, 1859-05-07
THE IMPENDING 1yAR.

Yesterdays news hy the Niagara leaves no
doubt as to thc Intentions nf Austria, S}to is
determined upon war: and probably cre this
llostilitics have hcon commenced. No MAN
can G,rcscc the continuance nr result Of the
fearful! conflict But military men knowing
the strength Of IAustria'f position, the number
of her troops and the completeness of her NH
.imcnt in tle Lombardo- Ecnitiau States and
the ca@c AMI cplerity with which her forces
can he prccipitated across tue Ticino and po
upon the territory Of Sardinia. confidently pre-
dict that the first advantages will rebound 10
the credit Of Austrian arms. After tile COIN
menccment Of the struggle. maiy days, possi-
bly, two weeks. u'st c1apsc. before France,
though armed eap-d.p!e, and ready for the
atri;'. c:,,, come to sardnias aid ut thc points
where she is most exposed to attack: and in
that interval tic first brief campaign may I've
decided. 4 glancc 1T the mnp Of Italy will
chow how comparatively dcfenceless the cast-
cru frontier Of Sardinia is: and how far re-
moved from the :id which Lilo French propose
to give. We have no knowledge OF tic weight
Of the force by which the frontier is guard
ed: hut when We remember that the
entire Sandman army. levied on popu
lation Of hut little more than five mil
lions, is less than l500n0 men, and TINT
Austria las now in Venice aud Lombardy
about 100000 troops. with facilities by rail
road, for increasing that number to an iadef-
mite cxtcut the Judgment Of tie military crit
les will appear, even to men Of peace, to rest
on solid basis. But rs Sardinia llas counted
the cost mud calculated the chances and ms
she has displayed great cascrness for the fray,
it is evident that she is prepared for whatever
the chances Of war u,ay bring.
There are many in this country. particularly
among the Germans and Hungarians. Of the
emigration Of is48. who believe TINT the com.
menccment Of the struggle will be tile signal
Tor revolution which. beginning in Italy or
Hungary. Will extend over the Continental
States They predict that it will bc demon.
strated that Austrian soldiers arc no longer
loyal. and tllat oncc in the field they will turn
with the fury Of snadmen upon tie rulers By
whom they are driven Forth to chances Of death.
It has hecn Austrian policy to employ troops
from her Hungarian provinces to hold in check
the people Of Italy, and to send her Italian nc.
cruits 10 execute the same office for her Hun
g1Eian suhjecta In all her armies slle las
maintained numbers of German regiments to
keep both Huagarianz aud Italians in proper
subordination. Tie object is evident Aus
trian gar1isons ns general ru}e have nothing
in common with the people whom, it is their
duty to keep down. The sufferers bv their
presence are not Of their litl or kin. They
speak different language, have different man,
uers and customs, different national aspirations
and desires. But it is said that this policy
viii not arail against tue nowly awakened
desire for freedom which, these prophets
ear, thrills tic Austrian ranks. We
doubt the correctness Of the prophecy. His
tory furnishes few examples in which reyo.
luton las established Liberty in the midst O.
war: The discipline Of the field, the etpri! d,
. eor7s, which has its weight even when men
are engaged in bad Cause the well (oundet
fear and hate Of the despotlc purposes Of Loui.
Napoleon, the impossibility Of securing co
operation among the reyo}utionists tllemsoave,
the danger Of discovery which accompanies
every conspiracy, and tic suddcnucss mt
severity Of the punishment. will neutr4lize al
1te plaus Which Aazzini and Kossuth ma.
have laid. There is little room 70 hope tlu
they will he enabled to stay the conflict or t
turn it into d struggle for the advancement
aud yindication Of human rights.
What e1oct the war may have upon Amer
|''e&n prosperity through its influence upon th
Rra'a and money markets Of tho world, W