, 1859-07-27

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i Ths eefmans were right Napoleon, d.
pise his Boosting: and hs preteace.: proves
himself but vulgar usurper astsr III !: Hls
Italian campaign il ended; peace i mad, and
the result Is farce At which tho nations will
laugh. sardinia has Lombardy, Austria holds
Venice tho power Of the Pope Is strength.
aned4 and that is i'll! Tho .dno talk about
Italian unity and Italian Independence
promises Of tho expulsion Of the Austrians
from the Alps to tho Adriatic"- the hints
that the government Of tho Papal Etatcs
should be seculanzed, and that Hungary
should be cree - arc whistled down
to tho wind. Nontebelio Palcstra
Varese, Magenta, Aalegnano, and Sol.
fe1ino pass for nnught The blood that
lertilized those fields has been shed in vain.
Gafibaldi may 50 buck to ths sea; Kossuth
snay agnin find refuge in England; Klapka
may get employment as drill-sergeant in New
York-their revolutionary vocation is ended
The foot Of the oppsessor remains on Hun
gary's neck. Venice is the hunting ground
Of tho Kaiser. where liberty will again
10 driven into the earth. The hands
Of crippled but malignant superstition
WELD new whips for the scourging Of men
The flying dukes Of Tuscany and Modem, and
tho reigning Duchess Of Parma, may arrest
their hasty steps. Their people, pining for
freedom and development, like other elarcs
may eubmit to their masters get onco moro.
Napoleon commands and two armies consent
Political despotism-insolent intoleran: and
bloody, rcpressing what is true in religion,
aud all that is noble in humanity, trcaling out
political life and aspiration with its armed
Leel, the protector and sustainer Of that
kindred, despotism Of Rome - broods
over all Southern Europe. The CLEAN Of
light that this 1talian war shot through the
mass, filling millions Of hearts in bo,h hemis-
phercs with hope, has gone out; and Sardinia,
for ten years devoted to constitutionalism, will
be lucky Fin tho ascendaney Of the despotic
principle she regains Mt Parliament and Con-
began, that Italy might be free.
We repent We eat dirt We heap ashes
on our head. With tho fely born Of hope,
with unpardont bic forgetfulness Of tho past
treacherics and perjuEies Of this man Napoleon
We believed q part Of his boasts-relied on tho
good faith Of one Of bis promises. The op-
postunity for making great and noble histori-
cal name which would orcrshadow his past
misdeeds, was SO fair; the proyocation to follow
out the best dictates Of conscience, wns 90 keen;
and the spurning Of self interest 50 inccssant,
that we did not sec how he whom oppor-
tuaity and conscience commanded and sell.
interest invited could be false. History
affords no antccedent for the unparalleled
bascncss Of which history will convict him
False to the pledges made before the world at
moment when leuce was safe, fa!se to tho
friends whom, lie ln,s won to praise lin, false
to the Liberals Of Europe VIII, lad forgiven
him for his murder Of liberty in Paris and
Rome-hc comes out Of the war conqueror,
lis grip On the neck Of France tightencd by
his martial successes, but exccrntcd by
all mankind, not ouly as tile bctroycr
Of great trusts, but tho diplomatic bungler,
who had not tho grasp Of intellect OF tho
courageous heart to faco and conquer tho
difficulties before lin. We turn from tie
spectacle with sorrow and disgust, wondering
when Europe, tired Of tic crowned humbugs
who play with l'er people as viii. sands upon
the sen shore, Of tho domination Of tho
rapacy which il religious death, and + the
asistocracies which sap national life, will arise
for the freedom to which God has entitled her,
Heaven is just, and the day Of rctribution will
come!