Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-07-25
THE ALLIES IN ITALY.

BREscIA, Sunday, July 3, 1859.
am almost afraid to consign TO paper the
low murmurs that reach me like the rum
blings of the volcano before the storm bursts
out. Remember, do not give myself out for
a prophet; am not in the secret of the En-
peror, nor of his staff but, if am not very
much mistaken, the long-matured political
plans of the Emperor have no succeeded as
| that splendid attack mproUise of Solterlno did
succeed; nor are the King and the Emperor
as cordial friends as two victors should be
within week after such day of glory as the
23d June proved for both.
When the Emperor undertook to Hberate
Italy from the Austrian, he was led to believe
that the Italians would sacrifice all idea Of
republic to the one great necessity OF lnde-
pendence. And in this he was not deceived;
at least three-fourths of the Republicans have
taken parts in this war;. e., have given to it
either their moral or material aid the remain
| ing fourth, who could not conquer their
version to the murderers OF Rome, especially
the will of the nation, have kept dignified
silence, and are waiting until the Italians have
lived through their delusion, as they term
it-until the time shall come for purely ma
| tlonal flag to be once more unturled But
ready as the Italians were to sacrifice pet
form of government and to defer the acquisi-
| ton of liberty in order to become independent,
their resolve to obtain national unity, repub-
lican or monarchical, has never deceased.
| The actual sutferings of the inhabitants OF the
| Roman States and of the kingdom OF the two
Sicllies is scarcely inferior to that OF Austrian
subjects; and ifeither of these had been the frst
to declaretorV Victor Emanuel no one would have
! given them credit for any greater virtue than
| that of very natural desire to better their
condition. But Tuscany, mildly governed
Tuscany, was the first to declare Victor Eman-
uel king of Italy-to tender her adhesion to
him as such. Now, as | wrote you long ago,
and as still maintain, Tuscany was appropri-
ated to Plon Plon, and his imperial cousin was
but too glad to dispose of so troublesome a
customer. Plon Plon was sent to Tuscany
| he was received with reclamation, praises OF
the magnanimous Emperor mingled with the
| greetings; nevertheless Tuscany gave him I'M
mistakable signs of pure resolve to belong to
Victor Emanuel, King Of Italy, and no one else.
The Emperor had hoped that the gratitude of
the Tuscans would prompt them to proclaim
Plon Plon King, and that he should be able to
! say to Europe, "he reigns by the will OF the
| Tuscans;' he finds instead, that nothing short
| of brute foice will induce the Tuscans to
change their resolution; consequently Plon
Plon is told to change his tone-to scout the idea
| Of accepting Tuscany and after three months
parading from Dan to Beersheba, and back
again, he appears at Parma with the fifth
been played with in this way, and the Tus-
cans under Uloa anxious beyond measure to
renew their f9ats of Curtatone and Montanaro.
| Now, it is possible that the Emperor
might look over this little arrangement Of his
plans considering it easy to find another throne
| for Plon-PloI; but another and still more Sc
rious trouble arises in the Legations, The
moment the Austrians are compelled to retire,
the inhabitants of the Papal States, whom
brrrf
| ing the Pope every day since 1848, throws off
the hated yoke and procaims Re Victor
King. What can the Emperor do? He told
the Italians from Milan to organize them
selves III military way, to rally round the
Kings standard, and follow him ON the path
to honor, promising not to offer any impede
ment to the expression of their legitimate
wishes. They have done so. Perhaps he
meant only to speak to the Lombards Then
he should have said so clearly. He cannot
now send troops to crush the Italians for their
prompt obedience to his call; and on the other
hand he has guaranteed the temporal domin-
ions OF the Church to the Pope--so he
cannot help his subjects to rebel He is be-
| tween two dilemmas. On the one hand the
French Clergy will do their utmost to rouse an
instruction in France if the Pope be assailed
with even the indirect consent of the Emper-
| or; on the other the massaeres at Perugia
have set not only the inhabitants of the Papal
States frantic, but all the Italians. AS long as
they believe that the Emperor will lit he
does not help) consent to their taking ven
geance for those infamies, they are still his
ardent admirers but already his silence
has shocked them. Calming words from
6uyon aFe no longer . sufficient for the the
Austrian is withdrawn from Comacchio
and Parma, they will take matters into their
hands. The emperor knows this He knows that
Victor Emanuel is profoundly grieved at the
] existing state of things; that he does not see,
and cannot be made to see, why he should not
be King of Italy, since the Italians wish it.
What is to be done? That is the question l
repeat that | am not one of the initiated but
the impression is strong here that he is waver-
ing as to whether, after all, he will drive the
Austrlans clean out of the Peninsula! If he
waverS-if he shows signs of making peace till
| this is done-woe to the French name in Italy +!
Woe to the unhappy Venetians who will have
to bear all the brunt Of Austrian vengeance
Woe to the volunteers under Garbaldi, who
will fight as long as breath remains in one of
them, until the last Austrian be hunted from
the Italian Alps But it may not be as bad as
this. Perhaps Venice may be freed from the
Austrian, but made into separate kingdom
under the Archduke Max. Perhaps this panic
has no foundation. Napoleon has said that
Italy shall be free from the Alps to the Adriat-
ic. Win he prove himself as incapable or un-
faithful in the face of Europe? | will not
think So let the unnecessarily slow ap-
proach of the Franco-Sardo fleet towards
Venice seems to give color to the panic, for
can call it nothing else which seems to have
seized on ALL Correspondence Of the Neeo York
Times.