Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-05-12


sound should como and the fire hail. But now,
within the last "rty eight hours, Austria has oc-
curel 'he eyes of Eunrc strdng forth us the
aggrrssof and the challenger. occupying the are
ma marked b. tacit consent tho spot Of conflict,
Austria, whe her in prudence or in nmhtion. or
in obduraeN, has shown herself mere ready for the
fray even rh,n the Power which was the origin of
the quarrel. France seems h. have been taken
by surprise. Whether it was tho Emperor he
licscd that Ill he desired would hc obtalncd tr"m
Austria sie,rs or whether ho trusted to his own
fertility in peaceful assurances and to the agency
ol thc Noaitusi to delay the conflict 10 more
convenient season but certain 1t Is that Austria
has the start. and France is staining 10 ovcr,akc
her. Nhlic Austria is manWuvr'ng oh the H.
elmo. Franc is still only sending troops to Dau
phiny. While Anst,in is present to follow M her
decisive nsnace hv nm irresistible attack, France
il only c.lcrtinr her defensive lcyies nt u dis
tnnrc from the position of her cornrdised nlly.
Anstra i>, rs have said Mt this moment
mistress # the position. She has an army on the
Trino lctc which. il put in motion, the iarccs
Of Sardinia must mclt nwny into the fortrcsse. Of
Alexandra nnd Geno,, or mu. he hopr'essly
scattered. Miracles do happen undoubtedly now
and ihcn 10000 men have beaten 2oo,o''o men;
hut ,a,e men DO not reckon ot tho reception OF
sud Incidents in tho 10Th ccutuls, and between
rc.l,u'l> disciplined European ,fonps. 1t would
hr ln,tlral to suggest that Snrdinn can hola her
h'i.e ur,n her. The flood Of spoilers Will sweep
o,t. III, laad. Turin must he occupied. although
r1lahlv 1T lohl. The power # til" Pe.in,ontc~e
m'nal'hN viii te shut up IN the lew t"Ntne,-rs
wiifl Sardinia contains. nnl the real sttnggl"
VII ,o' lin until Austria has struck II blow
which viii - heard throughent Italy.
Asa lahgcteHt Power she l. VS. IN her gen
.a,Wn II, ,hr is not wisr in har generation if
she j. ,rekn.. unnecessarily e. Become n h,lligc-
rent Prves. If he believed '!nt there was ~
lpre of termnuei' peace that ia" French tmperNr
vas resolved upen wnr. and that she was only
l,ing krli f,iniinr under the weight ot her arms,
wajtin. tI il should suit the con,,nienre of the
Emperor - "vctwhclm her, il she. mot'ov"r. 's
willing NJ tbs momcnt, wl,e" hrr promlltudr
has .lN"n her the choice OF nm offensive policy. tn
n,ohr tho reasonable retraatatjnus which the in
tcrcrs ot humanity and the lnllc opinion III En-
rope require Of he, then ii " Ill IN difficult Ia say
that she is cutirly wrong IN having sought to
lrcdpita'a crisis in which sh' WAS bleeding to
dcanl Gn if this is n first forward slc in nm
aggressive and deinni policy If AuStrln seeks Ia
enter Sarlnr as the armed apostle of nhsolu''n-
I'm aud of nllramnntane priesicralt il sh" has
taken up her o'l-world mission Of hniug the
bodies and c'crcing the minds ami consrlcnccs of
all human bring, born in Italy, then he Ia Of
her h.,ing been the first Ia commence thu war
vii. hr no n.lmportant item IN th" great Iultt
meat which viii be- pressed a,tuiU.t her.
Bni whn'cycr may be her ultimate Intentions
she hlS ly her prcciphncy II" the Emperor oi
thc French this great good; Nh,'nns, three days
ng, NIL Europe looked upon hm AS an lmpe'inl
rubber srekiu. occasion to let lpa>e his prepared
armies upan pcacc-l1,ing neighhor, the world
viii SEQ in this sudden start and in the hnsy mud
mn-enly prcpnrations al Napoleon III. some ey-
dcnre that. after MI his mcnarcs, he had not IN
tolded to provoke the combat which Austria has
now commenced. What have we II
ireeean,tu,iona people. Il DO with struggle
between two drsrpts. one of VIII ,m represents The
principles of absolute power and rrc-'iy dpmin-
ion and tie other tho dcsrnti9m delegated hy
rure Democracy. IT i, must he 50. let them ight
no Er.>h statesman can suppose that, hy weak
cuing ntrh othcr they can become more dangerous
to