Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-06-10
THE WAR IN ITALY.


the present war in Italy. And the announce
ment goes on to promise its readers a most in
spring vision of "the grasp and ability of
master mind" Well, the first of these arti-
Giles has been printed and we have in it Meth
er the ''master mind" nor the promised init
mate acquaintance with the present condition
of European politics but, instead, a disquisi-
ton in which important facts are misrepresent-
ed or misused. 1t has the tone and manner,
but not the ability, with which we have be-
come familiar in the Austrian correspondence
of the London Times.
This writer indicates his own view of the
origin of the present conflict, by representing
Louis Napoleon as deliberately planning and
getting up this war, commencing with his ag-
gressive language to NJ. Hubner on the first of
January" And we are required to see in this
wonderfully luminous comprehension of the
Italian Question" Kossuth, who knows
something of the politics of Europe, and of
this question in particular, states the matter
differently. He says :-"The cloud, called
the italian Question, has at last begun to dis
overcharged for more than forty years. 1t is
momentous event. likely to become epochal
in the history of Europe" Again, this edito-
rial writer for the Traveller, whose reputation
is worldwide, shows his comprehension of the
struggle, as follows 1--WE think the people
of England and of the United States have been
little too much inclined already to yield to
the seductive influence of sympathy with Ital-
ian independence, and thus in the reprobation
of Austrian domination in Italy to ignore and
overlook the greater evil Of French domina-
ton in Italy" In the belief of the Italians,
and according to the representations of liberal
minded men, there cannot be in Italy more
atrocious despotism than that of Austria.
Any change must be an improvement. This
notion of greater evil in French domination
is pure invention of Austrian sympathy.
But this war does not aim to establish
French despotism in Italy, and cannot lead to
that result. Those who see in the struggle
nothing more THAI fight between two despot-
isms, should postpone writing on the subject
until they have studied it more carefully. 1t
is war in which great principles are at stake,
involving the political future of millions of peo-
pie. 1t is a war between the political enlight-
eminent of Sardinia sustained by whole world
of Italian patriotism, and that malign agency
of imperial and priestly despotism, the House
of Hapsburg. 1t is war waged for that
birthright of humanity, Freedom, against its
most brutal and deadly foe. 1t is long since
there was war in Europe which meant and
promised so much. Many an architect of in
situations has "builded better than he knew"
or better than he intended. In this case, it
may be so with Louis Napoleon, and it may
not He gives the Italians that military aid
without which their struggle against Austria
would be well nigh hopeless and while
he has much to gain by noble deal
ing with Italy, he is certain to accomplish
little beyond his own ruin by attempting to
treat the Italian people as they have been
treated by the Austrians.
But Louis Napoleon no more contrived this
war than he contrived the antagonism between
right and wrong. An outburst in Italy was
inevitable and to Count Cavour, more than
to any other man, must be ascribed the merit
of causing the unavoidable and necessary con-
fict to take its present form. In 1856, in
the diplomatic Congress at Paris, when
Count CaVour arraigned Austria for the
crimes of her domination in Italy, the jus
tice of his complaint was admitted but
the "great powers" could not attend to the
matter. They were too busy adjusting and
watching the 'balance of Power" England,
always complaisant and always treacherous to
the patriots of Italy, protested sympathy,
through Lord Clarendon, and thought some
thing should be DONE But nothing was done
and the opprensed and outraged Italian people
found no help anywhere until Count Cavour
secured for them this Intervention of the
French Itwould be as just to say that Louis
Napoleon originated the House of Hapsbug
and inspired its hereditary passion for dark
and murderous despotism, or that he created
in the Italians that spirit which makes it i'm
possible for them to submit quietly to this des-
potism, as it is to represent that he devised
the present war in Italy.
For those who believe in free principles and
do not swear by any "Holy Alliance" of des-
pots, open or disguised, but one course is pos
sible on this question. Wherever and howev-
er the battle goes on between Light and Dark
ness, they must be on the side of Light for
they cannot be anywhere else. The triumph
of the Sardinians will be the triumph of civil
and religious liberty, and a beginning of the
good time" fer Italy. A triumph of Austria
would be the return Of "Chaos and old Night"
with settling blackness and despair, with insa-
tate murder, with endless broods of vampires,
demons, and all other Internal things. What
was done in Hungary would almost seem like
white innocence in comparison with what
would be done in Italy. Let the stolid crea-
lures of absolutism and ultramontane priest
craft and all conspirators against the welfare
of mankind, be as Austrian in their sympa-
thies as their condition of mind may require.
Let them pray for an Austrian triumph, for it
is their nature to do SO. Meanwhile, all who
love liberty and reverence man more than eff.
fete institutions. will be on the side of Sardinia
and Italian freedom.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS three
proposed amendments TO the State Constitn-
ton of Connecticut came up In the Senate f,r