Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-08-31

an article appears IN 5he Vienna N6e. Feia
tTesse giving so dispassionate q vIew #
the position of Austria in the present strug-
gle, that we reprint the substance thereof
1t shows that Austria feels deeply, and that
hasty steps viii not be taken:
The moral and political pain to which
Austria is placed is fearful. Although the
great majority Of the German Austriaps
nave declared morally for the PrussiaD
cause, there Is, nevertheless, 8 deem lprl-
irg feehng for revenge. The meioTity are
Tor neutrality; but it is not to ks denied
that opposite feelings are widely spread.
II , "oeiG De wonder were il otherwise
Austria has not forgotten how FalsaIxr7 she
was led by Germany aud Prussia eleven
years ago, and was attacked by France
and must lose one of her PROVINCES es
the penalty Of war Can Ans.
tria forgive Prnssia The Shameful
war of 1866. and her ALLIANCES yzjFl,
Italy? Can Austria forget that as f,a
| highest prize of victory Prussia 7er.andag
and gained the exclusion OF Austria from
Germany? And this same Austria. be-
trayed, beaten and banished from Gasinauv
by Prussia shall to-day give It's syu4patbies .
70 THIS sald Prussia, which IN "a war with
| Franee only reaps the same fearful seed
she mas hitherto soTn. Shall Austria wish
| attain to the legemouy III Cep3fal Europe.
and by this means make subject oil Ser
many to the dynasty Of H0henzollern, 40
destroy Austria and conf1ne the HapsssuFv
dynasty to Hungary? And Austria 10
wish this? Austria has a sacred right of
revenge on Prussia: and history voulf
know how to judge her actions correctly
II she were to revenge herself Tor 1885 to-
day But again: Who Sas ii Eut France
that moved 70 tho destruction of
Austria eleven years age? the veYv
France who seeks her alliance. to-day.
And neither have a right for AIstia's svn-
patlly now, measured according to their
deserts. The moral of the story of two
hons who fought and left only their tails
upon the place of conf ct seems SIS if ere
ated Tor the present time. But let us ty1ru
away from the views of small souls and
measure the political question NiJn -E1l8-
polite standard, and then can we doah
where our sympathies should stand What
was our answer when Prussia DESTROYED
the old Bund and turned US out of Ger
many? They may separate Us for a time
diplomatically from Germany. we said. bs7t
with all their political arts they will not be
able to destroy our Intellectual connection
with the German nation. Thus spake in
1866 German Austria; and-if she dia not
then think chat tha natioeal bond
was then firm, when she
read Schiller and visited
wandering assembly" or Sohutzenfest in
Germany, she must now besconscious that
the time TO prove her connection is here
Indeed, the moment for proving ourselves
has come, and if what has been spoken
during the last four years of the continu.
ance of Germany IN Austria Is not uexe
idle phrase, then it ust to-day find dQlfiIl-
ment. And if, seven in spirit, to-day we
were to become the allies Of the foes Of
Germany, then we would deserve for all
future time to be excluded from community
with Germany. AS yet we have still a
right to this community, in spite of tho
Peace of Prague. And if Provide4fcA has
hitherto kept from us means whereby 80
regain this Sight, she has now paved the
way to it for us in the Pruaso- French war.
sWoe to those who would lead Us
astray here. What has France
to offer us in case she conquers Prussia
and South Germany? A strip of Germaa
land Whoever thinks that eve wouid
take German land from the hands of FfaYee
does not know the spirit of the German
people; and whoever believes that Austria
could increase its possessions by the grace
of Napoleon, look for 8 moment at italy,
who pays with its vassalage TO France its
progression to unity, Italy gDashes her
teeth when she thinks of the price she has
TO pay to France. IF any one entertains
the insane idea that F.ance could find
Savoy in Austria he Goes not know the
German people, who ate incapable Of re-
placing the sword in It's scabbara before
every German village is freed from the foe.
The victory of France would be the decla,
ration of permanent war in Germany;
while the defeat of Napoleon, just as half
century age, would be the prologue TO q
new era of peace. ~