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LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 30.
CIIARLE9 ALBERT has played his last stake, and
lost, not only far himself, but unfortunately for Italy.
The mortification is great, not only to every liberal
friend of justice and national independence, but to all
eultivaW minds, in whose contemplation and
affections Italy most ever be a chosen and a
eacred temple. Nowhere, perhaps, on the globe,
are the seeds of intelligence so profusely sown,
yet nowhere has every growth of the kind been so
cruelly and completely crushed by priestly, by des-
potic, end by foreign domination. Reduced to a state
of political and moral helplessness and childhood by
the stupidity and bigotry of his rulers, no wonder the
unfortunate Italian, turned forth suddenly from the im-
memorial darkness of his prison-house to liberty and
light, should have been dazzled, blinded, and have
found himself incapable for the great and necessary
task of either instituting a government or organising
resistance. For the mingled weakness and rage of
Lombard, Tuscan, and Roman, no one is to blame,
save those gaolers of mind and body who have
reigned under the titles of dukes and popes.
Piedmont formed some slight exception. However
arbitrarily governed, it had at least the sense of na-
tionality, with civil and military institutions of
its own. With such it has vindicated the repu-
tation of the Italians, and shown teem to be not devoid
of military heroism. But of what avail in these days
of huge empires are small states? How could the
army of Piedmont be expected, alone and unaided, to
shake off the military colossus, which the treaty of
Vienna had placed astride of North Italy. Piedmont,
indeed, would never have attempted it, had not
the French, or their liberal party, been
saying and repeating for a score of yeses
that it would not suffer Austrian domination and en-
croachment, and that the treaties of Vienna were
merely parehmetts to be torn. CHARLES ALBERT
saw these very liberals in power, and he could not
but believe that they would be as good as their word.
I He did not take into account the weekeniog of the
French liberals, and their utter nullification as a
propepndiet and progressive party by the monstrous
excess,' in expression and in act committed by that
French democracy which 1848 let loose.
Piedmont was thus left to tight alone. Nor do we
regret the fact; for Italy, liberated by French armies,

were, after all, little better off than oppee---,1 h. ~, 1
Man marnhale. It is plan now to the Inlis;;; `14•4
there is no help foe them; end that, degraded m
brae been, fettered in mind and body, they are
effeetually to assert their own iodependetee,
they mule, snd the sooner they bow the beau., ir,,t
councils or dictation of the there powerful states...ll'
of them. As to their d. manna leaders, they,;
have led them astray, and can only aggravate 111514
suffering and oppression. All left there On
immodplerawetethane dinctlnrwstitlinitiwlteallu detacmisideratteemea and c'tpe4,44l!":"7,
which reign in Franey, and which, we t,i,„,
al!:
establi.h their reign in Germany.
. We said, indeed, on Friday last, whilst contesoe.:
the probable results of the Piedmontose war, ti7l*,
fate of Italy did not depend upon the efforts of seat,
nia, or the movement of these armies, but apse ;in,
Z
great contest between contending principles tint ~',
taking place in the great states of Europe, ~•-;
above all in Germany. It is upon the inecl`
this contest, in a field worthy of It dt;i:
must depend the fate of smaller and d,'
states. Spain evidently moves in the Tare
ides. that France and England throw out 4.
them. Italy will be modified by the joint Means,
of Germany and France. Greece and Turkey IQ
not subtract themselves from toneath the e„.,„
mount weight of the power which pleaciic
minates on the Danube. In antiquity the north l;
&trot:o followed the fortuncs of the
0,411:,;
This is reversed in modern times. The south nuot:
bow to the power and the pricciple which triumphs,
north of the Alps.
We need not add a word to what we said yvitah.
day of the strategy of Pierian ntese and Austrians, Th.
management of the Sardinian army was marked bys
total want of unity and foresight. Itsnerset ~
nceavred as one who had a contempt both foe lie:
generals and the soldiers opposed to him. The evi%
has proved that his arrogance was not raisplaeed, o• 14
CHARLES ALBERT, however, never put fort,
pretensions as a general. As a prince his condoner.
entitled, if not to admiration, at last to respect. Os
two great occasions he showed himself equal to
at
resolutions. Him glory, a; well as his mtafortuae,
that he felt uan Italian, not as a Sardinian ave•
reign, and that at the call of the whole ocaintrybe beg
aside the scruples and the ties which bound hire le
the mere guardian of the Alps, and staked has elm
and perilled his life boldly in the cause of Italian..
dependence. He failed, and has, as bravely, paid '
the debt by instant abdication.
It his been alleged that he wu driven to make
war by the democratic party in his dominions sad n
his chambers. No doubt they impelled Ida
in that direction, and he obeyed it. Camas
ALBERT might have re,isted, might have,
like other governments and monarch?, tried relax, -
But this prince had at a memorable Period of his lib
turned from a liberal career to propitiate despoil
power. This was not a policy to be adopted tea,
and rather than attempt reaction, CHARLES ALM(
gave full swing to the democratic party, and pey
leered braving the Austrians to repressing them, 11.
left such a task to his son. And is this, too, Ceuta
ALBERT wan influenced by honourable motive.. Waal
no doubt that the cowards who skulked tramp.
porting him in the critical hour, will be the Int to
calumniate his memory. But we can only say thew
every Italian bad shown as true a hart, as brans
resolve, as ready a sword, and as liberal a purpose es
CHARLES ALBERT, ti e Peninsula would not use .
have to stretch forth hand and foot to the foreiga
fetter.
With respect to the kingdom of Sardinia itself, the
French minister, we see, has declared that he woad
defend its integrity. Nor indeed could it be Re.
DETSKI'S purpere to make territorial demands. We
may therefore count on seeing the Duke of SAVOY can.
tinue the reign of the family of Savoy on the throne
of Turin. This young prince has shown courage,
whilst the disasters out of which his accession sprat,
must give him prudence. But the declaration of M.
Humor will rest 1111 proof that the Sardinian mow&
owes his crown to France; one result of the victeey
of Novara, which stirs the bile of that would-be
French republican, bat actual Aulic councillor, Issd
BROUGHAM.