The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-05-31
Rebuke 01 she Austrian Party I'm
England.

From the London News.l
None are 40 blind rs those Who will NOT see.
The apOlog,s,s and admirers of Austria in this
| country are stricken with that moral cecity
which consists in obstinately shutting the ewes.
10 the face of all the evidence which events the
most significant aud Irresistible are hourly sup
plying Of the one great fact. the moral unity Of
ltaly-already accomplished. before . blow has
been struck for national independence-the
Austrian sympathisers in this country effect to
speak with cOntemptuous indifference OF the
Italian cause and nation, as II the one were .
cry Of secretaries, and the other dream Of
| mystics. 1t may be very wels for members Of
| the diplomatic guild, grown hoary in the pro-
tession OF petite faisehood, to affect to reduce
question OF life or death for millions OF men to
nice calculation OF expediency but when the
braggarts OF early public vice and Of juvenile
political exhaustion ape the airs aud customs OF
decrepit craftsmanship, and prate about Euro
pean order" and the "balance of power" as
irreconcilable with the liberty and happiness OF
one OF the noblest races upon earth, indignation
is wasted, aLd even scorn is thrown away. The
simrle realities Of this Italian question are OBJ
scured from English sight by the mist Of many
odions hyp0crises aud much mean cant. A dis
carded Minister, whose whole public life has
been spent in dancing attendance upon foreign
courts, and who has never breathed the whole
some air OF representative assembly, gets up
in the House OF Lords and Aaps his feeble wings
with wonder, at what he calls the spectacle Of
one despot joining with another despot in a
crusade against third despot, and IN favor OF
tree institutions abroad. This iuriously smart
and silly escapade was regarded as wonderful
stroke OF epis -am in the House of Lords; and,
considering the audience to which it was ad-
dressed, and the source from whance it pro-
ceeded, perhaps it deserved its success. man
who in the brief authority of Dublin Castle has
been known to emula.e the acts OF petty tyran-
ny and ption which Austrian Governors
have been wont to practice on grsnder scale,
may be pardoned Tor talking in the tone OF
the Chanceres, OF Vienna, and it is fair to
consider that very little wit goes a great
way when it is winged by Clarendon OF our
time but can any sophlstry be more silly, any
fallacy more fatuous, than the assumption that
because Piedmont allies herse. with France in
ltaly-perchAnce also with Russia, condtionally
-ln her struggle for her own safety, and tor The
independence Of Italy, therefore the Italian
Cause is one foreign to the sympathes OF consi-
tutional governments and of tree nations? We
are requested 10 believe this is the first, and
ought to be the last, time in history that = free
but small State has sought The assistance OF a
friendly Power whose torn OF Government is
other than its own, against the overwhelming
forces of an enemy in violeut possession of its
own territory, We are desired 10 forget that
England herself has occasionally allied herself
with one despotism against another. aud would
do SO again li-whlch all the Heavenly Powers
iorbid-her interests demanded such sacri-
flee OF sentiment, or such subordination of
principle. We are commanded to look c0ldly
GU small CONSTR utional monarchy which We
Inn nnr nd "a mt Si,t in hnn nj
need with our own right arm, because, forsooth,
1t is SO Improper" to seek that active aid
from others which cannot come from the more
benehcent light Of our own bedar yedur. This
SORT OF rudglng without giving Is, we believe,
very old story among fabulists, but it is new TO
history.
We are not aware that the most injudcious
friends oi the French Emperor in this country
have ever accused him OF unselhsh motives or
dlsintere>ted objects i'll undertaking the war in
Italy. HIS bttterest enemies, WHO toy natural
law, are 10 be found among his former most ser.
vile admirers, make no new discovery when
they announce that he goes to war tor bis own
glory and prestlge, Tor the security OF his life,
or the com ol'dati0n OF his throne. We have al
ways imagined that he made war in 1854 and
peace i'll 1856, Tor no other or better reasons;
and yet, i'll 1854 and 1856, his revilers of to-day
had no WORDS strong enough TO laud his mag
nanimity, moderation and stgacity. l., the war
against Russia it was thought convenient by
England 70 have despo, tor an ally AS Ped
mont, III war against Austria, thinks now. A
little State like Piedmont, array ed against an
overwhelming military, Power, may surely be
permitted without cavii TO follow the example
vi Great Britain. Ii is easy to be vcaIioIsly
proud and susceptible al The expence OF our
friends, but 10 furnish Sardinia with eloquent
protests against the dangers OF despotic aid, and
to furnish her with nothing more substantial
against an enemy in actual occupation OF her
bol ders, Is to give to prudence The air OF mean-
ness, and to Cast stain upoa sincerity. There
may be many who are honestly desirous TO pre-
serve to Austria strength enough TO be the guar
dian OF ''the liberties" OF Central Europe. All
We say il, that ",he liberties OF Europe" would
very gladly be lett to ,hems Ives, aud If they
should miss their guardian the sensation would
be eqeay novel and refreshing.