Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-07-07

"N"tAlc CONTRAST OF, THE AUSTRIAN AND FRENCH
SOLDIERS. ss' .t17szs
Ihe ne, following @ article is fromethe Utica N. Y
H0ratd from thedpenIo OF Mr.. Williams, lust re-.
turned from Europe. from whose letters, wesso
5treqgentlyfqgoteds quot It II is very readable:
The Austrian army is composed of divers pss j
ttttSonaltles- tS Gathered under the same banner
are the Magyar from Hungary, the Sclaye from
RoheInla sthet German from the bankssofithet
upper danube, the dwellers among the. T5rbIaT,a
Alps theinhabitant Of Syria and Ilyrin1
.9e Italian from EQmbardy and Venice. These
icolsrqops elements, representing at once con-
querIng ana conquered races, arelhelG together
only by the strong bands of military disciplihes
|SPeaElng different tongues animated often by
mutual =, hatreds and mutual distrusts, they lack
..lIt unlty OF sympathy and purpose necessary
70 ktnHle enthusiasm in great army. To one
nan OF them victory, if not distasteful brings
no glory since it strengthens power they de.
test. Fighting from necessity@inspired at
at most with only professional spirit, without
tne Stmulent of patriotism to give strength to
tne arm ana conraget to the heart-they become
mere machines, moving only as they are moved
Brave out lndltterent-wit little to gain or lose
from victory or rdefent-fghting without def
n'te y .alm-a blunder or a panic paralyzes or
routs them. ~ Z. t2 -a'ss 1t7l - - -
The Austrian soldier is purely an automaton.a a
ne WORKS only rs heFIs- worked upon. Tho alb.
ectIcreature ftbat iron Visaged monster, Dis
cIpline, he has little ambition beyond that of !,
ooeylng orderS.S Whether it be to put dow an
Insurrectlon on the banks Of the P0 or chastise
rebcliipus Mpgyars on the banks of the Danube
Whether it be TO defend or crush out the Lib:
erres OF Peoples-he asiently, though perhaps
sulienly obeys9 tits enough forshinl, that heiis
communicable does not panse,to discuss ones.
tons OF right and wrong, s. His 7countenance is
heavy, his eye devoid of "SpecnIation. his
whole manner betrays stupidity or indifference.
HIS tread is measured and without elasticity,
ms teet shuttle as if they were moved by steam
or water power. Address him upon any sub.
Jsct-ask him the simplest question, the way to
the nearest gallery, or the name of the nearest
street-and nc answers with curt Sch aOeiss
nltcht" he appears to take no interest in any-
thing human or divine-to. be moved, bysfnSo i'm.
pulses, generous, bad or indifferent-to think
Of nothing 70 care for nothing. The merest
what does he care what sort of dirty work he
mas to perform, so long as he gets his rations
aud his few kreuzers day? Whether it be to
ensaye province, or fire upon mob-to crush
out liberty in Hungary or quell riot in Bohe--
mats all, the same thing to him. Glory, the
faith of treaties, the rights of groaning millions
the balance of power in Europe, are points he
does not trouble himself with discussing.
Very different is the French soldier He is
patriot aud citizen: He carries to the catnp
all thePride of race, and all the egotiSm of ma
tional vanity He looks upon himself as a child
of France-ps part Of that vast power which
has SO often heen the dictator of Europe. He
remembers Marengo and the first NAPOLEON,
and the Old Guard, and the memory makes him
proud He fights for glory, forthe extension of
FreHch power and French conquest Though'a
privateinst the ranks, he rccollects the proverba
that'feVery soldier carries Marshal's baton in
his knapsack.n He knows that the ewes .ofean
Promotion isthe reward of valor. He knows if
he Is Strickendown, that France will weep for,
her tallen sons, andsithe thought makes dcath
sweet. He makes the cause of his country his
cause. If the Pope is to be reinStated on his
throne, if the Kabyles oE-Algeria are to, be sub-
dued, II the Italians are to be freed from Aus
ulan bondage, he isito4do part,of it it. As
one of the'six hundred thousand soldiers he
does not lose his individuality; atom in the
great mass though he be, he rcnnins Il; distinct
atom still5i In becoming a soldier, he does not
cease to De man. He preserves his individu-
taIlty IN spite OF the rgorousncsS of discipline.
He respects himself, has opinions Of his own,
qlscours es politcsaHdniola alslke aphiiosopher,
anditakeS an interest in the world generaly:aeTf
you address him, he looks you in the face like
man, approaches you respectfully but with dig,
nifty, and conVerscs with, all the ease Of N gen,
tieman. Seldom sullen. and never inSolcnt,. he
gives you information with chccrlulneSs, and if
bis duties permit, goes far out of his way to
assist you. .-....,.,.. zi,issfiS
90 The school through which he must pass pa sis. is
hard but useful. Drawn MS conscript, he is
sent into Algeria: Here he is either sent into,
the Desert to. watch over Bedouins, or sent into
the mountains to hunt Ka6yles. II he is able
to endure the terrible heat Of summer, and the,
cold rains of winter-if he. escapes fever and!
pnralysig--if he, passes the ordeal of acclima-5i
ton unscathed-he becomes able to endure al
most any hardships and almost any climate
In the discipline of this Algerian school was the
great secret of the success of'French arms in,
{ Temperate in his. bapits, he preserves ,,e his
health amid the rigors sofunhoSpitabls of bls,skies and
The dissipations Of the camp. Small of stature,
his francis compact and well knit Active in
his mo&ements, elastic in his tread, wiry, i'm
,petuous, enthusiastic, he surprises the foe by
the quickness of his movements, and discomfits
him by bis nervous energy with which. her
Estrikes. His creature wants are few and simple
Give him his small loaf Of bread, his small flask
of wins 81 and a. bis salsd and s91R and he 1s
lin his knapsack the requirements of q whole =
ckmpaign. When eoEdep for hatting at night
comes, he c6oksghis bit of supper with his own
lmntS smokes His DiDe, ,tr Separ v5rhns himself