, 1859-05-14
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NrST SARDINIA WANTS,

= Since Hz5, the people Of Sardinia over
cone by the force Of Austrian arms, have been
burning to wipe out the national disgrace
which then ',ettl them, In that eEentful year,
the termination Of an:rmistice upon notice
Of onl:= eight days. brought Sardinia pnprc-
pared aud alaos; uuar1ned into tue tleld,- in
opposition to tue trained aud practised troops
which The old veteran, Radctzky led and
after can'in:sn Of jnst five days, the Sandman
--nrmy@was routed i cut oil, and the King
Charles Alben, who commanded it, was COM
PEELED to a?'dic;tc in favor Of Victor Emanuel,
vino now fills the throne. In the struggle 50
brna. l'ioody Qnd disastrous the failure was
due 10 no wa.k q. courage or zeal on the part
Of tue picd1nontcse t7ours. They rushed to
battle and death with the hcroissn which only
s:rtSEIe FIR Liberty can Inspire But
they ;we1v under tue comrnlrd Of generals
who were without knowledge. without
preparation, and. i'll one or TWO cases, without
sympathy with tie popular cause. they left
their frontier uugnardcd and tic 1ustriau<
entered Sardinlan territory without awakening,
the echo q: gun fired in defence Of Sardiniau
soil They formed their nscn in divisions that
yielded each otl:r no support: and at Eov:r,
wllrro tho final stand IVES. made, battalion
otter battalion uf the Picdlnoutcse mm]od
themselves on Austrian bayoncts. or ftood
calmly III rauk to ho moved down Iy artllvry.
while their compa,'as il arms, standing lilly
hi'. were hot ordered to their relief. The CAM
ra;er, ended 10 suddenly by results that have
garf.l til. lrl. u the cu,ifc Italian race since
tue battle Of No:ara WAS fought. was tie death
blow t, tie hopes Of freedom il Italy. The
perfect domination u -Austr;n in Iombardy
md Venice WAS restored. Ill fta- Of rcyolu-
, ton W.s temporarily at 'tl end. Tho ill.,
famous Bualt", lal"ly j" a., a"lo If
alarm 'r-ss again ut liberty u nsalaclc or
torture w}om he pleased. The Grand
Dukes Of t!c lesser governments came forth
ffom their hiding places: and began their exact
ions and expressions anew, and since that time,
the wlnie ol Italy outside IL Sardinia has been
uI3HeI l.lE llCtI
Tl:c:c. I,r:e!iy; are tile events whic! Sardinia
is burning ~ avcu.c. She wants, as iu lS4s.
to see thr rcopl: Of Lombarly aud Venice in
rovo11, tiehtil': their Austrian orpresso:s from
house to i4ousc and street to street; Italian
regiments leaving the Austrian ranks and
making common cause with their countrymeu,
and the Emperor himself, lmbcd hy the atti-
tude Of thc Fic1lue*c and Italians, begging to
be pe1nit.r! tn restore one Of lis 1talian prov
inccs Il, ;j.o government Of its ryht.ill ownc-s,
for Il money consideration. She wants at once
aprac,ical assertion Of Italian nationality and
union, anil 4 yndcat:nn uf her arms If the
war is contu2:l to lE]v, and i!cr. proves to be
no a:i:anye between Russia aud France,
by which England and constitutional
ISM everywhere are Threatened hc1
wishes will be gratiiied. The lire kindled
III lS4s and 80 nave never been wholly cx-
tinguished' The hopes Of the people have
steadily pointed to this day, in which tile grasp
Of the np,,rrssnr would he leosencd; and the
flight oi the Duke Of Tuscany. and the rnnor
Of scbcllioHs in Parma and Modena, both gny-
erned hv Austrian influence. are Indications
that though tyranny and miseoyernment have
done their worst. the liberty-1ovlue sentiment
is not crushed ont; and tlInt Austria holds
her power in tho Peninsula hy tenure whicl.
the events Of all hour may overthrow May
Heaven speed the day 10 WHICH the last Aus
triau col.l,un nay he scut flying through the
passes of tic 1'yrol, with Il victorious and uu-
It'd 1t:!i4n ar1ny close upon its rear and III
which t;l:t Italian people, freed from the spir-
itual tyran'.y Of that old llunbug Of Pope
and tic temporal tyranny Of foreign opl'res-
sor, lnay In permitted to commence the work
Of national rr,.c1eratinnt