Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-02-07


pledged. and wishes to leave the Romans to
| themselves. She wishes TO give his Holiness
| a long time to make those authorizations lii
| his government which are necessary for the
| commitment Of his sulj cts; yet there seems
no more prospect nov of any Improvement
| than there was ten years ago. tits due, then,
| alike to French honor and Italian liberty that
| this occupation should now cease.
| But would not the withdrawal of troops by
France only leave Italy prey to Austria,
strengthen the material power of the latter
| by many advantages, and bring the whole
| force Of that empire to upheld the worst fca-
| lures Of man Inisgovernmrnt? UGdoubt-
| edly. and this is ust the cruz in the matter.
| This II the kernel in which say our cOntem-
| p0raries, resides the germ of war and vast
| European disturbances. 1t il just possible.
| 1t would he absurd now To say that any thing
| between nations was Impossible, but alarm on
the subj ct is certainly premature; for. while
no man can deny the possibility OF a war, no
one can pretend to lay his finger upon any
proXimate pr Inability. The duty Of the press
| il therefore not to kindle passions. not to or
ate alarms, not TO compIicate matters by mis-
! chevous mistakes or inexcusable misrepre-
sensations. hut to urge the paramount obli-
cations of Europe to preserve To the utter
| most the pacific relations re-estabi,hed by
| the treaty of Paris.
|
correspondent of the New York Tribune, who
hates Louis NAPOLEON intensely. is convinced
that he does not really mean war at this
time-"that his Intentions do not exceed IL
| diplomatic victory over Austria, connect, d
wi. IL go Il .laul 70 him If and his trail of
adventurers on the Paris BoUrsc.' This cor
respondent argues tIat it is as evident to the
! French Emperor rs il is TO the rest of the
world, that his last card. in an extreme
danger arising from insecurity and danger
Gus eXigcncics at homo. lis a war; and a war
for the rcconquest Of the left bank of tn,
! Rhinc--that, il is not exactly necessary that
such a war should be commcnc d on the let
bank of the Rhine itself-that on such a war
! Louis Napoleon stakes his all and, like an
experienc d gambler. he knows how fearful
the odds are against him-that he knows, too,
that no European power would tolerate such
! an extension If French torritory-and, there
! fore, that, he will delay, trmporize and
bambooze'' as long as he can, to postpone
| the hour and the occasion for playing his
last trump"
| But ut the same time argues the writer
the game is not in the Enpcror's hands; its
necessities may compel him TO play his last
grand trump long before he wishes
From the letter Of the correspondent
of the Tribune we suhjoin the following ac-
count Of the spirit at work both in France
and Austria, aud of the enormous prepare
tions each power is making, and has already
made, for any evcntuality.
For the last three months. ut least. arma-
ments Lave been going on in France on n CO.
lo-sal scale. After dismissiug on fIrlough
considerable number of old soldiers, the
whole of the recruits Of 1858 100 600 in num-
! h"r. have been called out. instead of the Co.
| 600 of other wears Of peace. The activity de-
veIOpcd in all the arscnals and military work
shops has been such as to persuade all gene
raj officers. a. much three months 90, that
IL serious campaign was in PREPARATION We
| now learn that 10 batteries or $50 guns of
Louis NapOlaon'r new construction (light II
pOund"rs), have been ordered in the public
tnundrrics that new improvements in rifle.
prof cities Gnvcnted by VI. NeSsler. tie off
cial successor of Minie), have been intrndrc-
ed that the battaions of chasseurs ale in
creased from 100 TO 700 and the regiments of
the line from 900 or 1000 10 l 300 men. by a
draft on the drpOts (Whcre the recruits have
been torlning), of some 60 900 men that the
materials of a campaign are being hcaprd up
at IOnlOn, and that two camps the sites of
which are not yet known, have been fixed
| upon. The sites of thcs. two camus may
EASILY b. guess, d the one will be about
Lyons, or III the South near Tonlon. and the
other at Metz as an army of observation
against Prussia and the German Confcd,ra-
lion. All this has of nee, ssity excited the
wariike spirit nfIhc army to IN highest pitch
| and war is 50 Certainly reckonod upon that
the officers will not order any more civilians
clothes, convinced as they are that they will
have to Wear the uniform alone for some time
To come.
While this is going on in France. in Pied
mont we have King who, bnfor, Christmas,
announced 10 his generals the intimation to
| keep themselves ready. for they might be-
called upon tn smell powder before Spring
and who now opens his Chombcrs with "a
speech so fall Of general run of Italian patri-
otto homhast, aud of illusions To Austria's
misrule, that he must be either determined
upon war or he content 10 be declared by all
the world n perfect fuol. In Lombardv, in
Rome, in th" Duchips. we have an excite
ment az Ialed 'ly by thar preceding the ont
freak OF 1878. the population - EN- 10 put
the fOr''igl troops at defiance, TO b. nteu,
upon nothing but to show their utter contempt
of establish. authority, aud their cert ain
CouNiCtibu tnlt lItr -tuNtTIiHS VIII IN Il lew
months have to leave Italy. To all this
Austria answers by very quietly strengthen
ing her army in Lomb rdy. 1t has Consisted
of three army corps-the 5th, TN and Sth
together about 100000 men. Now, rs |
stated in my last. the 81 is on the march TO
join il. Six infantry regiments (S5 battal ons)
foGr battalionS OF Tyrolean chasseurs, two
cavalry regiments. six batteries and the
whole staff and engineering train OF tie Third
Army corps are report d 10 Ice on the road
or to have already arrived in Lomhardy.-
This raises the force to 1870, 900 or 40. 900
men, who, in the position between the Adige
aud Mincio, will he able TO resist, at least
double their number.
Thus. on every hand, the elements of STRIFE
are accommodating. l. Louis Napoleon the
man 10 control them ali? Not he; most of
them are perfectly out of his reach. Let
there be all out break IN Lombardy in Rom,
or in one of the Dnchies-let Gen. Garihaldi |
make an Eruption into the very next portion
OF neighboring territory aud insnrse the
pOpuIatou--will Piedmont. will Louis Napo- |
leon be able To hold back! After the French |
army have been all but promised the con
quest al Italy, where they are to be received !
IA liheratnrs. are they 10 b. told that they
must st1nd at ease. with arms GROUNDED. while |
Austrian troops trample out the embers OF
Italian insurrcct3ony There is the point
the turn OF events ia Italy has already escap-
ed from Louis NapOlyons control; the turn
% ev'hts Ia France may escape from il any
day"