The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-06-04
italy and the Italians.

Great events which change the current
of history, that remodel society, and give
@ fresh impetus in a new direction to hu-
manity, are of slow growth, and the work
of no one man or era. Who can tell
the great Reformer that broke up the crust
of conservatism, and opened the long
closed fountains of thought2 Bright
links there are in long chain of large
and small circumstances, reaching from
first cause to practical effects. How
was it in the progress of England from
feudalism to modern civilization Deeds
and illustrious names are scattered
along the tide of time, as the lights of
mental development and physical growth.
Such are the pictures everywhere, when
we unroll the vast panorama of the past,
and scan its prominent features
So was it, so is it now, in Italy, and
with the Italians. Circumscribing our
view within less than a century, what
changes are apparent
The sanguinary scenes Of the terrific
French Revolution, of the close of the
eighteenth century, had by exhaustion,
brought the current of feeling within the
banks of comparative order, when the
star of Napoleon rose, unnoticed, above
the horizon. He was to be the despotic
regulator and Jove of revolutionary fe-
rocity and strength, to hurl its bolts of
vengeance and restrain its wild impetu-
osity- to strike down an old conserva-
tism, and build up, or rather SOW the
seeds of new enc.
The meteor of modern history first dis
played his genius in Piedmont, AGAINST
the Sardinians and Austrians, A. D, 1896
His great objects were to conquer peace
for the young and exhausted republic
AND to humble the Pope, who, allied tC
the exiled Bourbons, exercised all his
SPIRITUAL power to aid their return t
the throne of France 1t is the rule o
ordinary men, when dangers, real or i'm
aginary, threaten disaster, to 60 back
ward, instead Of organizing the new, loos
elements scattered around. Such is tn
philosophy of old-fashioned conservatism
- such is NOT the fashion of organ;zin
and constructing new conservatism.
The seed sowu by Napoleon is perhap
about to bear fruit. The victories of tn
Little Corporal, which gave existence t
some half dozen Italian republics, wa
the plowing of the ground, and the plan
ing of the corn of future harvests, of pei
haps more substantial, visible glory. Sal
dinia, his first conquest is now the all
of the third Napoleon, and the Italia
champion of Italian independence in tn
second act of European revolutionar
history In 1896 Sardinia united wit
England and Austria to put down reput
licanism in France, and to elevate q rae
of dethroned monarchs again to power
Verify the seed sown by the meteor G
Revolution has taken root, and will bea
fruit sooner or later.
Napoleon founded the ephemeral r.
publics, Cispadane, Cisalpine, Venetian
&c, to be remembrancers only and exam
Piles for the future. Italy has again t
become the theater of political strife, {
revolutionary fervor, of f what2 w
must wait the withdrawal of the curtai
Of time for an answer. Perhaps one, two
it may be three more acts in the dram
of italian independence are yet in the fu
ture. Some hero yet in arms NOT G
steel-is yet to figure and form the grou
of founders of new revolutionary throne
and dynasties, of which the Corsican
the first; to no ono of which, but to a
and among all will posterity yield tn
title of political reformers, whose geniu
was adequate to fill the void made by re,
Olutionary ferocity, with the oil of repul
lican peace like our own.
Thus does Providence divide the labor
and award the honors of his government
on earth, to his blind instruments. II
no one man, to no one age or era, belong
the title that attaches to the originate
and completer of a great historical event
Let us not expect too much from the pref
ent conflict; nor, if what we hope for,
denied now, permit our faith in the stead
emancipation and enfranchisement of hr
manity to grow faint. There is in stor
for all who deserve it, all the good, all tn
liberty which they can nationally an
usefully exercise.
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