Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-10-14
France and ENGLAND.

o oive the concluding remarks from the Paris Con
t;t,tioHne whose article referred TO III our oeS-
natcbes from the Hungarian, and has been received IN
England as specially significant:
England is of the opinion that we nave not uone
,ron%I granted! Let her. then. help us to do the
ot But before we set TO work together let us come
10 distinct understanding
ur neighbors have been particularly shocked at the
osoration of the Archdukes, to which France offered
~ onnosition at Villa ranca They would have pre-
frrad pure and simple annexation of Parma Modena,
and Tuscany to Piedmont. We certainly unoe, S'ahu
without difficulty, and entirely share, the especia Sy
patmes inspired by Piedmont and her chlVarouS
Piedmont it must be owned, has mace Ior HciSe
senarate and glorious position in Europe one' when
M desnared of Italy still hoped and reSouleIy raised
her standard She was her latest advocate and her
earliest champion, and, placed IN the van ol Tue e"-
sua defended it against Austria and against It's own
weaknesses But precisely because her part has been
Grand and dsnerestcd up the present, and because
: has been nobly represented, must not make her
handon it. Piedmont has been, aud still s the sword
If Italy which she ought to be sufficiently strong to de-
fnd but not to absorb. 1t her glory, it
rrns the safety of Italy that the mission OF national
init alton and devotion taken up by the House Of Savoy
should not change It's nature.
This conviction, based long series OF historical
facts which recent events have not been able to change
is founded upon Those who are bent upon the
pursuit of impossible unity either fail to recognize
The very genius OF Italy, singuary deue themselves
with the perishabe results of ephemera enthusiasm
We certainly remember the manifestations which have
inst occurred in the Duchies We give them credit fer
sincerity and bear our testimony to the tranquility and
widom or the inhabitants and think that their wishes
should meet with serious attention by the arbitration Of
Europe France has declared, and still Declares that
the preminarts of Nilla-Franca conceived and
signed in the interest Of the peoples, and that in that
sense they must be interpreted. France declared, and
still declares that she will neither Orciby interfere her
nor permit any else to interfere in the Duches
no iO1py thn of tbo
anexationists OF which much has been said have
perhaps so much value as is attributed to them
Florence, Parma and Modena will submit with diff
cuv in spite Of what is said to the contrary to be-
come nothing than the chief towns of kingdom
Of which Turin would be the capital and the Princes
who expelled to day would be- perhaps regretted at
some future time less near. Who can say
whether the eXes Of to-day would not the morrow
become the representatives of local Independence?
But this is not all 1t has not been considered that
an additional province given to Piedmont destroys the
equilibrium so happily established between her and the
Kingdom of the Two Sicilics. What has already taken
place in 1913, however, ought not to be forgotten Is
not possible that the Jealous rivalry which caused the
Neapoan troops to rerace their steps may again burst
forth? Such event would be serious, for it would on
a second occasion bring with it a complete rupture be
tween the two most powerful States Of the Peninsula
and federation would be impossible. Piedmont, it is
true, would have increased, but the cause of Italian
nationality would run the chance of being compromised
These considerations, doubtless must have had great
weight at NillaFranca in the determinations of the
conqueror of SOlferinO.
They are weghty enough in our opinion, to occupy
all serious minds or all the real friends of Italy.
Assuredy England must be now counted in the mum
Der of those real friends and this is what leads
hope that better informed she will add her counses tC
ours United the bank OF the PeihO to chastse arms
in hand common injury let, then, the two great Yves
tern Powers, unite also their diplomatic efforts to over
come the past difficulties Of the Italian crisis and bring
if requisite to the conditions of peace the notifications
reconciabe with the interests and with the honor Of the
parties concerned Thanks to such union, the Peninsula
will be free from the Alps to the Adriatic.