Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-07-26
From the London Times, July E.
Important European War AnteIli
SGuCC.

While we are discussing the progress, ef
the plot and specializing as to the Lature of
the catastrophe, the curtain falling yester-
day, France and Austria were pon The
point of lcining in another desperate bat
lie, the celebrated fortified quadrangle had
been re cached. Peschiera had been inves-
ted; 'ManLua had been masked; Verona
was upon the point of being summoned;
Venice was threatened, and Garibaldl was
maneuvering upon the rear Of he great for
tress, the waves of warfare were undula-
ting and Vibrating to another great burst
in toam-to-day, the spirit OF peace has
breathed upon the waters and the storm Is
Tor the moment at an md Three months
"go VIC expected peace and were surprised
by war. To-day Ea:ope was waiting in
breathless expectation of a great battle
fought in the very strongest fortress of
Austria and is again surprised by the calm
announcement, that an armistice has been
concluded, and that two great armies are
for the moment no longer enemies. The
first impulse is one of joy. 1t is a great
relief to know Ina, the human misery
which we have from day to-day been re-
cording, is ~stayed-that the dogs of war
are again chained up-that halt a million
of men have ceased TO fly at each others
threats. But this congratulatiou uttered,
we consider more closely the circum-
stances of this sudden lalt of the con-
queror in his triumph, and ask ourselves
whether this armIstice is really the prelude
TO peace, or whether it is but a stop to
take breath for q further race of conquest.
The position of the two parties is not of
that equal character which would enable
us to hope that both are in the same de-
gree desirous of a lasting peace.
Every moment of delay to France, is
gain conceded by Austria-is confession
Of exhaustion. Austria has hitherto lost
everything that she could have lost. She
has been beaten in every battle. She has
been driven from every position. All the
prestige of her arms has been destroyed,
and her troops are demoralized less by de-
feat than by a profound distrust of their
leaders and their military organization.-
She could not be in a worse position than
now.
If she had lost another great battle on
, the Adige, if Peschiera had fallen, if We
!, roma had been taken, and if Mantua had
been stormed, it would not be more ap-
parent to the world than at this moment,
that Austria is unable to cope with France
> as a military power. To her, therefore,
z IhF oonNhO " hOoIillIiCo 10 Oub CuO ouI
render of all hope of retrieving her mil
itary honor. In conserving to it she must
: have abandoned all her pride, and must
? have embraced only the last hope of safety.
e She must mean peace, and she must mean
, to pay the price of peace, if this step is
any other than an i'll advised momentary
expedient.
To France on the contrary, either for
peace or for war. this armistice is worth
another great victory. Paris may illu.
mate for it as for the victory on the Adige,
or for the storming of Mentuar. Austria is
at home with her behind her,
E, and with Germany mastering in her rear.
s France is far away reduced by her bard
= fights, requiring reinforcements, anxious
to bring up her supplies. and DESTROYS o
! time to enable her combinations from sea
a coast to develop.