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fit be true that Jupiter is in the habit OF
making men the author of their own ruin
driving those mad whom he wishes to des.
troy--it is to be feared that Jupiter has some
evil intentions respecting Francis Joseph OF
Austria. All the historical symptoms OF
doomed dynasty are now manifesting them.
selves in Vienna. No sovereign can afford to
be at once obstinate and weak. Magenta
and Solferino have inflicted an indellible dis
grace upon the arms Of Austris. These de-
feats have made manifest to the world that,
when compared with France, Austria, ruled
by her present Emperor is about second
rate power. The prostration Of Austrian
financial credit has made public the fact that
Austria ID poor. Weak in arms, and poor in
pocket as he is, Europe looks anxiously to
discover how this young Emperor, who has
so difficult part to play, dermeans himself
in the crisis. History has her great men,
who have made their fame out vi q conjecture
such as this.
It is moment when the general sense of
danger would have allowed single mind to
break down and to build up. Francis Joseph
for while promised to rise equal to the oc-
cason. When he turned his here from that
square tower upon the SpIfrrino height great
superstition must have been swept ont Of his
| head. That force upon which he had been
taught to rely with implicit confidence war
broken, and he could never ssain believe it
to be iuvincible. CuLappily, the conviction
thus rudely pressed upon him r'uld NOT be
kept a secret. 1t was shared by the whole.
world. Italy knsws it, and Hungary knows
it. It is known to his interiors, snd 1t Ia
loudly celebrated by them it is known to
his equals, and while politely ignored, is
steadily acted upvn. England, France and
Russia cannot but look upon Francis Joseph
as struggling man whose kingdom, is in dan
ger Of passing away from him.
Under these circumstances, the yruug Er,.
peror seems to combine in himself all the
weaknesses of our Charles I, and all the stupid
bigotry of james II. If there be anything
which could ride over this crisis in the for.
tunes of Austria, it would lie the loyal and.
energetic assistance of Hungary. This was
once not very difficult to obtain. The Hun
garians boast themselves to be the most war
like nation in Europe; they are addicted to
arms; they were, moreover, traditionally
loyal to the house of Hapsburg, and quite
ready to expend all their enthusiasm In the
service Of that exacting house. In that na-
ton Francis Joseph had great source of
military power and the materials for many
armies. But his opportunity rested upon
two condito1s.,
Hungary is warlike, but she is attached to
free institutions; she is loyal, but she is, to
great extent, Protestant. Francis Joseph
is deSpot and bigot. The difficulty is
precisely that which beset our James II. He,
like Francis Joseph, had to govern Pro-
testant and o free people, whose institutions
had been assailed, and whose religious fears
had been aroused, and he ended by being
sneered at by shrewd priests as simpleton
who lost three kingdoms for mass. Here,
in our day, is an imperial pilgrim travelling in
the same path. Hungary is as much attach
ed to her free institutions as our fathers were.
Yet she has seen them oil swept away, and
now lies writhing under tyranny SO heavy
that 1t is even an offense to ask to speak her
own language in her own universities.
Hungary is also to great degree Protes,
tant, and her protestaDism is of the most tuf-
bulent and uncompromising character. That
Calvanism which tolerance is crime is rife
among the Hungarians, and now finds itself
the subject of persecution. How has this
young Emperor dealt with this valuable but
difficult portion Of his empire? He has in
effect said to it, as was once before said
with fatal issue: "My father chastised you
with whips, but I will chastise you with
scorpions" Instead of restoring the inatitu-
tions which had been taken away, Francis
Joseph has made even petitions for such q
restoration crime. He has not only pun
ished all agitation for such an object, but he
has prescribed ell those who indicated any
leaning toward liberal policy for Hungary.
Baron Huber was dismissed because he
was favorable to Hungary; the .Archduke
Macmillan was eziled because he recon-.
mended concessions to Hungary and the
Archduke Stephen haa refused tu accept tho
goyernmsn, Of that country because ho recuils
from the oppression which hia iDstsacslons
would have compelled him to luhict. So IS 10
their religion. He has prosecuted the Prca
testants till even the Roman Catholic priests
cry shame and sympathy with their herctical
countrymen, postponing their bonds of fslsh
to ties of blood. The letters which We pub
lish to day from Pesth and Vienna tell that
this insane young man is going on to ruin
with increasing rapidity at every step.
A deputation from the Protestants of Hum
gary had been sent to Vienna to ask for the
restoration of the historical rights aud the
old State recognition Of the Evangelical
church of Hungary )" to demand the revoca-
ton of the patent which prescribes the re-
formed religion, and to attempt to induce the
Emperor to col.vuke Protestant Synod. 1t
appears that these men, some of whom are
of the highest rank, have becn refused an
audience by the Emperor, and have been
rudely scolded and sent away from Vienna
by his ministers. They are gone back to