Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-05-21
LYNCHBURG, SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 81. 1885,

, ,tting forth her military power in order 70 on
iorcc those private treaties which are not only no
part Of the public law of Europe, but which ere
aggr sssions upon that law. No mastering Of the
torccsof France was required to effect this object
no straining of the powers Of all Continental Eu-
roge was necessaoy to obtain this end. II was
point upon which :Gnglaud, France and Russia
wero agreed, and which Germany would not have
withstood. A moral demonstration would have
been sufficient FOR Austria could not, in the face
Of United Europe. play over again tho last sccne
Of the great drama of 184S. The desired effect
might have bcen accom- plshed by tho decision ofa
Congress, or by the mediation OF u single Power.
even by tho less formal or less offensive cxpedi.
ent Of an intn,nton that any interference Of Aus
tria beyond her own frontier would 10 met by
eounteracton on the part Of England, France and
Russia. Tho more rotten tho power of the Italian
Princes is shown to be. and tho moro unanimous
and practical tho Italians prove themselves, tho
moro plainly is made manifest tho wantonnoss
and tho wickodncss of tho war. Up TO this mo-
mont the Italians of the Duchics and Of tho States
Of tho Church have acted in y manner TO carry
with them the sympathiea Of tho Euglish people.
and 70 deserve all the moral support which Brit
ish Minister can give them. We hope, and we
have some confidence in hoping, that they will do
nothing to ,arnish their success. to forfeit the
good will Of those friends Of Italy who love Italy
vel, but do not pretend not to loyo peace and or
der more. Il they thus behave it will he scan.
da to humanity if Austria is ever permitted again
10 set foot in Tuscany or Parma
From tho London News.
None nre so blind ny thoso who will not see--
The apologsts and admirers of Austria in this
con ry are stricken with tho moral cccty which
consists in absolutely shutting tho eyes. In tho
facc Of all the evidence which events tho most sin.
niicant and irresistible aro hourly supplying of
the ono great fact, the moral unity of ltaly--al-
ready accomplished. before blow hns been struck
....I,
thisers in this country affect To speak with con.
tcmptuous Indifference Of tho Italian cause aud
.nation as il the one were cry Of secretaries, and
tho other dream Of mystics. II may DO very
we'll for members Of the diplomatic guild, grown
horny In tho profession Of polite fasehood. 10 Af
feet 10 reduce question of life or death for mil
lions of men TO nice calculation Of expeiicncy; /;
but when the bruggarts Of early public vice and
of Juvenile political exhaustion npe tho ars and
customs Of dccrcri stntcsmanship, and prate about
European order" nnd the balance of ppwcr"
as rrcconcilnblc with tho liberty and happiness Of
one Of tho noblcst races upon EARTH Indignation Ia
wastad and even scorn is thrown away. The
simple realitos Of this llalinn question obscu-
red from English sight by the mist Of many obi
ous hypocriscs aud much mean cunt a discar-
dcd Minister whose whole public life has been
spent in dancing attendance upon foreign courts,
and who hns never breathed tho wholesome air Of
n representative assembly gets up in the House Of
Lords and flaps his feeble wings with wonder at
what he calls tho spectacle Of ono dcspot joining
with another despot in u crusade agnnst u third
dcspot. aud in favor Of free institutions abroad.
This iuriously smart and silly escapado was rcgar-
dcd n wonderful stroke Of epigram in tho House
Of l. ,rls and considering the audience to which
il was addressed aud the source from whence IL
proceeded, perhaps it deserved it's success. A
man who in the brief authority of Dublin Castle
has been known to emulnte the petty acts of ty-
md Mi cl, IN striu Gnv
have been wont toprnciisc on grander scale, may
bc purdoned for talking in the tone Of the Chan.
cerics of Vienna, and IL is inir to consider that
very little wit goes great way when il is winged
by Clarendon of our time; but can any sophis-
try be more silly. any inllncy more fatuous. than
the assumption that because Piedmont niles her
self with France in italy-porchance also with
Russia, conditional YIN her struggle for her own
safety, and Tor the Independence Of Italy. there
fore the ltalnn cause is foreign to the sympa-
thies of constitutional governments and of free
nations? We arc requested to believe that this
is the first, and ought to be the last time in histo-
ry that free but small State hns sought tho as
sstancc of friendly Power whose form Of Govern.
,ncn is other than its own, against the overwhelm-
ing forces Of an enemy in violent possession of is
own territory. We are desired to forget TINT Eng
land hcrsclfhas occasionally allied herself with
one dospotisn against another, and would do 10
again if--which all the Heavenly Power forbid
ment or such subordination of principle. We
are commanded to look coldly on n small consti-
tutional monarchy which we could not and would
not assist in the hour Of need with our own right
arm. because forsooth, it is 30 "improper" as
to seek that active aid from others which can.
not come from the benefcicnt light of
our own 6eanr yeanr. This sort Of grudging
without giving is, we believe, q very old story
among iabulists, but it is new to history
We are not aware that the most iniudiciDus
friends of the French in this country have ever
accused him Of unselfsh motives or dsinterested
object in undertaking tho war in Italy His Bit
terest enemies, who, by n natural; law, are to be
found among his former most servile admirers,
make new discovery when they announce that
he goes to war for his own glory and prestige, for
the security of his life, or tho consolidation Of his
throne. We have always imagined that he made
war in 1854 and peace in 1856, for no other or
better reasons; and yet, in 1854 and 1850, his
vilers of to-day had words strong enough to laud
his magnannity no Q ation and sagacity. In
the war against Russia it was thought convenient
by England to have despot for an ally RS Pied
mont, in war against Austria, thinks now. A
little State like Piedmont, arrayed against an
overwhelming military power, may surely be per-
nit ed without cavilt to follow the example of
Great Britain. 1t is easy to be vcariousy proud
and susceptible at the expense Of our friends but
to furnish Sardinia with eloquent protests against
with nothing more substa al against an enemy
in actual occupation of her borders, Is to give to
prudence the air of meanness, and TO cast a stain
upon sincerity. There may be many who are
honestly desirous to preserveto Austria strength
enough to be the guardian Of "the liberties of
Central Europe. All wo say is, that "the liber-
ties Of Europe" would very gladly be left to them
selves, and Il they should miss their guardian the
sensation would be equally novel and refreshing.
GoLID .ILvEE sr0oNs-wARH1sT