Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-05-26
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Yesterday the Emperor Of tie French left
his "capital TO take the command Of his army"
When these words were read by our fathers
some half century ago, every one knew there
was thunder in the air, and that the bolt would
soon fall. They knew also that the crash Of
sacked cities and the cries OF broken armies
would soon be heard. 1t is not quite with the
same certainty Of havoc that we follow the
flight OF the tanner Eagle Of the Bonaparte fam
/ lily. lie has taken all his precautions he has
| left the Empress all the functions of tie Re.
| gency, aud has weighted them with those prop
/ per restrictions which he thinks necessary TO
| prevent the operation Of amisble weakness or
| feminine iIresoution in matters OF State In
his absence he has left her his orders and in
structions' to guide her, and bis photograph
/ newly taken, TO console her. If we look back
| for precedent for an event Of this courtly inn
/ pOrtance, we must rest upon the magnificent
ceremonial which accompanied the departure of
the uncle ofthe present Emperor IN the month
of May in the famous year 1912. Theu also,
an Emperor of France recommended to the pro
lection Of his people his wife aud his one child,
aud went forward in plentiude of maguificeuce
which even Napoleon III. cannot yet emulate to
take the command of half million of men in
arms, and to direct the thunders of 800 guns
Even the huge armies now on foot are not to
nor will there interpose between Paris and the
seat Of war any magnificent delay as that
which drew together half the SOvercigus of
! Europe to do homage to the Great Napoleon at
Dresden, and showed the world four Kings and
a crowd of Princes waiting in the Imperial ante
chamber, and an Empress of France treating
with a somewhat contemptuous condescension
the Imperial Archduchesses, her German rela
tiyes.
The French are pushing troops over the
Alps, and loading their ships of war with sol.
diers for Genoa The supply of food will be
the only limit 20 the number which can thus be
brought into the field. The French probably
have their information about the Austrian army
as the Court of Vienna has its own about
French proceedings But Englshmcn are al
lowed To know little about the matter There
is, however, no doubt that the power which
sent a quarter of million Of men to Sevasto-
pol within eighteen months will be able to
send that number to Northern Italy Consid.
erng that the whole of Italy, with 1900. 600
people, may shortly be in insuuecton, aud that
sardinia has some 10000 troops OF her ow n
already, it may be reckoncd without cxagrcra.
ton that more than 800 600 may in the next
two months be put in line TO drive the Aus
trians from their carefully chosen end now fla.
nous positions in Lomb Tly. % the other
hand, Austria can, and will, no doubt bring an
equal force into the field. She does not want
men, for the empire contains 30. 100000 souls
without counting the Italian Provinces II the
Finance Minister can find the money to keer
300 600 men ON foot in Italy, Gen Gyulai will
lind work for them all They will not be men
to fight with the spirit and dash Of fFrenchmen.
but they will be fine, steady troops superior in
phySiquc to their enemies they will have all
that science has achieved IN the way of perfect
weapons of destruetion, and they will be com.
mandod by officers who know that tho ewes OF
Europe are upon them, and that they must
fight now for the very existence OF their En-
pre-.
These are the prospects of the campaign, anC
certainly; as far man can divine, they prom
I-c most OBSTINATE contest. The combatant,
are aIrlY matched.