The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-24 00:00:00

We are no advocates of Austrian misrule, whether
in Italy or elsewhere; neither do we look jealously
upon the aspirations of the Italians for unificatioa
that, idea hag heeii iflacte.to do; th 6
4reAting of iTetiethi diitniaioii of the
burgs. But we do protest against the influence
which France so officiously puts forth towards the
attainment of that object, and we do so wholly
and solely because we doubt and disbelieve the
honest intentions of the Emperor NAPOLEON.
The question may be briefly put thus :—Granted
that the Italians ought to have all Italy for
thernsel-Ves, it is iiot te3 he denied that
all Europe has, for sixty yeah; or
acknowledged the legitimate power of Austria in
her province of Venetia. The contest thus lies
between Italian wishes and Austrian rights. Both
are jtistifiable and unalterable save by might. So
far, however; there can be little doubt that right
and alight gd together: Could the Garibaldian
rabble reduce Verona, Mantua, or any one of the
other splendidly strong places of Austrian Italy ?
We do not believe it. Now, if there is any law,
equity, or fair play recognised by the other should-
be-neutral Powers,—that law ought to be equally.
invariably, and universally binding upon all. The
perfect neutrality of one is inconsistent with the
slightest intervention of the other. For any
Niter to pretend nowintertentiOti While another
actively interferes were siiriiily id alii atid abet
that Power by negative action. So long as the
matter rests between Austria and. the Italians, we
may rightfully enough have nothing to say to either.
But when France backs the latter by lending not
merely encouragement and countenance, but sub-
stantial and powerful aid, the gouda tirtlit dispute
becomes entirely changed; and our indifference
can only be maintained at a sacrifice of prestige,
position, infittente, ttrineifilei ilbiloilt; and power.
More than all this, every man in England ought
0 be assured that France cannot be permitted to
interfere in this matter without endangering the
substantial interests of this country in the Media
terranean. France does not go to war for " all
idea:" With an ideal" phraseology, she is in
realit# ittbre earthbound than hard slid phlifiz
spoken England. She
stroke against Austrian influence in Italy, except
to serve her own material objects of ambition.
LOUIS NAPOLEON will leave no stone unturned
to make that great highway of nations, the Me-
diterranean, something little better than a French
lake, His threats to Austria iii regard to Venetia
are btit a gels in the process by which lid
hopes to Worm out his purpose. its pretended
friendly alliance with us is but a blind td
that wily and anibitions project. Will England
allow him to hoodwink her td the last P By all
means let us see to it, that justice and fair play'
are dealt out to Italy as well as to Austria in the
matter of Venetia. But let us also see to it that
the dispute is not turned to the disadvantage of
that great and glorious structure of moral and
political power which our ancestors have reared
at so much cost, and with so much care, wisdom,
and consideration, merely to aggrandise the un-
scrupulous ambition of an adroit but unprincipled
French aruenui

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