The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-02-28


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views on TINS grave s"oecs snu oon enoeavorea 70 ooe
70 an UNDERSTANDING W Proiose 70 sne rope pan VI
reforms the urgency ana necessary OF wnicn were CON-
tested by no one. a..
principles in this plan, which may be thus ntimated:-
eeeularzaon Of the administrative power by ths formation
q Council OF State consisting OF aymen, and cnargeo 70
s1smne and discus The q, laws; :, ~. .ou,v IN CON-
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selected BY the Pope from Inst OF candidates presented BY
eo councils and called upon 10 deliberate all the laws
and 70 vote the budget; .,,
An smcacous control over local eIpensSS ~ Ponci
ss reCeivng me hv ssctars copformably 70
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Jvdiciai reform nv he nromugstion Of code
he plan OF The Code Napoleon" the "Code Lombsrdo-
Venetian or that Of Naples;
regular evyng OF axes according W inc ssse a'p'eo
Finally reconciliation Of Al classes and all opinions By the
those willing to make respectful submission the sovereign
POntiG.
Such were the bases OF the project sent from Paris 70
Vienna In the month of june 1857 The Ausridn govern
met made i,n~snse mod fcations and submitted IN return
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y,.sed bv FIa1ce mad nearIv dtsanpsayed
Under the circumstances France thought with reason
that II was better not 10 do ANYTHING than 10 on Austria
W blowing bubbles and deceIye the ok cecatious
the populations by sham reforms when what they
tslly required were serious i'm provements
Nv refusing her co operation 10 serious reforms after
having frankly admitted their principe we admit that
Austria obeyed a political sentiment which We
hanme tt cannot acknowledpe Not being able to make
reforms IA her Italian PROVINCES she cannot allow them
be made in other parts of italy, She fully understood
mis- in 1915 when she forbade the King of Naples the
of n
hrms which could not be reconced with the principles
e had adopted in the internal man gement OF her Italian
nrovnces NJ do Metternch with that keen glance which
Was peculiar TO him. thus laid down the principle
.on which Ia since srtaen and which hencetortb can
deceive no one
To ask austria to exercise mder and more liberal rule
IN Iombardy would be simply TO ask her TO commit suicide
m is evident she cannot maintain her rule in Uoper
Ialv except by the strong hand every atom of liberty
conceded bv her to that Conquered country would be
made use OF as a weapon towards Acknowledgement But
this ia not all and this was we'll understood by de Met
terpich in ISIS Place the Roman states Naples and rus
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between those States and IOmbardy the pressure of
which would Immediately be felt by Austria.
she might INTRODUCE into her wn PROVINCES but also by
chose introduced into tnese independent States
she ia condemned 10 oppose Arm resistance to every
pnovaton immobiy Is the absolute Condition Of her
II ia therefore Impossible to obtain her CO oper
Atom and without that nothing can be done at Rome OF
NanIs in the Ducbes wherever her power ia feared and
her impuIsiops obcyed We must therefore come 10 e sad
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sTe which animated The to remedy
state Of things preudca 70 the quiet Of Europe and 70
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Be.veen the impossihitv Of a reform and the Imminent
oT ,,s ,o ,vh., does there rem am fer alv
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viii q he bS The D, dcsoerata resource Of revelation
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Enthu sastc reyoIutonss Of country have
PASSIONS and illusions Infatuated with their doas sran
iess for more Ger tant,es Thus for instance
thew have long fancied and still that there
N Grouse I,aiv ona drive he hovond
sbe Al1s This betrays more theu
The slightest knowledge of sraterical posons would
convince onv man We maintain without fear Of DENIAL
nv INV comnetent authority that If MI Itav were IN ree
from he cnis of Taranio ~ the A,ns tho Sr.rian
n;aht certsrlu smaar Martial losses INT n, the lone nm
S sh asau 10 hsrs sr es
the Italian ncninsuIa =
IN fact re,l,a,ons produce enthusiasts but seldom prac-
t..d ,yorr;ors mr. sd nniI;lnyy ar maj inn,
~~. ,,otsg;si rso,;s;ts N ,noI. .b ~ creo,
o. liz zyara@ alv Alone could pSs defend her nde
rendepce unless CAPABLE of bringing 200 600 dscipned
men into the field Of which 20 600 should be- cavalry 500
"a 600 drought horses THIS simple sates shous that u
snd r,oUire at Least len Years of stron0 and e,eoetic
I,ors, amend b prcduce ss,ch Ssil,tor " Po,cer
It must also be admitted that nature has done much To
uroect Austrian domination in aly and wet nature has
lone has and hv the hand Of
man Uppcr Italy large plain bordered the north by
t Aims in the south by the Apprentices in the east and
vest by he sea That plain traversed BY arge and deep
rivers, as the Tcno the 70, the AIDA, the Mnco, The
Adipe the Brena the Pave the vensa the Tagliaen.
10 An these rivers offer admirable lines Of defence to
Austria who has covered the chief passages by forts
which AT has rendered almost impregnable
Let us even suppose that by most extraordinary cir
ecumstances Italian army should arrived triumph
auy az far as the Adge and that the surrecon should
have spread through the fat country Let us even
what is scarcely probable fcrtresses like Fava Pa
Oenta Ferrara rescia Bresera Pzzghone, feschiers,
Mansua Milan Iaveno ROcca AnzO, Pegnage Venice,
6Op0 Palma Nuova Should have fallen into the 6ands OF
the victor Well the game would not be up for Austria
for Italy her battle field Tyrcl and the Alps Of Ca
rntha her real ortresses OF which Verona, with its
immense Notifications, s retrencted camp, and out
post capable OF holding 900 men.
Well let US suppose Austria driven back to the Alps;
she may allow the whole Italian army to enjoy Ito mo-