The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-08-01
! Bctweeif Austria and
Prussia.

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When the late European war com.
mcncedtherclwa vas a geherqf prediction that
owing % the near proximity Of she par
tics. The small cxlont Of territory in which
The struggle would be waged, the improve:
ments Of railroads and war facilities, the
.contesl- Mopid he stAqt one. But no
enc. by the tern "short," supposed tina
il would BE- all over in a month from Its
commenced mcpt. It has sc turned out
however. 1t is the brielest crest war In
all history. It has taken intimately less
ame than the hundred Day catnPa'gn OF
1876 that overthrow Napoleon the FIRST
Beaten in a number Of minor engagements
severely routed in one tremeDdOus battle,
with her territory largely occupied. by 2
victorious enemy, that was knocking at
Inc yery gates Of her capitol, Austria
has sued for and obtained peace, The Eng,
terms Of that peace we have not yet
learned, but they must have been, in
every respect, costly; She, Of course, lost
Venetia, and retired as a power from the
Italian Peninsula. Her military sup,e-
macy and prestige in Germany for the
timc, are gone. Whether she is formally
excluded from the Germanic Confedera,
tion or not, Prussia. will take, the lead in
that country, ard be the great German mar
power. Prussia's military achievements
have been great, and have again revived
the remembrapces of the old glorias o.
Frederick the Great, SO recently immor
talized BY the genius . Of Of . the hhirst'rlal
Carlyle. nav B., an 80 - +,
|, Illuminating as it was to retire, SO sud
denly from tie %contes. with the House Q
! Brandenberg, it was probably the wises
step on the part Of Austria. The tide
r luck run heavily against her, and, like a
experienced samcster, under such a stat
!, of things, she ceases playing the dangel
Gus game. Her armies had lost confidenc
;. in themselves and in their leaders Sb
! had been found far behind in deadly, in
proved weapons Of war. Her finance
wee impoverished, her people discou
/ aged, aud her Government d%espondent.-
She therefore makes the best she can wit
the ~yictors, and %reti-es from the strife b
fore she is destroyed, Her real losse
however, can be soon repaired, and aft
a few years she may be able to..takc Il
: field with larger and better armies th'
ar ever, aud under morei favorable circur
stances for success. This was her poli'
in her wars with Napoleon l She ne
: er continued the contest, but always ma
a., peace before she was reduced to the e
al tremity Of desperation. Her peaces, no
h ever, were truccs, pauses to take brca'
al when the strife again recommended
"A There have been seeds sow in the Il
= rupture between her and Prussia that Q
nv destined, ere long, to bear INN ense fr,
nj on that Continent. This is in our JUG
ment. but the commencement of a ser
u of wars that will entirely alter the face
in things politically 10 Europe, The ball
al change and revolution has been arres'
n, in its course for a moment, that is all
= II will, erelong, recommends with inore
,er ed momentum, and more violent eyo
,n. ton. All the great Continental questi'
ss tn It were settled by the treaties of lS
have opened up BY this war. They
bv remain to be, disposed of, and will be,
sts ter a series Of desperate fights in the
,ls flure, in which all the great powers '
be combatauts.-Cis Enquirsr. 20 d.