The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-22

far in Prussia TO try to check his conqucring ca
! the commencement OF the war when he was ready
| to listen to negotiations. Austria, he might saw.
had declared war for the purpose OF determining.
once for all, whether she could maintain her hold
on her Italian provinces and by the chances of that
war let her abide. But Napoleon is as wary az he
is audacious. He snew that it was useless to an
peal TO the reason Of people who are at present
cited feelings. He aaa9ht possibly take Verona
ana drtee ihe 4ust,ians beyond he Adiqe ,ciLt-
out aeiaH; bM y he dtd so, ne seould undoubtedly
orang dn Germany into the field AGAINST him.
Making virtue of necessity, then, he resolved to
astonish Europe by displaying that moderation in
victory which the Empress Regent so fervently
's Gov 'ef' what better opportunity could he
nope lor OF proving to the increduous nations that
ne Is OF aiorhearng and magnanimous disposition?
Fortune has showered fovors upon hin. he has
reapea narVest o. glory in this short camoaign;
pauses as soon as he hears the first note of neace
checks the advance OF his troops in pursuit of the
flying enemy and hum6ly submits himself to the
| Judgment of European diplomacy. Can ANYTHING
be nober or more dsinterested than such CON.
| duct; and does there yet remain one person
on earth who can after this doubt the generosity
and ngle-mindedness OF the Emperor Napoleon?
While we are all watching the French eagle as Il,
scars aoft and prepares for its final swoop on its
quarry, what can be finer than to see the noble
bird halt in its flight, and remain calmly noised in
air as If conscious of its strength and dsaaning TO-
touch It's predestined victim? II is i,.,e thai tLs
Jar seeing eye Of e eagle may detect danger tohic
20 no. oootoos ~ hulah sgha IL Is true that the
seeming eIemency of the French Emperor may be
the result OF the glimpse he has had of those 100000
German bayonets which are still beyond the Aims
and on the right bank of the Rhine. But 10 he
Saf5df ms last act ariH only be one more reason
Jer dppiaudtng to The echo The great and faercifM
Ltderator Of Hay; while even those who apcre.
cate II more justly will acknowledge it to be
alo!ner PROOF tiat Louis Napoleon, in peace and in
war, Is the most successful conspirator that ever
plotted. lie plays his part so niarvelouslv well
ana Is IN appearance SO exceedingly honest, that it
goes TO ones heart to distrust him. We can scarce
~ hope that there is any real intention on the part
OF the French Emperor or that it is even ia his
power to conclude peace till his programme Is COM
pletey carried ont and Italy is freed to the Adriac
and 1t appears to us that he joins in the nepo.
tiations which are now about to be resumed
because he thinks IL may still be possible 10 pnv
or Engla"d dad Russia against Germany, and
achie, al any rate The seeming moderation Of CON.
senttaJ TO talk dboH peace at such time IS a SOD
HrO'cn TO the clerical party, TO soothe Neis.
G6form at the progress Of liberal ideas in Raly.
But none Will more gladly find than ourselves that
our suspicious are unfounded, will more sincere
y rejoice If the honest efforts of England and other
Powers succeed in restoring peace to Europe
From the Liverpool Times, July 81
It is premature to discuss the terms on which the
impending peace may hang, but it is evident that
the rock ahead, as regards Louis Napoleon, is.
NE temporal po'eey Of he Pope. The indepen-
dence OF Italy can never be placed on safe and
satisfactory basis while the States of the Church
are ruled by the ecclesiastical power, and recent
events show that his Holiness has idea of parting
with his rights of sovereignty In his recent allo.
cution to the Secret Consistory the Pope menaces
with accommodation all who dare to attack his
temporal rights, but he relies, he says. on having
French Emperor, who has declared to him that the
French army in Italy will do nothing against the
doninions of the Holy See, but on the contrary
protect and maintain them. II ,riH be soon asce..
famed eclail4e' this pledge aoiH be Kept.
(Fcm tho london Pos. Government o gsp), july Of
Napoleon III has paused in the full career of
victory to tell the world that he is at the head of
Italy. He knows when he has succeeded and 10
willing to save Austria from further loss if She il
wise enough to know when she is beaten. He has
SHOWN what the arms of France can do and he asks
Austria if she wishes them to do more In a word
he oflefs peace. And he does because he is in O.
position to do it with honor, and with honor
Austria may accept his terms. Had enmity to
austria been his motive, or the prcd0minance of
French power in Italy his object--had he in short.
mad any suppressed evil pdrpose at heart he need
not have taken the step that has just given 80 much
Joy to Europe. He has never known reverse since .
he took the field 1t is scarcely likely that any dis
astrous repulse would have thwarted his further
progress: He had but to push on. and in due time
the four fortresses would have been taken and the
whole Austrian army, or rather what was left oft
would have been compelled to take refuge within
German territory. The Emperor Of the French
would then have stood before the world the frsf
general Of his age and the most influential sove
reign in Continental Europe. But though such a
course. would have covered him with military
BioIy,H WOulu uOl nave maQC Inc case of italy
more secure than it is now. 1t would only have
completed by frigbtful waste of life work which =
may be finished by diplomacy. Cabinets NAV nov
conclude what camps began. 1t is well known
lor WHAT avowed cause the sword was drawn. Uis
ion, The losing party to they ,ciu no,o con-
cede achdt that cause implies. Ii SO, not another
shot need be fired: But if not, the soldiers Of
France are perfectly ready to march forward to .
further victories. 1t was for France and Sardinia
as eonquerors, generously to give Austria the on
portunty Of resembling her obstinacy and retriev-
ing her error: and this has been DONE
The proposals eminate from the right persons \
At the tight time. The further prosecution of
hostihties must have involved a fearful sacri.
nee @ OF human s on a both sides Certain as
have ultimately hoisted their flag on the
ramparts of Peschiera, Verona and Mantua, yet
at a what cost to all parties must such triumphs
have added to the military glories of france But
there is moral greatness which is nobler than
military renown and no one understands that bet
himself upon knowing how to do the right thing ia
the right way, and here is another instance Of his
skill in the discernment of his opportunities. It is
perhaps too early for Austria to sue for peace but
not for Napoleon to offer it. He who has conquered
at eve step can lose no dignity by forbearing to
push bis successes to an extent unnecessarily hnm
hat nt TO o MS y BY Offering peace
tects Europe from further complications. The
nearer the allied armies approached the German
,n me greater must have been the seeming
Pledged, as the word of Napoleon was, to m .ntain
the war within Italian limits, it would have been
impossible for Germany to see without alarm his
victorious army pressing ever nearer and nearer to
her own deiences. To be prepared for war with
france at moments notice would have heep
imperative, and experience shows that troops kent
on inc lookout Tor an excuse for hosti]ities soon
contrive 70 make one. To haze nccessiintei the
PdCn9 q a P,usstGn army all along the line of
Me french Frontier, and TO haze pushed Tie French
Of Austria, ,roud haze multiplied Tie chances of
hoshi,t,es ac,h Germany a MousdndfoL And
though, II circumstances required these risks.
Napoleon is not the man to shrink from them vot
when the fortune of has not laid that necessty
upon him, he is not so foolish as to create f.: or
rather, when he sees the opportunity of relieving
oil parties from the mseries Of war, actual or pro-
sDectiyp he has tho and olrd n