New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-04
Such 10 the story given 10 Ne World by N,cuu
Csvouy, Who bot ssiy vosrh-s for u antsenS<. B

l Such b the story given 70 Ne word By seuss
Csvou', ~so sot sey 'esrhss far T. aai.ense. ~
| represent1g i. a. l~galy c)Ehrmea," tu. erp p
:. s,ss that i j. publ .hed In official form b.
Government Of Sardinia in oroer that Il might be q
ore re adiy believed IN the foreiso countries, and
oeyed with the indigusiI0n which is d-tss ealse-
hated 10 excite. Sv~, have ~.sa To forget IN
th. any ore THAI o.hef sslons that there two
sides 70 tale AMI we msy, perbsp., remark thss v
ri orts OF Au,triaa rsptn- Incidentally denonno'
Count Csvour IN this very circular, bsve beer @
erablv ou,f fis.d by corr.sp poldsDts q our o~p,
them soiiEg with the allied armies aud nee rou
Austrian bias Sill We cannot bn, conclude tha shss
buicbtry really prrpe.fsied IN tne m'
cescr bed AZ botr Aus TRANS arf s3rorrsr-
well assure themselves that the ind,gna,lO z
Europe VIII wait upou The deed. II 10 - POI Y
that The evidence aSa'Dst these poor peasants q
somevhs, stronger than ls sll-ged-thaf, Se can =
agns vouc bs TIE form sblch the Austrian eacuif
ten would take but bo~evsr th.s may be, the .ol-
blooded massacre of the faulty Is al act wn .eh nay
indeed have parsed necessary IN the dee OF Thy
and Wsneustein, but which will no~ sniy crests Q
shudcer ot horror wherever rs ca, ,cumsfaDcss arc
known. No ,nditiOns that can supuo-s vuulA
justify this barbaTuus snd VII iesae exscuts,u ssS
hat the execution really p,ok place and that tAe~
Dire couIuymen were ssos down described we ca
hot &c ub; Not o-fy Is there the constable q b.
testimony 20 the tall, but the old farmer sm.el ~
having been killed the spOt, survived fJr nv, de-
in the Hospital Of Ncshsrs TO which he had D. - co.
nee, and Court Cayour informs US tha, Geo. uron :,
card, with other documents bearing upon The afan, re-
man IN possess ion of the sgihvri"es.
There aspect, ho~eyer, and by no means - IN
important one, in ~nleh Cvutt Cayour 8 crcalal may
be regarded with general sitisiactor. The appeal
which makes 10 the opinion Of Europe couh be ms3e
only On toe assumption that Europe would respoof 10
the ca snd that the Indictment preferred against Tho
Austriars would If sustained he visied with he rep
T, baton Of the woIb Ia this assumption u erc y
much that il gratifying, fer II indicates the march Il
civiizaiion ami huusby IN the estimate spphed
TO the laws Of war We need not go back 10 The
en,eenth century FOR times in which the execution Of
dozen country yuIen by military commander would
have excited neither wonder nor abhorreBce. Sack
things done only to- commonly IN the las var;
and when, therefore, we zee hat they are nos pro-
claimed by OF the belhgerents as acts iafslb-
by calculated 10 bring oiium upon u e 0tber r s
plain ,ha, the opinion Of Europe must be improved
IN tone. We doubt Ict, indeed, tia the
Austiiaus Themselves vii accept the assumption, and
just, the proce edings Of ,ber General they bo
justified q; al not by the license Of war; but by the
proyocaon Supposed TO be gwen IL fact, were il nat
fur tie authority which this buichery Is repNtsd,
and the evidence which Z mnst necessarily ret,
should have been rcuc,Art credit the story st al.
In their general depcrtm, nt the Aus'nans have noe
hithereto displayed either vindicveuess or barbarity.
They did not destroy The crops IN sardinia cut
down the tiees; snd If they levied excessive eon.ibu>
tors for the Of their army, they do not seem 10
have done go with nhumanity or nance. Herr, how
ever q charge Of the grsves kind, attested BY the
grayest authority bToas ht 10 the notice of Europe
the most formal manner. We can only wish, for the
sake OF humanity ITSELF that il could be escaped dis
proved If sustained, il will expose the policy Of
great State to the of public opinion IN go
when that opinion cannot b. dsrega-ded with im unity.