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not been acuseiy engage on this noo1 for some
years, Jet We have not forgotten hl4 loog and
nse1n! AtEytces 10 the commercial world, and Anal
lohf cnefsh the recollection OF biz tnanty yi1tuca
EEach fnde1red him to all who had the pleasure ol
| bis aeqnalntanee. :
Ekiotresi That We extend our most co.uial
hour OF 1rtal.
11E HEEDLE-GUN AND THE cHAssEPoT.
The suddennezs with which Austria was
overwhelmed with disaster md defea: in
her conflict with Prussia, in 1866, was far
more impressive than her gradual with
drawal before the combined forces Of
France and Italy in 1859. The power Of
Austria "ns not materially less in tho later
war than in the earlier, and i. wan certainly
far more vigorouslyput forth to resist Prus~
sia thanto resist France and Italy combined,
Moreover, while France WAS not exhausted
by her ltalian WEI with Austria, she Ger
tainly, for the time, put forth, under the
eye Of the Emperor Napoleon himself,
every energy that she could command So
far 81 the relative powers of F.nnce and
Prussia can be judged from the relative
ease with which they thrashcd Austria, it is
certain that Prussia performed that fest
far more easily than France nnd Italy
combined Indeed, her defeat of Austria
was so overwhelming aud terrific that Eu-
rope fairly held its breath with astonish-
nent There was an mir Of ganius and
dash in Prussia,s rapid victories, ending in
5adowu, TINT indicated TINT she who could
do so much with such sw1ftness, could do
greater things: if required. France, at the
close Of her war, had but just begun her
campaign against the integrity of Austria,
willis pru1sia could hayo marched into
Vienna almost without another conflict.
Austsia lay prostrate at her feet.
Judging from these faota Prussia
must have some clernent of
military strength that stands apart
from the question Of numbers- This, it
was universally, though, on the part OF high
military authorities, reluctantly, conceded,
was the Prussian needle-gun.
This arm had been subjected To martial
tests in England, France, Austria, and the
United States, prior to its use in the wa,
with Austria, and had been roted down by
the critics Of nearly, or qrite, all these
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