The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-07-20

moments the Ulans, who formed the adj
vanccd guard Of tho regiments that
marched by this line, were over tbe from.
ter, Then followed lLo Infantry. rs
tho leading ranks Of oach ba;taiyn arrived
aisthe frat point on The road from which
!hey caught sigll of The Austrian colors
tlat showed the f%roati,r, they raised n
cheer, which wao quickly caught up by
those in. rear, and was repeated again
and again I'LL, when the men camo up to
the ~tol!,housc aud saw their soldier Prince
standing on the border line. it swclled
into a roar Of rapLurous delight which
only costcd to be replaced, by a martial
song that was caught up by each bGual-
lion as it poured into BUbemia. Their
chief himself stood by the roadside. calm
and collected; but he goiz,d proudly on
tho passing sections, and well he might.
loi never dill an ormy cross enemy's
frontier better eq1iPred better cared for,
or with a higher courage Than that which
matched out Of Sdxony to-day.
ffr,m the Saturday Review June 2o.i
Tue WEAKNESS OF PRUSSIA
Tho real weakness OF Pru sit CO in the
d%isproporlion Of tie work il has to do 20
tho resources it cda commRnd. On tho
east, tho Prussians arc in great alsength
and Austria could not hope TO grin any
decisive advantage over lhom without
maxi ing nm effort which, If not successful
would be very costly and cxhnusting
But the further west we go The weak.
or tho Prusi,ns seem. They hevo 50
very much TO do. Tley have to watch
the Ilanovorinn arms, aud it is evident
that .hc Troops which they can employ
for the purporse are not very nuWcrous .
hey have to prot Get thoir own Rhine
provinces. They have TO oppose the
Federal army under Prince Alley ,ndcr Of
%IIessc, aud the Bayorian amy row
stationed near Baireuth. The Federal
army may not in itself DO a very danger
ous enemy, but il is led by q general said
TO DO one Of The best in Germany, and its
strength is likely 10 increase as events
compel those who would Willingly be ncu.
trail to send in their conliugents.
The prusiuus must employ a largo force
to watch this Federal army, and there are
probably already at least a Hundred
thousand men actually under aims 10 the
Federal and BavNrian OrmiOs. This is a
worry seiious opposition to Prussia, md
il her enemies DO but know bow TO make
the beet use Of their opportunity, they
might impose on her q burden that she
would be scarcely aLlU ~ bear. IL this re
NAMED as they are now, time would
probably, tell in favor Of The Prnssians.
at present they can not call into play the
resources Of the territories on which they
have seized. The Hanoyerian army and
the Saxon Amy places The fighting mou
Of Two important provinces on the side Of
Austria; nor can the petty c~onlingcnts
which some Tiny principalIioa lave scni
10 the aid Of Prussia Go any thing to ro-
dress tho balances. But if Prussia Is
permitted to occupy the whole, or almost
the Shole, Of Northern Germany for q
few months longer, to introduce every
where her systemic f civil and military or
gAnization, TO levy and drill recruits, t.
raise toxos, and to call for supplies Of al
kinds, throug States that Layo an Og-
grcgato population Of moro than twenty
four millions, she will be nblo to maxi
Germany do moro for her .han il can d.
for Austris.
The critical question Of the wOr ]
whether Prussia will be able thus TO con
solidate herself, or whether sho will no
be exhausted by the series Of conflict
which her enemies can force on her in tn
west and center Of her position, Will
Bcnodek holds 10 check tho main body c
her troops or the East: Is 10 said tia
she did not think Southern German
would be as earnest and united in oE
posing her as IL has proved TO DO. Babe
might have been expected 10 be rondcro
inactive by The private prepossceaious {
ita ruler. Blu! in Baden, as ~thronghor
South Germany, it is not the ruler 4
much as the subjects that are the enc
mics o. Prusia, They regard Prussj
with a mixture Of fear, DISLIKE and indig
nation, which goes Geep into the populr
heart, while in tho North Prussia M