, 1859-05-14
The Revolution In Tuscany.

intelligence has reached ns to tile effect that
the Grand Duchy-not the tirand Dukc-of
Tuscany has declared i'll favor Of Italian inde-
pendene, ur. in other words, has cast in It's lot
with France and Piedmont. Of all the italian
States the Grand DuclIy has been the least mis-
in the hour Of trial, find long score Of arrears
which they must now discharge. Even so short
,glil. back lis l,4S, the present Grand Duke
might have conciated the good will and respect
Of his people-for his. in truth, had never been
agrinding tyranny. The farmers and pcasan,ry
Of that rich Valley Of the Arno had lived hap
pilv and peacefully enough under his rule, and
lhey remembered it to him in the hour Of lis
need. When he absconded-for there is no
other term in which tn describe the manner Of
hts precipitate fight-nter tue events Of fls4s, he
was recalled by the affection of his people, and
TRANQUILITY replaced on his throne. The return he
made was to tilt the archdnchy with Austrian
trours. aud to convert it into mere satrapy Of
Austria. lie had sworn to Il constitusion-he
repealed it. He violated every promise, express
or implied, which he hnd made in tie midst Of
the turmoiis of that eventful year. Now, vile
ther it is that the TuScans were mere endur-
ing and patient race than the inhabitants of the
other Itaan suites; whether it is that the man
ner ia which the rulers had exercised their Sway,
despotic Us it may have been, w:lS far mildcr
than was the fashion Of other Italian princes;
whether Tuscany lay So near to the great Aus
triun Carrisons, and was so filled with Austrian
troops, md 50 weak, that any attempt 1T iusur-
rection could not but BE- instantly crushed or,
finally, whether. taught at last by the events Of
l>+>, the Italian friends Of Italian independence
had resolved never to move aEaitl until they
could act in concert. it is certain that the re:c
touarY policy Of the little Tuscan court w1s
tolerated with singular discretion and tori>car-
ance by the people Tic desire to free them.
selves from tic d"spntisn Of Austria WIS there,
but they engaged in no idle plots. and gave. no
excuse 10 their foreign task-lnasters for thc in
hlction of useless misery and pain: They, had
made up their minds to bidc thrr time, and the
time has arrived Il, last The Grand Duke and
his family were tolerated. not ahllorred; their
presence excited no gesture of mcuacc. aroused
no scow] uf hatred in the streets: gooA-Eu-
n,ortd slrug Of indifference expressed the frtl-
ings Of tue people. Tlc knew that when the
axe was laid to the great tree which had struck
which overs}ladowed Tuscany mus. with.r and
perish. Su it has proved, if the intelligence We
have no received b. true, and if not true in I'LL
particulars to-day, it will assurcdly be 50 soon,
The superior officers Of tic Tuscan troops
have presented tleMstlFcs- it is stat
ed-to the Grand Duke at Florence, and huye
declared to him that the only way to prevent
tile revolt Of lis little army is to unfuri the tag
Of Italian Independence, and to unite ut once
with the riednlontese.
This was demand to which tic Grand Dake
was not likely to acccde. lie is said to huvr
seut Immediately for popular Tuscan noble
nla1,. mud tn have requested him to form In ad-
ministration for the purpose uf granting such
reforms as NIGH: be necessary. But it WAS too
late. The time for seda.iyes and Iemollients was
past. Two preliminary steps werr indispcnsa-
Bic to the forming of any u1mini>tration-th
first that the Grand Duke should abdicatc the
second. that there should be u declaration Of al
liance with Piedmont With such conditions
the Grand Duke refused TO comply, and
us it is said, has preferred to abal-
don the Grand nuchy altogether with his
family, leaving its future dcstinies to chance
to the will Of The peopleto the fortune Of war.
informed that the King Of S1tdinia has been de-
clarcd Dictator Of Tuscany during the war, we
give the sum Of the intelligence We have re-
ceyed, and which seems entitled to bcliaf, though
Is yet it wants confirmation. All this, indeed,
points to forcgone conclusion. 1t is no COM
mon propaganda which has beca At work in Italy
since the autumn Of lsJG. Nearly every man
among the educated classes who l.as rot been ST.
solnte!y connected BY ties Of personal interest
No mysterious cake may have passed from
hand 10 hand, rs recently in India. but the
movement WIS as thoroughly organized, aud
carried on in rs complete subjcctiou to a central
will, as the one which but two years ago con-
vulsed our own Indian cmpize. y e shall hare
ne:e incidents Of the same Kind to record with
in The next few DAYS. for the Duke Of Andcaa
and sercsal other Of the sr1aler potentates were
far norr hateful to their people than was ever
p0stlul indeed, OF the Italian soil OH which the
-Austrnn armies are encampcd, or which Is CONF
maudel by their fortrcsses, is Austrian-nut q
square rood besides.