Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-09-03

could confirm my statements. but will,
not do it: nor. shall | betray him who
thus prefers to be silent. go
The genius Of Louis NApoLRos Is
the genius of the spirit of evil. Con.
demncd to ignore or quell the germs Of
good, the sublime Instincts that trein.
Die in the hearts ofevery nan and ma
ton, he is a master in the knowledge
Of every egotisn, Of every interest, of
every wrong tendency, and of every
base passion, which browns those in
stincts. Like the tempter, he causes
the blow or the weakness that draws
the victim to ruin. He cannot estab.
lish, but he knows how to dissolve.
In this remains the secret Of his main
tanned power A frecc ;and logically
moral policy would condemn him to
speedy ruin. The persistency Of poor
2ismembered Italy, in zlses-4lssira-for
unity would suffice to upset all the dy-
nastic plans OF Louis NAPOLEON. ,.f
War is for the Empire an absolute
necessity. The Empire does not rep
resent principle, such as liberty, nor
. tradition, snch as legitimacy, nor .
faith, such as theocracy. The Empire
represents fact-a force created by
usurpation..-and this fact is necessarily
involved, this force cannot maintain
itself exccpt by actions that! fortify it.
Glory and territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
are the only things the Empire can give
to France in exchange for liberty
Where power consists of chief and
an army, war il but the normal CON
dition Of its life. 1t is, but an illusion
to believe that the Empire can be
peace---it would give the lie TO history.
And the alliances with the Empire
can only DO alliances with desPotism.
Alliances are founded upon an identi-
ty Of principles and interests. The
life Of the Empire in France requirs the
triumph of imperialism in Europe.
The natural allies Of LOUIS NAPOLEON
are Russia and Austria. 1t, would be
with Prussia if the Rheni,h, provinces,
destined, according to imperial tradit-
ion, to belong to France, did not pre-
vent. The statesman who, allied Eng
land with the Empire committed a
Crime and attempted an impossibility.
4 After defining the moral and polit-
ical meanings ofnentrality, and declar-
ing that tremendous expiation will
be required of those nations who seek
in neutrality to evade the duties which
God charges upon nations as well as
individuals, and warning the English
against the increasing power of France
and Russia, Mazzini proceeds with his
diatribe against the French Empire.
Imperialism is the imminent danger
in Europe-Europe should combat it,
and conquer or die. Imperialism can,
not be controlled by caressing il, diplo-
matizing with it, and seeking to. limit
its sphere with hypocritical alliances
or conditional concessions, 1t is, nee
essary to front it boldly. If iFrance
= persuades herself that the Empire is a
fact which no one dares. contend,, if the
people convince themselves that there
is hope Of support and quarter, Enrope
!, is lost. a.i.,:.5sio b. zen. e. ..,t ,...a,
3. LOUIS NAroLEox and the Gar in
tend to aid ieach other to the end of
, their rule in this principle, IT. is nee.
essary to take Q stand now, lest, the
! illusions easily created among Cypress.
s edspeople, and the despair of obtaining
any exterior aid, throw the nations al
the foot of Imperialism. lnu,1at n y
L0UIs NAPoLEoN and the. GA,
intend TO aid each other, sustaining, as
I said, the question of territory against
the question Of liberty 4 Bisog,so che I
I'd Essropd si,tacci0 ns0lIe-vat2rice) for the
people and liberty ta3i q; ,hW 4
'2sl A legue, headed by England, land
comprising England, Prussia, Germa
ny, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland
Portugal, Spain, and ether minpl
States Of Europe, should declare Itself
\ security for the Independence and. lib
erty Of each State, for all that concerns
its internal affairs, and protect, even t.
the risk Of war, that liberty and ,tha
independence against any Il invader
whatever; should' cut off at the root thu
designs of imperialisn;i should wear
the populace forever from its seduc
tons; should make new wars nnpossi
BILE BY the overpowering military forct
that the lcguc could send to the field
and thus isolate the empire. ~Gg - ~
Such a league it is not onlypossibl,
but easy to combine. The whole o
Europe to-day is in dread of the inya
ding tendencies Of Imperialism tts{v
In the question Of s1taly-a question
on which now turns the peace OF En-
rope-the Legue would say, to- th
Emperor: 'You have concluded
peace with Austria; the reason ofiyou
stay in Italy no longer exists;''t Yo'
descend the Alps to insure the indie
pendence Of Italy. This independence
now requires the absence OF every Tor
eign army from the Peninsula: Leay,
it then. ~ ~ "l5s4pl w
you promised a little while befor
the war that you would abandon til
Roman States when Austria had don
Is the same. This condition is to-da
fulfilled. Depart, then, from Rome
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