns of nmbarly a; such moment e. the present
Ru, apstra is already desperate, and the reign OF
crnelty and terror has evidently set IN She would
ure never otherwise attempt 10 recruit her exhausted
exchequer &, the expense OF the Impoverished to"ns-
people Of Lombardy.
The condition Of the people on whom Il IS lad, a.
well as the object Of this forced loan, make II
ueasnre Of utcnliar and even refined cruelty Danns
the last ten wears the inhabitants OF LonoarIy nave
been subjected 10 series Of ines taxes, ana o!eed
loans OF the most oppressive and inqui.ou, DI oI. ~
this respect they have in fact, been treated y
having no night whatever to the produce OF the sou
they TILED, but only at most 10 pare suVssse,
Just enough to perpetuate the round o noPeeSs Iaoo
10 which they were condemned. The lana TAX iV' .A
ample in this province Ibeng more tnan oouo,c Wv Wv
amount levied in other parts Of the empire, sosorDs
all the profits arising from the cultivation OF the soil
In one wear alone in addition TO the existing land YAK
of 30 per cent, extraordinary tax o; 'V'VVoV a1u