The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-10-06
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
MILAN, Sept. 9, 1859

EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
MILAN, Sept. 9, 1859.
To the Editor ot'the National Era.
Ny anticipations with regard to the Zurich
Conference are so far realized. Not only the
plenipotentiaries have not signed the treaty ex-
pected for the lst of September, but they have
not even begun agreeing on any of the points
coutended for; and, if my information is cor
rect, they are to-day instructed anew by their
respective Governments to stand firm by their
grounds, respectively, until the meeting of
Congress. When and where this Congress will
meet is still unknown; but it is evident that
it must meet, or hostilities may recommence,
Sardinia being resolved not to submit to the
unreasonable demands of Austria, and the lat
ter threatening to substitute the sword for the
pen if her conditions arerejected.
It is no easy matter to make a man Just re-
covered from blindness become conscious of the
character of the objects that surround him; he
sees them, and yet he adheres to the former
opinions he had of them during his blindness.
This is the case of the Emperor Francis Joseph.
Raised in the Imperial mansion, where every
one around him represented the Austrian
throne as stronger than Jupiter's lightning,
and educated in the old and degenerated Met
ternchian school, be cannot believe that 1t is
possible for any one to resist his Imperial will,
or that there is any other form Of Government
superior 10 his own and, while the rotten con-
Germ Is falling down on all sides, and hardly
has some remaining force to stand erect on its
shaking limbs, he attempts to play the giant.
Forgetting his recent whippings at Montebello,
Palestro, Turbigo, Magenta, Marignano, and
Sollerino, and while the Venitian State stands
upon Its toes to Jump out of the Empire, and
the Duchies have 10000 men, with Generals
Fant and Garibaidi at their head, with whom,
% resist tho restoration Of the HapshnrsI.or-
raine Dukes, the young Emperor boldly tells
Piedmont "You shall pay the Monte-Lom-
bardo-V eneto debt, and 500 millions in addi-
ton; and to Central Italy, lou shall rein
state your old princes to their thrones, or will
send my bavonets TO drive the former out of
Lombardy. and to crush the latter" And, as
Il proper means to encourage the Austrian peo-
pie 10 assist him in the achievement of his
object and the accomplishment of his threats,
he authorizes his ministers to cripple them with
taXations IN all shapes and forms, and fills up
his dungeons with all who dare to complain
against state of things which makes the con-
dition Of the Austrian subject worse than that
Of the most abect slave. Neither does he yield
to the demands of the other German States
over which he vainly tries to reacquire his lost
preponderance but, obstinate to the utmost,
he tries to force his will upon the world, in the
same way as be forces it upon his minions. Of
course, none will yield to it; and unless Euro
pesn Congress bring him TO better Senses he
will be the cause of much bloodshed resulting
IN the cOnsummation of his ruin, the liberal
element being already too strong to leave any
doubt as to the ultimate fate of the contestants.
The best understanding seems to exist be-
tween France and Sardinia, both respecting
the question of debt and that of the Duchies !;
and i is credited among well-informed sources
that King Victor Emanuel will annex the Ouch
les TO his dominions, in accordance with the
wishes of their people, as soon as he can prop
erly do so, without raising the European suscep-
utilities against him. The reply he made to
the Tuscan delegation, on the Sd inst, on the
occasion of their presentation, in the name of
tuscany of the Tuscan vote for annexation, is
July indicative of the correctness of my views.
de said he accepted the eote Of Tuscany, and
utGf ty CiTtue Of the 3,o1oerS conferred on
h'm, he should adUocate before all Europe the
.'ls5 rights ofhe Tuscan people.
Without using expressions which might be-
come the subject of chicanery and elimination,
ne sand enough to show that he regarded the
interests of Tuscany as his own and that he
would defend them; and such is also the mean
ing gwen to his words by the people of the
Duchles. They all understand stand that an
immediate occupation of Tuscany might pre-
vent the meeting of Congress, whose sanction
OF the new territorial divisions in Italy will
strengthen their position. On the other hand,
InpV a. H. IF
icon Ill, who, in his convention at Villafranca
declared that European Congress should be
called to decide the fate of such parts Of TIA
iy, except Lombardy, as had shaken the yoke
Other old rulers. Thus the King owed to the
Welfare of the Italians, as well as to his French
ally TO give the prudent reply before stated
The Occupations from the other States are soor
expected TO make their offers, and will be vel
coined like the others.
At Naples, the dismissal of the Swiss troop.
continues, and nearly 5000 men have alread,
landed at Marseilles, on their way to Genevra
Not so in the Roman States, where more
than 800 Swiss are known to be mingled
with the 5000 men sent by the Pope agains
NE Federal troops, and which are collected a
fesaro, awaiting reinforcements. 1t is expect
ed, however, that in consequence of stronl
renonstrance by the Duke Of Grammont
NHSA hHDdssauOr at nome, tue rope WI
Gountermand the order of attack, and that tn
homagnas will be allowed to govern thenselve
as they please, paying only a triAing tribute Il
The Pope, who would be thereafter only thei
suzeraln." ID.
=, IHE BRIGHT SIDE.-No wonder you are sad
GU are forever looking on the dark side O
lie, and picturing TO yourslf deformed humps o
mortality, decayed trees, dismal swamps, flesh
less less bones, frowning skies, and mouldy tombs
I nurn to the beautiful in life, and be happy, a
Heaven designed. How pure is the sky above
why should it not be emblematical of YOU
heart2 Look to the pellucid stream; shall i
not be mirror of your breast You but max,
looi OF YOURSELF destroy the happiness of you
Iriends, and shorten your existence, while yo'
grope along in snow, storms, and shadows. 70,
San be cheerful and happy, and enjoy all tn
Meeting moments of life.
Too fond of thunder, lightning storm, and rain,
nan NOES The cheering, cheerful ray,
tHa' sneos smile on bill and plains