The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-18 00:00:00

XVIII.

It is not only in the Polish provinces of Prussia that this
terrible bureaucracy sought to sow discord; it looked higher
and aspired to nothing less than setting the whole of Europe
in a blaze. Doubtless it is sure for its strength, and if it
does not fear to light a vast fire it is that it has under its
hands the means of extinguishing it. It is, however, im-
prudent to unchain violent passions, even when sure of
being able to check them again.
Whenever the central committee in London appeared
slumbering or fatigued the trio awoke them up, and excited
them to enterprise. They wrote on the 25th Apr 1, 1859
" We are astonished to see the Democratic Committee show
so little activity." You will not find ten letters out of the
twenty-four in which the same dangerous theme is not
touched on in different terms.
X IX.
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By what actions could the democrats satisfy Puttkammer,
Bcerensprung, and Post? We had arrived at the 27th of
March, 1859. It was foreseen that the Emperor of the
French was about to make a generous effort in favour of
Italian independence. The bureaucratic triumvirate recom-
mended the committee to take precedence of him. They
wished that Mazzini should hasten and get his country to
rise before the arrival of the French army. In order to con-
tent these three Prussian functionaries it was necessary
that the Italians should hoist the red flag before "Napoleon
had interfered in the affairs of Italy." For what interest
d d they recommend such criminal madness ? What profit
did they expect to derive from it for Italy, for France, or
even for Prussia ? No one knows.
On the 21st of May they thanked the committee for
having sent them—guess what—the process for making
Orsini bombs. We shall not ask what use they would make
of them, and why they wished to have them sent. We
know that those gentlemen were not conspirators but police
officers. Doubtless their intentions were pure; assuredly
their only idea was to warn the Emperor Napoleon of any
danger, and it was in that spirit that they added to their
letter this postscript—" Will not the French democrats soon
make an attempt against Napoleon ? "
But if they felt so warm an interest in the Emperor of
the French, why did they say in the same postscript--"We
are much astonished that the revolutionary party in Italy
take the side of Napoleon." The thing was not surprising.;
and in all the universe there was only this trio ho would
feel this astonishment.
When we carefully peruse this correspondence we are
tempted to believe that the authors entangle themselves in
tshheowmseisthseelsf
underofthe thiroe skin of thewnnets, and
fondx. After thatAGr vermillitara sincerity
shows forrity
instance, when every good German ought to have been satis-
fied at peace being re-established, and Venice preserved,
Puttkammer, Bcerensprung., and Post showed themselves
mere Mazzinian than Mazzmi. They predicted that "revo-
lution would break out in Italy, in Hungary, in Germany,
in Prussia, perhaps even in France, and as far as Poland.
The treason of Napoleon has opened the eyes of all the
world, and there are no oppressed nations but soon look for
their deliverance."
We know not how to interpret such language ; one
might think it sincere and in good faith. If it were per-
mitted to suspect Prussian bureaucracy we should say that
the bureaucratic trio wished death to the Emperor Napoleon,
and endeavoured to render him an object of suspicion to