The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-30
Signs of the Times,
BY JOHN c. ABBoT1 .

Turkey has been the embodimen; o! the
Mohammedan lmposture Even DOW Us death
kneil is ringing III our ears. Italy has been
the impregnabe fortress OF Papal superstition.
The smoke OF her marty rdoms, and the groans
from her inquistorial dungeons, have appalled,
the nations. Bat these fires are now smou.
deriDg to ashe+, and these dudgcons are tall
ing into decay. Austria i; the embodiment
OF politica despotsm From her seat, in
central Europe, astrde the Danube. Austria
for ages, with demon power, nas bIighted
every aspiration for freedom within reach of
her long arm. Her sway has exten led from
The Baltic to the Elxine from the North
pole almost to troplcal cline. GrasplDy as
with a mailed hand, 4 congIomeration of
Kingdoms. dukedoms, and princlpalines, each
one formidable power in itself, with stand
III. army OF 100000 men, and population
OF forty millions, to toll in workshop and
field Tor ne supper, OF this court and army,
Austria, with her ceaseless menace. has 81
fenced every voice in Europe which would
speak against the oppressor and for the OPP
pressed.
Wherever the slightest movement toward
freedom was witnessed in Poland, Prussia
France, Switzerland, Sardinia or Naples, the
white coated leglonS OF Austria, with glitter
my bayonet and steel, clad horsemeu, and
cannon charged to the nuzzIe, were on the
march. All the Walls Of imperial wrath were
enlytled upon that editor, professor, or preach.
er who should Intimate that all n~n are
brothers, and that the rich should pay to the
laborlog poor that which is just and equal.
But what do oul eyes behold Austrian des-
potlsm is rushing to the same destruction
which has swallowed up the Papal delusion
and tyranny of Italy, and the imposture of
the Orient.
Beautiful Naples, almost delirious with de-
light, In ringing the chimes OF her emancpa
ton over all her green hills and Wales. The
duchles, Tuscany, Parma, and Modena, have
broken forever from Aust misrule. Those
blooming Edens of luxurianco and salubrity,
where, for ages, charioted o,ds and priests in
embroidered robes have crushed humanity,
now rejoice in free press, free pulpit. free
labor, Tree schools, and equal rights for peas
ant and prince And what, probably, is the
next scene to be presented in this wonderful
panorama of the worlds history Veuitra
Will rise Austria will rush upon her Italy
will hasten to the rescue of her sister prov
lncc, demanding for her freedom and annexa
ton hungary, inspired by Kossuth, is ever
now stopping TO rise and break her chains.
Wars buge blast will rouse the Maya,
all along the Sarmatis mountains. Polane
-dlsmembered humliated exhausted 20
and--will listen to the cry, and the tram,
OF her war horse will blend with tho strife
as on that day OF Poauds ruins, when
Hope for season babe the world farewell
And freedom shrieked as Kosciuako fell
Russia and Prussia, alarmed for their p,
fish provinces, will probably dispatch thei
armies TO rlvet anew the chains Louis Ma
poleon, the liberator of Italy, and recognize
throughout Europe As the advocate OF popu
ar rights, though under imperial forms, wi
lead his i've hundred thousand troops into tn
held, inspired by the remembrance of Jen,
and Auerstadt, and Austerlitz Aristocrat
, Eng land would see our republic dismembere,
l Ii Is by no means impossible that Englsp
: nayeven yet join the rebels of our South. II,
> der rretonsc of avoagiog some insult to her Ga
t In that case | think that our old and faitht
# ally, France, will uuturl her tricoIor-tl
= red, the white, aud the bluc-iu cooiunctic
Is with our stars aud stripes. IL is the stror
re hand OF Louis Napoleon alouc which now r
y strains France from avenging Waterloo.
a Aud now let US turn TO Russia. The ca,
u s"ayS the Sccpter OF absolute power over o,
I, seventh Of the habitabe globe, embracing
x population OF ninety millions. For az
C. there has existed, in this country, sort
n slavery called scrldom. There were TWEEN