The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-07-21

as an OBJECT OF -NaDOIeOn1c desire. The kInQ
of the Netherlands ought to have nothing to
do with with the affairs of Germany, but by
the Treaty of April, 1899, the Province or
Grand DuchY Of Luxemburg was divided be-
tween Holland and Belgium, and the Dutch
piece of it gives the Dutch King a vote in
the COnfedation, and imposes certain incon-
venient obligations upon him as a member
of that body. The town Of Luxemburg in
the Dutch part) Is one Of the strongest Gorti-
fed places IN Europe, and IS held by a small
Prussian garrison. It was q Federal fortress,
but as Prussia considers the Federation at
an end she may now hold it on her own ac-
count, and as something to deal with when
the time comes for negotiations with France.
1t may be that LuZembUrg and other places
In the neighbourhOOd viii prove the cOnsid-
Grafton money for which Napoleon viii agree
tosthe aggrandizement of Prussia if she can
succeed against Austria in the field Except
for matters IN which France may be con
cerned, battles likely to occur anywhere near
Frankfort have comparatively little imme-
diate interest, as the main question must be
decided where Austria and Prussia have con
centrated their large armies, namely, in
Saxony and Silesia. The rapidly with which
Prussia has seized upon Hanover and Saxony
shows both her daring and the advanced
state Of her preparations. On the other hand,
we cannot understand the Austrians allow
ing SaxonY to be OYerrun from merely strate-
gic considerations. On the Bohemian from
tier Marshal Benedek occupies a strong po-
sition, but he can do nothing against Prus-
siawithOut advancing, and we should imagine
1t was the want of some essentials of Il great
war that kept him quiet while the Prussians
walked through SaXony up to his very nose.
Part of the Austrian army is reported to be
badly equipped, and to suffer from sickness
occasiOned by insufficient supplies
a great battle in Silesia or SaxOny will
be important as testing the value Of the two
armies; but if Austria won it she would re-
quire what she has not yet produced-a
popular political programme-to turn it to
account. An Austrian occupation Of Prus-
sia against the wish of the inhabitants would
be q very costly and exhausting process; and
though the Austrian game in able hands,
willing to promote popular changes, might
be good one, it involves enormous difficult
ties when played by a pig-headed Tory
Power
If Prussia wins the campaign it is diff
cult to SEQ how Austria can avoid going to
pieces. Prussia would not then admit the
Austrian Germans into her ncw-fangled
Confederation upon terms that left any
doubt Of her own supremacy, and to such
terms the Austrian Government would never
agree unless compelled by internal difficult
ties as well as external foes. The Austrian
Empire contains about seven millions Of
| Germans, great portion Of whom live in
the Archduchy of Austria, the nucleus of
the system With so small a German popu-
lation, Austria has no right to be the head
of a German Confederation, and her much
larger population Of Selavonians, Magyars,
&c, do not desire that she should occupy
such position. It is also probable that If
! she ceased to be Il great German Power her
! German population would like to join their
! own kith and kin.
The course Of the Italians will probably
/ be regulated very much by what takes place
/ on Austria S German bGttlc-fClds, and It is
! plain that Victor Emmanuel is ready-if
! France permits-to take advantage of the
/ revolutionary clements IN Hungary If the
! difficulties of the Vienna Court should en-
| courage such a step. The Kossuth party
! cooperating with Garibaldi offers q cOnsid-
cradle chance Of this project being carried
out.
No ono can wish for the success of Austria
who cares a straw for liberty; but she may
! be very useful in giving such o check to
| Prussia as may compel the King to agree to
! Constitutional concessions for the sake Of
conciliating his own people.
How the populations of the various Ger
man States will act and feel 1t is not easy
to predict; but there is q large party in Ger
many whose policy is based upon the idea
that if unity were obtained liberty would
follow. Our Tories would, if in Office, give
all the support they could to Austria, and
our Wings would reluctantly let her die. 1t
is not likely that she can be so victorious
both in Germany and in Italy as to emerge
in strength from tho afray, and If Prussian
success forces her to abandon the notion Of
being great German Power, she may be
reconstructed rs a federation Of Free States,
of which Hungary would be the virtual
head
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