Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-07-08
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
WILMINGTON. N. G.. FRIDAY. JULY 8. 1859.

VmMINcTON, N. C., FRIDAY. JULY 8. 1859.
"a 1t would appear that the Austrans having oeen
forced to withdraw from their positions in the Papal
States several municipalities had pronounced for the
Kirg IF Sardinia but the King of Sardinia had been
forced to decline accepting them stating that under no
consideration could he assent to the annexation of any
mart of the Papa States to his domnions So Bologna,
and Ancona and the rest are they WERE only that the
Ausrans being gone the French are the masters, and
the independence of the Pope means just the margin
that French bayonets choose to leave him. Indeed it is
pretty generally understood that the Supreme Ponti ism
all but the NAME French prisoner in his own Capital
So far then, the ambition of Victor Emanuel seems
to be limited by the Austrian possessions and by the
Duches which are semAustran in their governmental
character To that ambition the States of the Church
seem to place barrier precludng further extension to
the Southwark just about dividing the territory and
population Of the Peninsula between the projected new
kingdom of Upper Italy and that still remaining under
the Papal and Neapolitan dominion.
viii this be settlement? Will the Pontifcal and
Neapoitan States be quiet or be allowed to be So.
There is more revolutionary feeling in the lower half OF
Italy than in the upper. That France must and will
take r hand now that Austria gone and the idea of
italy for the Italians will be as vague ever it was,
and more so.
Nor, when Lombardy and Venice and the Duchies
are annexed to Piedmont will there be any assurance OF
harmony there The Milanese will hardly care to be
subject to court resident at Turin Venice and Genoa
will be rivals as of DID, while Florence will lay claims to
her share of power and distinction. TO find the day
when there was an Italy for Italians, we must go back
to the DAYS of heather Rome and then find the iron
dominance of single city the ruling element. After
that the Goth, the Vandal and the Hun, the Long
bard the Franck and the Norman; petty states half
independent and wholly tumultuous, occasionally
ing allegiance to the Empire and again rayng round
the Pope-the centre of Catholic unity yet containing
the bitterest enemies of all religion. Ralyng now to
any standard against the Austran yet filled with secret
societies that hardly recognise the obligation of any
established laws or vested rights If this strangely sit
uated, strangely Mixed strangely constituted mass Of
population can be nationazed tranquzed and moulded
into stable and prosperous state blythe sword of France
and the procIamatons of Victor Emanuel, then some
thing will be done to which history affords parallel
The rush of the wild Zouaves and wilder Turcos across
the Tcino the muster in Of all the force of the lit
tie kingdom Of Sardinia, revolutionary movement il
Tuscany Parma and Modena do not at all make Italy
lJallaQS WndG nave Deen ayes
Habits of sefgovernment and stability of action gro
and are not made by the sword of the stranger.
BSr In general way our exchanges to-day are YER
few and not very interesting. Most of our daies
suspended on account Of the 4h-that u.s. there were
evening papers on Monday, and no morning papers o.
Tuesday-no, we are wrong there, for the Newber
Progress and Fayetteville Carolinian of Tuesday ar
both at hand though sooth to say we cannot say tina
either do themselves than justice in their issues
yesterday-the Carolinan goes far apparent
y to think perperaed that lofty sentence abou
"gding refined gold," &c. which is generally attribu
ted to one W. Shakespear, deceased. No doubt it i
ours, and the deer-steaIer also stole our thunder
However, the 4th was duly celebrated in our sste
town-the military turned out-Mr. Mullins deivere
an excellent oraton-Captain Bradford had frework
at night at the Arsenal and there appears to have bee
no accident.
At Newbern. there was also procession and an ore
ton, accompanied by the reading of the National an
MeckIenburg Declarations of Independence. The orr
ton was delivered by Mr.. S. NJ Brinson.
During the afternoon the Newbern Light Infantr
presented pitcher to John D. Whtford, ESQ., in toxic
of regard. At night there was ball at the Caste
House. where dancing was kept up to a late hour.
It appearst have rained good deal in Newber
though not so much as at Wilmington