New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-16
THE war N GERMANY.


II Is difficult to form any accurate conc,m-
sion in regard to the war in Germany from the
vague and, to some extent, conflicting ae-
counts transmitted by the telegraph. Il is
certain that battles have been fought, but to
which side victory inolines we cannot judge
when We are perplexed BY the statements
that great joy was produced ID Vienna by the
Austrian accounts, and that Berlin was illu-
minated for grand Prussian triumph. The
London Times says that the battles were in
decisive, and the Times is probably right.
But, in one sense, they must havo an irapor-
tant bearing on the fate of the campaign, AT
the very opening Of hostihties, Prussia, by the
rapiditY of her movements, and the piaor of
her proceedings gainedsmpo rtant advantages
advantages, She preservation of which Is equiva-
lentto a gain Of all that she anticipated and
hoped for as the consequence of the contest
The war between Austria and Prussia is no
longer war for Che Elbe Ruohies;snd itquickly
lost tho character which, for the moment, it
possessed. ola struggle between the confeder-
alton and seeding State The attempt Of
Austria to place Prussia in the position Of q
rebel against the federal authority, and to array
against her She whole power. Of the rest of the
Rund, failed almost as soon as it was made.
IF Austria had been able to maintain this posi-
tion ana to WELD The ,oszar Il AZ 80,
confederation, for the purpose Of compelling
Prussia to return to her federal allegiance, his
tory might stigrlatize the Prussians Rs simply
secedegs and zebels, and the Austrans as
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alnoost an ,of f,e minor states icl,sIi,,e, tbo
kinadoms If gFavar;a ssxonv yV,rotsrobar,,4
ana Hanover svn1atbized With Austria
mis- NAV. have been .t,7,A " n ~ eova,y
nents az those States whose cbeap dionitv
seemed to be menaced by Prusgian a,nbition !.
but ii is significant that among he neonle
even ii the federal cspita1 and under M
bayonets and cannon Of the Austro-federaI
army, there Is great division of nnblic
opinion. indeed the latest accounts declare
that great change in favor Of Prussia was
already visible. To he sure the rule Of the
Prussian aristocracy. characterized oy all that
is most arrogant and hateful in aristocracv
is extremely distateful to the German nonn-
lations Int nevertbaless Pr1ss;a il essan
italy Germanie She is. moreover 1ros,rag
siye She ENCOURAGES commerce and a.
cation and her finances have been
better administered than those ~ anv otho,.
Of the great powers Of Eurone Austyio il
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