The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-13

as 70 the course the rogue had taken by seeing
flock of sheep closely huddled up in corner Of q
field where in fright and trbulation they had re-
paired at sight Of the long tailed varmint and GER
tainy to peep at those one hundred ladies on that
occasion, Tutoring In silks, satns, flowers and dia
monds, but crooking up in little knots at all corners
of the great rooms, as il afraid of the gigantic
chandeliers which flung over them such lustrous
light, you would have been mach inclined to think
some terrible animal had fallen foul Of them Elk
tremes, however, produce like effects, and in this
case it was simply the absence OF the terrible ami
| mal-the villain man-which caused all the panic
| Never was cluster of Ewes daughters SO uncom-
| Portable, was going to say so dismayed. And If
the Emperor had only heard 1.-THE part Of the
expressed wrath that did, at such tame affair,
he would have walked in fear of scratched cheeks
| the remainder Of his life. God made us male and
| female and monarchs, who are fond Of aping the
titles, had best remember the laws Of the Creator,
| and not seek to have receptions of one gender
| without the other. BERTHE.
Our Genoa Correspond.noe.
GENOA, Dec. 5, 1856.
| Sardinia Under its Constitutional System--Italian
| Natonaiity-Liberty Of the Press in Genoa-7he
| Democratic Elemsnt in Italy Snare and De-
lusion-IRe Neso Treaty betsoeen the United
States and Naples.
Well, after escaping from the robbers and the cho-
lera has reason to be thankful for sojourn in
| Genoa. II is beyond doubt one Of the most beau
full cities Of Italy, ard very properly called by the
Italians Genoa Ia super6a." In architectural gran
denr it far surpasses any other city of Italy except
Venice, and its republican spirit has not been
| quenched as that of Rome, Pisa and other cities
mer commonwealth. Genoa, though sharing the
vrissitudes Of other Italian Cities has still prese
some of its ancient spirit and is now at the very
| head Of the movement part in Italy. 1t has been
which now but many monumental ruins OF for
its good fortune to become part of Savoy-theonly
State of Italy which seems to have a future which
has the courage and power to maintain its freedom
shall not trouble the readers of the HERALD
with q description of the town, its sights, his
torical palaces, galleries, &c.-not even with
the statue of Columbus-a mere modern
creation-in the City Hall, his manuscripts and so
forth and forth Almost any book on Italy contains
more these subjects than have room to describe.
in one Of my letters. What propose to do is to give
you an outline of what Genoa now is under the benign
influence of an honest constitutional government.
Savoy has been military monarchy up to l848, and
in its own way much Of despotisn as all other
Italian governments. An idea, however, has always
prevailed in Turin that Savoy, Sardinia, it is now
called, since the annexation Of that island, has
mission to fulfil which is to unite Italy into State
by driving out the foreign despots who rule in
Naples and Lombardy, Modena, Parma, &c, merely
by the barbarous right of conquest Though the
Savoyards are scarcely Italians, and though they
not boast Of having contributed much to the arts and
sciences OF Italy, this consciousness of historical
calling has saved Sardinia and its people from that
drowsy ethargy into which the other Italian States
were plunged up to the time of the first French
ton. Savoy gave signs of life-it maintained
certain degree Of independence, and was always
ready to take part in the great questions which
agitated Europe. The country was comparatively
poor but its people robust, frugal and indus
trous and made these virtues respected at home and
abroad. In the midst of very great difficulties aud
surrounded by powerful nei ghbors Sardinia main-
tanned its influence as an European Diver; it was
the only State Of Italy which had q policy not de-
pendant on others, and the WILL ii not the means,
OF entering the road of national progress 1t is
great fault Of MazziDi and his followers, who real
" seem to be entirely inexperienced as to the pra !:
tcal working of liberal Institutions to undervalue
the honest endeavors of the Sandman government
to establish something like national nucleus in
Italy, and especially the courage and honesty of the
present King who, in the midst of defeat and dis
asters, laid very solid and, as honestly believe.
enduring basis OF constitutional government. a ;
lacking the man Who after the re-establishment
Austria and the fall of the French republic, still ad-
hered to his liberal convictions still preferred being
constitutional king rather than absolute despot,
is not only uDgrateiul, but unwse. 1t is calculated
to disgust the prince, who is really willing to I
crilice his own prerogatives to the national ele-
walton of his subjects, and leaves to the liberal
party no other hope of success but the very
doubtful arbitration of the sword and popular insur-
rection Underthe present government Sardinia has
ken rank among the States Of Europe. 1t has OBJ
tanned rational constitutional government, demo
cratic institutions and absolute liberty Of the press
If all Italy has not got similar institutions it is not
the fault of Sardinia and its King, but of the position
of things which makes Austria and France prepond
rate as European Powers in the affairs of Italy
part, too, is undoubtedly the fault Of the people
not of this or that period, but of centuries. And
suppose Sardinia were now to be blotted out from
the list of Italian States what hopes would there be
for the people for achieving their independence
Has the thing not been tried by Milan, by Naples,
by Rome by Venice, and failed through the Inter
venton of France Austria? In the present state OF
dismemberment Of Italy, of the other of the dis
jecta ntmbra must necessarily take the lead and
whether the civilization Of Pedm mt is as old as
that OF Tuscany Rome in a stroke for national
independence she alone has the power to accomplish
anything.
Let US not forget what Metternich said Of Italy, at
the Congress of Vienna. Italy" he said lis no
thing but geographical term, indicating an assem-
blagc Of States on the map OF Europe" The hrs
tory Of the Italian States, unfortunately, corrobo
rates this vew for the people of the different States
Of Italy not to say towns, have never been accus
toned to look upon each other as having interests
in common, Until the wars Of the French Rcvolu
ton. Even Napoleon, as King Of Italy, did not sub
jcct the whole peninsula to his sceptre. The word
Italy for the first time used n political
by Murat, when, in his last extremity, he sought
refuge under the national sentiment. There was,
indeed, man at much earlier period in history
who thought of the union OF Italy, as means of
securing greatness and national independence; but
Lnn that II, On laid dnun his vie In his 1,rnlt