American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-08-01
THE EUROPEAN WAR
The Condition of Austria Re-
viewed by an Austrian.
lorrospondencs Of the Augsburg aasetva

Correspondence Of the Augsburg Gazetw1
VIENNA, Sunday, JslyS
In the course of week We haze lised
years, and the foodtide of events changes
the s;tuatiaa With lightning speed The
sxst reports from the Northern Army
were dreadful; they produced the i'm
preston of q disorder, such as hitherto
sss unknown with Austrian armies, and,
according even to Prussian. reports, did
mot actually b:cpr in the battle et Kon-
tegrsts (Sadows.) The several parts of
che army are joining again, and will stand
under the walls Of 0lmuta by to morrow.
Benedek sought death in the battle
Rammins and Gab,enz, according to la
sst reports, have proved themselves wor-
tn. Of their good name. Of the Austri-
an SOLDIERS, public opinion is everywhere
eonyiaeed that they fight heroically.-
This fame will not be lesseued by the
campaign in Bohemia. Bqt the tactical
dispositions Of tho Coamandsr n-Chief,
the sommand Of several certain corps
6armee, and partly tn; management OF
..he Subsistence Department, was exceed
.ngly faulty. Nevertheless the loss OF
one battle could never have had 50 ae-
pressing effects il our ralew bad becn
conscious thai they are the representa-
tives of the pubic spirit, borne up by the
confidence of the people. However in
geniois, experienced and well-meaning
statesman may be to day, without broad
connection with the citizens and without
the consciousness that he is but the col.
lectivc expression Of their yapR aud de-
sires, he can achieve bnt li,tie in modern
,ime.. The policy of the mere balancing
Of forces does no longer suffice went Of
initiative and Of Development, destruction
of character and of material means, is
the consequence. Austria, therefore,
must make her election /; it may not be
easy, but put off it can pow only be for a
few weeks. History and the nature Of
things point us to the fact that Vienna
and Pesth are the constitutional centers
of tho Empire; in other things we must
advance to u similar grouping and ar
rangement Of nationalities as exist In
Switzerland. But of this hereafter. For
tue pleseub tucIe ~ WV III tsuuS"y "H
untouched stream of power and manli-
ness; this to fee from the ban should be
our next task. And in other provinces
the people arc much more courageous
than is believed but it must not be look
ed upon with the eyes of those Bohemian
authorities, who were first in fight and
behind in everything else. Vienna also
has higher aud nobler desires than to be
saved from the danger Of an INVASION
Considering tho enormous Pru sian los
ses, the fanking position Of the army at
Olmu,x, the vast distance from there to
she Danube, the prospective liberation or
our Southern army, and the threatening
attitude of Napoleon, our military condi-
tion appears anything else but hopeless.
Our political and financial dangers por-
tend greater dangers. An armistiGs o!
six weeks seems either too long or too
short That Austria, exclusive of Ven
eta, should suffer loss OF territory, we
do not believe; but in the future conse-
quence lies the danger Shall these not
consume us, not moment ought to be
passed to free the powers of the people,
70 correct the present evils through free
expression Of public sentiment end opin.
ion, and by the culture of knowledge of
mind and of labor, to constitute the basis
for a sound organ cation Of the State.