New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-12
THE REVOLUTION IN TUSCANY.

Intelligence has reached us To the erect that ,ue
Grand Imcly-not the Grand Dukr-ot Tuscany has
declared il favor of Italian independence, or IN other
words AZ cast III his lot with France aud Piedmont
OF all the Italian States the Grand Duchy has been
the least nisg0yened since 1919; but even there, te
rulers i'll the hour Of trial find long score of arrears
which they must discharge. Even 80 snort
while back as 1913, the present Grand Duke might
have correlated to hin self the good VIII ana respect
OF Lis people-tor his, IN truth, hai never oeen d
grinding tyranny. The farmers aud peasantry oi that
ficb valley of the Arno had lived happily AMI peace
fully enough under his rule and they remembered 1t
L. him in the hour OF his need. When he absconded-
for there is no other term III which 10 describe the
narrer Of his precpitaie tght-after the events Oh
lsiS, he recalled by the affection oil his PeoPe
asd tlanquiy replaced on his petty throne The re-
turn he ace was to fill the Archduchy with Austrian
trmps and To convert il tito mere satrapy OF Aus
tra. He had sworn TO Constitutions he repeated IT,
He violated every promise, express or IMPLIED wlcn
lie had made in the midst VI the turuUliS Vi that
evertful year.
Now. whether il is that the Tuscans were more en-
during and patient than the inhabitants oil the
other Italian States; whether 1t IL that the manner III
which the rulers had exercised their sway, despite Is
ay have been, far ulder than vas the fashion
Of other Italian princes whether Tuscany lay 50 pear
to the great Austrian garisOns, anu was So nied WIN
Austrian troops and So weak mat any aue hpt NJ iI
sur,ction could not but be instantly crushed or, final
w. whether taught at last by the events OF 1918, the
Italian friends Of Italian independence had resolved
never TO again until they could act In concert
il certain that the reactionary policy ct the little Ius
can Court was tolerated with singular discretion and
forbearauce by the people. The desire 10 free them
selves from the despotsIn Of Austria there, but
they engaged in IDLE plots, and gave no excuse to
their foreign taskmasers for the inficton OF useless
ni.ery and pain. They had made up their minds to
bide their time, aud the time has arrived at last.
The Grand Duke and his family were tolerated. not
ablOred their presence excited no gesture oil MENACE
aroused scowl of hatred in the streets; u good
humoled shrug of indifference expressed the feelings
Of the people. They knew that when the ak was lad
the great tree which had struck its root 50 deep in
Upper Italy, the branch which overshadowed Tuscany
must wither and perish. So 1t has proved, II the n'
teigeuce have received be true, and If not
tue all particulars to-day, will assuredy be soon.
Tie superior officers of the Tuscan troops have pre-
scented then.selves-sO il ID stated-tO the Grand Duke
at FhreLce, and have declared to him that the only
way 10 .. event the revolt Of his little army is to
fun the flag If Italian independence, and " unite ut
once with the ? edmontese.
This was a demand to which the Grand Duke was
Lot likely to accede He is said to have sent lmme-
diai,y for popular Tuscan nobleman, and to nave
requested him to form Administration for the pur
pose Of granting such reforms might be necessary.
But was too late. The tune for seda'ives and emol-
hents was past. Two preliminary steps were inds-
peusabe to the formation If any Admnistration-the
first that the Grand Duke should abdicate; the sec
oLd that there should be declaration of alliance with
Pieln With such conditions the Grand Duke re-
fused to comply, and, as it is said has preferred to
abai don the Grand Ducy altogether with his family,
leaving its future destines to chance-to the will Ut
the prophetic the fortune of war. When we add that
by the same report Informed that the King OF
SARDINIA has been declared Dictator O Tuscany during
the war, we give the of the intelligence we have
received, and which entitled to belief, though as
yet It wants confirmation.
AL this, indeed, points to foregone conclusion. IL
is common PrUpag anda which has been at work in
Italy slIce the Autumn of lsJ6. Nearly every man
an eng the educated classes who has not been ALSO
u'ely connected by ties OF personal interest with the
ruling Powers has been member Ut it. No mysterl-
Gus cake may have passed from hand 10 hand, rs
recently in India, but the movement was rs thoroughly
organized, ana carried il comple subsection 10
central will, the which but two years ago con-
yulsed our Indian Empire. We shall have more
incidents OF the kind Ia record within the next
few days. for the Duke U Modena aud several other of
the smaller PoteBtaes far hateful ~ their
people than this fugitive Grand Duke Of the
1uscans. That portion, indeed OF the Italian soil on
which the Austrian armies encamped, or which is
ctnn.auded by their fortr.sses, is Austrian--not
square rood beside.
Would that could the independence Of the ltal
ian lie, pe-would that could regeneratei It.
ally at the end Of this struggle But when the Italians,
10y trLch hep-siould this be the eyent-have chased
tie AusriaLs from Their peninsula, who will help
them to drive away the French When we think Ut
The hangings ard shootings, and expressions Of the
FrrLch to the southwark Of the A ps in former days
il il dfcnlt to decide whether they the Ausriaus
have b. the sern,r taskmasters of Italy The Aus
TRANS al eest led drove the youth Of Italy
tie shanbles by wholesale did The first Napoleon,
rur We aware that they have ever plundered the
n useuns and churches of Italy in the way as
q at " arm hearted friend Of the Italian race.