The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-08-15
FRANCE AND ROME.

All eyes are now turned to- SEQ what
France will do with conquered Rome ii
is the opinion Of many. that her difficulties
in this intervention have only begun. She
stepped between Austria, Naples aud Spain,
lprofessedly to securesto the Romans 4 liber-
al constitution On the restoration Of The
Pope. The other powers proposed to restore
him absolutely and without condition. The
Romans said to France. we want none 81
your aid; we can defend ourselves against
the absolutist friends of Plus only let lie
alone, trent us as one republic should treat
another. and we will guaranty eur own free
dom. But France persisted, and ia her
persistence betrayed deeper and darker do.
signs than her proposed intervention i'm.
piled.
|@ Oudlnot, enraged at the heroism Of the Ro-
mans, threw off disguise, and declared that
the roman Republic was not creation 81
the Roman people, but reign Of terToFS
which France meant to put down. AT the
same time the Pope said II will not accept
restoration based on conditions imposed
by the Romans; if France doesnot absolute
~ restore me to my rights, will throw my
self into the hands Of those who Wills In
the face Of this declaration. the French ar.
my lombard and capture. Rome, and who can
doubt III view Of the fact, that the French
Government intend to acce1e to the Pope s
terms If they restore him at all?
Now the question arises, will the French
nation sustain its Governmental trampling
on the liberty Of the Romans and on the
spirit in which the Intervention was pro-
posed? We believe it will not. What, then,
isthe consequence-the Pope must carry out
his threat and throw bimselfinto the hands
OF Austria and the confederate legitmist
powers. Then France will stand where
she ought to have stood from The start, me-
cessitated either TO abandon Rome and Italy
or make the cause Of the Romans her own.
By doing the latter, she might wipe away
the shame she has already incurred. Do
what Louis Napoleon and his ministry may
the French people are the foes Of Austrian
and Russian despotism, and as much, they
will soon be forced to show their hands
Then, the war of Europe commences. Lou
is Napoleon has either been duped or he
contemplates more by the occupation of
Rome than appears on the surface. If he
engaged tcurestore the Pope as the price OF
q crown for himself. he has deceived him.
SELF The coalition will, if thay succeed in
putting Gown republicans in Europe, place
crowns on the heads of legitimsts only--,t
will be Henry the Fifth and not Louis Ma
poIeon: King of France.
What farce does it seem-republcau
France doing the work Of Austria and Rus
STA. What a farce-the career of, Charles
Albert. He made war on Austria because
froced to do it by his people and because he
could lose nothing and might gain much. If
he had succeeded against Austria, he would
have gratifed his ambition as king of Italy,
instead Of Sardinia. In failing, he knew
that his crown would not be lost. Austria,
intent on legitimacy, secured it to his son,
and so, without q feeling of repu l;canism
or patriotism Charles Albert gave his peo-
pie for time to worse bondage. But there
appears hand on the wall--a strange
hand to be writing "thus far and no farther
to despotism. That hand is England's.--
She it is who has instigated Turkey to op-
pose her borders to Russia-she it is who
will demand of France Justice to the Ro-
mans-she it is who will yet spend treasure
and shed blood ere she permits Russia to
absorb Europe. The Pope may be restored,
out France will be forced to do Justice to the
Romans. Louis Napoleon will yet be cast
off, and France will become the ally of those
who struggle for freedom. Hungary will
ultimately triumph--T turkey will not be
despoiled BY Rnssa-A Austria will not be
forced from Italy--The Germans will kill
their brood oftyrants, and Europe, albsit,
through bloody war, will manifsst the lib
erty she now SO contusedly asserts. New
principles cannot be innoculated into nations
and perfected in day. &.'3"
IN. Y, Sun.