New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-26
THE PEACE.

! have recently pinned their faith to LOUIS NaPoeon
ore bitterly disappointed ST bic sudden theatnca'.
| ard. to them, unsatisfactory settiemebt OF The
| Italian var 1t is not what they counted on " -
not what this "great sovereign pfoDl'od them;
il il not the freedom, independence, srltgovern'
meIt Of Italy, which his declaration OF war, ana
tie victories Of Nsgents and SOlierino bad, Ia
their ardent confidence, 20 marsellnaslS s-sufed.
And so they Gre disposed today to say very hard
things Of the man whom only yesterday they gor-
fad as tie greatest hero and benefactOr ot ths
century.
We suggest to this Glass Of individuals and of
journals, that 10 their present denuncation OF the
Emperor Of the French, they 20 quite as much 10
extremes a. they did 10 their recent praises lie
IS the same man now that DC was before; snd the
act which 20 surprises and ds4ppoints them, though
it may be out Of the common routlne oil human
conduct is perfectly consistent and harmonious with
all his past career. He has not changed; but they
have allowed themselves to become the dupes OF
their own earnest desires Ttey have fondiy ht-
trbuted to him qualities be does BOT possess, and
purposes re did not en'ertain and now that they
can cherIsb their delusion no longer they asenge
themselves by decying the depot whom 80 lately
they d,cked out with greatness which existed
only in their own excited iancies.
That by the war row ended Napoleon Ill has
considerably augme 1tcd his Own prestige and iDiiu-
epce IN Europe i, is impossible to deny; though
how much cannot yet be clearly estimated But
that the independence and freedom OF Italy have
gained anything 10 sane person can suppose. Inc
Emperor Of Austria bas, indeed, lost two millions
and threeouarters out Of bis five millions OF Italian
subjects: but with Veneta he retains the four for
tresses Of Mahtua, Verona, Pescbera and Leg
nago-s position whose strength Napoleon Ill.
has Not thought beet to prove and these fortresses
and the army he has behind them. must always
render bin the most formidable OF Italian p)ten'
tates. The territory ard people which Austrs has
lost Sardinia has gained; but at WHAT cost
it is easy to perceive She has gained 1t at
the cost of becoming satrapy OF the
French Emperor instead Of an independent
constitutional State The freedom Of p.rliamebta-
~ discussion aud the liberty of the press, which OF
late years have secured to that country an honOra-
bic distinction in Continental Europe, must now
give way for such modes Of "presetg'ng order
and regulating the political passions oi the peo'
pie as Louis Napoleon may deem most convenient
In a word, while Italy passes unoer French III
stead of Austrian domination, Lombardy vii re-
main subject TO despotic system as before,
and the liberties of Sardinia viii be substantially
suppressed Indeed, the indePe ndeDcc of Sarditia
seems 10 have been entirely overlooked IN the
peace negotiations, Of which, apparently, the gov
eminent of Victor Emanuel knew nothIog tiu they
were concluded. Such is the Imperial French
emancipation OF Italy As for the new Contcdtra
ton. with the Pope at its head II is hardly WORTH
while to discuss 1t Until we have more precise In
formation concerning its constitution. as yet we
DO not know whether the Pope or the Klng OF Ma
pies Will wish to join il; nor does It appear what
disposition is to be made of Tuscany, Mtdeoa aud
Parma, all Of which have recently sent OIL Their
soyereigus and put themselves under Sardin'an or
rather under Napoeopc protection But Judging
from the success Of Plus IN in his own doclnlcns,
it does not seem probable that any confederation
with him az its chief will succeed in bringing about
the political regeneration Of Italy. However, let
us hope to live and learn on that subject as on
others.
One of the London journals has remarked that
this peace is full of future WAITS; aid that we think
is true genuine settlement. of Italy, which
would put an end TO all foreign coutrol, and leave
the people of all its provinces t. choose their own
mode of government and their o~n officials, would
20 doubt coDduce TO the permanent peace of Eu
rope; but nothing could be more unlike such
settlement than the one now agreed on. Bur peace
is not what Napoleon III aims it, lie has various
old scores to settle Russia and Austria be has
already humiated; but with Germany and En-
gland the books Of his family still show large bal
ance on the wrong side. When or how this bal
auce is TO be wiped off, it were useless
10 conjecture; but Napoleon Ill. has now
lost the power Of surprising the world and he can
make War On whomsoeyer be pleases, without ex
/ citing the public sstonishment o. all the wars IN
his power, we suppose that none could De so popu-
/ lar in France as war with Eogland. Out OF
! Go OOO,OO0 Of Freuchmen, $500, 0C0. 10 use mod
erae figure would rejoice al the prospect Of seeing
their con0uering armies in London. This may or
nav rot be the next act in the great drains, on one
Of whose scenes the curtain has just fallen in Italy;
but the drama itself must 90 on. The era of purely
/ selfish war, Of war for power and glory, having
/ been rtcpened, il must be completed through all
/ IFS phases We can only hope that Humanity may
not be altogether loser from the dreadful AID re
voting process.