Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-08-02
LOUIS NAPOLEON ANp sARpINIA.

No clear and sufficient account of the rea-
sons for that sudden peace in Europe have yet
reached us And perhaps we shall not be able
to comprehend the matter clearly or see what
the war has done for Italy, until the proceed
ings of the diplomatic Congress at Zurich are
made known to the world. The only govern
ments to be represented in this Congress are
those of France, Austria, and Sardinia. Eng
land and Prussia will not be allowed to inter-
fere, much to their modification. Under these
circumstances, the tone of the London papers
is nowise likely to be honest glad, and happy.
Therefore all that comes to us from that quar-
ter must be received with caution. We shall
know at length what is to be the position of
Austria in that Italian confederation, what is to
be done in the Papal States, and what chance
the Italians are to have to hope and work for
free institutions.
But Louis Napoleon has done some things
which furnish a clue to his meaning. One of
these is, that he has upset the Sandman Cab
met and driven Count Cavour from Office.
He could not bend Cavour to his purposes, but
he could put another man in his place. Ac-
cordingly, the new Sardinia premier,-a
of no intellectual force, and nowise quail
fed to administer the government properly
is one of Louis Napoleon's intimates. He is
known as Count Arese; but never like Cavour
will be regarded as great man. We have
the following account of him The Arese fam
lily is of Milanese origin, and the father of the
new Sandman Minister was a native of the
Lombard capital. He was a close personal
friend of the King of Holland Louis Bona
parte, and of his Queen Hortense and his
son, the present Count, joined the Prince Lou
is, now Emperor of the French, during his ex-
lie at New York, and was well known to the
few American families in which the Prince was
visitor. The Queen Hortense, in her WILL
left to this Count Arese can engraved tur
quoise of great value" as token of her affec-
tion for his father and himself, and of her ap-
probation of his faithful devotion to her son.
Count Arese was born in Savoy, in 1910. He
has played no very prominent part in Pied
montese politics, and his selection for the high
post he now fills is simply to be taken as
proof of Victor Emanuel's fidelity to the French
alliance, and of his mistaken faith in the En-
peror.
This effective operation on the Sandman
Cabinet shows plainly that the independence
of Victor Emanuel and his kingdom must
take the form of complete dependence on
France; and doubtless Louis Napoleon means
to be supreme in that Italian confederation
It must be admitted, for it is undeniable, that
French supremacy in Italy is much better for
the people, much more conducive to enlight-
eminent and progress, than Austrian suprem-
acy. But, no foreign ascendancy should be
tolerated in that country. The independence
of Italy" is what the war was to secure, and
yet this is what Louis Napoleon does not seem
likely to tolerate, else he would have contin-
ued friendly relations with Count Cavour, If
he has contrived to break down the old minis
try at Turin, it is because he does not mean to
countenance what Count Cayour means and
signifies in Italian politics. But neither he
nor his dynasty will last many years.