New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-07
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE. MONDAY. MARCH :, 1859.

slss, but merely & terecd herself sga'1't BE At
tack. Which If tse Ptesess controversy rs'u't' IN
war. sSe r,sy expect from Sardinia backed up and
supported h. Frarc..
Sardinia MAJ well BE- supposej eager 70 bring
uswsr. It's impossible FOR her 10 carp oui
Der schemes Of diving the Austiisn' oGt OF
I.sly ,tCut cxterns sssist.rce, and nobody IS 80
pell abe % render eIsctual assistance a. France.
Trs1 T. re scheme should not succeed. shs nigh:
rely on Der al topEo:ect her from benz swallowed
up by Austria II il Gid succeed, Sardinia might
stl come il for Northern Italy as h.r shsre Of the
spois, Napoleon being content TO accep. Southern
Italy, which, sitter the expulsion Of the Aastriaus,
would be at his dsposs, as 40 apPanase for the
Murat family. Austria, on the other hand, has
every motive to preserve peace, if she can do 80
without shaking her Italian empire or seeming to
humble herself too much. She has every thing ID
risk BY wsr, and little or nothing to gan. Inc
position Of Napoleon is uncertain. If the war
holds cut great aliuremeu,s to hin, both IN the
way Of employing his army, ard occupying the
minds Ct bis subjects aud feeding the French passion
for military goIy, it pill alec expose him to vast
II IL
can tel in what complications it may result So
fsr as il msy be NspOeob's object to occupy the
public mind, sud to give TIE newspapers some
topics which they can discuss without subIecting
themselves 70 the danger of = warning--it is bis
policy to protr.st, 90 long as may be- the present
existing state of anxiety snd uncertainty. Whether
or not his recent speech - the Corps Ltgis-
LarE was conceived in that spirit, 1t
va, admirably adapted to that end,
ard leave, The question OF peace and
war wr,pped up in quite SO much mJsteVm ever
Nor does ;he speech OF the Couat de Morny tend
at ell 10 throw any light on tue darkness. He
merely tells the members Of he Legislative corpse
Of France-for that, we think, must De the true
Epg.h translation Of the French title of that body
to give to the Emperor their implicit support,
addirg in that way weight to hi. negotiations, or to
bis sword if he has occasion TO use 1t. Both be
and the Emperor indulge in some very pretty
fouri,hes about the blessings of peace and tn,
power Of diplomacy, but they both also point to
w.r AZ an alternative 70 be contemplated. The
Epalish Government ard the EoglIsh merchants
sId manufacturers dread the idea Of the disturb
auce Of peace The London Times energetlcally
hold. up before the eyes of Napoleon hi' personal
responsibility in this matter. But, though tho
Government and the Pres, throw their weight into
the ,csIe Of Au'tEs, so far as the points now st
issue ore concerned, there is among the public
strong sympathy for the oppresset italians, and
deposition, in consequence, TO take the side OF
Sardinia snJ France It is true that "a the Italian
patriots are divided on ths point, TIE same 10 s'o
the case with their Eoelsh sympathiscra The
ultra Republicans, with Nazziui at their head, TO
card Sardinia and France as ls5orDg only for their
own ends; nor DO they believe that any resi- extern
sion of italian liberty is to be expected from that
quarter. But, 9, always happens in such ci,es,
the larger portion are ready to accept aid, come
from what quarter it may, or however ambiguous
in its omplexiOn.