The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-06-13
Kossuth on I,nrIand,s Non,raIItv.

He is clearly Of opinion, says the New York
Tribune, that the proclaimed neutrality of
England, so far as the government is con-
cerned, is a mere temporary expedient, and
that, should the position of Austria become
seriously compromised, that neutrality will be
very apt to terminate in direct Intervention to
save her. Nothing, he thinks, can prevent
this result except the force of public opinion
kept constantly bearing on the government.
AS to the Italian question, so called, he
freely oonfesses that it is not question of NAL
administration or misgovernment. No redress
of grievances could make the Austrian Gov
ernment tolerable to the Italians. The only
possible permanent settlement of the italian
question, in his view, ia the election of the
Austrians from Italy. Any interference on
the part of England to prevent that election
can only prolong the difficulty and give occa-
sion to new troubles. If the neutrality Of
England is really to bo preserved, all idea Of
maintaining Austria in the possession Of her
italian provinces must at once be given up.
But even this will not be enough. In order
effectually to keep Austria out of Italy, she
must bo put into position not to be able to
come back. The idea, therefore, Of the neu-
trality of England, only so long as tho war is
confined to Italy, is secuted by the Hungarian
orator. The French and Sardinians must be
allowed to pursue their advantages into the
other territories of Austria--otherwise the
principle of neutrality can not be carried out.
Even it the result should be the entire dismem-
berment and dissolution of tho Austrian En-
pire, that, he contends, is not a result which
ought to give England any uneasiness. The
exclusive policy of Austria shuts out English
commerce, while the composite character of
her empire, and the predominance of the Sla-
vonic element in her population, disables her
from serving to any good purpose as barrier
against Russia, for which end only has Great
Britain any object in preserving her as one of
the great Powers of Europe.
70 the objection, that il were all very we'll
if the nationalities oppressed by Austria were
able to vindcate their own independence, but
that the French intervention makes a differ
ence, since it is not worth while to overturn an
Austrian nomination to set up French one,
the Hungarian orator urges this reply: that
without foreign aid the oppressed nationalities
stand no chance whatever, and that he can
not think that the Louis Napoleon has
entered on the present war with any view
Of conquest, because that would be ruin
to him as il was to Napoleon I. He
thinks that Napoleon III, while he has
much to gain by assuming the patronage of OPP
pressed nationalites, has no temptation to be-
come, in his turn, their oppressor.
There is, however, one important question
one which with English and German statesmen
would be likely to be the turning point, upon
which this speech throws no light. Suppose
Napoleon III. ever so generous to the nation
alities re esta blished on the ruins of Austria,
yet, at the head of an army fresh from the
overthrow of Austria, and backed by the arms
and the gratitude of two or three new States
reconstructed out of her ruins, would he not
occupy position hardly consistent with the
independence of Germany and England?