Litchfield enquirer., 1866-10-11
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 ly disappointed at not entering Vienna iu. tri- nmph, the higher officers were only too thank ful for a solution which relieved ,fhSrhl lftem grave and increasing difficulties. .FI samto give a hypothetical opinion concerning what might have occurred, if something had Mp pened which did not happen, should say that the same qualities which secured the victory for Prussia in this short campaign, {, would have ultimately secured it to her if the war had proved more ardurous and protracted one.- As it is, she has gained the object of her a6i- bltion she has fulfilled her manifest destiny" with 80 slight a!sacfiics as to bs of 10 com- parson with the ends lachieyed. zysZ
 For, henceforth, whatever may be the exact terms of peace, Prussia twill be Germany. It IS all very well for foreign admirers of Austria to talk about the grand future which is stiil open to her; but, as a mattet of fact, ths etd- plre of the Hapsbnrghs, as we have known oit. has received it's death-blow It is poseibls' though not probable, that Q Crules gsof penius. who was prepared to throw aside his German pridelections and conpections, might create great Slavonic monarchy out of tue debris of the old Reich But the task would be ohe ioe Herculean difficulty and the Hapsburghs are not Napoleons. z, The real nature of the, ,aold Austrian rule is seldom understood in England Ii was not altogether unlike our own ruls in India. By sheer force of superior talent, susr- gy, and culture, small minority of, Germans reigned supreme over a large number of diff lerent races and nations, immeasurably out numbering themselves. But this German mi nority prlzed the supremacy thus obtained, fer more for the importance it acquired thereby Tn Germany, than for it's intrinsic value and profit. aa 5G 20 "r1sg n8 ''csrae'9f cs ESoD
 Ay.otr nk ~ powers, and great pon-G German state, ruled over oy Germans, It has lost it's pristine and most important character The empire cal, no longer complete with Prussia inro the's sE.asksf- land her 'TeutoDic population, who share equally with their northern kinsmen, the pride and prejudice, and aspirations of Germans, VIII now look to Prussia,- not to Austria; as the rN6. resentative of their nationality abroad and at home. How Austria is to retain the aiFae. tons ot her German subjects, and yet to he come the center of great non-1eutonic 'jSmm. Pire. is a problem for which nobody has, vet ventured even to suggest solution. aa fIn,'a
 Thus the long and weary struggle betveen Austria and Prussia, which dates from tbss tav that the Electors of Brandenburg first became independent princes, lhasterminateds fiuallyain the triumph of the, Northern PowerL- The seven days war was the prand sequence of the wars of Frederick the Great As Prussia hss grown in streDaths Austria has declined T a6d the final issue has been decided nbyo causes which have been operating for cen turies. not by any mechanical device, or any, discovery in musketry. That nation is always more bow :. ertul than an army,--this. Il think ,is the true lesson to be learnt from. the war, which has changed the face of Europe, and, has created power that, happily for the world, can af- ford to be independent both Of France in tie south, and Russia in the north .+-E Epeyy Sestsa.- day. ....,,, - .I.~,''