New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-13
nxuEu INTERVENTION.

Though Great BritaI, aud Prussia DID not sue
ceed in preventing hosslit'es frsu bccakiog out
between As,ssria On the enc hand, and TIE French
and S,rdibians on tie other, almost every
mail from Europe brings rimors slnt both those
Governments still cherish the expectation Ot
being abs to intervene to bring those
hostiliies 70, close. We put rs grsat faith IN
these IuuorO; the governments that coald mol
prevent the Val are lot very likely to arrest it
before it has ran its course; but one thing Is cer
tain. a successful Intervention between COM
hu,ants requires semetbiD ymore than diplomatic
notes TO bs listened to-, ainld the DIN Of arms,
the peaccma'Ssrs must themselves DO armed, able
to SECOND their representations and circumstances,
if not otherwise regarded, by little geni.e CON-
palsion. Ii is doubtless .. wish to. place them
selves in position TO be listened 20 with respect
as we'll prudent forecast Of self deiensr, hat has
led Great Britain to man her navy aud organize
volunteer rifs,nen. and has caused Prussia 20 put
her army, on e war footing.
The French and their psrtsans seem TO antici
pate that the batle Of Montebtlio is speedily to be
fD,lowed up by,a Mareng'; but il 10" Mireugo Of
ts,9 bears DO greater sembance ~ the A.hreugo
Of Loco than he new MOstebello does to the old
oae, it will tale a good many Mareogos of this
modern fashon to drive tbs Austrian ont cf Italy.
Even the Msrepgo of lSOo still left Austria boIh
the will aud ,be power to carry oo the war. 1t
Was only march upon her territories from the
side of Germany, and the battle of Hohenlncen, that
drove her isto the treaty. of Eunevile and the
rslihquisbmsn. Of her Italian provinces. But any
III fha anil
Battle of HoheDlinden, seem now altogether out of
the question. History doris not repeat itself. As
,hc presens military position, means, and resources
of the Ass.Tians in Daly bear no. sort Of
resemblance 20 their position means and resources
in the year 1900 when the first Ns2sieon. by
crossing tss Alps at She Great ST. Bernard, got
into their rssr, thus cutting ID their oemmunca.
tons and making yiStory oIer them n.al, so the
political position of Germany now, as compared to
ts position then. offers contrast nc less incom-
aiiblc yi.h the repetition 5y the present Napoleon
of the military triunphs Of his predecessor. A,
that tins Germany exclusive Of Austria and Prus.
sia, was divided lnsa q m2tipclty os States, most
of them feeble. all ealsns Of, and zsany of thea
hostile 20 each other-feelings very strong as be-
tween Austria and Prussia. Germany was then
only namnally lsld together by tha weak AZ an
tquatrd bond OF the German Emsile, which, such
as il Was, had n the previous wars been Almost
frittercd away. of which but thread remaine4 and
that lust upSn the point of final dissolution The
military successes Of France and the position 10
which the 6rst Napoleon had attained as he- mil.
itary chief gave him far greater influence at that
time over German politics, than was possessed
| either by Austria or Prussia The Germans OF
that time whether princes or people, had no sent
iment Of nationality, while the mass Of the ctizeas
and calliyators regarded the idea of French domi
nation with Indifference, if not indeed with the
hope tina, i, might deliver them, as France had
been delivered, from the burdens Of the ieudal sys-
ten, and the insuleDee, pretensons and privileges
of their we-born aud titled classes.
| The position of Germany st this moment is alto
gcther different Not only has the number Of her
States been greatly reduced; not only is the new
Napoleon totally destitute of any influence over her
princes, or any means of playing Of one against
the other not only is there no French party among
the German people, there exists now in Germany q
national sentiment, which o. it took its origin in
the successful effort Of the German princes and