, 1861-05-01

Resume Of the CanseH aud Probsbflt-
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four people have been 80 much. engaged III
their domestic troubles that they have almost
forgotten that portentous War'c1oud hangs
over all Europe, which her most. eminent
statesmen hardly expect to dIspel The Cause
and probabilities Of the: conflict are anteln'
gently discussed in the following article IRON
the European TINES ltyerpooD of the 1sth.l
The prevailing belief seems to be tint ,E UT 4
on the Continent is imminent aud, snoalu ~
break out, 1t will involve lhs Io1ii
cy Of Austria No doubt can exist that France
Is sarioualy preparing for 1t, and no s1rsongse
proof need be cited than the fntenlbenee
which comes to US in q roundabout way IRON
Cork, the leading proE1sion merenantaA o. hiAtn r..
city have been summoned 6y teiestaPa M A!anr1, ~
Government for :yictualling Its army ana NJ NJ
W. Affairs at present are not unlike tne cal.
cumstances which preceded the Har Ii t1a
Spring Of 1859, when Lord Derby Was 10 pew.
CT. Austria at that time, against the deenIea
wish Of England, did not wait tor qscaads Tsasas
ton Of war against her on the part Of Francs,
but crossed the Minclo, in the hope OF selzng
Turin before French army could cIoss tae
Alps and come to the assistance OF Rledmo1I+
Francis Joseph thus became the aggressor N
the hope Of giving the first bloW, When II 1s
sometimes said to be half the battle o1I re
activity Of the French: speedily overlook re
| lethargic Germans, defeated them on me
| plains Of Italy, and Wrested Lombardy nom
| the grasp Of the Kaieer. The eapology for A1s-
| tria then was that she could not wait, that she
| WAS bleeding at every pore, and action Wonld ne
| less destructive 10 her than repose. the eame
apology Is now put forth. she breads the
| consolidation Of Italy, and believes that, by
| attacking the young Kingdom before It's seve-
| ra2 parts are thoroughly knitted together, the
advantage will be on her side. For this pnr-
| pose Anstrla has concentrated an army Of 20o,~
| coo men in the vicinity Of the Quadriateral,
md General Benedek hopes that he can over
run Italy, keep the disseminated Huugar1ans
| in subject;on. and successfully oppose the
| troops of the Emperor Napoleon when they
appear in the field. If the weakness and Vas-
| cllation of Austrian Councils had mol been
demonstrated to the world times on5 Oh ona1a aum
| ber since the last wsi Terminated, people
would regard such project IS the conception
| Of maniac but the whole imperial policy
prepares us to believe In this or any other act
Of insanity that abe may commit This Is
! deeply to be regretted, for, notwithstanding
the intlrmity Of purpose which moves the
Cabinet Of Vienna, it il clear that the Emper.
or means well Pandemonlum is said to be
paved with good intentions, and the good IN
tentions of Austria with regard to Hungary
are fast hurling her to that unenVlab!e destl-
nation. She is anxious to concede and to con.
'eiliate, but she Will net COnc5de OF eoncinate
enough to satisfy those .wtao lack faith in her
sincerity. She has granted Constitution to
Hungary, but she will not grant the Rame an
cient Constitution By which the Hungarlans,
| Is the subjects of Austria, have been ruled tof
centuries, and the violation Of which LED 70 1ne
struggle Of 1910. The Hungarian Diet, recently
called together, has just been informed lor Iae
| first time Of. the abdication OF the Late Alng
| Of Hungary, and Of the accession OF ms
/ nephew, Francis Joseph-an admission on the
part of the Vienna authorities that all which
they haye done in Hungary during the last
dozeHy ears has been illegal, and IN contraven-
.tion Of tho law Of the 1aad. No wonder. the1,
that Austria, still hanksring after despotic
sYmpaEhies at the very moment that she pro-
fesses to grant democratic rights, should dis
| gust the Hungarians to such an extent that, on
| the very first DIP of the meeting Of the Diet,
| q tribute Of respect was pdld to the memory
Of Count Battayani, the patriotic Hungarian,
| twelve years ago, And yet Austria, with the
Hangarians In this mood, is said to be deter.
| mined to invade Italy aad brave the legions Of
France, with the alt but absolute certainty
| that the Hnngarlans, who have been broodin3g
| over their wrongs for years past. Will Hy to
arms, and declare their independence Of tne
House Of Hapsburg. II such be the Kaiser's
intention, intatuation can go no further: We
hope that It may be otherwise, for Europe
would not gaiR in strength or quietude BY the
breaking up Of the Austrian Empire. II the
rumored policy is to be acted on, the onnlhl'
lation Of Austria, as f1tst'class power, is
work OF certainty She has. not recovered
IRON the blows which Louis Napoleon
| inflicted on her two years ago, and another
series Of reYerses would complete her fate
| Russia, which has lately shown disposition
/ to be both liberal and conel1lsatory, has Just
! lost; by the brutal conduct of it's represents
tive5 in Warsaw, all the sympathies Which she
| ol Ex,h hnr
down aud murder in cold blood IN 1tnarmed
multitude who were guilty Of no greater Of
| fence than presenting themselves In sable ha-
biliments before the castle, eavors 50 much
| Of the policy of the late Nicholas, that the
praises for wisdom and enlightenment be"
slowed on his successor have been premature
The young Gar Is evidently bis fathers son,
/ and has already determined to throw to the
| winds oil the moral advantages be had secured
| in the eyes Of Europe By the prudence and
| Judgment with which be had managed the
emancipation Of theserfs. The first slaughter
at Warsaw was disoHped by the Government,
but this Last and more atrocioss affair, In
which more than one hundred people were
| struck down and slaughtered in the public
square, has sent shock through Europe
which cannot fail to stir up the revolutionary
blood that cn1y required an impulse like tals
that Russia is cripple and Austria paraly sed,
| end it might have added that tbs paralysis of
| Anstria has been caused mainly by that course
| of governing her various natlonaltleS BY
brute force Of which the new Gar has now
shown his fondness. Alexander the Second,
in thus acting, has laid the foundation OF
troubles in bis empire the end OF which no
man can foresee. 4 Alittlepcndenee would have
i saved him world Of misery and humiliation
in the 1uture, but he has chosen bis path, and
must abide the consequences.
While these events are passing IN Northern
| T,,r hnE Eha{ fE oho
belief that the countries abutting upon the
| Lower Danube will make an effort to, shake
off their allegiance to the Porte, and the old
I quarrel between Prussia and Denmark, arising
out Of the question Of the Duchies, seems
likely to be solved By the solution Of the
sword. Add to this that Garibaldi Is III at
Turin, and the Pope dying at Rome, and We
have in these complications enough to cause
alarm aad anxiety about the future. The part
which France may play In the present excited
state Of Europe has yet to be aeFeloped: AL
will depend upon the action Of Austria Aonis
protege, the King. Of Italy, aud If the train is
4 once fired in that quarter, there Is no telling
how far it may extend or how long 1t may
rage. ~
Garibaldi's illness, 1t is assumed in some
quarters, Ia diplomatic; but oil the accounts
concur in stating that he laa not the slightest
intention, in the present position OF attAira, OF
attempting to rescue Venetia from the grasp
Of Austria, and all his Generala-Boeenz,
Medici, Bixto ard Turr, the men On whom he
has the most reliance, and by whose Judgment
he is swayed, his old companions In arms-are
unanimously Of opinion thnt the present Is
not the time for entertaining such subject.
If there il to be g conflict, it. Ia Austria that
will force 1T on. Garibaldf is said to ba deeply
offended with the way il which bis oHicers
have been treated by the Piedmontese GoyeTn.
ment; but th1a is. an affair between him and