The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-04 00:00:00

been " into their country and in their families,"
and " in every family where they could afford, they
" had English governesses to teach their children."
This discovery made a deep impression upon the
Liberal electors at Sheffield. Mr. ROEBUCK did
not say whether he found English governesses at
Venice, or whether at least ho found one in the
Governor's palace ; but he affirms that the Ve-
netians are "well governed ;" and his rationale of
good government abroad consists, it should seem,
in a sprinkling of " English governesses " among
Austrian garrisons. On the other hand, Mr. Rot-
BUCK is not ashamed to declare that he considers
GARIBALDI a "very remarkable man," who has his
" admiration and respect." This is for Sheffield.
For Vienna, he adds that GARIBALDI is a Fili-
buster who deserved to be hanged in Sicily, and
who, if he goes to Venice, will infallibly be
broken like a wave against • rock ; and Mr.
&muck " prays God " that GARIBALDI will not
go to Venice. " Them's my sentiments" on the
Italian question. Let us see what Mr. ROEBUCK'S
opinions are on what be calls "a politician's ques-
" tion." A politician's question means, of course,
a question far removed from the vulgarities
of sentiment. Mr. Rosence's opinions on the
Italian question may be briefly but exactly summed
up as follows. Re wants " a free and independent
" Italy." Therefore, in ordor "to check France,"
be would have Austria dominant from Peachier•
to Venice. Because "some people," as he sar-
castically describes the Emperor of the FRENCH,
" have run themselves up to the top of
" the Alps," as be ingeniously describes the
annexation of Savoy and Nice, therefore he
desires to see Austrian domination from Peschiera
to Venice perpetual. Because, "since the days
of CasaLre VIII., France has had her eye upon
Italy ;" and because Mr. RAIIIICCICB "desire is
that when Italy is united she should be inde-
pendent ;" and because Mr. ROEBUCK " wants
to know why a wedge of French troops should
be pushed in between South and North Italy,
and keep possession of Rome ;" and because
Mr. Rozscce's desire is that English ships
should be able to navigate the Mediterra-
nean "as safely as the English Channel,"
therefore—mark the admirable logic of this
venerable emeriti dipfetnate—Mr. ROEBUCK'S
belief is that "the old policy should be carried
" out in Italy." " What is that f To balance
" one Power against another." In other words,
to insert a thick Austrian as well as a thin French
wedge between North and South Italy ; to cover
Venetia with Austrian garrisons because France
overhangs Italy " from the crests of the Alps."
We trust the enlightened electors of Sheffield, as
friends of Italy, as politicians of the latter half of
the nineteenth century, as lovers of peace, admire
the sagacity, consistency, and prudence of their
renowned Liberal member's programme. Dissatis-
fied with a temporary and partial French occupa-
tion at Rome, and scared at the spectacle of French
eagles on the crests of the Alps, Mr. Rotnuct
insists on the importance to the peace of Europe
and the interests of England of perpetuating
the Austrian domination in Venetia. This
remarkably advanced Liberal has advanced in the
direction of Italian independence as far as the
Austrian outposts. There he has found "English
" governesses," and English books not confiscated
by the Austrian police. Such is the curious yet
simple process by which an English Radical be-
comes an Austrian convert, and is not even retie-
fred with sticking, like the ghost of Merraarnee, to
the "settlement" of 1815, but argues that "the
" old Italian policy "—that is, the policy of keep-
ing Italy divided, tortured, and enslaved, a hot-
bed of revolution, • prey to invasion, and an
stern•l cause or pretext of war—ought to be
tarried out in Italy, for the sake of the indepen-
dence of Italy, the peace of Europe, and the inte-
rests of England I We leave to the collective
sharpness of the Sheffield electors to cut
their way through this chaotic balderdash. All
the glory of it is their admirable member's, and
their own. But as Englishmen, we have a right
to protest against the shameless and hateful doc-
trine that England has any " interest " in the en-
slavement of any people under the sun. Suppose the
French Eureaoa, or even a French deputy, or
journalist, to say, or write " What is for the in-
" teresta of France is for the world's interest ;"
or, " What is for the benefit of France is for the
"benefit of mankind." With what unmeasured scorn
and insult would Mr. ROEBUCK hurl back the '
windy epigram of the Gaul I Yet this is pre-
cisely what Mr. Rouucx says at Sheffield—sub-
stituting " England" for " France." We are sorry
to find so unique an Englishman borrowing French
stilts for his " tall talk."

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