Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-05-24
MORNING LEADER.


SO far as fighting is concerned, the war hac
been fash in the pan The Austrian invaders
Of Sardinia rad made some retrograde move
ments and were re crossing the river sessia in
haste. AtYercolli they had made a stand, but
no battle had been fought
The London correspondent Of the Tribune
presents the following view of the present state
Of Europe:
Who shall dare to explain Au trias politics 2
First she breaks the negotiations for peace by
sending an ultimatum to Turin without the
consent or even the knowledge of the other
Powers, and creates, Of course, the belief that
she throws away the diplomatic advantage of
her defensive position for the sake of a bold and
slightly dangerous advance upon Turin, SO as
to overwhelm the Sandman army by superior
lorces, and to crush it, before the French can
arrive; but suddenly Francis Joseph becomes
troubled by the protest Of England Russia and
| Prussia, and halts before the Ticino, while the
French are pouring into Piedmont by sea, by
Mont Gents, and by Mont Genevre
! Lord Malmesbury, whose imbecilty becomes
now apparent, sympathzing with Austria.
makes his last diplomatic effort for preventing
the war, and gives France the only thing She
wanted--time, Napoleon answers the promo
sal in an evasve way, and now at length the
Austrans cross the Ticiuo slowly and eau.
| tiously they advance to Mortara and YercelG,
as if afraid to meet the enemy they march
again down in the direction of the fortress
AlessandrIa, without any vigor in their attack,
while Tuscany, Massa, Cauara and Parma rise
IN peaceable revolutions in their rear, and place
their resources, about twenty thousand regular
soldiers and one million sterling each in the
treasury, at the disposal of Sardinia. Gen
Ulloa hastens at once to meet the new acqusi
ton few French regiments, and Clnrobert
at their head, march from Spezia to Parma
and iortnight's delay given TO them by Gen
Gyulai will enable this division 10 organize an
army, and by an advance across the Po to
force the Austrian army of invasion to retire
lngloriously from the Piedmontese territory.
Meantime, however, battle may be fought
The Frnco-llaans await the Austrans both
on the Dora Baltea and on the line of com
muniPation between Alessandria and Genoa
and the plain Of Marengo may once more see
"a fate of Austria decided
Th two EmperOrs of Austria and France
bayc both n Nblished their appeals to their pco.
pie and to the void Francis Joseph declares
himself the champion C. order, ready TO war
against revolution fomented as 1t now IS, from
the thrones, while Napoleon disclaims ambi- |
tious desires for conquest, and throws his sword |
into the scale of Italian independence, clearly |
avowiug that bis object is to drive the Aus.
lrans out Of the Peninsula.
The advantage until now is on his side, and |
if he remains on this path which he traces for |
the policy of France, it will be the first great |
feature in his career. His popular |
ity in Italy and France is unbounded, in spite |
of the opposition of the Orleanists and Legiti- |
mist, moneycd and literary world. An intelli- |
lenl anu impartial English friend OF mine, no |
admirer of Napoleon, who arrived yesterday |
from France, tells me that the change in the |
feelings of the people is prodigious Every !
peasant sees already his "conscript" kinsman |
returning an officer, with the Legion d'Ilon- |
neur on his breast, raising his family from its |
former obscurity, while the Republicans admit |
that the Emperor's policy is now for nnne iyg. !
proclamation, II woulu 'uo " '~rn -, S iSs
The reconciliation OF Liberal France Nobody
can puess his further plans, but he tries to sur
round himself with men OF liberal opinions, and
arouscs hopes of a better future.
Prussia arms, but the Prince Regent is averse
to giving support to Austria. Ho points to
the 47th section of the Vienna treaties about
the German Federation, which runs as follows:
" If any Federal state, possessing likewise pro-
vnces not included in the territory oi the
federation, should begin war in its character
" Of a European power, such war not lhVol-
d" wing the relations and duties Of the federation
uwili remain foreign to the federation Thus,
when Holland was attacked by the msurgent
Belpians, Germany remained neutral though
the Duchy of LuxembuTg belongs to the iedcr-
alton, and was disturbed by the events OF the
Belgian war of independence.
The Czar encourages these pacific views OF
his uncle, with whom he is soon to have an IN
teryiew either at Warsaw, or at Mlsloyoe, the
frontier town of Prussia. Southern Germany,
however, is raving against Napoleon, and in her
sudden sympathy for Austria swallows even
the ConcorJat. The Wuhemhurgh Diet has
rejected the proposition for calling together the
-aa PARLIAMENT at Frankfort and insists up.
Gerh'~ -'riLudp toward France,
ON ieilant q. -osns have no sympathy
The Southern Gen. Oppressed by
with Italian independence, tho
therr princes, they are proud of Austria, o..
ground that she maintains the supremacy of the
German nation, by imposing her hateful yoke
on Lombards, Venetlans, Hungarians and Sla
y9nians. But some Of the Liberal leaders dis
sent from these views, Carl Vogt, the eminent
and late member of Frankfort Par
lament, writes in letter which l am aulhor
lied to publish "I am ashamed of the support
given by Germany to that 'Capua of spirit, to
that shameful cOAcOTddt Austria. | preach
''the exclusion of all non German provinces OF
"the German Confederation, the union of the
German nation, and the abandonment of Aus
"tra, in order to give free scope not only to
Italy, but likewise TO Hungary and to the Sla
"vonic provinces. If Bonapartism is death,
"then Austria is eternal damnation aud if we
"can destroy the latter, we take away all terror
from the former and bring it down TO the rank
"of a simple accident"
The agitation increases in the Turkish prov
inecs, The Porte has now an army Of 10000
men assembled in Bosnia and along the line OF
the Danube, and is preparing for the worst
lie has sent for Omer Pasha to take tue com
mand.
Francis Joseph, who but lately quarrelled
with Gen. Hess, whom he charged with want
of energy, is greatly dissatisfied with tile slow
progress Of Count Gyulai He therefore in
tends to 90 himself TO the army, and to take
the nominal command while Hess is 10 do the
work Napoleon on the other hand, is on the
eve Of leaving Paris in order TO command his
army in person Prince Napoleon is to lead
distinct army corps to land at some point in
the noighborhood of Venice, and to cut the
communication with Austria King Victor
Emanuel is with his army, and will be seen in
the thick ofthe first tbattle His personal cour-
age is as well known as his hatred Of the Aus
TRANS.
The precarious state of King Bombas health,
and the inLrigues Of the Queen against her
step son, the heir apparent, paralyzo the action
Of the Government at Naples, and give time
and opportunity for preparing general out
break 10 the Kingdom Of both Sicilies. Time
will show whether it becomes Muratist OF in
favor of Victor Emanuel, who has won the
heart of all ltalv.