Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-05-25

lance of the noble French nation Let US trust in
public opinion. have.no other ambition than to be
the first soldier of Italian independence. Long live
Italy" -
1t is said that proclamatons have been, or are to
be, circulated in Hungary, calling upon the people
to throw off the domination of~Austria Perhaps
Hungary will be offered as bait to Russia. 1t is
certain, however that the Cabinet of Vienna profess
SEES to feel no sort of alarm about Hungary and dis
believes the possibility Of rising
FFronthe London Times, May f.
OPINIONS OF THE ENGLISH PRESS.
It is impossible to be carried back half century,
and centuries before that, when we see again the
address Of French Emperor on his departure to
take the command of his army in Italy. The En-
peror himself anticipates the comment; he avows
his sympathies with people whose history is
mingled with that of France; he invites the French
to enter classic land, illustrated by so many viete
ries to seek the footsteps of their fathers 1t is
always better to confront suspicion and defy adverse
omens; and, no doubt, the weTld at large will be
only too ready to observe that France has gone the
old way in the old manner. The Emperor claims
for France to be now wiser and better by that ex-
perience which is the ground Of our suspicious He
wishes not for conquest, but only to maintain the
national and traditional policy. His object is to
foreign pressure which weighs upon the whole Pen
insula, and to help to establish order based upon
the satisfaction of legitimate interests. All this
can only mean the expulsion of every foreign soldier
and ruler from Italy, and complete Italian indepen
dence Such are the objects of France in the war.
The Emperor, however, docs not leave it to be sup
posed that he has spontaneously undertaken the
task and worked up to this result. The invasion
of Piedmont by the Austrians which he character
Ah I11n
the acts of their enemies, has compelled France to
arm and interfere. As the armament was complete
and the interference imminent before the crossing of
the Tcino it is natural to ask what there previ
GUS to that act that fixed the interest of all Europe
for so many months on that boundary. This was
not the question of any momentary act Austria,
says the Emperor of France, had brought things to
this pass that the North of Italy could no longer be
divided between her any other independent Power
A single corner independent was dangerous to Aus
tria She must either advance to the Alps or be
driven into the Adriatc, and she chose the former
alternative 1t is the object Of France to accomplish
the latter solution of the difficulty. All the reward
France expects is that she will then have free in
dependent, and a grateful neighbor. All Europe,
we may add, would feel France public benefactor
if apart from any question of treaties, she made
Italy selfgoverning, peaceable and progressive
country.
lighted if such consummation could be secured by
few brilliant victories may be easily imagined. 1t
is not for us to say what hopes may Turk in his
breast and what after-growth Of projects is already
in store when the first shall have succeeded There
is never any occasion so to probe the heart of man.
and so to athom designs for in truth, these matters
wholly out of place in the discussion of quarrels
which have once broken into actual war. Treaties
are then history, maps are obsolete, and every day
drifts men and nations into positions, with new
hopes and fears. The works itself out after its
own fashion. Courage, physical strength, skill,
chance, and the elements turn the day. The COM
batants go on till one is beaten, or both exhaused
and the settlement which then take place is that
which most justly and conveniently perpetuates the
actual condition of the two parties at the close of
the struggle. 1t is utterly beyond human fore
thought what will be the relative position of France,
Austria Sardinia, and the other States of Italy and
of Europe at the close of the war; whenever it may
/ be. 1t may he remembered that even at the ter
mination Of the late Russian war, one of singular
ly definite character, it was found impossible to
argue from any supposed original subjects what the
final settlement should be; and the language Of the
Treaty of Paris was rather to take for its basis the
then existing state of things Who can pretend to
say how the bellgerents will find themselves situa
ted after two or three campaigns, or even who thu
belligerents will be? Besides Lombardy and Venice
besides Piedmont, Genoa, Savoy and Sardinia, there
also Tuscany, the Duchies, and the Papa States
directly involved in the quarrel Is it impossible
that the Two Sicllies should not be absorbed int,
| it? Will the other Powers Of Europe stand aloof
As the war proceeds, new matter will be imported
into the quarrel if quarrel that be called which
is simply trial of strength between all who choose
to join in the strife. Objects, as they are called
claims, grievance, rights, justice ITSELF disappear II
the mere clash of arms; and ten years of such con
| s,,<o
antiquity as the claims of banished pretender o.
the title deeds of a land owner dspossessed centu
ries ago. What we see before us is war. The ent
| of that no man can see.
France and her Emperor can be no strangers t,
these considerations. They are well aware that tn
end of war is not to be conectured or limited b,
its beginning They know the questions of rewart
and punishment of annexation and combination
that grow out of a war Even supposing so simple
result as the immediate expulsion of the Austrian
from Lombardy and Venice, and their submission t
that disaster, it would be urged that something
more was necessary than to leave Italy to ITSELF
Large portions Of the classic SOIL for which Franc
avows so much sympathy and interest, and wit
which it boasts historical connection, would be az
tually going begging.
We need only alludc to the questions which woul
arise in the war crossed the Alps and descend
| cd the hnlne. All InaC is 10 Oe Sald, ana 1t Ougt
to be borne in mind is that with all these contir
gencies in view-with conquest probably thrus
upon him, Napoleon III. now ropudiates it. Com
what may, he will not accept more territory, eve
though all nations should be scrambling for it. h
will not stain his honor or his friendship by an
such gross calculation. We wish we could beliey
him sincere in this wise and honorable declaration
At any rate, it will be remembered that he made
HoME,-How touchingly beautiful are the rel
tons of home! There each is bound by an eleetr
chain that seems to pass to all hearts in the fam
group; so that one cannot enjoy the pleasure unle
all partake in it. If one heart is oppressed all syn
pathize; if one is exalted all must share the hapt
ness. 1t is in the home where the aching heart
soethed; where the oppressed are relieved, the on
cast reclaimed the sick healed or failing, the tear
pure love drops from the mourner's eyes, when Il
! dear ones are gathered to their long home.