Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-11-10
rae COMING CoNFLIcr IN EUROPE.

From the European tinea, oct ~
Tho great Powers OF Europe are evidently preparing
for general conflict Russia at Warsaw has arranged
the with Austria and Prussia aud the SMALLER Ger
man potentltCs will Join the crusade lt will be
France aud the Italians against the depots OF Northern
and Central Europe. Everything indicates the approach
ing eOnyulson. Austria, having most at stake is fore
most in her arrangements to strike first She is cOnverg
lug her troops on the PO and the MDco ready to make
dash on Turin the moment the tocsin is sounded.-
ance il arming to the teeth and prepared TO march
half million OF men to the support OF Italian nationality,
a. represented by King Victor Emanuel IL is the pa-
cpe Of hereditary rule against the elective principle by
the people In this stake progress the one hand and
rerogresSion the other will be brought TO the test
But the issue hardly be doubtful Austria paralyzed
aud bankrupt is destined before peace is restored, TO
see her empire dismembered and her conflicting nation
ales severed from her sway Russia poor aud embar-
rs sed with the chain OF serfdom tied round her neck,
has the will but the power 70 hight successfully for
the divine right of kings. Prussia, vacillating aud
fettered by her despotc alliances, will present
the same pitiable spectacle which she did in
lS54-her feelings way, her interest another.
France which represents the most military people in Eu
rope will have the aid Of more than twenty millions Of
Italians and the population on each side OF the Alps
moved by impulse, struggling in common cause,
will repeat larger scale, the series OF trumphs wit
messed recently on the fields Of SOferino and Magenta
In such a struggle where the rights Of mankind in
vadcd by half Of rulers who profess TO govern
without responsibility, the issue cannot be doubtful and
what Is hardly less important cannot be seriously pro-
tracted War has been brought TO point which renders
time an important element Of success, and makes pro-
crasnation impossible Success in removing obstacles
as in conquring armies depends this law Of mechau
icsthe greatest amount Of force your command con-
ceutrated on a given point. This the theory by
which Napoleon the First achieved his victories aud he
has bequeathed it legacy TO his nephew. That he
proved apt pupil, let the results OF the last Italian
campaign testify.
when this tremendous struggle is shaking Europe to
It's centre viii England remain passyef The effort will
be difficult but the force OF circumstances will force us to
remain quiet We may not admire the French Emperor,
but still less we ike the motives which actuae the des-
potc rulers. With these men the plrvepu Monarch Is
an object Of dislike and hatrel and the enmty prompt
ed BY bis contemptuous treatment OF kingcrat Owing
his throne to popular suffrage he has little respect for
hereditary right professed republican The family
Of regnng soveregus regard him beyond their pale,
and he administers 10 their hatred by calling nations into
existence by the popular voice. The regeneration OF
Italy ia his act and he has swept away like so many
cobwebs the princes OF the Peninsula who represented
the "divne right 70 govern wrong" However dkpleas-
ing this nav be TO the European courts is acceptable
TO the English people and although We hear OF pleasant
at Cobenz between Lord John Russell and the
Prussian Premier, the Foreign Minister OF England
knows his eountrymen too well to suppose that they
would 20 to war TO restore the Italians TO the vassaage
which France has shivered in pieces. We shall assume
once more the same neutral attitude which took when
Austria invaded Piedmont a year or two back, and
France came 10 her assstancetha Is, We shall look on
and see the game played out fairly, giving our sympathy
70 freedom and Withholding all but moral support TO the
most patriotic Of the eOmbatants.
Austria like a man who Is going into bankruptcy
court to be released Of his liabilities and desires 10 make
the PROCESS pleasant by coming 10 terms under the rose
with the most angry Of his creditors Is promising con-
situOn 70 the HuDgSrans and neiOratop aud gain to