Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-05-19
From the London Times, May 4.h
The London Times on NapOleon's Dec
laration of War.


1t is impossible not to be carried back
half centu ry, and centuries before that
when we see again the address ofa French
Emperor on his departure TO take command
Of his army in Italy. The Emperor himself
anticipates this comment lie avows his
sympathies with a people whose history is
mingled with that Of France. He invites the
French to enter classic ground illustrated
by so many victories, to seek the footsteps Of
their fathers. 1t is always better to confront
suspicion, anu deny averse omens; and no
doubt the world at large will be only too
ready to observe that France has gone the
old way, in the old manner.
The Emperor claims for France to be now
wiser and better by that experience which
is the ground Of our suspicious. His object
is to restore Italy to herself-to remove fiom
the Pope that foreign pressure which weighs
on the whole peninsula, and help establish
order based on the satisfaction of legitimate
interests. Ali this can only mean tine ex-
pulsion of every foreign soldier from Italy,
and complete Italian independence Such
are the objects of France in the war. The
invasion of Piedmpnt by the Austrians,
which he here characterizes in terms usual
with men when they describe the acts of
their enemies, has compelled France to arm
and interfere. As the armament was com.
plete, and the interference imminent, before
the crossing Of the Ticino it is natural to
ask, what there was previous to that fact
that fixed the interest oe all Europe for so
many months on that boundary 2 Austria,
says the Emperor of France, had brought
things to that pass that the North of Italy
could no longer be divided between her and
any independent power. A single cor ner in.
dependent was dangerous to Austria She
must either advance to the Alps, OF be driv-
en- into the Adriatic, and she chose the forI
mer 1t is the object of France to accom-
plish the latter solution Of the difficulty. The
reward France expects is that she will then
have a free, independent and grateful
neighbor; that at this moment Napoleon
Ill would be delighted il such a consamma-
tion could be secured by few brillia Mt vic,
tories, may be only imagined. 1t is not for
us to say what hopes may lurk in his breast.
The war works itself out after its own fash.
ion. Courage, physical strength, skill,
chance and the elements turn the day. Ii is
utterly beyond human forethought Of what
will be the relative position Of France and
Austria, Sardinia and other States Of Italy
and Of Europe, at the close Of this war,
whenever it may be. Who can pretend to
say how belligerents will find themselves sit
uated after the close Of two or three cam.
paigns, or even who the belligerents will be2
Besides Lombardy and Venice, besides Piedl
mont, Genoa, Savasa and Sardinia, there are
also Tuscany, the Dutchies and Papal States,
directly involved in the quarrel Is it pos
sihle that the two Sicilys should not be alb.
sorbed into it2 VIII the other powers of
Europe stand aloof as the war proceeds
New matter will be imported into the quar-
rel, if quarrel that can be called which is
simply trial of strength, between all who
may choose to join in the strife What we
see before us is war. The end Of that war
no man can see.