New-York daily tribune., 1859-05-18
THE ADDRESS OF THE FRENCH EMPEROR.


II is impossible not to be carried back half century,
and centuries before that when again the adj
dress Of French Emperor on his departure 10 take te
command of his army III Italy. HE Emperor h'uSeh
anticipates tie comment; he avows ms synpathles
with q people whose history is mingled with that oi
France he invites the French TO enter classic land,
illustrated by many victories to seek the footsteps o
their fathers. Ii is always better to confront Suspicion
aud defy adverse omens aud, no doubt, the "oflu at
large will be only too ready to observe that France mas
gone the old way in the old manner. Tne Emperor
claims for France to he now wiser and better by tha
experience which is the ground OF our suspicious
He wishes not for conquest, but only 10 man
tain the national ana traditional policy. Ills
object is to restore Italy to herself to remove from
the Pope that foreign pressure which weighs upon the
whole Peninsula, and TO help to establish order DaSed
upon the satisfaction of legitimate interests All TINS
can only the expulsion OF every oreign soldier
and ruler from Italy, and complete Italian ndepend-
ence. Such the objects of France in the war; The
Emperor however, does not leave it TO be supposed
that he has spontaneously undertaken lle 'asA anu
worked up to this result. The INVASION oi fied-
mont by the Austrians, which he characternes IN
the terms usual with men when they de-
scribe the acts of their enemies, has com
peled France to arm and interfere. As the armament
was complete and the interference imminent before
the crossing of the Tcino, 1t Is natural 10 ask
what there was previous to that act that hxel
the interest of all Europe for 50 many months ON hat
boundary. This not tie question Of any momen-
taly act. Austria says the Emperor of France, had
brought things to tins pass that the north OF Italy
could no longer be divided betweenher and any ndepe
dent power. a single corner Independent was dan
rerous 10 Austria. She must either advance to the
Aims or be driven into the ATatc and she chose tine
former alternative Ii is the object of France ~ ac-
compbsh the latter solution of the difficulty Al the
reward France expects Is, that she wil then nave
free independent, and a grateful neghbor. All Ea'
rope We may add, wond feel France public bene-
factor if apart from any question of treaties, she made
Italy seligoverning, peaceabe, and progressive
country.
Tha at this moment Napoleon III. would be de-
lighted il such a consunmaton could be secured by
few brilliant victories may be easily imagined. IL Is
not for TO say what hopes may urk IN his breast,
and hat aitergrOwth Of projects Is already IN store
when the first shall have succeeded. There Is never
any occasion TO probe the heart OF man, AMI SO to
fahom designs for, in truth, these matters are wholly
out of place in the discussion OF quarrels which have
once broken INTO actual war; Treaties are then his
tory maps obsolete. and every day drifts men aud
nations into new IpositiOns, with new hope AM
fears. The works itself out after It's own fashion
Courage physical strength, skill chance, and the ee-
meuts the day. The combaants on till one is
beateu or both eXhaused; and the settlement which
then takes place X that which most justly
and conveniently pcrPetuates the actual eondi-
tiun Of the two parties al the cluse VI the Stug-
gle. Ii is utterly beyond human forethought what
will be the relative position of France, Austria, Sar
dnis and the other States of Italy and OF Europe at
the close Of this war; whenever II msy be. IL may be
remembered that even al the termination OF the late
Russian war OF of singuarly definite character it
found impossible Ia argue from any supposed orig
nal objects what the final settlement should be; and
the Language of the Treaty of Paris was rather TO
take for S basis the then existing state OF things.
Who can pretend 10 say how the bellgerens Will ind
themselves situated after two or three campaigns or
who the belligerents will be Beside Lombardy and
Venice beside Piedmont Genoa, savoy and Sardinia,
there are also Tuscany the Duches and the apa States
directly involved in the quarrel. Is II possible that the
Two SCilies should not be absorbed into II VIII the
other Powers OF Europe stand aoof! As the war pro-
ceeds new matter win I've imported into the quarrel, If
quarrel that can be called which Is simply trial of
strength between all who choose to join in the strife.