The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-30

fuIope as IL Is 10 write diplomatic notes, we are not
prepared TO contend that some such views might not
/ eonduee " The advancement and freedom o. the M
lons principally concerned ia them. But The auth
ors % SUCH schemes have mistaken the commence
men OF great period 81 revelation for the termina-
ion OF II. N one OF these plans be carried into
Recommendation Tremendous conflict all OF them
are totally opposed 10 every existing right In Europei
some OF them would obviously fail TO accomplish the
proposed object. They would make a fdbufa rdso OF
the whole political structure Of the continent not
Tor the purpose ofralsing another substantial fabric
4 but oil lighting prouacted battle; and, in our opn-
ion theworld will make o. bad bargain II the entire
presen-generaon be sacrificed TO the horrors OF war
and The nseres Of revolution for no better object
than 10 crafty IFS worst passions, 10 try It's most OK
trayagnnt theories and TO consign society for Time
10 the last exiremiies of democratic government.
THE ESeLrsH VIEW or THE FRENCH INTERVENTION
| AND THE FRENCH REVERSE IN ROME.
From The London Times, May III
The situation Of the French expedition TO Rome,
u IL has ceased 10 be critical is not The less hnma-
ng 10 the martial character OF the French nation
| and the position of the government by which this
expedition was undertaken, is more critical Than
mat OF The army more remarkable series OF blum
ders and failures both political and military IL has
seldom been our duty to record, and even In the hast
moments oil the existence of the National Assembly
this unlucky incident has given degree Of passion
and force 10 the extreme republican party, which has
well nigh crushed the administration, and which
threatens 10 exercise very unfavorable influence
over the approaching election The root oil ihe
mischief seems TO be the extraordinary equivocallon
practsed by the French government TO conceal their
| real object In this expedition. They had the eour
age TO undertake IL but not to ayow the reason Tor
which they had undertaken It--nay when that
! son was suggested 10 them in the form OF taun
they denied their policy and disowned their inten-
tons. They have now suffered accordingly
| The result OF the conferences OF Gaea, had been
resolution OF the Catholic powers TO restore The sove-
| reignty Of the Pope in Rome. Austria and the two
Sicies were ready to take the lead in this enerpse
| Spain encouraged H. and the French republic, which
a mr. nj fhpD an nl,ap and had
refused 10 acknowledge the Roman republic did not
choose that this restoration Of the head OF the Cath
| ole church should be effected without her active
operation-ihe more so, she hoped 10 secure the
| liberal institutions granted by Pho Mono TO his sub
lects, from an Austrian reaction Under these cir
cumstances the expedition started, taking advantage
of the resolution adopted by the Assembly month
| ago, which authorised the French government TO
occupy point in laly-for very different pur-
pose. Ii the less be doubted that virtual con
| cer had been arranged hetwlen France Austria and
| Naples, inasmnch us the imperial and Neaponn
forces have simultaneously entered Tuscany and the
| Papal States, whilst General Oudnot was marching
| from Ciyiia pecchia upon Rome. But SO far from
| stating or even acknowledging this to be the case
| the French government continued TO assume the
credit of demonstration against Austria, for what
was in reality demonstration approved by Austria
for the restoration Of the Pope. BE The policy of
government bad or good, just or UNJUST none is so
dangerous and absurd aa that which the minister
who has adopted il dares moi avow.
The instructions to General Oudinot bear evident
marks Of this false and equivocal position. Instead
| OF announcing that the French troops landed In Italy
AT the request of The Pontiii, whom the French re-
public still recognized as the lawful sovereign of
Rome, they sought TO evade this engagement by
language equally unsatisfactory 10 the Papal and
TO The revolutionary party, as If the defence of
their own influence was sufficient justification OF
the invasion of foreign territory. With these in
sruclions General Oudinot landed, and Immediately
possessed himself Of Ciyita Veccha, as completely
MS il il had been French sous prefecture Had the
The poua hepu hia nd
il would have been al least decorous have occupied
this place in the name of Plus TX, aud If the Papal
standard had been raised, It is possible that some
portion OF the population might have rallied round it,
| as the Neapolitan army al TerracIna was actually
received with cries of Tird Pic Nonon' No precau-
lion Of this kind TAKEN and with very inIper-
feet knowledge OF the Stale of Rome, the division
moved TO the city. IL consisted OF between 900 and
5000 men, with "a guns and no cavalry though
| General Oudlnot himself has only served elsewhere
us cavalry officer. The Roman provisional gov
eminent, upon the receipt of this intelligence, very
naturally sent 10 inquire what was the motive and
the object OF the presence OF the French army
In the Roman territory Here, again, the General
was compelled, by his position or by his Instructions
10 cquvocae, instead Of saying boldly that his bust
ness was 10 restore the Pope and put down a state Of
things which France and Catholic Europe refused
TO recognize, he pretended that he came TO protect
Rome against the Ansirians, and TO repress anarchy.
Except ally, either Of the Pope or of the Roman
republic, he had business do either one or The
other. This language was intended TO suit the tenn.
per of the National Assembly nj Paris, but il could
neither encourage the Pope's friends nor subdue his
enemies in Rome Mazzin was perfectly aware of
the position in which he stood and he acted accord
ingy when the French troops advanced to the gates
of the city.
II has excited great astonahment that well-ap-
pointed corps of French troops, not wholly unnc-
qnainied with street warfare and barricadea should
have been ioied with considerable oss in their ut
tempis 10 enter an open city like Rome with no bet
Tor deences than lheemergency had supplied and no
stronger garrison than the partizans Of Mazzn ant
the degenerate remnant of the Roman people. No
one certainly, anticipated that this modern invasion
would find an lIoratius Coolies on the bridge But
this circumstance ia OF piece with all we know OF
the dominant faction in Rome IA Florence was |
held, ill the other day in the harshest dnrance by
party OF llvernese faccini, 50 Rome is occupied and
ruled by nest OF Adventures from every part not
only Of Italy, but Of Europe Tho heads of the Ro- |
man government, and of the popular bands in this
revolution, are all foreigners The failure of the re-
yoln'i"nary party in Sicily and Genoa, has driven
The soldiers Of anarchy TO Rome and Leghorn as
their last retreat The French red republicans them
selves have sent no nconsderabe achievements to
M. Mazzins Rome of the People, and II is, by no
means improbable that The same hands which barri
caded the Po,7a del Popoio, has served an appren
ceship In Paris, On the barbados Of February and
Of June The leading spirit of The insurgents in the
latter contest, Is known 10 have arrived in Rome
some time ago, and 1t has been boosted in the Ma
tional Assembly by the extreme party, that these
French propagandsts will be the first 10 mount the
bnrricadc OF Rome against the French troops Hence
no tHotts lHFe pcch spafeutto dcbauch the French
regiments in Italy by iheiniiuence Of their own
angnage and their own counlrymen, even in pre-
sence Of The enemy and the uncertain spirit Of the
army, both abroad and AT home, in formidable adj
diton to the perlls OF the government and of society
in France. The revolutionary party In that country
looks to the anarchy of Europe for the restoration Of
Its power.
Reinforcements have Of course, been despatched
from Toulon to the coast of Italy, but we should BIO
curious TO learn what instructions have accompa-
MED these renlorcemenls in consequence of the last
hostile and imperative votes of the assembly. To
proclaim the Pope and deposc the Roman triumvi- |
racis openly 10 defy the voice of the national as
sembly and expose the ministry to impeachment If
the next assembly be as republican as it's predeces.
sor; to acknowledge the Roman republic is to sane
lion the deposition Of the Pope and to break faith
with Austria and Naples, whose forces are probably
before this at Rome, in numbers greatly superior 10
the French army already there. The former aerna- |
tive Is to France violent contest at home, In which
the extreme party have already gained an advantage
on the hrst onset the other alternative is plunge
into foreign war with Austria, Naples and Tusca-
ny, and TO abet the very which il was the OBJ
Ject OF this expedition TO put down. The French |