The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-06-11

and has Illegally overrun and occupied
many of the States of Italy both by her
diplomacy and her military strategy, and
now claims to control their policy SUI
premely. For what else, we may safely
ask, has she fortified and armed so pow
erfully, and as some think invincibiy and
imprcgnably, the fortresses of Mantura,
Pavia, Milan, Padua, Brecia and others
Besides this, the Austrian despotism and
cruelty, III many instances most aggraya-
ted and severe. as can be lncontestably
proven, calls indeed aloud for vengeance :;
and if the avenger be not all we could wish
IN antecedents, he Is we feel assured, the
instrument in the hands Of an overruling
Providence who has appointed him to ex.
ecute righteous Judgment for an abused
people, and lie doeth all things we'll "
NJ. Emelie oliver in debate in the French
Legislative Chamber short time since. in
a distinguished speech of his, speaking Of
Italy said truly it had beer rendered by
Austrian influence and rule the yelling
place of sorrow Now while Louis Ma
poleon disclaims taking up arms for CON
quest or territorial aggrandizement, he
does openly avow before all the world, to
break thepower of Austrian despOtlsm and
cruelty over naturally generous people,
/ numbering in all about II 900. .OGO souls
and we may truly say a people, naturally
by far the superior OF the mixed popula-
ton OF lncOngruous Austria, and make
them comparatively speaking a free peo-
pie. Let the reader understand not free
entirely IN the sense we as a people are
I or as the English people are. but free to
establish a government for themselves suit
ed to their present condition and capacity,
: not under the restraint Of petty. subsidized
Austrian despotIc tyrantS. but To be ruled
: by the known lherality Of Victor Imman-
uel, who. instead OF being "a ut present
King of Sardinia. will b. doubtless King
of Italy, and in place ot ruling over his
! 5jOO0pO. subjects Will then rule OYER al
! least 26.On.OUO of people united. strong,
and liberal i'll religion ..s well a. in politics.
notwithstanding the papal influence with
, IN their dOminIons for among their re-
forms the temporal power OF the Church
of Rome. II j. believed. Will be nullified or
ahrOgated.
The secret treaties of Austria which are
: the great cause OF the present complica-
: ton. especially those with Nodena Parma.
. Tuscany, Ferrara Piacenza. the Papal
States. Naplc~ g., give her power under
pretence OF military prudence, To occupy
territory IN certain circumstances which
! i in TACT but a subSidaZati0u OF all the
States of Italy with exception Of Sardinia
! II viii be borne in mind that Austria
I though she had Sclnblauce Of right or
claim, III i.ct wrongfuliy claimed and took
the LoInbardo-N cnitian territory under
and 10y vIrtu" of the treaty Of lSlj and
has ruled 1t 10 this dav This was her
first step into Italy. sanctioned il is true
/ by the other three combined uowcrs. hut
nevertheless wrong Then IN July 1873.
( she entered into Il secret treaty with the
King of Naples, binding him t. l7Ile Ia,
dOminIuns in accordance with Austrian
/ views and policy. or a she might dictate:
! and Il will he remembered further that
! in lS20, when the people aIose.in their
, majesty and forced their King 10 grant a
new constitution. Ey the powers oi t'is Sc
5 rTst fra1tH- Austria marched all army into
3 the Neapolitan territory and put down hy
! her focre that constitution, and all proposed
+ reforms were at an end without hope or
3 relief And in l>2O or Is2I. while the
>ardIn!ans were then cndeavOrinr To mod
Z lty or cstabii-h a new constitution gl!aran-
/ tcelng To hepeople more Ebey,,l privileges
/ Austria marched all army into her terrific
! ~ 'c''I0nt a treaty, aud put down the pop
/ ular demonstration 10y her force, and in
+ the same spirit a. now She shows toward
, that people and their King The trouble
! now l., the King of Sardinia i too liberal,
/ Al a demonstration in the Papal States in
! lNiN, we believe she entered Bologna, one
! Of these States. and there by the power
of her army. put down the liberty demon
, s,ration Of the would be free people In
/ that same year TOO, if we mistake not her
armies ovcrran nearly all Of Italy as pre-
/ caUtioEal,y Increment, and ostensibly to pro
! tect the sovereign Pontif BY policy he
united Tuscany 10 her by marriage into
/ her royal family, and ever since. till now,
has been potent in all her political gov
eminent In lSt7 she made a secret treaty
with the State of Modena. the same as in
1915 with the King Of Naples. In the
next wear she also entered into a treaty
with Parma in nearly the same words
/ Thus step by step has Austria, and from
year to year, gone on and into Italy. and
by course Of machination and time if not
stopped, would undoubtedly fold all Italy
in her arms and proclaim to the world her
Sovereignty and empire, defiant of bal
ance OF power Tlfese encroachments
have awakened and aroused the people
through all Italy that thSv must now act
or be swallowed up, and the King of Sar-
dinia being the only true representative
man whom the people could trust in the
emergency, they have pointed him out as
the man for the times, and they flock to
him by thousands At the same time Tus-
canY, Naples and Parma are in revolution,
and the masses everywhere shout vive l
Italia, viver Victor Emmanuel These
demonstrations are joyfully received by
| the population and most of the soldiers,
and soon, we believe. all the States of
Italy, if not Lombardy and Venice, will
join with the Sardinians and their allies.
and drive out, despite her armaments and
impregnable Notifications, ell the Austri-
ans, establishing not Cis-Alpine Republic
but united and powerful Kingdom of
Italv
With this movement, shall we not call
it grand movement? the Emperor of
the French and the French people SYM
pathise, and the positive entertainments
of the Austrians are likely to be put an
end to. Napoleon may, it is feared by
some, in the imitation of his triumph, com
bined with the King of Sardinia or King
of Italy, to enlarge the boundaries of
France, invade Germany. This. we CON
ceive, he never could do, for Germany.
Prussia, England and Austria would, in
| such an event, stop him; besides, it wo'd
| be dangerous experiment, aye extremely
hazardous, and Napoleon is not going fool
ishly to run into danger and destruction
with the example of his great uncle before
his eyes. Napoleon Ill is for consolida-
ton and permanencc-his policy is not
| war and conquest, though the French are
fond of military display and glory and it
is said the French army must have en-
ployment at home or abroad So far Ma
poleon III. has gloried in re-establishing
France upon sure foundation, and sue
ceeded in both adorning her and develop
ing her internal resources to a marvellous
degree He has also so far, not once been
foiled in any of his many diplomatic
schemes, and has both Won the affections
of his people to his policy and his person
Believe him to be a villain at heart who
may, the recent unparalleled fetes at Paris