The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-04-19

u0ot tWelVo tn0uo80Q men nave JOSH SssAs-~.
at Toulon in order to be embarked for Italy, snonio
circumstances arise requiring the interierence o.
France in the affairs of the peninsula. AS 10 the
peculiar circumstances which would set tins army
in motion, nothing definite Is stated The inten-
tons of the French President and Ministry seem to
be wrapped in obscurity, and the French people,
with ali their inquistiveness, appear to be puzzled
in attempting to discover the views of those they
have placed in authority. At one time it is said
that Louis Napoleon intends to interfere in behalf
of Plus the Ninth; at another that he holds these
twelve thousand men in the leash ready to let them
slip whenever the Austrans violate the neutrality
of Tuscany or of the Roman States. But Austria
has already entered the Pontifcal-or we should
rather say Roman-territories. Ferrara is in the
hands of the Austrians, and the Ferrarese have
been treated with all the rigor of captured people.
Why then has not Louis Napoleon moved! Why,
at least, has he not demonstrated! Is it jealousy
of his cousin Charles Lucien, the Vice President
of the Roman Republic, that prevents him from
acting, or Is it mere weakness and indsposition to
play any other part but that of gazed-at and fiat
tered Partisan President Has he none of the blood
of the Bonaparies in him, or is he altogether the
descendant of the incident and voluptuous creole
from whom his mother sprung!
In this state of uncertainty TO the plans of the
French Government, we know not whether TO look
with hope or fear on the concentration of forces at
Touon. If the object is to try and reinstate Plus
the Ninth, Louis Napoleon may find the Italians of
the present day different people from what his
uncle found them at the close of the last century.
Setting aside the difference between the nephew
and the uncle, the Italians of this time look with
distrust on the French, no matter whether these
latter come to them in the guise of kings or of
republican generals. When the French army and
people entered Italy at the close of the last century
preaching democracy and equal rights to all, the
Italians were disposed to trust them for though
previously they had been deceived by French mon
archs and diplomatsts, they had never been be-
trayed by the French people. The treachery at
Venice first opened the eyes of the Italians, and
after the establishment of the kingdom of Italy
their curses against the French became loud and
open. If then the French armies enter Italy in
order 10 aid Plus the Ninth in regaining his tempo
raj authority, they will be received enemies and
not as friends. If they go to prevent the Austrians
from invading Tuscany and from advancing toward
Rome, they will be regarded as allies whom it is
better to watch than to trust.
As we have before said, it is in themselves and
in themselves alone that the Italians must trust.
If they are true to themselves, if they take care
that neither home monarchs nor foreign generals
shall have the control of their affairs and manage
the armies they may bring into the field, then have
they every thing to hope, then is there every pros
pect that they will be successful in expellng the
Austrians from the peninsula and in establishing
firm and free republican institutions. Torn as the
A .S b,,.
revolutionary population at Vienna and an insur-
gent nation in Hungary, there is every probability
that the Italians will have little to fear from the
double-headed and double.faced eagle that has so
long held them in its claws. Deeply engraved on
the heart of every Italian patriot should be the
motto "Aide-toi ct lie Ciel t'aidera." Let them
not look for aid to foreign friends; for foreign
friendships slow in comprehending native feeling
Especially is it difficult for Frenchmen to under
stand Italians and if French forces act as the
allies of the Italian armies, the former will think
they have right to say something in the formation
of an Italian government. The French fancy that
they understand politics better than any people in
Europe, and if they aid the Italians they will be
sure and try to force them to adopt their political
theories and apply them to practice. Whereas, if
the Italians who are really far profounder than the
French in their ideas OF government, will act en-
tirely for themselves, they will do far better than
if assisted by their volatile neighbors.
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FROM WAsHINGToN.-The National Wing of
the 18th, says +" The Cabinet were in session for
nearly four hours yesterday. In consequence, the
President was not enabled to begin to receive
visits until O'Clock, instead of 10, usual Up
wards of hundred and fifty ladies and gentlemen
were in waiting when he made his appearance,
and twenty minutes had not elapsed before they all
departed.
The Board for the settlement of claims against
Mexico, assumed by the United States under the
treaty with that Republic, will assemble next Mon
day, in the room provided for them in the city. 1t
is supposed that the Board will occupy at least
week in framing rules for its Government that it
will first take up the claims adjudcated under
former commission, but not passed on by the
umpire, and that it will then adjourn for several
months, during the summer, in order to enable
claimants to procure such papers from Mexico as
may be necessary 10 the transaction of their
business
NAVAL REGULATION Secretary of the
Navy orders the following regulation for uniforms
The Boatswains, Gunners, Carpenters, and Sail
makers of the Navy will wear on each side of the
coat collar large navy button, on the back part of
a blind buttonhole, three inches long, worked
with black twist. The above-named officers will
also wear round their caps band of navy gold
lace, one inch and a quarter wide.
SUFFERING CAPE BREToN.-The Halifax On.
S. Sun of the 30th ult. contains extracts from
letter recently received at Halifax from Sydney, on
the Island of Cape Breton, giving an account of an
act of cruelty the part of the Mining Association,
which has legal monopoly of the coal business of