Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-08-02
Dasb6iIIe anioa anS 5msrissn.
Dally IS; Trl-weelsly So; weekly 90.
The Peace Of YIIla Franca.
HOW il is Regarded IN par,sand I.o,,.ior

The EmTeror's PROCLAMATION to The army ,
e Italy, which appears in to-day's Nonisar, has n,
: much diminished the classification Of those = b
counted upon complete fulfiln entr Of tho Ir4e,is
! prcgramne-tbe eTaAe;palion Of Italy from III
Alps to the Adriatic;' white the tradesman, III
merchant, the banker, end professional nea al re
Joice thst the carnage has ceased yet the result
the war have produced with many marked dissp
pointmeui. hear Of proolanatiOns being torn O.
defaced in certain quarters Of the city inhabited o.
the mechanical OF the student class and os YER,
strong comments by several who stop to read them
L fear much that those who desired to take a,
horses from the Emperor's carriage and draw /
10 the railroad station, when he was leaving fol
Italy on the l0th Of May last, would now ALLOW ID,
eoTtege TO enter without any such let or hirdrance
troublesome though hattering." 81
The Paris correspondent of the London GbJs
writing on the evening Of the 18th ult., says:
"As the day wears on, and the people haze lins
to ponder On The new aspect Of afaiFs, the ALARM
for tbe future of both Italy and France is on tbs
iucre1se Profound diseoneRL St this paltry result
from the shedding Of so much cbivalrous blco On
the plains Of the Peninsula is openlv expressed :
and though the mere selfish and shOFt-sigstrd
portion of the community msy hail this plaster to
an ulcer requiring thorough exesion, the thopght-
fui and the serious part OF the public hiss sad me-
sivings."
The Paris COnstitfiuzel on The contrary, has the
following;
/ ''Victorious on the Mineio. the Emperor Of the
French might have advanced 10 new victories; Va-
| Meta offered the allied armies new and GLORIOUS
| fields of battle. But the war, il prolonged might
| have assumed different character. On the enc
hand a cert1n revolutionary tffervescence had ap-
peaIed IN some Of the Italian ates on the Oiher
| hand, Prussia after mObl zing her corps dparmse
might not perhaps have longer maintained her p4s-
slVe altitude /; borne along by the passions which
1 she had been unable 10 appease she miyht have
n hpra at In naaI oefh
tional movement so psrfdously excited against us
| IN Germany Thus, IN advancing beyond the Min
clio, towards the Adriatic the Emperor had to reck
on with the revolution in Italy and with the war On
/ the Rhine. What was he TO do? Was be- forget
ting the primitive cause of q lust and holy war to
give it greater extension and entirely change its
character? Was he to convert the war fer Italian
independence into European war? Was he 10 ex-
pose to these terrible risks The prosperity of France
the grandeur of civilization, and the repose Of the
world? Had glory been his only object he would
not have hesitsted, he would perhaps have renew
ed those heroic times Whoses plendor in history
Is obtained at the cost Of oceans Of blood But the
end he had in view was more generous, more useful
to humanity"
The effects Of the peace are thus briefly sketched
by the ConstitutioaneI:
"Th;s peace proceeding frJm the interview at
Vilsfranes suddenly restores Europe to rerose aud
gives french influence the most complete satisfae-
bA-4A OSuAu Dc utSlItu centuries past aiV
has been as if defunct, and the generous blood Of
France has just resuscit tied her. Sheis about 10 be
reconstructed in conformity with the laws Of her ma
tuTe and her civilization. From the Airs TO the
Adrato there will be strong aud DO Eerfu Italian
nationality, for the grand construction Of which the
two Emperors have just laid the foundations will
embrace Fenetiat well IS Lombardy By means
OF this confederation ally will be organized regen
Grated, and recover all the condtions Of her ex-
lstence and Der grandeur. An enslayed Italy will
soon be Succeeded by Italy consedersted anifree
fef the confederation necessarily sHpposts the union
Of the people and the princes guaranteed by instiu
tlon1 wisely liberal These results are immense and
the Emperor Napoleon, TO whom they are due will
return az once and resume in all honor The direc-
ton Of his Government.
The Paris De5qts says: "This news has been re-
ceived by the public with as much joy as susprise
Every body felt that armis,iee of We weeks must
end in pesce; bat that peace should concluded be-
tween the two sOvsreighs alone and on the first day
Of the armistice, is event which greatly exceeds
our hopes and entirely confounds the provisions Of
Of Europern diplomacy" The DsJats adds:
We have 10 need to say that when the war was
once commenced, the complete enfranehisement Of
Venice was one Of our dearest hopes, although We
should have thought that such q result would have
been too dearly purchased at The cost Of general
war. But the modification Of the legal situation of
fact Of the entrances OF that province into the Ia
ian Confederation, renders impossible the desiga
which has been ascribsd to Germany OF caueing
chat part of Italian territory TO enter the Germanio
Confederation. 1t is useless to add that Veuetis
heneeforIh associated IN the common destiny of la
ly, will probably epjoy liberal institutions which
the Italian Confederation will have for mission to
support, and if need be TO guarantee, as the Ger
manic Confederation has Just done for the German
Duohies subjected to the Crown Of Denmark 1t i5
less easy to figure to ourselves in advance what this
Italian Confederation, under the honorary Presi-
dency of the Pope, will be- but if these questions
present some difficulties, those difficulties will per-
hsps more coLeern Italy herself and those who or
gaDize the new system than the rest OF Europe
We hope that this peace, which was as much I'M
forts as 1t is happy, viii be accepted BY ali tbe
powers with sentiments which will render il lasting,
and which will cause to succeed to this short war a
long interval Of repOse and prosperity.
1t will be seen that there is considerable dig
oreI anoy in the reports of the Paris journals and
thOss CT the correspondents of the London press.
1t is significant fac, too, that the tone of the con-
tinental press-the Paris journals alone excepted
is one of protest against the military philanthropy
exhibited by France, beginning with Montebello,
and eliminating at Villafranss"
The LoEdon Times, in its issue of the 18th ul,
discusses the treaty Of peace fixed up Vallafran:a
as follows:
The Emperor Of the French has confded to his
army the reasons which induced him to grant Aus
tris the just accomplished peace. 1t is a document
which requires frequent reperusal; and which in
vites unceasing conjecture The principal aim cf
the war was, it seems, to render Italy natoc and
this principal air. it also seems, has been obtained
sit is true" rays Napoleon III illustrating the
proverb Quis sereuss saeeuse 'thatVepetia remains
II AustIis but be explains that this exception is
MINISTERIAL because Vepetis viii continue to be an
Italian province, forming part OF the Italian Con-
federation. We confess Se do not follow the En-
peror in this explanation That Venice viii remain
Italian clearly see; should have more difficult
ty in understanding how it could become BoAeusian
or Hungarian; but how this fact renders its posses
sion by Austria Of lees Importance, We esnnot pre-
tend to explain 1t is one Of those logical seuuen-
ces which none but an Emperor at thehead Of many
| legions can enounce with effect.
To the eye of the common understanding this
possession of Vtnstia by Austria would seem to
give Austria right which she never before had to
} iatsTmedle in the politics Of Italy, Austsia, a
great military monarchy, is by this possession, a
member of q Confederaey, which is made up OF Aus
| tra and few Insignificant aud unWarlike states
In this confe derscy who viii influence and who will
obey? Austria is right in Boosting that it matters
| not to her what may be the fortune CT arms for.
besten or victorious, she always gains the prize in
| he contest. That which was limited is now to be-
come universal; that which was an encrosohment
/ y now to become right. We have nothing 10 say
When the French army is told that the uhien Of
| Lombsrdy snd Piedmont creates for France pow
I T.