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liberation of ftfiy from Austrian dominion was
decided on the 24th Of June, md the -Teutonic
Face admonished to prepare for its complete ex-
pulsion.
With c7ery step which the French and Sar-
dfnlan armies have taken since the war BEGIN
The specnlations to which successive events have
given rise Erox tmofe Interesting. That'if 4
almost taken for granted, and the mind natu1-.
ally turns to the problem Of the temporal so7-
.ere!gnty Of the Pope The people Of the Ecelezi
astaeat States hare been no less grieyiously op-
pressed than their brethren OF The Lomharlo,
Venetian kinglom, and one OF oil the alleged.
motives of the present war-oue Of the matters
which would have been submitted to the Con-
Eress Of Soycreigns, il that method ot adjusting
the difficulty had been adarted-was the exis-
tence Of grave abuses. in tile political admins
tFptlon' OF those States. The Government of
Sardinia has been engaged in a.Quarrel with the
uPoh course of liberal legislation and began 10
tolerate other fornsof worship than the Catho.
lic- Ofthe other Catholic countries Of Europe
France is thAs which has always asserted and
maintained the Ereatest Independence Of the
authority Of the Roman hierarchy. Under the
OF France processes to initiate, the Supreme
-fontif was regarded aud treated rather rs the
principal Bishop Of his empire than as IN inde-
pendent secular power. When Napoleon enter
ed Italy in the early part Of bis victorious career,
be slut up Plus the Sixth in the Capitol, and
helped himself freely to the goods in Ills palace.
rus the Seventh was made TO come and 10 ut
his bidding; he Cane to Paris to place the crown
on the head Of the emperor with his own sacred
hands. At a subsequent period, mt finding thu
| ponid quite SO suhservient to his designs Us he
could wish, Napoleon Detained him for years a
downfall Of his impesini jaiIor in 1874. 1t is not
probable that the professed initator Of the first
Napoleon will be restrained in his designs bv
any greater reverence for the head Of the Latin
Church than was shown By him whom be takes
for his model. !,
Something, therefore,. We mar e1pect to- be
dane. il the joint arms Of Sardinia and France
should be successful in this contest, to reform,
ths abuses Of the ciTil government in the Roman
StAtes. II IS not Necessary here to state What
ttese abuses ARE, nor to diseuss their gravity or
extent. The governments Of France and Sur.
a'nia have hare emphaticaily declared their ex-
istence, and beyond question nre determined to
make them the pretext ofimportant changes in
the Roman government, One Of the c1ererest
and most popular writers in France, Edmund
| About, whose very na1ne On title page is suf-
| aclent 10 give my work the widest ctfcutnti6n
atno9g eager readers wherever The language in
which it Is written is known, visited ROME, to
study the working Of lis Girl government.
and gave the result Of his researches to tie
French public through The columns Of the En-
pefors official sheet. the Aoeittur; Tie bold
ness Of the tone be took, and ll,e absolute au-
dacit5 Of the coloriug he gave his Representa-.
saons, obliged the Emperor to direct these com
inunicasions to be suspended, but in,u,ediately
they were scattered thfou! ii a1l France in q
volume published ut Brussels, md opcpIy jntro-
duced through the French Custom -liuusc. until
the urgent Eemonstrances of the Roma,ist phtty
caused its sale to be in,erdicted. The 1rart If
| done before.