Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-06-28
THE NEWS FROM ITALY.

The latest Austrian report from the war,
brought by the Bremen, was as follows =
"VERoNA, June 10, via Vienna.-The fol.
lowing is official On the Sth of June Gen.
Urban, at Canonica, and the Sth corps d'armee
at Melegnano, were engaged in sanguinary
fights. The enemy, in greatly superior force,
appears to be advancing from Milan, and the
Austrian army has, therefore, passed the AIDA
in good order, and is nearing the reinforce
ments in reserve. The courage of our troops
is unbroken, and they are longing for decis-
i've battle
The reader of this will notice something
very peculiar in the Austrian notion of ode
cisive battle" Louis Napoleon has issued
from Milan the following proclamation
''NdpoLeon III. to the LombdrdS =
Italians-The fortune of war having brought
us into the capital of Lombardy, | am about to
tell you why l am here. When Austria I'M
justly attacked Piedmont resolved to sup
port my ally the King of Sardinia, the honor
and the interest of France making it a duty
for me to do so. Your enemies, who are also
mne endeavored to diminish the sympathy
which was felt in Europe for your cause, by
making it be believed that / only made war
from personal ambition, or to aggrandize the
territory of France. If there are men who do
not comprehend their epoch, am not of the
number. In the enlightened state of public
opinion, there is more grandeur to be acquired
| by the moral influence which is eXer-
cised than by fruitless conquests, and that
moral influence l seek with pride, ia
contributing to restore to freedom one of
the finest parts of Europe. Your reception
has already proved to me that you have I'M
derstood me. l do not come here with the
preconceived system of dispossessing the Sow
ereign nor to impose my will on you. My
army will only occupy itself with two things
to combat your enemies and maintain inter-
nal order. 1t will not throw any obstacle in
the way of the legitimate manifestation of
your wishes. Providence sometimes favors
nations as well as individuals by giving it
sudden opportunity for greatness, but it is on
condition that it knows how to profit by it.
Profit, then, by the fortune which is offered to
you to obtain your independence. Organize
;sa',rS'.I,sas militarilV Fly to the standard of
| King Victor Emmanuel, who has already so
nobly shown you the path of honor Remem-
Der that without discipline there can be no ar.
my. Be to-day only soldiers, and tomorrow
you will be the free citizens of a great coun-
try. NAPOLEON.
Headquarters, Milan. Sd.
This document speaks for ITSELF That de-
claration,-"If there are men who do not COM
prehend their epoch, am not of the number"
shows clearly he understands his position.
We predict that in England and in Germany
the tide will turn in his favor. A change is
already visible in Germany. The following is
given as an extract from private letter from
Munich, dated June Sth -
The NEWS IN GERMANY.-"The passage of
Austrian troops through the Bavarian territory
is, according TO the provisions of the Federal
Constitution, (Bundesakt,) no breach of neu-
trality Indeed, by that treaty, Bavaria as
member of the Bund, could not refuse to let
them pass. The excitement that prevailed is
now cooling down. 1t was from the first too
violent to last; it was brought out and fed by
the Ultramontane party and the aristocracy
who look with apprehension on the growing
influence of Prussian politics and liberal insti-
tutlons They know that sooner or later they
must be adopted here, and then they lose the
half of their benefices and privileges Their
only hope is in the continued ascendancy of
Austrian policy, which has hitherto protected
them, and they are exercising all their inge-
nuity for the turthelance of this object The
news OF the late successes of the French army
has caused a great sensation here, and the
more intelligent classes of the people now
openly express their sympathy with the Ital-
ians-a thing which it would have been unsafe
to do fortnight ago. The greatest harm was
caused by the shameful falsehoods and calum-
MES OF the Ultramontane press in South Ger
many. have blushed with shame and indig-
nation, as a Catholic, on reading some of these
abusive articles"