New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-01
FRANCE AND AUATRlA.

The Courier AVID Enqsirsr has q remsrtskl,
leader on Z" The State of Europe" Of which tie
burden is thorough advocacy OF the cau,s Of
Frsncs aud Sardinis in their War on Aasria
which is assumed TO b. inevitable. We quote
"We need scarcely add that, in our juigmsat.
war between France and Sardinia and the people II
Italy on the enc side, sni Austrs on the other Is
almost inevitable. Ia such war, not only gres.
majority Of the people OF England bu. every mas.
woman and child in tho United States, will mOst os.
daily give 10 France ard Sarinis their warmob sym
patty ard their most teryeLt prayers IL VIII NOS b
wal for Repubicanism, but noble contest loo !as
reht Of sef government; and IN SUCH suugg'e eyery
American vii! be arrayed on the side Of France a,l
her Emperor. Those who know the peope Il
Europe beet do not deeire to see any more attempts
to establish Republics but they DO most esfnesly ie
sire TO 10 the peopls the right OF selecting sA
establishing their own Government instead OF baax
placed by such treaties as emsnatsd from the Goa
rress of Nienns under the despotic rule OF toTega
masters. Coucede and secure TO al tne ilghi OF esss
fishing their own Government, and in process OF tame
the people Will become qualified not only for limited
and constitutional Monarchies, but even tor Republic.
Right glad are we, therefore entertaining the friendly
feelings We DO fer the Emperor OF the French mat ns
is prepared 20 conpi Austris TO abandon Ray sot
ces,e her oppression Of its people Justified though
may be in the eyes Of the English Goverpmen. By
the faith Of Treaties and Toe DEGREES OF the Goa
grsss Of Vienna. We OF the United SAFES never
recognized sor professed any sympathy with that Goa.
gress Of tespos; ard far ices. hsye the people Of
France conceded 70 il any binding authority whstever
The threatened war, therefore will be most popular
Throughout. Frsn0 AMI If Prussis prescmes to later.
f.re let her be prepared to surrender 70 the Freaca
nsti,n the RhenisA Provinces of which the Congress
of Vienna so ruthessly robbed her;
With regard 10 the result Of the struggle, We ces
have no doubt True Austria has 40 900 OF tho bes,
disciplined soldiers in Europe, every man OF whom 70
aimed with rlfe Blu. not more than one half of hs
force can be made available. Al Hungary, and erss
Boken,n, rhich is also S!dron'c, cM rise oga'HnAs.
TRAN rule tho moment tdrordbe opporfnHitys pre-
senfed and, therefore not one.half OF the Austrian
army can be used in the coming struggs-tof come i
will, sooner or later. We consequently look uOon
France and Sardinia, with the assistance OF the people
of Italy as abundanty competent for the task they
are about TO undertake., aud most heartily shM 10
pray for their success
Surely tho eI.Cbarge dAfarcs at Vletns
must have forgotten bis controversy with Tm
TRIBUNE 10 1851, wherein he stoutly msiutiinei
not merely the legitimacy but the popularity ofao
Austrsn domination in Hungary. Thin Ko.u!h
and bis c0mpatriots were the leaders Of umrpng
Magyar unino,ity, .SAIs Franz IosArh w'' fhs
protector, the beloved ruler, of the Sl,yOnlc ma
jority. NO,c, the Slavons arc so anti-Ausrian laN
even Bohemia is ready TO rise in revolt 80 soon ~
the heel Of the Army is lifted from her forehead!
Need We Say more'
We, too, DeileYe tnhI NdpOicou III ID lu"I ~
solved on war with Austria-that, however he mar
temporize and speak smoothly, TO this comPeIH
things must come At last And while, IN such
snake and hawk quarrel, we have no p,rtialigM
either combatant, we shall not at all regret to Hs
the Austrians driven out Of Italy as thoroughly
they were by the first Napoleon sixty odd yean
ago though we are by no means conyinced
that the French can do it now as he did. TnS
done, we should hope that the cODquerors would
become a, odious in Italy as they were IA
Germany in lSl2-l3, ard to learn that theyn
chased out Of the former as hOty as they were Oh!
Of the latter. Italy for the Italians" with such
a government as they shall fairly choose, we de'r''
| if the French could be trusted to evacuato Hay
within three mOnthsafter driving out tbs Aastri.n'
we should heartily wish them success. But In o.
fault Of such as.urances We protest against the |"
sumption that "eVery man, woman aud child ID u'
" United States" are partisans Of ore Of the gre"
European Despotisms against the other II HT
pray at all in the premises, the great majority oil 0U
countrymen will pray that Austria shall be brotsa
ND and demolished in thi, contest snd that LDdi
| Napoleon will bs dethroned and driven into okla
there to ruminste, like his predecessor at st. Hee'
na on tho ickleness Of fortune-Or rather, on tho
certain retrbution which awaits the evl-doer-Oa
the nothingness of Man ard the justice Of God.