The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-07-26
The European War.

the contrary still further complications
and more extensive war preparations
The military skill and organized I'M
1 petuosify which have marked all the
1 operations of the Prussians IN the
brief but extraordinary campaign,
have astonished the'world. And with
the genius of war, the forces OF
King WILLIAM are pushing up their
successes by further advances, into the
very heart of the Austrian Empire.
Prague is already occupied, and the
dispatches say the Prussian army will
have reached the gates of Vienna
within ten days from the latest ad-
vices; and may even now be debating
terms to the Kaiser from his own pal
ace, unless BENEDEK should have so
strengthened and recognized his de-
feated army as to offer successful re-
sistance. The Emperor of Austria is
making extraordinary efforts to hold
up his sinking fortunes; making new
concessions of political rights to his
subjects, and with eloquent appeals
calling upon his people to rally to save
the Fatherland from destruction. In
the South, the Italians, who have met
with almost continuous reverses, are
now following up the evacuation of the
Venetian territory on the part of
Austria, with it's occupation, and are
proposing to follow up the movement
with still further offensive operations
Taking the immediate belliger-
ents into account, it seems evident
that the Austrian Empire is about to
be shorn of its power, for the ag-
grandizement of Prussia, especially,
and its elevation to greater power and
Importance among the Great Powers
of Europe.
But there are evidences of still fur
ther complications. The indications
| are that NAPOLEON is not to be the
undisputed master of the continent.
| While Prussia is claiming to exclude
Austria from the German Confedera-
ton and takes slice of her territory,
and France takes the guardianship of
another portion, Russia is not un-
mindful'of her great interests, and is
throwing her troops rapidly to the
frontier, prepared for active opera
tons in the theater of gars And the
/ organ of the Gar plainly intimates
that the division of the. continent is
not to be left to the dicta of NAPo-
LEON, and that Russia has not only
voice but an arm to interpose before.
the complicated question is settled.
Europe cannot be SO easily parti-
toned off without her consent. She
has not forgotten what belongs to, her
in the future She still bears the
sting Of disappointment over her de-
feat in the Crimea. Once foiled in
grasping after Constantinople, the
Bosphorus, and maritime power in
the Mediterranean, she stands ready,
| whenever occasion should offer, to
seize these prizes which PETER THE
GREAT left, to be won by his sue
eessors.
In all these movements ON the Con-
tinent, and the discussions in the
4 Cabinets, there is one fact which must
very forcibly present itself to the
minds of our readers-the apparent
insignifcance of England in the de-
termination of the questions. 1t IS
evident she is powerless to control
events. She dares not become involved
in the contest The precedent she
has established during the great re-
bellion in America has made it almost
absolutely necessary that she should
. remain at peace. She can not en-
! danger her vast commerce by entering
into the war Should she do so, a
few short months would suffice for
the enterprising Yankee privateers to
sweep her shipping from the seas.
Should the war become general, we
may expect to feel its effect in this
country in greater measure than now.
We anticipate it will be all the better
for us in a commercial point of view,
E though we may stand aghast at the
, destruction and misery it will create
in Europe. The demand for our agri-
cultural products will increase, trade
will be stimulated; our shipping in
! terests revive; our bonds, after the
first depression, will recover; and we