, 1859-07-27
Why Napoleon Desired Peace
DIFFICULTIES Of Ills PoS,I1Gy,

The following letter from the sent of war.
written before the nrmist:ce had been declared,
will furnish key to some Of the reasons which
led Napoleon to desire peace:
lco7espondene: Of tie n T. 11mea1
Ra1sctA. Sunday, July s. 1ssa.
I am almost afraid 10 cousi2n to paper the
Low murn'ura tllat reach me like The rnmblipRs
Of the rolrano before the storm gets out. Re
member, do not gise myself out for phro-
phet; am not in the secret Of the Emperor,
nor Of his stuff; but, if am not VERY much
mistaken, the long..naiurcd political plans Of
the Emperor hare not succeeded as that splen-
did attack tnproeix or Solfesino did succeed;
nor are the King and the Emperor Us cordial
friends us tTo victors should be within week
after such day of glory as the esd Of June
proved for both.
The writer goes on to speak Of thc embar-
RAISING nature Of the Roman ques.iop, and Of
the Emperor disappointment at not being able
to find throne for Prince Napoleon in Tus-
cany. He concludes as fo'lows:1
Now, it is possible that the Emperor might
look orer this lutte arrangement Of his plan,
considering il easy to find another throne ior
fi0n-pion; but uuother and still more serious
trouble arises in the Legations. The moment
the Austrians are compelled to retire, the in~
labitants Of tue Fapal States, whom brute
force alone has prevented from dethrun-
ing The Pope every day since l64e; throws
9 Hc,ar the Kns hated Xeae and ,p prfsans Re- a
He told the 1taliaus from Mian to organize
themselves in q military way; to rally round
the Kings standard, aud follow him on the
patll TO honor, promising not To o1er any ins
pedimcnt to the expression Of their legitimate
wishes They have done sol Perhaps be
meant only to speak 10 the Lombards: Then
he should have said SO distinctly; lie
cannot now send troops to crush the
Italians for their prompt obedience to lila
cal! i; and on the other hand lie has guaranteed
the temporal dominious Of tie Church to TIE
Popc-so he cannot help his subjects TO rebel.
He is between two dI'einmas. On tho one
hand, the French clergy will do their utmost to
rouse an instruction Ia France, if the pope he
assa'lcd with even the indirect consent Of tic
Emperor; On the other, the ulassacres al Peru
gia have set not only the inLabi1ants Of the Pa
pal states frautic, but ail tue Italians. As long
as they hrlicve that the Emperor will {if he
does not hesp} consent to their takin. vengeance
for those iutamies, they are still bis ardent ad-
lnifcrs but ALREADY Ills silence has shocked
them. Calming words from Guyon nre TIC lon
ger sufficient iur the Romans. And depend on
it, when the last Austrian il Withdrawn from
Cotnacchio mud Parma they will take matters
into their own hands. The Emperor knows
this. lie knows that yictur Emanuel is pro-
found!y gEievcd ut the existing state of things;
that he does not see. and cannot be made to
sec. Why be sh.'u!d not be hing Of Italy,
since the Isaliahs wish it. What ia 10 10
doue: Thai is tho question. rcpeat that
aul not one Of the Initiated; but the Impression
II strong here that he is szavefinx 10 tn whether,
after al he will drive the austrians clean out of
the Peninsula! If he wavess-if he shows signs
Of making peace til this is done--woe to tile
unhuppy Venetians, who will have to bear oil
tue brunt Of Austrian vengeance! Woe to the
volunteers under Garibatdi, who will Fight as
long as breath remains in Que of them ,ntil the
last Austrian be hunted from the Alps! Hut it
may not be as bad al this. Perhaps Venice
may be fred from the Austrian, but made into
separate kingdom, under the Archduke Max.
Perhaps this panic has no foundation. Ma
poleon has said that Italy shall be free from the
Alps TO the Adriatic. Will he prove himself as
incapable or uufaitlful in tue face Of Europe.
Yet Tie unnecessarily slow approach Of the
Franco-Sardo feet towards Venice seems to
gtve color to the panic, for eau call il nothing
else, which scems to have seized On al.