Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-04-07
present stale 81 Enrope,

plantation IN South Carolina.
Present State of Europe.
Our filesof foreign journals, by the mai
steamer Niagara, which left Liverpool on the
18th instant, have come to hand, and theil
contents confirm the opinion we have ex
pressed from the commencement of the
| threatening difficulties, that there was nc
present cause to apprehend that a Europe.
an war was likely to arise. The Emperor
Napoleon has given semi-oficiaI denial
in the Aonitear, of having had any inten-
ton of attacking Austria, through heI
Italian possessions, and adds that it is un-
likely be shall do so, unless with strong
pro.ocation, on the part of England, which
volunteered to act as mediator Lord Cow.
ley, Ambassador at Paris, went TO Vienna
to consult with the Emperor of Austria,
aud has returned, it is announced, with a
favorable reply. Of course, Austria is un-
willing to have war in Italy, but the mes
sage brought back by Lord Cowley strong
ly declares that Austria insists upon the
ful6lment of the various Treaties which Sc
cured large portions of Italy to her. In
other words, Austria wants to hold her
own, and will play the game, if possible,
of let me alone and / will not meddle with
you. sAsafH ;l s,aI s.s / >.:.i 81
The Italian case lies in nutshell. The
King of SARDINIA, wanting to recover the
ascendeney which his father obtained in
1s4s, and literally fooled away, and being
also desirous of enlarging his dominions,
wants to dispossess Austria of the whole,
or part of her Italian provinces. He can
not do this OF himself. Neither the extent
of his funds nor of his army permit him
to try this coup without assistance. He
has rallied on aid from France--substantal
aid, in arms and in money. Most proba-
bly, he aspires to become King of Italy,
as his father did. That is, to be in Italy,
what the Emperor of Austria is in Germa
ny, a sort of ACKNOWLEDGED head, over nu-
merous minor Powers; each sovereign and
independent within its own limits, yet ow-
ing sort of fealty to one paramount ru-
Ter a ia,s.a-F ,s Gi-!l i..G is J31 i17
= The Sovereign Princes of Italy would
be indisposed, no doubt, to concede any
such supremacy to the King of SARDINIA.
But their subjects would probably be very
differently influenced. Those portions of
Italy which are ruled by the Emperor of
Austria and the King of the Two Sicilies
(Naples) grievously suffer from the most
exacting, capricious, and abominahe mis-
government. Greater tyranny does not
exist on tho face of the earth than that
which grinds the Neapolitans to the dust.
The best and bravest, the most learned
and the most exemplary of the Neapoli-
tans are suffering from absolute and capri
cious tyranny, which casts aside the re
straints of law and justice, which has even
revived the torture, and which deals with
liberty, life, and property, in manner
which the free citizens of this country nev-
er can understand-so utterly outrageous
and tiagitious is it. In Austrian Italy,
much the same misgovernment prevails,
but there, at least, some apparent re-
spect is paid to the semblance of law
Yet, whenever the white uniform of an
Austrian soldier appears, in Italy, curses
both loud and deep are to be heard. 1t is \
only the strong arm of force which re-
strains the Italian subjects of Austria from
rising into revolt No doubt, there are
millions in Italy who, to get rid of the ha-
tired Neapolitan and Austrian yoke, would
gladly answer a warlike appeal from the
King Of SARDINIA, and strike for liberty.
Austria clearly relies on treaties-for-
getful that they are only waste-paper, if
either party should choose to treat them
as such. Austria appeals to the rationale
ty of Germany to aid her, should her do
ninion in Italy be threatened or assailed.
But the greatest of these-Prussia-will
scarcely aid her, because Prussia aims at
becoming the ruling power in Germany, and
really was so in 184S, until the supreme
folly and fickleness of her imbecile King
threw her back, and restored the German
c supremacy to Austria. In the event of
a war in Italy, it is most probable that
Prussia would be perfectly neutral, and
hat England would follow her example.
There is yet another Power, whose inter
ference would be important This is Rus
'ia, which, we suspect, would be found in
array against Austria, ere the war was well
entered upon. 1t would be too tedious
low to explain the grounds upon which
We form this suspicion, but we believe
hem sound. '~ II .-a> at'aa
At all events, the present expectation of
var seems dissipated. The pear is not yet
ipe enough. .''+ '