New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-02
LETTERS OF AN EXILE. -, No III.

What shall aay Of Tuscany Tuscany reaem'
blsa beautiful wax-doll which has been galVan.
ICED and put 10 motion by few choice spirits, who
sried to make sentative and thinking being OF It,
and thought they had succeeded It seemed Tor
sRhie that the peor lie of Florence, Ptsa' Lesnosh
and the minor cities thought, felt and aoseo AS NV
ing beings that thsy desired to unite % "n'
people 10 establish powerful nation ana 20 i0"o.o
themselves from foreign oppression. tner own
Beloved Grand Duke Leopold was looked az fa'A0'
,xoo,,,, on account Of bis Austrian propensines-
n,bit uniform. black ard yellow scarf say so--so
sh.e ba waa fain to ALLURE it all and to eau MN
alg an Italian Prince--Itaan in heart In blood, In
everything.
Rut All the fictitious energy which has been IN
ocu,sted Into the Tuscan veins by little knot OF
q,etrioss was more than spent in these conflicts with
Rheir sovereign. The people were astonished at
ahemselves and at their msuliness and would
whortly have undone everything that had been done
by them and by others, had they possessed the
mower Of doing so But the handful Of patriots had
aaken the game into their own hands, and they went
forward with their projects, paying no regard to
he loyal feelings whichwere returning 70 the hearts
nj the guscans. The Grand Duke, who read quite
distinctly the of popular feeling thought the
moment well chosen 70 strike great blow, and to
awaken in their hearts the lnost painful remorsei
Boaway he went stating as plainly az possible
Shat be wac driven from his kingdom and his be-
loved people by band OF rebels, who had thrown
dust into the eyes OF bis subjects aud upon his own
ptown, waiting only q propitous moment to get
him out Of the way by some foul means, He then
sHent on, speaking of his breaking heart, OF bis
vYishes for his ungrsteful country's welfare aud
poved TO tears the whole population of his Duke
Om.
When he was gone, Tuscany felt bewildered
I'd but half alive and awsken. Secret emssa
were sent to the Grand Duke entreasing him
s,return and Offering to submit to any punishment
zoe would impose upon them as a condition OF his
returning hvors The Grand Dake relented. but
neclared that he would not return unleEa accom-.
panied by Austrian troops. To this the Tascans
adhered, and the shameful compac! was slgned. A
popular movement took place in the capital, under
presense of expellng the impudent Government
(which had compromised guscan independence, de-
gypg with vain and ridiculous threats the anger Of
powerful Austria. II Montenello and Guerrazzo
continue TO forward such rash Democratic mea'
nuree, we ahal be lost and Austria will take pos.
nession of u.s." 30 said the Tuscan reactionary
seaders; and TO prevent Austria taking pos
pession Of them, they rushed into Ausiria's arms
Guerrazzo wss arrested, and his imprisonment
payed hig life Then the Duke came back, under
Rbe tuition and protection of she'Austrian General,
D'Ayore one of the moot cruel foes OF Italy. Leg
norm endeavored to resist, was bombarded, and
surrendered.
II must be said out of regard for truth, that Tus
sany was the only Italian province in which the
hideous reaction took place with the consent and
Shroueh the means of its inhabitants. AT Naples,
Ss Rome, in the Lombardo.V enetisn provinces,
Foreign troops meroenary soldiers crushed and
gettered the people, who protested to the last, and
ati protest against thia oppression. Tuscany id at
ahs time hn Austrian province The much Wanted
ndnesa Of the Grand Dukes temper has received
sbitter disapproval for capital executions have
AIKEN place since ha reasaumption of royal powe
In great number and upon individuals who ha'
personally offended the Grand Duke. The Constl
5uton has rot been formally annuled, as at Naples
snd Bone, but It Is left to lie dormant and be for
gotten. Every town and fortress Is occupied by an
Austrian garrison, and the people. though not 30
Enthusiastically attached to their sovereign as be-
fore, seem quiet and satisfied, Peace TO their
ashes The LombardoV Venetian provinces were
given to Austria, as every one knows, In the year
ASIA, by the aovereigns assembled in Vienna after
Abe overthrow Of Napoleon The history OF that con.
pession, and OF she government OF these provinces
by Austria during the ensuing thirty years, will be
quoted some centuries henceforth an irrofrRgible
proof of the utter barbarsm al the nineteenth oen
3ury. Some account OF this dreadful period may
be read in pamphlet published several years age
In Paris, and entitled Thirty Years Of Austrian
Government in Italy, or an essay upon the cause
pf that want of energy which now appears in the
Lombard character
Let me only say now that the deadliest enmity
always existed between the Italian and the Aus
srian that the subection OF the first to the second
@as the result Of u dark intrigue of crafty de
Susion worked upon Italy by her most nveterats
Zoe.
Such monssroun union, the sale OF free natior
DO a violent and tyrannlcal master, was rendered
ptill worse still more insuferable and inquisols By
che manner in which the ssid master made use o
Ais authority. Northern Italy Is the riches
country in Europei it was stripped of its natura
goods, and its inhabitants; the cuhvators OF IT,
bountifu aoil were scattered halfatarved, ant
walked over their bountiful fields; while heavy
yaggons rolled before them on their way to vi
ma, laden with the gold which the conqueror
arried out of the country. Eombardy was a
moe to furnish Vienna with gold, snd the manu-
aoiuriDg provinces OF the Empire with work
Cwo deep incisions were made in her veins, drain
ing the life blood in quick and rapid course. Sh
received gold from foreign nations in return 70
She natural productions OF her soil but what c
slat2 IL such was to be gsnt TO Vienna rs soon a
received Commerce and industry-those tw
Rpsings from which the mighty replenish their ex