New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-23
THE STATE OF EUROPE.
From Our Own Correspondent.


MONDAY, August 7, 1859
The course of the most of the English journals
and Of the German press during the war deserves
attention 1t was mari ed by the greatest hostility
to Napoleon, and by sympathy for Austria. Now
certainly we are nofriends of the French Emperor;
We never excused either the treachery or the cruelty
Of the coup Fftat-we never palliated the horrors
of Cay enne and Lsmbessa, have often severely an
imadyerted upon the civil administration of France
which encourages swpdling and keeps down every
higher and nober aspiration of the SOUL and we
did 30 at the very time when the Crlmean Alliance
senced the wrath Of even the liberal press, but we
could find no sufficient reason for the sudden
outbreak Of antNspoleoDc rage which took
place when the Emperor did the first act
in bis life which was not directed against
liberty. Whatever be the motives of Napoleon,
the Italian campaign was certainly not carried
on in the interest of despotsm. However
meager may be its results, it certainly did not
strengthen either Austria or the Pope, it gave
the Italians a chance, by which they have
eagerly pro6ted, and it left the peninsula in a
better state than it found il. The greatest portion
of Lombardy has, by French arms, been rescued
from the yoke of Austria Parma, Modena, Tus-
capy and the Legations have been enabled to expel
their tyrsnts and TO gain three months for the or
psnzstit of their forces Garibadi, Ulloa, FARM
Cosenz Medic aud many other leaders of less note
| have been enabled to devote their brains and
| tteir swords to the regeneration Of their
| country, and the common danger has reused
the spirit Of Central Italy from its habit
| ual torpor, and given Dew life to the people.
/ Il r ,.l q axfa IN fha ham
Of tie Italians aimee the prestige of Austria has
been broken, and the Princes are obliged to rely
upon their own resources to keep them on their
thrones. With the exception of The London
Ntus however, the pre,s has overlooked all these
results Of the campaign, and the very same papers
which at the beginning Of the war found no words
stror enough in which to denounce the ambition
Of Napoleon for his course in breaking to pieces
the territorial arrangements Of lcl5. complain no.
OF the incoupleteness Of bis campaign. The very
sane papers, as for instance The London Star,
which always sympathzed with Austria, which re-
presented Prince WipdischRratz as the Impersona-
ton of honor and praised the purity of Francis Jo-
sephs private life q, now cay that Italy has been
cheated, because Austria ID TO keep the Venetian
! provinces.
The Germans with the exception Of q few Prus-
sian papers, boast openly that they had no sympathy
for Italy. insist that the Mincio is the real
defense of the Rhine, and profess to find 1t neces-
sary for the development of German freedom @
that Lon hardy, Venetis, Hungary, and Poland
should be oppressed BY Germany. The representa-
tiyes of the Protestant interest aide openly with
Austria and with the Pope, and the champions Of
Liberalism sympathize With the Austrian system OF
Capitalization and repression. This curious and
unnatural state Of things only be explained On
the .uppositon that they feel fear Of France, and
distrus. of their own power-a fear and di.trds'
which are disgrace to Germany. OF course the,
do not weary OF abusing not only Napoleon, bu
Cavour, Kossuth, Klspka, and everybody who tried
to Turn the tide OF events to the advantage OF MI
country. They chuete now that msny hopes have
been disappointed, ard to give greater interest Il
Their inyectyss, invent stories describing bow Kos