Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-05-07
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Il has been remarked that whatever
there is Of national r~etribution must take
place in this world, and exhibit itself en-
the page Of history somewhere to a moral
ly observant eye. Men as individuals
may seem to escape here with impunity,
and yet we can not know that they do
escape ultimately, unless We could look
through eternity. But nations, as such,
exist only here, and the close student Of
history can observe more Of what looks
like national rewards Or punishmenss in
exact proportion as the eternal laws of
right or wrong are followed, than he can
in the lives Of any single individuals out
side himself. Prussia and Austria con-
spired together to commit a great crime,
two or three years ago. Without the
slightest pretext of right in the matter,
they, under the false pretence Of Germanic
unity, agreed to unite their forces and
seize Schleswig-H olstein from Denmark.
The treaties of 1915 bound them not to
touch these, but Denmark was weak
Count Bismark was proud and unscrupu-
lous, and Austria, though weak, was will
ling to share the spoils. They united
their forces, de6ed the public law and in.
ternational treaties, seized the coveted ter
ri,ory, took possession Of it, and made
peace with Denmark and the rest Of man
kind upon the established basis Of this
fact. The very money BY which this war
was carried on was collected from the
Prussians by force and not BY law. The
armies were raised by a CONSUMPTION not
legal, but i. was done successfully by
force alone, on the part of the Crown aud
his Minister, Count Bismark but it SEEM
ed for q moment q success.
Now, however. the crime seems as If it
were about to work out his W punish
ment. The rosues have quarrellsd, most
naturally, in regard to the division Of the
spoil. The same naughty contempt Of
right and moral principle. which 6rst led
on the King Of Prussia to seize a weak
neighbours provinces, has now led him to
seize the lions share, not only Of the ter
ri,ory, but also Of the glory, in such an
insulting manner, that Austria must either
give up all share both Of the spoils and Of
the honor, or, as it now appearS, engage
in a war with Prussia. Already Austria
bitterly Erieves that she ever entered into
this abominable scheme Of aggression. It
was nominally to preserve or establish
German unity that this war was entered
upon; and now, Prussia cares 50 little for
it, as to refuse Austria's offer to submit
the question to the whole Germanic Diet.
With the slightest way Of escape open,
Austria would gladly abandon the Pro-
v.nces; but the studied insult Is even more
determinativs Of war than that Of Napo-
leon a few years ago, which was the pre-
cursor Of the war in Italy. The King Of
Prussia clearly intends to have not only
the whole Of the conquered Provinces,
but also, if possible, to have such a quar-
rel with Austria as shall enable him to
seize as much more from his former ally.
There are now, therefore, co~ngregated
on the Bohemian frontier a hundred thou
sand Aus,rians, in battle array, and q cir
cular is addressed to all the European
powers, protesting that she (Austia) is
not to blame. Everybody knows this,
and much as they dislike that selfish cum
ming power, no one would pity the King
Of Prussia if he were to get properly pun
ished for his audacity.
But the fact is, that both of these mon
archs have so UNANIMOUSLY violated all the
prophecies and moralities of nations, and
thrown themselves so completely on armed
forces, instead Of law and right, that the
rest of the world feels as il it were no
great matter which beats, if they will only,
first Of all, beat each other well. II, in
deed. the King Of Prussia were to get the
wors, Of it-that is, If it could only hap
pen that her King got swept of his throne,
and the Count Won Bismark be sent after
him, it would be a ft termination.
The people Of Prussia deserve freedom
from such tyrants, that is, if they would
only fight for it themselves instead Of be-
ing driven into it for the aggrandizement
of their Kings. Austria, with its etfete
c~orruptions, If successful against Prussia
would only sink into greater corruption
so that nobody in fact cares who WINS
provided they will but draw each others
teeth 50 tina. neither can hurt any one else.
The only thing Is that in Europe every
is sure to get into the turmoil n
a general war is likely to be the result il
the dogs Of war are only once fairly let
loose.
II there could be such a thing as a true
war for liberty, and England were only
guided by her people and not BY her aris-
.ocracy, and to enter into it heartily, we
nigh. also feel an interest on the same
side, and i, would help to heal old wounds.
Blu. at present there seems to be nothing
Of this sort likely. Yet it will DO hard If
ten year, shall elapse before something Of
the kind opens.
The WIRES AND THE INDIANs.-In the