The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-22


clif'e, who was prepared to address the House
general support OF the present settlement
| Europe and the necessity of the British COVE II
men, making its weight felt in the negotiations
which may conclude the war, withdrew his motion,
in on der that the Ministry might be In way ham.
! peied by Parliamentary discussion at the present
moment This decision was a right ones tor, per-
haps on the negotiations of the next week il will
depend whether the blessings of peace are to he
restored to Europe or a tcdr RECOMMENDED ,ohioh,
hoe Is es@R re0sS Co.,, to fear, 'ca not be
tee there is little to communicate beyond what the
public already already know. The news of il took
| persons in authority rs much by surprise as
ittook the rest OF the world All that seems to be
| well authenticated Is that the proposal came from
! France, and was the result Of the Emperor's own
determination. This fact is, indeed, highly inpor
taDt, whatever construction may be put upon it
| That the Emperor Napoleon should stop short in a
| career of victory, and make overtures to the foe
| whom he has defeated in two pitched battles and
hurled back to the limits of Lombardy, argues
| either the moderation or the necessities of ne
| French ruler We can hardly believe that the lat
ter have been The cause of this sudden resolve The
war il certainly expensive; the French army is at
considerable distance rom home; supplies haze TO
De paid for and cannot be erdcted as IN The cam
| pai9ns Of ne FIRST Napoleon; he reduction Of The
| famous quddrilaierdl is. no doubt a trouble
some task, and a tinlid general might fancy
| that IL is not too late for U,e fortune Of
nar TO turn. But these are difficulties wh;h
must have been fnreseap before the war began.
Fortune has as yet favCsSn the French Emperor be-
] yond his most sanguine hopes. Within six weeks
after the first shots fired Montebello be has
defeated the Austrans ia a battle so bloody and de.
| cisve as to have compelled them to- abandon all
| thoughts OF meeting bin in the open field. lie is
said to have promised Paris that the war shond not
| last six months. This bold expectation has been
surpassed by the result for IL is quite possible thar
in less time blow may be struck against Verona
which VIII virtually bring the struggle 10 close.
Italy has responded to his call with enthusiasm: the
army is healthy, fever has nor yet thinned its
ranks; Paris is quiet, France obeys the Empress as
! cheeffully as in former times IL obeved Josephine
| or Marie Louise, and the people seem to bear the
burdens of war with an ease unsurpassed even by
| Ou selves.
IT, then, the Emperor is DESTROYS to conclude the
war, II cannot be because he finds conflict with
Austria beyo nd the powers of himself bis army
and his people. No success that be had right to
| look for conld have equtlled that which he has
| bis rival Emperor were alone in Europe he would
| continue the campaign until every Austrian was
driven ont of Italn The real cause Of The French
EmperOrs present step ,riU, ere think be found IN
the dpprehensiOns ,ciics has huaSeefuent success
| has inspired tnerery part Of Europe. The alarm
| Is SO general that even man Of Louis Napoieons
| resolution may not choose to disregard it. The
| chance Of haetag alt Europe against him must be
present to the En,perors mud, and, though
| France may still lay claim to the proud motto
q LOUIS NV, !" Nee pluribus mpar,'
] trust fortune too far. However this may be- we
are very glad that the proposal for an armistce
| came from one Of the beigerent Powers and not
from our government England has not been again
nIeddlng where she cannot interfere with dignity
OF success. The two antagonists began to light in
spite of our most pressing circumstances, and it
becomes US now to leave them alone until they
give signs that wiser and better counsels are be-
ginning to prevail. If the next week OF two show
that Napoleon and Francis Joseph really wish to
stop the efusion of blood and 10 settle permanent
~ the affairs of Italy, we shall be glad TO help them;
but 1t becomes THIS country not to lorer its dignity
by pressing her ddUice u,idsked on hoo En,perors
nho haze shoca no desire that zee should share |
Their cOunselS.
From the london Ne ss, Jab o.
There never was question on which the national
will was more deep and fixed than the question of
the future fate of Italy; there was one there
fore on which it emphaticaly behooved states
men to confess explicitly the faith that is them.
After the butter and mortfyiHg experience have
had of the consequences of sending half-hearted
and puzze-headed men 10 represent us IN European
congresses, we are ii no hum0r to the honor,
influence and dignity of the nation jeopardized again
ny the choosing OF some cunning but colorless man
10 be It's representative abroad. We want to sec
Italy free as speedily and as completely possible
The man who has no opinion on this point or
who, affecting TO have 1t, shrnks from publicly COM
uniting himself to it as a public man, may be
very able, very useful, and very honest man. but
III this matter of Italian emancipation he must
stand aside, for he. is not trustworthy in the
particular business in hand. For our part we
should infinitely prefer to the settlement of the
great controversy left to the people of Italy them
selves. They, and they alone, Judge rightly
what form forms of rule ought to subsst in their
country after the foreigner has been cast out To
tall of the French EmperOr's right TO DISPOSE !
# Lonabardy because he has dricei the Aust,.ians |
tetOnd ats confines and Of -1ustyt0's right TO IN
sis on tte retention of Veneio, because its tocns
are stia ga'yisoned oy her noops is TO deity aae,o
The brute right 0fnee possession by force, against
whtch the ecar, as tcdr Of Dr,nc'pe, ,cds drO,c-
eoy begun. If military occupation be legitimate
sanction when opposed to the indisputable will Of
the ueople whose country is thus occupied then
ftp of the French into talv two
months ago was mere act Of brigandage,
and violation of all the usages and sanctions of |
public law. Nothing did and nothing could
warrant that momentous intcrposition on the |
part Of France but the assumed invitation OF an op
pressed nation, continually ratified in every variety
Of form by them, wherever their hberatng Allies |
appeared The solemn and explicit pledges y0luu- |
tered nv Napoleon III. ere he crossed the rcino, |
are still fresh in the remembrance Of all Europe. |
His MISSION be declared, was not TO conquer, but |
TO emancipaten0t TO carve out Italy afresh to sut
dynastic schemes of power or ACKNOWLEDGMENT, but !
to wrest the peninsula fiom an unsurping and OPP
pressive foreign yoke, and to leave 1t free. From
that noble cor the rictor of Magenta and Soiteri-
no riu not De 6etrdyed INTO dtpart'n3. His gains |
ii the brief but brilliant campaign, now moInen |
tarily suspended, are already vast; but his moral
influence will he still greater the day that he |
leads back his victorious legions to their native
land, free from the stain of spoliation or the re-
preach Of having betray ed the noblest cause that |
brave men ever drew the sword to win.
As for the real or supposed bases of negotiations
sald 10 DE ABOUT 10 ue opened, ana 10 Whlch the I
alnistice just concluded is but preliminary, we
affect no peculiar knowledge. One thing we know, |
that unless they admit frankly and fully the renun
citation by Austria OF alt power either Of govern |
ment interference, direct or indirect, present
reversioDary, beyond the Alps, their discussion is
but waste Of time, for they never lead TO any
thing but failure and renewal Of the deadly strife.
II is no chopping German logic about the COMPARE
tive advantages of the line Of the Minco the line
of the Adiee, or the difference between royal impe
iia sovereignty and the domination Of an archducal
fuppet set up to save appearances aDd keep up the
old antiltaan supremacy under another name. The
voice OF the people Of England of their press, and
letus hops Of their Parhament--will Enthusiastically
be raised against all completely, so far as we
are concerned, in any redistribution of the
albutliberated Peninsula among the despotic
powers or their creatures. Time was when the
NJ martial nv tho Court of Wanna