The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-07-09

| Mr. Sand wilma d, ~ Utica Her.
| id, who, hayl1g sejod1 y = Austria within
year o. t4s, Knows whereof he speaks,
writes thus MT THAI Enpirs:
! Our readers viii bear % witness khst W
| have betrayed IS fficudehip for Austria. We
regard her rnlo Ia Ita2<k and Hungary a. ~.
ranical and jnfamoul We look upon her
policy as cold, cruel and selfish. Her in6n.
ence upon the politics Of Europe ID bad, and
bad only, she il the champion OF decaying
systems and exploded ideas. She 10 the TIA.
ditional foe OF progress. Her voice has been
evsr raised and her. arms have been eyer
iHrned against Freedom. Her soyereigna,
from the Infamous Macmillan the Second,
1 down to Francis Joseph, have bdfk the
Eagents Of tyfabny and the tools Of persecu-
ton. &
But it is possible to paint tie devil blaeker
than he Il. In our honest adherence III fhe
tyranny Of Austria, we do her, bad 10 she
may be, gross injustice. Our journals ans
filled with tales oil her barbarities. We paint
her as all that Is cruel, thirsty ard
detestable; ~ delighahg in the infection u
every species OF torture upon peaceable and
anoaending peoples. We picture her as op.
RICSSIuk hCA pCUplC WIluOut cAuke-AS u DOM.
or which persecutes for pastime. We rep
resent her as overshadowing, by her colossal
tyranny everything else monstrous and wick
ed in Europe. We imagine Austria to be-
one vast Jail, the inhabitants to be the most
oppressed add degraded of wretches Let
us endeavor TO correct one or two OF these
exaggerated Impressions with respect to Aus
tria and the Austrains
The Ahstrians are neither barbarians nor
slaves There are no better bred people IN
Europe. Nowhere else are the social amen.
tiles more developed 1nowhere else does the
stranger receive more kind and courteous
treatment At once afable and sincere, with
the honest heartiness of the German, and all
the polished ease Of the Frenchman, there is
no better specimen Of the gentleman than the
well bred Austrian.
In no country of Europe, With the possible
exception Of Northern and Central France,
is the physical condition of the common PEG.
pie better. In no other country 10 Europe
does one see less squalor In no other coun-
try Of Europe hardly excepting Prussia--is
the standard Of popular education 30 high. -
u is q rare thing 70 find an Austrian peasant
who cannot read and write No one can re-
ceive licence to marry unless he is able to
subscribe his nameswith his own hand TO
the certificate
Nowhere else are more liberal provisions
made Tor the sick and the poor Nowhere |
else are there more magnificent schemes Of
pubLc charity; are there better hospitals |
and asyiums; are there cheaper and more |
efficient schools As in France and Germany, I
the government takes the matter of taking |
care OF himself of, the hands Of the subject. |
It is his great business to be dutiful-not to |
worry himself about the future liz he wants
9 profession, the Governments selects one for
him IT ne gets sick, the doors Of the hospi.
tai are open to him. We should not like I
this sort oil perpetual tutelege; but it il the
continental fashion, and nobody does it more
gracefully than Austria
In no country on the Continent with TIE.
possible exception Of Switzerland, are the an.
noyances OF the passport system less than in
Austria In this respect she is at present fer
ahead OF France Her Ministers in Foreign
Courts exact no fee for Yisas, nor is a single
VISA required from the time one enters her
aomlnions until one quits them. This reform
n reference to Passports is Of somewhat re
cent date, and is due to the personal efforts
Of the Emperor
Austrian officials arc models of courtesy. Il
Every instance of rudeness Or insolence is
punished with the utmost rigpr by the Gov
eminent The stranger, whatever may bei
bis condition, receives nothing but the kind
EST treatment from the time he enters the Il
country until ~ leaves it i Every. kind of
ntormationawhich he may require Is .impart-
% with the utmost cheerfulnesG Ons feels
Confident that in approaching an agent Of the
government he will experience the utmost
courtesy at his bands In this matter Of Of
iciai poiteness, we must concede the palm
. the Austrians above all others-eyen the
trenchran.
After What we have written, the reaieri
vii be prepared to credit the fiat denials, hy
he French and Sardinians themselves. 10
ne stories or Austrian Barbarisies" which
ave been going the rounds Of the Press
The crimes Oh Austria in Italy have been
reat, and We pray to Con she may be driven
,eyond the Alps 4 but let us hare, done with
hls silly twadde about her being the tyrant
ar ercellence of Europe