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1t may be that the war is approach

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tria to submit to the loss of the terri
tory she has not been able to keep
but it will not be because Austria ha
been finally and irrccoverably dcfca
ted in tie field More and bloodier
and more successful battles than Ma
gcnla, must be fought, before the
French can drive Austria out of Italy
or spare her armies the costly task o
waiting to prevent her return. Italy
will not be paciicated, and certainly
her independence will not be secured
so long as a French army Of IL hun
drcd thousand mems needed to put the
Austrians out, or to keep them out.
In the meantime, the Emperor Ma
poleon has issued a proclamation, and
the Emperor of Russia has caused q
diplomatic circular to be addressed tc
the Courts of Europe, which are doc.
uments which have a very significant
bearing upon the character Of the
war, and may have a very formidable
effect on its continuance.
The French proclamation is a pro-
test Of entire disinicrcstcdn css in tie
war. He has no ambitious projects
for himself or for France. lie says
come not here with a prcarrangcd
plan to diSpossess sovereignS, or to i'm.
pose upon you my will. My army will
have two works 10 perform to fight your
enemies and keep internal order. No
obstacle shall be raised to the free man.
Hesitation Of your legitimate wishes.
Your desire for independence so long
put forth, so often bai1lcd, shall be real.
lied, il you show yourselves worthy OF
it,"
These are lofty sentiments, if they
are sincere, and the event shows that
they cover no dupIicity, 1T be shown
what he means, by pledging his amy
to preserve "intcrnal ordcr," what
they shall rcprcss, and what be Shall
consider a "lcgitimatc' wish Of the
Italians. In their literal sense they
may be understood to express all that
liberals Of every nation hope for ita-
ly, and it is perhaps fair to take them
in the best sense, until events dcvc!Opc
something to show the ultcrlor purpo-
ses which the many who distrust the
man will continue to ascribe to him.
There is scarccIy Il word which he ut
ters that the FIRST NapoIeoc did not
say as fully to the people Of Italy. and
how he kept them, is matter Of his
tory.
The diplomatic declarations Of Rus,
sia are in accord with this declared
policy Of France.
The war is pronounced to be an az,
gressivc one, wantonly produced by
the act Of Austria. The moderation
and good faith Of France are accep.
ted and applaudcd, Germany is re-
buked for the disposition manifested
in some Of the States to dis,rust the
motives Of France and to engage in
the war on the unloundcd decision
that German nationality is attacked.
The declarations by England and
Prussia, Of neutrality in the war, are
cordially seconded, and Germany dis.
tinctly informed that the responsible
ty of extending he war beyond the
limits of I.aly, will be incurred and
treated accordingly, if the German
States embark in the cause and assail
France.
The political force of this paper
must be very great, and its effect on
the conduct of all the parties to the
war, and all who are likely 10 engage
in it. is esteemed TO be highly iavora>
bic to the localization Of the war, and
by consequence, to specdier return
to peace.
Both arc very remarkable papers.
If they prove nothing else, they show
the mighty influence Of public opin-
ion in these days, over the most dcs-
polic States. The whole world sym
palhiscs with Italy in her resistance to
foreign domnation-in her desires for
freedom and independence. We may
not be able to understand why Napo-
Icon, who does not tolerate freedom
in Francc-who has repressed it with
stern rigor, and imprisoned or Danish
rd its devoiecs, who would not be ST.
lent; or Rassia, whose whole system
is based on ideas Of absoutism, should
come before Europe, the one 10 lend
an army Of a hundred thousand men
to help oppressed nationalities against
their rulers. and the other TO menace
Europe with the connagration of a
universal war, if any other power
shall step in to support the ovcr.mas,
tered despot. 1t makes very curl
Gus chapter in the history of the age
and its tendencies, and will doubtless
have some une expected development
and work curious changes in the fu.
ture politics or the world. But we