Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-09-01
An English View OF Slazzini's Last Mani

The Liverpool Times Of August 13, after abiding
to the present political isolation of England thus
speaks of Mazzni's late manifesto on the European
coup dsta, published in the UNioy Asn American
few days since.
"And now we have Nazzini coming forth from the
silence of bis exile to reproach her, not without
much artifce Of reasoning, not only with material
cowardiee, but with moral guilt
$50 long as NiazEini confines himself to that ab-
straet cause and that moral sentiment which we
said England sympAthises Witk and believes in his
English readers go along with him il his reason
ing and in his zeal We can go along with him in
h weightiest denunciations, and his most confceni
p eGictiOns. The traditions of European Imperial
ISM and the BORapsrtist system Of policy, are az
little agreeable to the ideas and preudiees of Eng
lishman as they to Italian unity and the pros-
poets of national independence. Of the suspected
confedacy over which Louis Napoleon is thought to
be bargaining TO be director aud chief, we ara dis
posed to be very ashisutmost lance would have
us, or his Cassandra-like warnings would provoke
us to be- When Louis Napoleon took upon himself
the title of 'Liberator, We feared as much as he,
the Argives and their promised gifts We distrused
and suspected the tyraat bearing the pretended boon
of liberty Thus far, We can sympathise even With
the exed revolutionist the abstract question we
are as one But the moment he gets to the concrete
question Of our relations to the powers which are
involved in the recent Italian campaign, We part
company with him. as visionary or a sOphst. His
manifesto is in logic non ssguilur, and in politics
'upractcabe. He blsmes our recent neutrality;
vet shOud we ssk him what coalition we were to
form Ie denies to Us the friendship both Of France
and Aus,r;a But, as France and Austria we're the
onIv narties in the Italian struggle, what stand
point. independent Of the two, we're We and the
cause of liberty with which he lnruss us TO occupy
Does he say that we to have organized an Iia-
ian party and to have assumed their leadership anl
advocacy? But, then, Italy accepted tae champ
ionship of Louis Napoleon and believed him 10
spite of us Victor Emanuel fought with Louis Ma
poleon; Garibaidi fought with Louis Napoleon;
the municipality of Milan laid its crown st his fee;
the Austrian duchies openly hailed him their de-
IiVerer. Supuosirg Italy dsaded suppOsng NaFo-
leon a berayer, yet, upon his own showing, our
faithfalness TO the principles OF freedom dictated
% US a private and separate policy, aud an abstin-
.. zee from useless complications BY his own reason
in. we were prevented from e0aleseing with tae od
onn,,Ssors Of ILaly while to have joined ourselves
-, fbe c,deriot of Louis Napoleon would be to have
f.n int7 the snare. end 10 have fdrtbered the de-
sins az bst IMPERIALISM which he tells uB aims to
oyersWe Europe, aad to suongat It's enemies IN de-
tail.
vieionary enthusiasm of tde exile who has but one
absorbipg idea to live upon and 10 dream ABOUT.
We do net look for much practical advice from the
bauished patriot who nurses in solitude the barren
homes of a nationality which England Is poWeriess
to assist and which ITS late champion has degradt
into pretence under which to mature designs IN
imica to the freedom and independence of Europe.
ssEngsnd may be satisfied that the reason
ing of friendly critics. aud the reprOaches Of inter
ested enemies tend to the same VindieatiOn Of her
| neutral policy. Armed interference would have
been useiess And The interference Of great pow
| er. if useless must be peruicOus The question
remains whether her interference in congress VIII
not he inst as useless and therefore, just as per-
n;cious. We are convinced it will. There are only
two courses open; either to fall in with the de.
signs of despoiism, or to organize crusade against
! bhem. The first would be criminal; the second IN
practicable All England can 90 yet, with either
dignity or safety, is-tO watch and wait