The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-06-16
Kossu,h ON the war.

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cumstances, were heartily applauded By The inn
menso sudience We give below portion OF
bis remarks on the treaty Of 1915
! think it, therefore, urgent that, while op.
proving OF the policy OF impartial neutrality
and strict non-ntetveniion, the public opinion
uf the English notion should empha icaily repu.
date the idea OF lending, under any circumstan.
crs, her support to Austria against the enamel.
patton OF the nationuIites oppressed by her
Loud cheers now come To the pretended
invioabity Of the treaties Of 1878. II is the
more importont 10 have the mist OF prejudice
cleared away in this regard, as ii can admit Of
no doubt that lift should so happen (Which God
ioreIcnd y that England were TO depart from
the principle ol neutrality 1t would be done in
favor Of Austria il would be done on the ground
aud under the pretext OF the inviolability Of the
treaties of 1878 1t is woeIul to remember, my
Lord, that the Sovereigns who, on pretense Of
asserting the liberties Of Europe, entced the
nations 20 she'd their blood In streams for nearly
n full quarter OF a century, aud 10 waste away
the prosperity OF generations for the preservation
OF dynastcs, at last requitted the delnded ma
tions, at the Congress oil Vienua, by selling aud
burtering them like cattle, and by treating Eu-
rope like an nllodiSl farm. Thus it is that
Lombordy, thus it is that Venice, the Fairy City,
robbed of its glorious independence Of thirteen
uuUutN 1Suio obhHh'Hbi WplV tpoopN ONtl ihO u
cricket bal! into the grasp OF the House Of Aus
tr;a. Hear, hear. These last forty -four years
of Italian life, with their groans, with their
cver-growing hatred and discomfort with their
ever.recurring connexions, conspracies, re-
volts, revolutions with their scalTods soaked
in the blood OF patriots; with their horrors of
SpelberE and Mantua, aud with tho chatting
anger with which tho words I" Out with the
Austrians," trenbc on the lips of every Italian
I,rI f,,, lnd il
as a standing protest against those impious trea.
tics. The robbed protested loudly enough
against the compact of tho robbers. Cheers
Yet, forsooth, we are still told that the treaties
of 1918 are inviolOble! Why, | have heard it
reported that England rang with merry peal
when the stern inward Judge, conscience, led the
hand of Caslerengh TO suicide; aud shall we,
in 1889 be offered the sight Of England plung-
ing into the ncacuube calnmilcs Of great
war for no better purpose than TO uphold the
occursed work OF the Castlcreaghs aud from no
better motive than TO keep The accursed house
of Austria safe IChscrs. Invioable treaties.
indeed Why, my lord, the thirty-four years
that have since passed have Cribbed those lrea-
ties like sieve. The BOuIbons, whom they re-
stored TO the throne Of France, have vanished,
and the Bonapurtes, whom they prescribed, IRE
restored. (Hear, hear Two changes---the
transformation OF Switzerland from u conedera-
ton OF States into u conlederatcd State, and
the independence OF Belgium--hove been accom-
pished in spite of those treaties, to the profit of
Liberty but Tor the rest, the distinctive feature
OF the cri5bing process through which those
treaties have passed is this: that every poor
plant of freedom which they had spared has been
uprooted by the unsparing hand OF dcspotism.
From the Republic of Cracow, poor remnant of
Poland, swallowed by Austria, down to the
freedom of the press guaranteed to Germany,
but reduced to such condition that in the ma
tive land OF Gutteubergnot one poor square yard
of soil is left to set free press upon, every thing
that was not of evil in those inyioldbc trea ties
has been trampled down, TO the profit of despol-
ism, of concordals, Of Jesuis, aud of bcnight-
ing darkness. All these violations of the invio-
liable treaties were accomplished without Eng
land once shaking her mighty trident to forbid
il and shall it be recorded in history that
when the object is to drive Austria from Italy
when the ma iural logic of this undertaking might
present my own native land wita chaLce Of
that deliverancc to which Enga bade Godspeed
with mighty outcry Of sympathy rolling like
u thunder from John O'Groat's TO the Lands
Eud--that deivcrauce for which prayers have
assembled and are ascending still! TO the Father
OF mankind from millions of British hearts
shull it be recorded IN history that at such
time, that under such circumstances England
plunged into the horrors and calumitics OF war
may. that she took upon herself to make this
war long and universal, for the mere purpose of
upholding the nviolability of those rotten
treaties, those hishwaymen comp0cts, in favor
Of despotlc. priest ridden, bankrupt Austria,
good for nothing on earth except to spend dark
ness and to perpetuate scrvitude Loud cheers |
There you have that Austria in Piedmont carry.
ing on war in n manner that recalls to memory
the horrors OF The bygono oges of barbarsm
loud cheers, GLOWING her rigorouS .discplin-
ed soldiers to act the part OF robbers let loose
upon an unoilending population to offer vio-
lence to helpless women, TO outrage daug hters
in presence OF their parents, aud revel in such
other crimes os the blood OF civilized men cur
dies at hearing related, and the tongue Ialters in
relating. ieer. hear. Such she always was
these horrors but fuinty reflect what Hungary
had to suffer from her in our late war. And
shalt it be said that England, the home of gen,
tlemen, sent her brave sous to shed their blood
to stain their honor, in fighting side by side with
such u Sodatesco," tor the maintenance of
those highwayman- compactS OF 1918 to the
profit Of that Austria Loud cheers No, lhe
people OF England raise loul their mighty voice
let them thunder forth the iorbiddlng words,
No, this shall not bcT'--let them give the
Government of the nation pillar of the nations
clearly expressed will to lean upon, remind them
that they are the ministers of England aud not
against the influence of foreign insidous whis.
periugs, Cheers, There is danger, tell you,
men Of England, there is danger before your
doors.
lie next spoke of the threatened interference
of England if the war should be carried into
Austria. Here is what hc sud on that point;
The third point which have to elucidote is
what displomatists call the locaization of the
war, II this expression has any meaning at
all, 1t Is meant 10 say that the war shall be
fought out on Italian territory. Well my lord,
loppreheud that those who say so talk absolute
nonsense; they have not consulted the most el.
cmcntory principles OF strategy. II the war is
to have ANY issue a. all, the Austriuns must not
only be ejected from Italy, they must be ejec-
ted in such manner that they shall not be able
20 80 back agoIn. Tactical victories, without
a stratsgicOl result never have finished war.
uor ever will, Hear, hearl Now, in the war