Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-07-25

Constitution, especially since the Monarch is
among the most Jealous aud active in the cause
OF ptogresS and Reform.
Yet there Is an earnest, ou'spoken Demo-
cratic PARTY in SARDINIA, and this city is lis To-
Gus. Genoa, in fact, has never been rcconced
to the decree which arbitrarily merged her POI
liical existence in that OF the present King
dom. She fondly chcrishcs thf recollection of .
her ancient opulence, power aud glory, and re-
members that in her day of greatness she was
the center and soul of Republic. Hence her
Revolutionary struggle in 1913; hence the &C.
tivity and boldness Of her Republican prora-
panda now To see Italy Federal Republic,
whereof Piedmont, Savoy, Genoa and SARDINIA
should be separate and sovereign States, along
with Venice, Lombardy, Tuscany, Rome, Ma
piles, &c, would best satisfy her essential asp-
rations.
Yet Genoa is clearly benefited by her present
political connection. From her lovely bay, she
looks out over the Mediterranean to Sardinia,
Africa and the Ievani, but has scarcely a
glimpse of Italy. No river bears its products to
her eXpectant wharves only the most nsgnili.
cant mill-streams brawl idly down to her har-
Dor and the adjacent shore; steep, naked noun
tans rise abruptly behind her, scarcely allows
ing room for her lofty ediiiCes and narrow
streets while from only few miles back the
waters are hurrying to JOIN the Pc and be borne
away by that rapid, uhvarigabIe stream to the
furthest limit Of Italy. No commercial City
was ever more hardly dealt with by Nature on
the land side thln Genoa; no one ever stood
more in need Of intimate political connections
suggestive of and ccmented by works OF Infer
nal Improvement. These she is now on the
point Of securing.
But the Nation Is deeply in debt, and labornr
under heavy burdens. Its Industry is neli-
cieut, It's Commerce mcagre, its Revenues Seu
der, while the imminent peril Of Austrian in
yasjon compeIs the keeping up of an Army of
! Fifty thousand effective men ready to take the
! field al moments warning. But for the noto-
rous and active hostility Of ,hree-fourths of
! Continental Europe 10 the Liberal policy of its
rulers, Sardinia might dispense with three
! fourths Of this force aud save its heavy cost for
Education and internal Improvement
Yet great are the blessings of Freedom, even
under the greatest Disadvantages. Turin is
now increasing in Industry and Population with
a rapidity unknown toits former history. Look
Ing only at the new buildings ust erected or
now in progress, You might mistake it for an
American city. Unless checked by future
wars, Turin will double its population between
1880 and 1860. Genoa has but recently and
partially feItthc new impulse, yet even here the
march OF improvement is visible. Three years
more OF peace will witness the substitution for
lis long period Of stagna;ion and decay Of an
activity surpassed by that of no city in Europe.
Turin is eIigibly located and well bu.ll
most Of the houses being large, tall, and the
walls Of decided strength and thickness. but
Genoa is even superior in most re spects if Mt
in all. never saw SO many churchcs so adj
mirab'y cpns'rnc ed and so g'orgeously labo-