The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-24

laws Of CONSUMPTION And generally throughout the pen
nsula she will not permit any change in her own policy,
This more visible perhaps, In the Papal States than
elsewhere. The Papa government is rs bad as govern
men, can be- does no. protect NE OF ALLOWS
money: il represses all life, hope and thought II
subjects all families of responsibility to constant pet
ty, yranncal interference; makes life burthen to all
who fitted by nature, by sentiment and education to
life to useful and honorable ends. This state or
things maintained solely by the presence of foreign
troops 1t said that France recently offered to with
draw from the occupation and TO insist on some conces
sion being made to the just demands OF the unhappy m
habtants Of the States of the Church. But Austria wond
not agree the French may go away they please, but
she will stay there and keep things as they are AUSTRIA
in fact, has to any demand or entreaty put
that she will not yield or alter that il she attacked
she will defend herself And this thought dangerous
and shortsighted policy must be remembered .na y
that is required She bound up with the extreme Ca
thoc party. To support clerical government, or even
clerical msgovernment is not only regarded as part OF
a Evolutionary policy, but as private religious duty,
by those who govern Austria They would De yield,
the wickedness of the world II they allowed aymen to
govern priests, and revolutonsts to beard authorities
Englishmen so entirely without these feengs tney 30
utterly disbeieve the claims which clerical usurpa
ton rests they are accustomed to speak their mlnd
freely that they hardly make due allowance Tor the sn
certy and with which the dominant party IN
Austria clings its belief Even when we LOOK merely
the secular policy of Austria, we may see nov danger
GUS any manifestation OF vacilation must be TO herr ne
empire rests on success There is nothing to bind he
together except the consciousness
of them that she is their stern unaeraoe, uncon
auerable Ia 1913 the Scaves saved the empire
because they thought il great thing and worth
saving-a Of glory to them and to their race But
if the Italians bumored they would be supposed to
be dreaded and if the empire afraid would sink
in the estimation OF its supporters.
war breaks out in Italy what is England to doy We
think her course is plain. She could not think Tor mo-
ment Of actively aiding Austria long the only ques
ton at issue the freedom of Italy AS little could she
think Of taking part in the ally of France We
have had quite enough of alliances in which France rcas
the glory and have to find the money and do the hard
work. The notion ALSO of England and France joining
together to promote liberty is chmera. If liberty III
France The empire cannot help to spread abroad
liberty unlike what mean by liberty. Nor can we
again JON France champions Of international law and OF
the rights nations LOUIS Napoleon has chosen to trampe
international law ard 10 violate the first rights or indie
pendent nations by her conduct towards Portugal What
England must do is to stand strictly neutral II the Aus
TRANS possible, provided they not threatened by
Russia succeed in holding their in italy,
shall pity the Italians most sincerely but shall have
call to intervene. If the Ausrians driven out OF
Italy then will be the time for England to the
stage, and to insist in conjunction with Prussia that the
shall not be carried into Germany and also that Italy
shall be left to her princes and governments accord
TO her unettered choice and that she shall not merely
change her masters and become the tool of France in
stead OF the slave Of Austria We most heartily wish that
the struggle between Austria and the Italians could be
delayed until France is free We dread the effect Of i'm
peralsm the Italians after they have assumed nom
nal independence But cannot disguise from
selves that il hard for desperate wait with the
sooner than the friends of Italy could wish. If it
does come it will be the part OF those friends counter
the evil effects Of this precipitation to the utmost Of
their power.