American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-02-23
EUROPEAN NEWS.
The Austrian Empire Tottering,
The Thunderor Predicts He Downfall.

From the LONDON lines OF peOruhry
cd, we transfer the following remarkable
political articles: w ssa 70 sssita-n
p COMING RUIN OF THE EMPIRE.
lit be true that Jupiter 10 in Tie habit
OF making men the author OF their cwn tn
jn-drising those mad whom he wishes to
destroy-itis is TO be feared that Jupiter has
some evil Intention respecting Francis 10.
ssph OF Austris. All the historical synp.
toms Of doomed dybasty are now mani
Testing themselves 10 Vienna. No sover.
sien oan afford to be at once obstinate and
weak. Magenta and Solferipo have 10
diotsd 30 iidellible disgrace upon the
arms Of Austria, These defeats have made
mspifest 10 .bs world thai, when oompa
red with France, Aus,ria, ruled BY bsr
presen, Emperor. is about a second-ra;s
Power, The p,os.ta ion OF Austrian G
naneial credit has made public The fact
tha. Austria is poor. Weak 10 arms and
poor 10 pocket as he 10, Europe looks apx.
iously 10 discover how this young Emps-
ror. who has 30 Difficult! parlto play, de.
means himself ia the crisis. History has
her great men, who have made their iams
out OF coniuncture such as this. y"
Itisa momen, when the general sense
Of danger would have allowed a single
mind 10 break down and 10 build up'-
Frascis Joseph for a while promised to rise
equal to the oeca ion. When hs turned
his horse rom tba, square over Spon the
Solieriuo height Qr.a. superstition must
have bssn ,w,,, out Of ria head. That
force uoon whi,h he had besn ,suybt 10
RELY with implici. conf ence was broken,
and be could never again be lisye il to be
inyincible Uphappily the conviction
thus rudely pressed UPON him could no, be
hept a ,cret. II was shared by The whole
worM. Italy knows II, and Hungary
knows Il. Lis known to his iniario,s and
Il Il louIly celebrated by them; Il Is known
TO his EQUALS, and, while politely ignored,
10 sie,dily acted upon. Ergland, France
and Russia cannot but look upon Francis
Joseph a. n s,rupglinp man Whose king
dom ia in danger Of passipr away from
him. - 3''7 y
Under these circums dances. the Young
tmpe.or seems 10 combine In himself ali
the weak ness Of our Charles /, and all the
stupid biVo,ry OF our James II. II there
be- ANYTHING which could lido over this cri.
sis in thu fortunes OF Austria, IL would be
the loyal and energetic assistance Of Han.
gary. This was onpe not yery difficult TO
ob,siu. The Hunqarius boast themselves
TO be- Tn mos. wsrllho nation in Europe;
they are add c,ed to AIMS; they were,
moreover. additionally loyaI the 10 bou,e
OF Hapsburph. and quite ready TO expend
all their enthusiasm IA the service Of that
rxac,ipS house. In that nation Francis
Joseph ha,f a great source oil military
noWer and IN. materials far manv armies
Blu, his opportunity rested upon two con-
dj,ions. Hunpary ia warlke but she "A
attached 10 free i1s,itutious. she il loyAl
hut aha IA To a great extent Protestant. -
Francis Jp,e,h h a drsnot and n tisot -
Ths d;f,su,,v n orsoisslv lbs, which ba
sar our lanes II He liks Fr,nois ID
ssob baJ 10 oova,n , p,o,ss,an, and ,
frs, nsonle, vIo,s ius,itutiooa had bes,
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