AUSTRIA.

Colonist, Volume III, Issue 225, 16 December 1859, Page 3

AUSTRIA.

The spell of Austria is broken. It is now notorious that the might of the dynasty, though disciplined,l well provided, and supported by deluded races, which had been roused to the fury of extermination against the Hungarians; it is now notorious that all this satanically combined power proved ■Unable to resist the power of Hungary, though we were surprised and unprepared, and had no army, and no arms, no ammunition, no tfloney, no frienda, and forsaken by the whole world. It was proved that Austria could not conquer us Magyars, when we were taken unawares; who can believe that we could not match her now that we are aware, and predetermined ? Yes, if unprepared in material resources, we are yet prepared in self-concious-ness, and mutual trust; we have learned by experience what is required for our success. : In former times, Hungary was the strength of Austria. Now, Austria is weak, because it has occupied Hungary. It was strong by the unity of its army, the power of. which was founded upon the confidence in this .unity. That confidence is broken, since one part of that army raised the tricolor flag, and cast to the dust the double-headed eagle, the black and yellow flag, which, was the emblem of the army's unit}'. Formerly, the Austrian army believed that it was strong enough to uphold the throne; now it knows that it is nothing-by itself, and rests only upon;the support of the Czar. The spirit-depres-sing sentiment is so diffused among the troops, that only take the reliance of Russia away, or make it doubtful whether Russia, will interfere or not, and ths Austrian army, will disperse and fall asunder without any figbjs^becanse -it^kaows that it has its most dangerous enemies within its own ranks, and is so far from having any cement, that no man, himself attached to that perjured dynasty, can trust the man beside him in the ranks, but watches every movement of his arm. In such an army there is no hope for tyrants. The old-soldiers feel humiliated by the issue of our struggles. They are offended by having no share in the reward thrown away on despised court favorites. The old Croat regiments feel outraged in their national honor by being deceived in their national expectations. The recruits brought'with them recollections of their bombarded cities, and of the oppression of their families ; and in that army are 140,000 Hungarians who fought under'our tri-colored flag against Austria, and whose burning feelings of national wrong are inspired by the most glorious memory of their victories. Oh, had we in 1848 such an army of disciplined soldiers as Austria itself now keeps for us, never had one Gossack trod the soil of Hungary, and Europe would be free. Hungary has the conviction of her strength. The formerly hostile races, all oppressed like us, now feel themselves to be deceived, an*d unite with us.' We have had no opposite party in the nation. Some there are, ambitious men, or some incorrigir ble aristocrats perhaps; but these are no party—* f hey always, tura towards the sun, and they melt away like snow before the sun. And besides Hungary, the people in Austria too, in Italy, in Prussia, in all Germany, is concious of its strength. Every large city on the continesnt has been in the power of the people, and has had to be regained by bombardings, and by martial law. Italy has redeemed its heroic character, at Milan, Venice, Brescia, and Rome—all of them immortal pages in Italian history, glorious gpurces of inspiration, herqigm, and self-ccmsciqus Qlpeggth. 'And; now'thpy..know their aim, and pijrn'to show to. the world thai the spirit of Ancient Rome again rjses in them. ' And'then take into consideration the financial par|. -Withqut in.oney there is, no war, No emfcerqrof 4ust?fy wi H find .foreign loans again in |ny new revolution.—liossuTH, 1852. . I EUROPEAN ITEMS! (From the Paris Univers, SepL2 and 4.) An association formed in Germany in the year 1846 for the purpose of assisting the Protestants in Roman Catholic countries to build churches .and. to establish Protestant clivine service, and known under the name of the " Gustavus Adolphus Association," has contributed since that time the immense sum of 130 million thftjevs, or £19^ m.UHon.s Bterlin^. also jeaVn that the health p.f the; Sultan of SJurlcey suice the p'ekce of Earis has been declining in qonseauence of too free an exercise of his Muhomedau! privileges. He is not expected to recover, and a iieW Sultan may be confidently looked forward to as PSpupyiog fye P'van, shorty, JjLftssfltTj h,iis returned \o England,. His influence in ||ur}g§ry is, entirely extinct. pjye of the line?of-ships sunk by the Russians in the harbor of Sebaatopol are again fit for active service.