, 1860-02-23
The Downfall Of Austria.

Tho Downfall OF Austria.
(fFom the Lcndsn Ilncs.]
Tit be true thas Jupiter is in the habit Of |
n max ng men the author Of their own ruin |
IRVING lhose mud whom he wishes to destroy /
lit IL to be feared that Jupiter has some eyi ID
en:lons respe citing Fruncis Joseph Of Austt,a.
AL The hIst.rical ~ symptoms of 4 doomed dy-
lasty are now .uauilestluksing themses es in Vi
=nna- No hovere1Kn eau afford 10 be at once
9osllnate and weak. Magenta and ifeEino
hare Inflicted an indelibie di-xrace upon tie
Rrms Of Austria. The.e dc eats hare made
manifest 20 the world that, when compared With
: rance, Austria, ruled by her preseni iKaoperur,
- about sec7nd rata Power. The pf0stIation
Of Austrian financial credit bus made public the
'act that Austria is poor Weak in arms and
poor in pocket ~ be Is, Europe looks au1iously
70 disc how this youag Emperor, who has 20
difficult part to pfay, demeaus himself in the
ctls.s. History has her great men, who hare
made shrir lame out of u conjecture Eucn us
tbs. II is mcment when the general sense Of
Danger would hare alfo"ed u siug1e mind to
bIe x down and hu Id up. Francis Joseph fer
"hen he turned his horse from that square
toHer upn the Solferlno height 4 grea. super
stllon must haye been swept out OF his head
That force upon Which be had been Taught to re-
y with implicit confidence was broken, and he
could nestr ag iii believe it TO be iurlncibls.
unhappIly. the tonylc,ion thus rude.y pressed
upon h,m could not be kept secret 1t WIS
shared by the whole world. Isaly knows il,
ana hungary knows it. Il is known 10 his in-
teti9rs, aud it is loudly celebrated by them;
It ID Known to bis equals, and. while politely
'.:uored, ii is steadily Hcsed upon. England;
france, and Russia c4unot but look uuon
traueis Joseph as a struggling man whose king
dom !, ln danger Of pass'pg away from him.
under these circumstances tue young En-
peror seems to combine in himself all the " eak-
nesses OF our Charles I. and a!l the stupid
h'.otry nf James II. Ii there be ans thin,
which could ride over This crisis in the fortunes
Of Austria it would be the 10y al and energetic
n:sastanee tf Hungary. This was oEce not
vtty difficult TO obtuin. The Huuxa.iaus boast
themselves to be the most warlike nation iu
Europe; they IRE addicted to urms they were,
moreover, tradittonally loyal to the hou.e OF
uspsburgh, and quite ready to expend all tier
enthusiasm IN lhe service Of that exactiug
house. In that ra.iop Francis Joseph hud 4
great s7urce Of military po"er and the nlateri-
restc upon two conditions. Hungary Is Var
Ike, hui she is attached to free institutions;
she Is loyal. but she is t" great e1ten. Pro-
tcstant. FEancis Joseph is = despot und Il
o1got. Tie difficulty Is precisely that which
beses cur James II. lie. like Francis Joseph.
liad to govern Protestant and tree people,
~ho3e institutions had been assailed aud Wh"s G
relighus fears had been aroused. anu he entea
By n.ins sae. red 1t By shrewd priests as =
s'urlst n who los, th1ee kingdoms Tor Il msss.
Here, in our day, is an Imperial pilgrim tsuvel.
lug in tue .me path Hungary is " ,nueh a,-
t,tcacd TO her fee institutions as our tather rs
w-re. Yet she Inns seen then, III! sxept away j,
and nov lies wriihin@ under tt rainy 70 heavy
tAt II Is eveu Ut oil sn>e to ask to speak her own
!ausuase il her own Universities. Hungary is
a'so 10 great degree Protestant, a,.i
her Trotestanti:m il Of the most turtu-
l:nt anI Isuncompromising character. That
CalEautsm with which tolerance is crime
IS rife among. tue tiunsar,xns and nuw
inds itself the subject OF persecution. liuw
s'us difficult portion Of his empire? He has III
effect slid TO il, As was once betote said with q
fatal issue, "My 1a,her chast,se 3ou with
~ul1s, but will chaslise yuu with SCORPIONS =
Instead If restoring the institutions whcl, lad
oeeu taken away. Francis Jos, ph has made eveu
not only punished aal a.1tu'iou for such IN Oh
jcct, but lie has prescribed ali those who indi
cust d any leaning toward liberal policy FOX
Hungary. Earcn ulibner Was dismissed be.
Cause be was favorable to hungary the Arch
duke Na1inilI;.n Was ex,!ed accuuse lie recon-
harn.}cta concessinns to Hungary; anii the Arch
luke Stephen has refused to accept the govern
fnent OF That Country because lie reco!s fun
sas oppression which hs Instructions would
have compeE.el him to iuaict. So as to tbei'
religion. He has prosecuted the Protestant.
TILL estn tile Roman CA1hotlc priests csy shatnt
and sytnpasl'ize with thrir Aeretical country
nte.,. posIponink their bonds Of tA1lh TO Ties u
blood. The letters which we publish to dus
l.u1n pesia aud Vienna tell tlut this inssnt
souu% man is going On to ruin With increasing
ra;''t'ts at every step. 4 deputa.ion from tht
lfotc-ttnts Of Hungary had been sent TO Wen
III to usS far the restoration ef the his:orica
r'gtts ard the old State recognition Of III.
& EvapSel1cau Church Of Hungary to deman.
1he rev"eas On Of tile Patent stirll prescribe:
lie Reformed religion, aad 10 attempt to Undue.
| the Emperor II cunvola 4 Protestant s. nod. /
appears that these me,', some OF whom are o
/ the highest sank, hare BEEN refused an a,,tirpct
by the Emperor, and hare been rudcly scolIc,
| and .enI a'say from Vienna by his Ministers
| TEcy a7e gone back again 10 Hungary, and A.
th~y recount the iuCidcuts OF thtir sluy in ri
cana, aud repeat the caar.e w11ls Of insult a.l
| dressed tn them by II. de EechIerg, they ur'
"rou-ins far and wide that formidable re'. Gu
zeal wh'ct the persecutiou Of the Seven Bish
| ups crsst+l in this country,
| lhu~, instead Of linngasr being the strength
| II Austria, she his bccume her weakness 40,
her :.rest difficulty. Passive Resistance and uni
versal hatred reiEu silent together thr,ughau
The land- All 1funsariaus uniteu iu uAai
't:ctian to tue uou-e Of Hap>turg. The Bi>L
of Of Elan and his inferior Clergy ..e as aux
! ious Ak lie Ia Vani.t.c 3ynntix 10 tai { udvac
,4xe Of my opportunity fur m.k'n: den'ous'ra
s;"ps agsinsl&ap,:riH. kpd tts. :chc.i i5c 'I,ri
tt,,'usauds al .,uncs 10 ta:ioEal Acad4n,
with Tits ctjecs.'. Count Zuy, The le;*l-r Of IT,
rid conservative party, te Is the L ror thu
the restoration Of Austria to her ancA:.t powr
~ conditional upon the restnratiun Of free innti
;utlous ~ Nunsary. The people sre uti ass,'n
iaz. with ostentason, the nuti' ,n4l costume ii
i*r.testants aIe thrusting Themselves for" ar,
inr persecution; F, ancis Joseph has succeeded
hv his ob>tinary and ti=osry, in alternating til
affections Of ! people who unly required f4i
treatment to lie the prop of his empire. and h,
has, It the same time, by the cxhit:tirn Of hi
weakness, encouraged tl,rln 10 ect his au.horit,
ut nau.ht. Where will Ill this emu: 1t is oni,
to q certain point that a couset yst!ve power cal
RELY upon other conservative powers 10 save i
in its utmost neet. II may be SO far gone tia
itB nvighbors my deem, It hopeless, and find i
;uore costly to support than dangerous vi he,
broken up. Here is this Empire, lately 81
strong aud SO powerful, brought to the brink O
ruin l.ouburdy is rent away Central Italy i
gone; evtn the faithful Tyrol il di:hiItcted
!eacta is ardent fur revolt; Hungary is waltiu
only the first occasion for armed Resistance, ant
CruatIu aud Sersia are ready TO join with her
Yet, in the uisdst Of this stands Francis Joseph
weighed down with the Conc"rtiar, his Comics
>or and Director ins,,gatiug his every act, per
Scresin9, with the indomtasle stupidity Of Il,
liaps5urchs, in heaping up religious ha,re.l
upon political 1isconsents, and Iabotin: bl,ndl,
] S..,&sIS II ho-I 1A.,n IL