Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-06-13
The French i'm Italy.

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ton of France in the afEairs Of Italy, and mentions
ing the fact that the French Assembly had con.
demned this proceeding on the part Of the Presi-
dent and Ministry, goes on to Say
There is one circumstance in the pre-.
sent reaction in France, that is pregnant
with vast advantages to Italian liberty;
which is, that the presence of French
troops in the Papal States, taken in con-
nection with the change that has been op-
Grated in the counseIs Of Louis Napoleon
and his Ministers. will effectually prevent
the Austrian from advancing to Rome, to
dictate the law to the inhabitants as he
has done to the unfortunate Milanese.-
Indeed. we should not be surprised, in con-
templating the serious dilemma in which
the French Government finds itself plac-
Cd. In reference to public opinion and sem
timent, if it were to direct Oudinot and
his army to fraternize with the Roman
people, for the purpose of recovering the
ground it has lost in the sympathies of the
masses, and in the respect of contemporary
nations. We perceive that English and
other foreign prints express their surprise
that the French should commit such a
blunder as to draw their own swords
against repubDicanism in the cause of mo-
narchy; for, interpret the movements of
the expedition how you will, the hostile
demonstration against Mazini and his fol.
lowers, was nothing less than a covert at
tempt to restore the Pope to his temporal
power, and thus to r~e.establish perhaps
the worst species of monarchy that ever
existed-in which body and soul were
both CENTRALIZED. Thanks to Providence
and the vigorous right arms of the Ro-
man population, the vile scheme has been
for the present frustrated, to the signal dis
com6sure Of those who cancoc,ed it,
They win yet meet the punishment they
have 90 richly merited at the hands of the
French nation, whose confidence they
have abused.
The peace of Europe we think nov
moro seriously endangered than at any
point Of time since the return 10 France
Of Napoleoa from Elba. We look on the
commissions in Germany, and the wars
Of the Austrians. Hungarians and Danes
as the result Of domestic strife, and not
regard them in the light Of that serious
disturbance Of peace. which a conflict
between rival nationalities produces
But the nea vicinity Of the French and
Austrians on their old battle fields, pars
ticuiarly at such II juncture as the present,
when a reaction 10 favor of liberty has
taken place in France, may by some un-
foreseen accident revive the ancient spirit
of hostility, which has again brought
'tfurious Frank and fiery Hun" in deadly
conlIison, and q general wal be the re-
suit.
In fact, the position of the French in
Italy is for the moment invested with the
mightiest interests and it will take a vast
deal Of craftsmanship, with a large guam
tity of forbearance superajded, to with
draw the troops from the Peninsula,
without committing France by some act,
may draw after it rupture with the
principal crowned heads Of Europe
However this may eventuate, the people
will be benefited, for late events show that
there is enough republican feeling in
France, to prevent her from ever retro.
into ways inimical to popular IL
berry, at home Or abroad.
GA letter from City Of Mexico, pub
lished in the New York Enquirer, contains
the following paragraph about the Cali
fornia gold region. The wriaer is de.
as a nan worthy of entire conf
dence. The date is April Is:
There are three men here on their way
home from California with three hundred
thousand dollars worth Of gold with them,
which they have made in one gear, and
which they showed US. The news they
bring is better than ever, and our spirits
are first rate, and our courage equal to
anything that may come.
Iatemperanee.-Mr. Potter, Of Yale
College, in a temperance address, lately
delivered at New Haven, says:
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