The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-04

nsrefs " the gobe, bat also the quiet and Invoabily
Of nations, far and near, connected unconueced With
the points At issue. Look for at the magnitude
Of TIE events quickly following Armies numbering
hundreds Of Thousands have been rAsed and with their
munitions Of war, transported long distances from toer
countries 70 the land where lay OF tsx
riee drama about TO be enacted INVASION followed by
expulsion, and invasion In turn, rendered feasible by
those memorable days Of glory and shame, in which, at
the expense of the blood OF hundred aud twenty tnou
sand brave men, the already familiar words Aoutebeo,
Magenta and Soferino-were arss coined blaze his
tory's broad page; the raising marching and counter
marching Of enormous armies add the building Of
ing fleets by every ueghboring Power, In order be
prepared for my and all Of wars evenuaes; followed
frat by a truce, and then peace; with the homeward
moves Of the respective CONTESTANTS coming in 20 sud
denly upon oil these rapidly progressing ydefyug
set secretaries and statesmen agog
with wonder and surprise, perhaps not unmingled with
spark Of vexaon at finding their estimates and pre-
dictions completely foored.
TIE Of time elapsed, and the immensely Of the
accomplishments, 10 many may seem like the reading or
Eastern tale, but In reality nothing than
strong confirmation or the saying commenced WITH that
We live In fast age That the full weight Of those few
h0Sen7efy
what the results would have been this instance
had the comosants understood their forcs and
taken advantage OF the fact accordingly. Turin would
have been pundered, the campaign extended into the
malaria season, and indefinitely longer, With com
mensurate benefits while "grim death' would In
voked his powers, and on the burning plans amid the
retking agoons Of those hot chimes, you'd have sat
throned common and nvulnerable oa. Had Aussrias
rulers comprehended their Importance, she very hseiy
m hop atiun nutnNa
intact and her gallant young Emperor been spared the
tears shed at SoIierno It seems hardly credible tna.
Emperor leaving Vienna for the head OF his army and
that he should have suffered such
only TO return 70 bis proud capital mere shadow OF that
myth Of spendor and grandeur which surrounded him,
and looked like real strength and greatness the
Of his departure, but which has proved only roenness
and psignfcance.
With, possible, greater rapidly taau the COM
mencipg Of the war; have The closing
place. Europe hao hardly begun 70 comprehend tbs rig
Dcance Of the truce Prussia to think what must be
her attitude in before became the teagra
phic wate hword from the sunny plains OF Hay tue
fro4en regions OF Russia and 20 quick do events follow
hat half inclined 10 doubt whether the thick fly
ing execraons Of the Germaus against what they cali
thing else Wi, stare the beer drinking Descher from bis
present specu atoms ntowhat would perhaps be the
greatest boom To the slow acting people OF the
proper comprehension of the value Of effectiveness
NATTER to come back to the starting point OF the fact
that nowadays the world moves fast Since the IL
is hard TO tell which the Germans of this region curse the
heartest the dummhe, Observation-Disclosures Of Francis
Joseph for not running the risk of losing his ALI nseso Of
LOmbsrdy Alone besides shedding the blood Of yet thou
great scoundrel % LOUIS NapS leon, or the bloody
ambition Of Napoleon ILL.,, which they, TO man,
Is e ma M e n
themselves but 10th TO it, for getting into the
fix they have and beginning to feel the unpleasant
or It 10 gradually breaking through their metaphy
scai skulls that Austria would never have rushed into
the did from exterior circumstances.
She had felt confident Of help. in Of exemite
Der natural aes-the Germauc Bund Confeder atoa and
that Francis Joseph hnding himself reduced TO STRATUS,
no practical attention paid his calls for relief made
peace with Napoleon III On his own terms, rather taan
have the carried to extreme, when the Bund
take part and possibly at that late hour render
some assistance for which would have claims up,n
gratitude in event of troubles on the Rhine-when
you 10 defiance Of all confederation alliances he
no that Nsvo oas q Sens
apprised OF this sentiment not slow taking
sRe Of il by proposing peace offering to leave the vene
at the risk Of having said that he did not acsom
pish bis avowed object in undertaking the Per
haps 10 mucn 10 suggest that the opening words
Of Francis Joseph the meeting at vafrauca in 1859
smacked not less Of hostility towards vaclang Prussia
than did the drst sentence Of Alexander ut the coz
ference 1t II sit, In 1907 towards Eug and and Is
hardly to be supposed that the yer OF Napoleon Ill
was less conclusive than that Of his great uncle
affairs public sentiment outside Of Catholic circles very
lily satisfied, the press be taken the criterion Many
in their complaints and tauntnes Of the violated
pledges that after having spent much and
flower Of his army he should work half finished
only at some future time to be redone at dspropor
onate cost Iconfess that Italian Confederation under
the presidency Of the Pope with the still within
their much talkedof quadratera is hardly 10 be called
liberation Of Italy rom the Alps the Adriatic ia &C.
cordance with Napoeons procamations time nave
believed he would do more than to carry what he
70 be hs Intentions unless forcet by Prussas
Intervention, TO the least meddng with Hungary
but firmly believed he would stop nothing snort Of
that Parteans may they do praise his noble magma
nimty and moderaon but will il not admit Of aestion
whether the magpanimty aod mod displayed by
conqueror be OF the true Sort IT, in showing it. be leaves
the great and primo motive OF war; undertaken for the
ameliraton OF an enslaved people, unacoompshed and
In situation apparently hopeless Of permanent adjust
menH
The msgnsnimity exhibited by Napoleon Iu in this
case entirely towos the Austrian Emperor but was
he not rather first bound t, extern 1t to his noble allies
the Italian patriots who rushed TO his aid from every side?
And has he done it? You will already have received
"conditious Of peace" before you do this heacs will
benefited by the substituting for the rule Of Francis
Joseph alone that Of his and the Pipes combined
far the prosperity Of the inhabitants within the domain of
the " Confederation" will be improved by their being
under the Presidency Of the Pope" to be seem
As leave here in week or two for Switzerland, and
slight notion Of what their feens are at being so
mOniously transferred from Emperor to Emperor aud in
turn 10 King, learned from themselves The Crholtc
are Of course, very generally elated 10 Thar pres
fairly booms Nth praies Of the Fesch Emperor, who
has done for Catholicism at stroke wha, its most
ardent propagapdiss have failed In ut every and all
attempts This feeling the part Of the Catholics very
different from what II few weeks ago, when Count
Cavorrs policy seemed about triumphant The resignation
Of Cavour is to say the leas significant It shows how
nearly the expectations of the Italian patriots are met
Cavour is noble lover of his countrys liberty, and
urged the with all the force Of Sardinia expecting
did all those patriots who followed his leaf in the
matter, something better than desertion at the very
moment when the prize was within their grasp Either
Napoleon I'LL had greater incentive at heart for concud
ing peace than he cares the world should know he
inadequate the undertaken ina he has not
emancpated Italy from the Alps the Adriatc is Ger.
tam his proclamation 10 the army confessed in saying
that Austria will continue In possession Of venetia is
little doubtful what these vauntngs that Italy should
be free meant when right in face Of them peace
cuded which allows Austria not only 10 retain her Vene
tan provinces intact but gives her voice in Italian af-
fairs generally by virtue Of her seat in the Confederation
Certainly cannot be meant that where Ausras clutch
lies, there land can be free To up, with all
modesty say IL, cannot zee that Italys last condition
much bet than her nst-that the wealth and hooor OF
France materially increased that Sardinia by
the mere acquisition Of Lombardy Is made very eeeve
barrier either Austrian French interference in purely
Italian affairs and surely none Of these eads been
attained what have been the very immense benefits or
this short but bloody war;
During six or seven weeks following the LIST Of Nay In