The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-03
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S. VI M In Respeuxibles
& Before tho present war commenced, Lord
s,seLEv, ON b ehaifof the I3ritish 6overnmesas,
s<qaested Lo ris NAPOLEON 70 state explicitly
ghas reforms IN the govesninent Of 1taly hc
skasanfesi III Austria, and what concessions
NJ Austria would he satisfactory to France
II fsply. Ire French Esnperor stated the pre-
85re rrforms be demanded. with the conces-
zion o. whtcA ~ AustsiA ~ wonid b satisiicti;
observing however, 70 the Engltsh aSphassa--
dor, that he did NJ believe Austria ceu1d BE-
prevailed ,apon ~ yield ~ roInss fedAired.
: The British auahsssssipx. hcweyen deter
n,ansd to make tlae attempt. Hs procecsed TO
ii = Cour.of fRAScis JosKfH. ind rlsrsd be-
70 ~ BIN each ard all 81 the deinands Of the
y reach Emperor. With Er~st reluciance but
III slding to the urgent interpretations of the
III 5ttsh minister, the Emperor Of Austria At
iasa consented 10 every REFORM which had been
De handed by LouIs NAPOLEON. The eonsss-
81, MS schieh fac French Emperor had setd ronid BE-
"a, s.faefers 10 himsstf and thus prevent All ap-
I've 81 to arms ,cere cnek and all Of them made, and
IL RID CowLEy hastened back FROM Vienna 10
Pa .-is, eiated with the confident belief that
war would BE- ayertcd, and the peaceful rela
lions OF the two empires at once re-estab-
fish, III.
He had reckoned. however, without his host
The veteran diplomatist had no doubt wit
nesssd, in his life, some notable examples OF
dupiicity and regeneration, but he could
| scare, Ny have been prepared for such scan
dalous act Of bad faith as that perpetrated BY
| Lofts NAPOLEON. On his return to Paris,
| the Emperor, instead of standing mp TO the
| terms Of his own proposition, began to tain
| about arran sing the difficulties by a European
| Congress, the preliminaries TO which he knew
would be so embarrassing as to render such a
| mode OF settlement in point of fact impraci'
! cable. Is III not clear, then, that on LoUls
| NAPOLEON rests the responsibility of the war
| The reforms demanded in the government o.
Italy were n mere pretext, for il is proved be-
! yord dispute that every reform he asked for.
the Emperor Of Austria promi sed to grant
The pledge of LOUIS TO make Italy free and
! independent, has been fulfilled, with equal in
| tegriiy. by giving Lombardy TO Sardinia, and
in lesving the great Austria n fortresses I'M
touched, making the latter a vassal of France
by permitting Austria still to dominate over
Venice. and establishing an italian Confedera
cy, in which the Austrian influence will b
| five 10 one against that of Sardinia.
The responsibility of tLis war, then, rest
| alone u1,on LOUIS NAPOLEON. For ever,
| drop of blood shed in ii for every deed o.
! crime: for every shrek of agony for every
bitter tear of bereavement /. he, and he alone, il
| re,ponsible. The crimson flood that has beer
rolled over Piedmont and Lombardy would
| not have been shed in vain if il had moistened
the roots of t]ae tree of Italian Liberty and In
dependence. But it tas all been offered up n
the shrine of personal ambition. One man
to advance his individual fortunes to make
his dynasty stronger, and TO secure his sceptrs
TO the issue of his loins, has caused all this
commotion, unhappiness, and terrific waste O
human life. He has deceived the confidine
and noble Italian people, making hobby O
their generous patriotism to promote his own
selfish purposes. Among the crowned ban.
ditti and r oval manslayers of Europe, LOUIS
NAroLEoN bids fair to occupy n conspicuous
place. The Society of .Carbonari, to which hi
once belonged, and of whose daggers he is still
said to stand in fear, have not been able In
their whole history to accumulate such Al
avalanche of murder and crime upon theii
souls u, that which rests upon the blood
stained brow of the Emperor of France.