The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-14

sentiments
b. contrary and hostile to the Catholic power under which
they live. BY The law OF celbacy they have neither
family nor children; and patriotism dees not exist for
them. The Pope irrltec against the King Sardinia
excommuscates him. All the clergy OF the kingdom
boin and brought up IN Piedmont, aud having Pied
noeso parents, ought to repudlae all fidelity and all de-
vote h., PARENTS to their country the throne
and TO the sovereign. The Popes are wrong in found
ing their power on any pre- eminencc Of the Apostle
Peter, as h. had any temporal power terri
ttral properly at Rome. The German Emper0rs
dowea The popes with some towns, hut was feudal
gift IN gn The vassalage Of the PoDs with regard to
the sumsme temporal authority. II was Hillebrand
who fist proclaimed that the spiritual anhority could not
De- subjected 10 the temporal power and who put on the
triple crown But that declaration showed the pride of
thar lonth and not The truth OF his words which simply
siguihed that the Of St. Peter had forgotten
the recommendation OF Christ "Render unto Cesar the
things which are Cesars and unto God the things which
zLs and sons Of your country, ana submit yourselves
The authority which God has established The French
bishops now defend the temporal OF the Pope and
excite spirit Of iDsubor dinatlon among all the French
clergy and their focks To what viii this lead? To dis
SCISSORS to hatred and 70 measures of repressoos Is
instruction, which teaches love and peace?
vINDIcATIoN OF THE EMPERoRs ITALIAN POLICY.
Translated for the Nhw YogK HERALD Che Paris Con-
- stituoDnei Of Get %. !
Has the imperial policy varied in the Italian
is II true as certain English journals say that this policy
has disavowed its programme that after having laid
coied before their appcaiion9 This question viii be an
swereG by recalling the facts We limit ourselves there
fore, 10 Two documents which completely resume the
facts ar which, placed the extreme points this
phase Of the question of Italy, are so TO speak, the pre-
mseb and reform deductions.
Italy which appeared in the month of January last,
and 10 the note published by the Aonieu the sth Of
September. The absolute accordance Of the two docu
mehts will that from the beginning the foresight Of
the imperial policy had marked out the object which ts
energy knew well how TO attain and which its wisdom
had desire to oversep The celebrated pamphlet laid
down with cearness and loyalty the question OF Italy,
nI Se Una. &
oteress Of Europe 1t pointed out the fatal causes Of
dissolution which at that time threatened the peninsula
II showed at Rome the temporal power of the papacy,
seriously compromised by "antagonisms between ecce
sastieal government and the interests Of civil socieiy
at Milan, "insurrect0ns subdued sometimes vanquish
ed, but never discouraged at Turin the satu quo
breaking out at one time in civil and schsm;' at
Naples Florence at Parma and Modena the bayopets
of Austria standing between the princes their peo
PIES imposing on some the humiliation Of such protec
orae and on others the maintenance Of impossible go
vernment 1t was not enough TO point out the evils-t
was also necessary TO ndicae the remedy. The PAM
phet did SO in a few pages Of great authority.
At Rome counseed the secu ariZaon Of the admins
aon and rendering The Pope independent Of questions
Of nationality and Of thus conciang the regime of
the church with the regular political and legal regime
Turin it wished disengage Sardinia OF its internal
and external embarrassments and It's ar nv
the head Of the federal Italian army Naples required
that the King condemned to reign under the protecorae
Of Ausria should receive his independence" At Forcnce
at Parma and at Modena desired that the Dukes be-
come again Italian princes, should be reconced with
their people, because the union OF the princes and the
people depends the saety Of the common country In
bne future reorganization 1t proposed TO reunte all
the STATES Of peninsula by the bonds of federal
unon the precedent OF which ii also pointed out II
abso ute unity which recommended in Italy-n was
derative That union presented itself to
i as the expression Of necessity, common to all the
Italian States
such solution appeared be indicated at the same
time, well by the historical genius Of Italy and by the
traditions of French policy by the precedents Of British
diplomacy. Had not Lord Ponsonby declared
That the prime Of remedypg the dangers Of the
situaton Of the peninsula for Austria to declare that
nation OF the aiian Confederation the most national
bases condition that that Confederacy should recog
| Europe on her side, should sanction that
neutrality, as it had done for Switzerland in 1875"
sge obstacle could alone solution that was
the situation OF Austria In Lombardy.
Such was the pamphlet which, from the a. ks
appearance, made 70 much noise in the world. Every
one knows what discussion created in Europe par
tcu.ary in England The statesmen of that country re-
fused TO see Tvs practcabilty. They in ii only
dream dangerous utopia; and yet six months did
elapse until the dream body until the utopia
became reality. What occurred in these six nonthsp
Austria, deaf to all councils and Europe long indifer
en had allowed the hour Of decisive crisis TO be pre-
cifa,cd War had broken out and victory had followed
AT horfe speed the ustest logical Of causes
After Soeriuo, the Only obstacle point out By the inn
reria pamphlet existed longer The situation of Aus
iria in Lonbarry no longer menace The end Was
the' eore, virtually attaned-to go further over
step it
Doubtless may have caused the generosity Of the con-
qieror good deal not respond the hopes that
hsd been provoked by the very and the proc
lama,ions which necessarily had preceded IT,
We might perhaps say where lay the responsibility Of
tbst relative deception but object TO- day to
indulge in useless recriminntions Doubtless cost the
extend
to that Venice which stretched her arms towards
him. But after having stipulated for her advantages al
most unexpected should he have sought results
the risk of compromising those he had already acquired?
The Emperor did not think In those grave circum
stances he thought on the contrary, that would be ad-
vabtageous first for France then for Italy, conclude
provided that the conditions conormable to
the programme which he had imposed upon himself and
were useful to the he meant TO serve The Enpe-
ror knew that it was mprudent force forune-that in
war; as IN policy the capital point is to stop in time
that the heads Of empires in the interests of the
defend 70
follow the path which they have traced out without ever
allowing themselves to be drawn from it.
He therefore stopped, and showed that his mo-
derauon was equal to his strength. The speech
at St. Cloud had been last and solemn evidence
and the Of the Moneur of the 9Th September was
the political manifesto the reasoned explanation the pre-
llmnaes of vllafranca, just the pamphlet had been
the preface and the erpo of the question Italy This
note showed that the programme of French policy was
with Italy, that henceforh the Peninsula was the arbiter
OF its destines The rst quettion had BEEN whether
Austria would yield by treaty the conquered terrory the
she had acquired in the whole of the Peninsula, and
whether she would recognise the principle of Italian
Emperor Francis Joseph had the Of
LombaIdy, and had adhered without obstnacy to. the
principles Of Italian nationality Besides he mad admitted
the federal union with the Presidency Of the Pope and
bad recognized, as well as France, the necessity of
iarged by line and rich province, free from external
pre- occupation, found herself length her own mis-
tress internally, and she could be thenceforth the
was invited to enter into the future confederacv
At Florence at Pasma at Aodena the ArcAduk deposed
de Jacto uTe restored de juvc, but condon that Aey
should return 'csthovt Tie dsaace Of auy armed intypn
fton ot aey should offer serious guarantees and that they
should IN word, realize that union the people With
the princes SO necessary to the prosperity Of the country
at large.
The imperial idea had asked nothing further for Italy.
The fortune Of our arms granted it The Emperor
Fidncss Joseph, IN rurn for the restoration Of the ArcAdaks,
hs ds'cient allies, consented to e,doD Vesa 'Oh insu
t,ons nature TO restore to her fu real character as an
ottdn prCrtnce Austria therefore no longer to the
Peninsula that hostile and formidable Power which op
posed all national aspirations, from Parma 70 Rome and
from Florence Naples but on the contrary she became
friendly Power since she consented willingly TO be
longer Alderman Power this side Of the Alps and to
deveope herself Italian nationality to the shores Of
the AdIiatc.
Thus we ind resolved the italian question in the exact
sers that bad assigned to it from the beginning
The revolutionary element swept away with ts dan
gers and violence Of its passions, and the national
element rumphcd raising up thrones instead Of menac
them.