The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-07-30
The neutrality-suspicious. or the British
Press.


While we are discussing the progress of the
plot and Specializing as to the nature Of the ca
| tastrophe, the curtain falling yesterday, France
| and Austria were upon the point Of joining in
| another desperate battle, The ceebrs ted quad.
| range had been reached. Pescheira had been
| invested; Mantua mad been masked: Verona
was upon the point Of being surrounded; Venice
was threatened, and Garibaldi was mannuverng
upon the rear of the great fortress. The waves
| OF warfare were undnlating and vibrating to
another great burst in foam--to-day the spirit OF
peace has breathed upon the waters and the
storm is for the moment at an end Thrse
months ago we expected peace aud were sur
prised by war. To-day Europe was waiting in
GREATNESS expectation fora great battle fought
IN the very strongest fortress of Austria, and is
again surprised by the calm announcement thar
an armistice has been concluded, and that two
great armies are for the moment no longer ene-
miles, The hrstsimpulse lie one OF ioy. Ii is
great relief to know that the human misery
which we have from day to day recorded. IS
stayed-that the dogs of war are again chained
up-that half million of men have ceased to
ny at each others throats. But this congratu-
iatlon uttered, we consider more closely the
circumstances OF this sudden halt of the con-
querer IN ais triumph, and ask ourselves wheth-
er this armistce is really the prelude to 1eace.
or whether 1t is but stop to take breath for a
further race Of conquest. The position of tue
two parties Is not OF that equal character which
would enable Us to hope that both are in the
same degree DESTROYS of lasting peace.
Every moment OF delay TO France. is gain
conceded by Austrja-is confession of exhaus-
ton. Austria has hitherto lost everything that
she could have lost. She has been beaten in
every battle. She has been driven from every
position. Ali the prestige of her arms has been
destroyed, and her troops are demor4lizea less
o. eefeat than by profound distrust of their
leaders and their military organizations She
could not be 10 worse position than now.
II she had lost another great battle on the
Adige, If Peschiefa had fallen, If Verona had
been taken, and if Mantua had been stormed. il
would not be more apparent to the world than
at this moment, that Austria is unable to cone
with France as military power To her, there
lore, the cessation of hostilities Is but the
surrender OF all hope Of retrieving her military
honor. In conserving to it she must have
abandoned all her pride, and must have en-
braced only the last hope of safety. She mist
mean peace, and she must mean to paw the
price OF peace, if this step is any other than
an ill-advised momentary expedient.
10 France, on the contrary either for peace
or for war, this armistice is worth another
great victory. Paris may illuminate for il az |
Tor the victory on the Adige, or for the storm |
ing OF Mantua, Austria il at home with her re- |
sources behind her. and with Germany mastering |
IN her rear. France is far away, reduced by |
her hard fights, requiring reinforcemen.s. apx- |
lous to bring up her supplies, and DESTROYS Of |
time to enable her combinations from the sen |
coast to develope.