Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-07-30
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The sudden Peace in ItaIy,

when he found himself under the necessity Of bom-
harding Venice, and il is argued that he wished
to spare this interesting monument of mede val
civilization as well as to stop the fu ther effusiOa
of blood Commenting upon this idea, the Lon
don Times of the thu llth the day of the interview
says: ~ Ea, aua se .eaal ssFft
| This was q respectable excuse for an overture
fron the victor and it st the same tine decent
pretext to the vanquished. To Francis Joseph 4
/ must have come like water to Q wounded soIdnf
| Il came at moment when he had no longer cav
confidence in his army, and when his army ha7 no
confidence in him. He could not sue for pszogl aud
hold his throne; but g truce is different ming
Tfuees are military arrangements which ar9 come
times followed by renewal Of war, as they we're in
1878 and 1919, when they served point TO mark
the change from Austrian defeats 10 Austrian victo-
ries. truce was salvation 10 Francis Joseph He
accsptedit with eoyness that i'll maj ked his delight
and with ansatteniion to appearances which Napo-
leon, With future offsets in his head, might cot be
sorry to humor.
| There are reasons lying upon the surface Why
the Emperor of the French should desire 10 close
the first chapter Of his military career The cam
paign is complete and uncheckered in its success
The Austrans had invaded the territory of his ally
| Louis Napoleon has chased them out, and has re-
taliated their invasion. The Germans had declared
throughout all their non-oficial organs that they
would come to Austrias assistance imme1istely the
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great blow, and then passed the Mneio in ccm-
plete tranquility. He has done al that be desired
He has shUwn Austria that she is at his mercy aud
Prussia that he is very far from fearing her Much
more than this; be has seat Austrian standards to
Paris, and has gained victories az the head of q
French army. In all his previous history he never
could be quite Of the soldiery, II be had not
sheWn himself a soldier; he is safe ia this re
speet. What more natural than that the Emperor
should desire to go back to Paris aud wear his lau-
Is while they yet are green? Surely this is bet
ter than Iisking q reverse in that ill-famed Quad
| rilaters! thousand things might happen The
pestient marshes Of che Mincio are rife in autumn
fevers, aud ons Of these might prove more fatal
than battle. Way should be wait to break his
teeth against those solid stone walls? He has rid
den his fox to earth after a splendid run almost
without check it is scarcely worth his while to
wait and dig him out. So thinks the Emperor He
leaves that trsty cd earth stopper Marshal Vail
liant on the watch, and with whoop to his hounds
he turns his horses head and Is off home 10 Paris.
We have stated what are, We think, obvious rea
sons why both Emperors should agree to the sTmis-
tiee, so soon as the first difficulty of proposing it
was got over. 1t appears to US, however, that
these reasons less cogent to prevent reeur-
renee OF hostlilies, and that there are others Of
still greater import which favor the hopes Of peace
At present the Emperor Of the Franch has Lot Sc
riOusly embroled himself with his clergy, but the
steps which he must have taken if the war hsd
proceeded could scarcely have failed to tell nnfa
Vorably upon his relations with Rome. He has
not yet committed himself to the task Of revo,u-
tiOnizing Hungary, but the torch was lit and the
hour appointed at which be was to throw it. War
is very expensive, and thirty millions is a sum
not in possible to spend and il is luxury which
you would enjoy aud then-every three years
or so-it is wise to epiay it tempera' ely, and to
leave off unsats6ed. Then there is the glory, and
the profit of magnanimily. No one can appreciate
more perfectly than Louis Napoleon the advantages
of RETAINING from doing all that he unqaestiona
bly, could do If he has done elougl TO cor =
vince Francis Joseph that he has Austria in :he
hollow Of his hand, and close his fingers on hsr
when be lists, he hls done batter than If he bad
MARCHED to Vienns. Perhaps it is possible 20 m Ike
of humble enemy grateful friend Napoleon
III has habit Of levyiug friends at the head Of
recruiting party of 100 900 men. Russia, now so
loyal was enlisted among his intimates Oy that heavy
shake Of the hand he gave her in the Crinea For
tune has given him good part to play, and be can
play it at once nobly ard pro6tably Say that be
gives part of his spOs to Sardinia and leaves We
nice to Austria the price Of her ready submission
The Romans may complain, aad the newspapers
may remind him of his promise that Italy should be
liberated from the Alps TO the Adriatic; but few
specous stipulsons would fulfil this promise to the
ear, ard the Emperor of the French, in answer to
every cavil might show to his own people and to the
world two frst-ra'e European powers who had been
his enemies, and now his friends; he might
point to Russia and Austria, both humbled and both
SPARTA we link III THESE CONCENTRATIONS COUNSEL
peace Depend upon it, Louis Napoleon has not
given respite to Francis Joseph merely that the lat
ter may buy rihed cannon and bring, down his re-
serves from Austria; and Francis Joseph has not
cepted this boon with other hope than that his
| bristing quadrangle shall be taken a few months
later, and that Hungary may have Zine to play her
part 10 the confusion We have seen enough of
Louis Napoleen's military policy to note that he
runs his races in short heats. He has learnt that
France likes war, but that war to be popular in
| France must be short and successful. Unless Aus
ria should be unreasonable as to insist on retain
ing Lombsrdy and refuse to withdraw from further
nlermediliug in Itsly-sn Obslinacy which we
! cannot imagine, for it would amount to judicial
blindness-we do net anticipate any more deeds Of
arms on the Mjnco. The army of Italy has gathered
! its laurels and may be content. The army Of the
! Rhine is not yet fully mustered and when brought
into position it villas We shall be duly informed
in the Aozitsur-3nly be there to check any am
bilious enterprise on the part of Prussia against the
| integrity of the French Empire.
The London Times of the 18th, in commenting
! upon Louis NAPOLEONs dispatch, says: al
! Venice must hope that her Independence will
not be mere name, and that the influence Of France
and Austria united will not be uubesrable than
that Of Austria sipgly. The Romans must hope
| that the Italian COnfederacy under the honorary
Presidency of the Pope, will lie nothing lice any
| government they nave hitherto known. The Papal
States are left as they were but with master some
what greater than before; be is hsnorary President
| of the Italian Confederaton and General Goyon
1 holds his sword at his side. rf.-.
- The King of Naples is made q member of the
| Confederation, and has to learn the worth OF that
| honor and It's import Europe has to welcome
new power-the Italian Confederation. older in
dignity if not in time. England has nothing to do
but look on. Austria is somewhat humbled, but re-
ieved of O difficulty. Sardinia Is aggraudised With
! province thai nistrusls her, and neighbOr that
has earRed an imperishable and inexauslible claim
to her gratitude. The Grand Dukes, we suppose,
are once more to be Te-insated in their thrones
France has now the game in her own hands. She
has Europe before her She raise all Italy, and
half the Austrian empire against those Germans
| whom she has so Of en- be Itsn-yes on the very
summit of her ambition, che renounces. France
has spent fifty million sterling, and fifty thousand
men, only to give Milan Pisdmontese instead of an
Austrian master, and to establish the Pope in tenn
poral dignity even beyond his imsg gins tion and ca
% bic of extension. Is all this real (! The Enpe-
ror's game must be very long one" .f
In regard to the "queer settlement" as Swallowed
forth in the dispatch CT the Emperor Of France the
New York EVeRing Post remarks that no will
object 10 the incorporation Of Lombardy with Sar-
dinis, as the interests of the people would be i'm
proved by it, while such an event was expected
from the beginning The creation of a cOnfedera-
cy of the Italian States would also be a decided
gain upon the absolutist or mediatsing system, if
the local destinies of those States are to be left
AZ IoooI determination 2 Tngoonv Cd