New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-29
AN OPPORTUNITY THROWN AWAY.


There could be doub. to the course which that
hipbsprted Minister would take. II was with appeals
and promises 70 Italy that the war was commenceh,
snd is before Italy that the pacincion must he jus
tilted. Count Cav0ur declines " say thst llhs Il
righteous peace. .
The war of Italian independence terminated for the
present. without securing The objects for which was
undertaken. The alice armies marching honeward,
leaving the noble work at most only halt done. ua'y
is not from the Aps to the Adr itic The Austrian
vulture, though beaten of fom the right side, still
plants mis- cruel taOns in the left side of that long
suffering Pronetheus. This abrupt and dlsappolt-
ing termination Of the noble struggle has naturally
filled both the covert and avOwed enemies Ot
freedom and progress with unw'nted exutatlon'
The freros Of despOtsm and Intolerance, the arls-
tocratic paItsans Of Hapsburg rule, the supporters
of the Holy Aiauce and the Papsl throne, are al
most beside themselves with sudden joy. IL IS
jubilee for Austrian Grand Dukes Italian CardiuaIs,
French priests and English peers All that Is natural
enough. But there others beside the avowed and
real enemies Of progress VINO regard the peace with
certain kind Of satisfaction. Many sincere friends OF
the Italian look upon it wito kind of sardonc
pleasure as the fuhllment Of the gloomy prophecies
they have uttered since the cOunc ncement OF the
war. Such aiauce they had always said, w0ud
never prosper, and could produce no good result The
peace lis no doubt very bad one, but they are not
Oisapp pointed they lever expected anything better,
and can Only marvel at the ignorance credulty OF
those " ho imaginei that the Italian csuse would be
really served by selfish and arbitrary ruler like Louis
Napoeop. Looking az the conditions Of the peacc,
they tum with az air OF triumph, and eNelaIm, lie
would"
We have no wish to share this feeling Of triumph,
do accept the grounds on which 1t rests. Tue
cause Of Isy If dearer to than the fulhment of
any prophecies. IL s far too sacred TO be made TIE
instrument Of mere personal or party triumph, aud
those who IN esruesJ on the subject VIII be more
TO examine the actual result than to condemn
the whole effort as An utter failure. The peace Is
no'oIiOusy imperfect and we have criticised II g. II
deserves. This criticism has brought the prophetic
enemies Of the Alliance around us. More than cor
respondent If this class has written IL tone OF min
gled copgratulston and censure. They heartily ap
prove condemnation Of the peace aud the author
OF il. But while haing what they regard 50 an
altered tone reference TO Louis Napoleon, they at
the same time express their surprise aud regret that
we coud ever have trusted and supported hln
The answer to this is short and simple. We
have never trusted or supported the Emperor Of the
French the referred 20 by our correspondents
From the day be first assumed the purple ms charac-
ter and conduct have been unsparngly criticized IN
these columns. Tie judgment formed On both seven
wears ago has been confirmed during the interval oy
iresh acts of tyranny, aud repeated over and over
az ain and we have hitherto seen no reason TO change
His best impulses obviously OF mere sensh Slhd
but useful actions often spring IRON qneSuonaoe mo-
tves And without inQurirg too cu'iorsy into mo-
tves a good action Is TO be welcomed by all lovers
Of Freedom. When Louis Napoleon offered such
help we, in common with the greatest Italian
statesmen, willingly accepted it. There wes GER
tain amount of peril, no doubt, in accepting help
st all from such quarter; but while the need
was urgent, msny reasons conspMed 10 rehoer tas
worse and 1t was the interest OF Louis Napoleon 10
make il better. But from the outset we have sup
Dorted him only far he Identified himself win the
cause Of Italian independence, and we have trusted
him only on the conviction that this course was IN
many WAYS connected with his interest. His n del
ity 10 bis engagement We were perfectly sure couiI az
most be only act Of enlightened sei-iuterest Had
he according to bis PROMISE freed Italy fro the Alps
90 the Adratic, he would have etfectusly numoed
Austria; have established spowertu friendly klogiom
on hs southern frontier; secured the gratitude and de-
votion Of the ItalisIs fixed himself and dynasty on
the throne of France, aud gained at least the admra
tiop of pstriots in every paIt OF the world.
He has TO great extent thrown this speudid oppor
tunity away He has stopped IN ma career, and
hastily patched up miserable peace when lac might
have giorously concluded noble war. But We De-
Leve in doing he has betrsye ed himself quite q much
as the cause he cbampioned. Tie Is unfsnhiu! not
tpy to Italy but to his highest self interest Iiad
lie concluded the work, his triumph both ID France ana
Italy would have been certain and complete, but II Is
now only dubious and aral. latent consciousness
Of this turks in the mendaciou and apollo zetc phrases
Of the Imperial Manifesto Just Issued by the Emperor
20 his soldiers. The principal aim OF the wal |, OBJ
".aned, runs the proclamation, and Italy viii be-
"come for the first time na,lop.' Italy, ho.evsri
has always been, save to men OF the Mot,ernich
.tanp, a nation. The undertaken not to
create naiion which, Austria herseii has iouud, is
utterly beyond the po~er OF the sword, but 10
make nation already existing independent ms
il has failed to DO, as the next sentence OF the
PROCLAMATION sufficiently proves; Neneus, n il rue
u remains to Austria but will nevertheless be an ili
" ian province, forming part OF the italan 0olneoee
"tor." This is certainly very Ike siding lLsuit 10
iriury After promisog 10 lborate Nenetia, 1t was
bad enough 10 leave her IN the grpe OF Austria bdt
insul. her with the assertion of fictitious m1epcn'
dence is an aggravHtiUn OF the injury. How Venice
can be politically Italian Il is difficult 10 see Austrian
rule s unhspply iron fact, while the t"niederslloh
Gs at present myth and may never become reai'y'
The sentence OF the proclamation i even more
netdacious ana insulting: " The uuion OF Lomoafdy
" with Piedmont creates f(r u. po"eriul aAy, Nh0
" ttM Oae to us as iEdepcRdeEce Nor Is the daring
assertion that Italy VII heucetoth be mistress o
"ber own desinies al al more ifuthi@. me "ng'e
proclamation L. indeed poor attempt 10 dsgulse the
fact ths. the proclaimed objects OF the war nave 0een
to gIea! extent sacrificed. ,.,.: ::
YET II would be unjust 10 deny inst something Is
xaned. lsrse, populous, and wealthy pipNn:. -
finally sres.ed from Austria, aud forms pari oi tuc
mot powerful Italian State Halan nau'.aAy .S "aS
become a question OF prime European importsnee Hud
can reyer az ain snk into suborGnate or even sev
ary Mace The spirit Of the people cf ltay mas oeeh
stirred aud they have learned in this bret campaign
whsl may be done by united wel-orgauized ana teso-
Iate snJt These are. results Of permanent Naue,
which even the hssty aud IshoHlnouS P'A'' ''''''''
ttstfoy. -,
The ,ou Of thin treaty, 20 far a. It's provisions
seaohed US and ~ far as they have Oeen co.ln'uui
Gated to Parliament by Lord John Russell, Is tee na
turahiy Of Italy guaranteed, under every Vsriety "
local rImeIt no coufederscy Of IA. ltaan States
The Pope t. be- the pomna or honorary hoei vi t'
ration; lie TO be recognized IA possession o
tue dignity necessarily attaching 10 ms oHcc "a
urtiy here the Catholic religion prevails, ou 10 "
% be -horn virtually a.! that temporal supremacy u
hsy which he has always hitherto aspued TO "lou;
Here theu we have al once the germ ~ secuan1eS
corfeterstjo su sckI ow.ecging, with discreet Oei
<rrLee to the national rengon OF italy the hOnor tla'
:, fge q the head ci the Catholic ChuIc Ibe iOpe,
inaw0.s i. depriyed q 'hs substance, bat he i 70
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