New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-26
FRANCE.
nsn Our Own oere.poBSep',

,ic bavirg been in the innsediste future tense
an, time these viz yse,ks Trey were on The brink
Of, being signed, they ssy, four or Eve days ago.
The preseut obstacle il a difficulty IN =" making
.. change" between Austria and Piedmont, diff
euhy growing out Of the bad condition OF Austrian
currency. IfAustria had to pay she would doubt
less count forms at par; new that she has TO re-
give. she objects 10 estimating them ut her own
valuation. When this grave question OF exchange
ia settled and il no new and equally solemn imped
meut turns up, the papers will be completed. There
was quite erbrral expectation OF seeing the au-
uoupcrment of the fact in the BoHsear of to-day
II s not there but the disappointment s not bitter
Those Zurich treaties have lsng since ceased greatly
to interest the world, il having become apparent
long since that, what with Austria reserving the
claims of the Dukes, and Piedmont resersing the
claims of TIE Central Italians, aud Napoleon
stpulatiIg for non-iDterference, they we've not to
settle the Italian question.
Hardly any one doubts now of what your cOrrespon-
dent has all along had little doubt, OF the meeting OF
a European Congress. England joins II, OF course,
of political necessity Whether It meet at Paris
Brussels is of no consequence. The favorite notion
hercabout and for the moment, is that 1t VIII meet
here The business will be TO recsnsitute" Italy,
a business which many people think il viii success
fully conclude though they have the most indefinite
lotion ksr If it were certain that Congress had
first the right and then the power, one might In
dulge in more rational confidence. The perform
ances Of the last European Congress and their re-
suits ore not of brilliant augury. The task OF that
solemny constituted body was to reconsttute Iur-
KEY he results of its labors 10 that direction, 20
far as visible up to this present writing, amount TO
this, that Turkey has as good as utterly lost the
Dauul ian PrncipaEties and steadily advances to
utter dissolution.
Itisrtported that Victor Emanuel has answered
the letter Of Napoleon. Nothing is more probable.
II would be strange if letter on pressing business,
from one gentleman 10 another, dated Oct 20,
should not be responded 10 by the other before Nov
TO- Considering present circumstances and recent
anteceden;s Of the parties, nothing more natural
than that the Italian party, IN sincere, friendly,
and courteous phrase should inform the French
party that be too is bound BY engagements, as TO-
ward Bolognese and Ducal delegations for exam
pie: must consequently decline putting himself into
q perspiraton for development of other party's
plan of Italian regeneration but shall never forget
Teceut fayors and remains very truly, etc. Whether
the reported versions of Victor Emanues reply have
really any other authority than such rational con-
lecture, your correspondent has no means OF
knowing.
The response in action which the famous letter
has met with from the Provisional Governments OF
Central Italy-the election, namely, by the Assem-
blies of the Prince de Savoie CangnaD their COM
mon proyi iOnal ruler-eanEOt BIZ considered az
favorable. Whether the Prince act openly as Re-
gent for his royal cousin, independent Dictator,
the fact that he is cousin TO Victor Emanuel 10 say
nothing OF his being Admiral and COMMANDMENTS
Chief of the National Guard of Sardinia cannot be
overlooked. The propositions for his nomination as
Regent OF as Dictator made by the Diotators of the
Duchiss and the Legations TO their several Assem-
bles, must have been ofioiOnsiy communicated in
advance both TO him and TO the King. Although
something Oi the Kind had been talked of before
a desirable means of strengthening Central Italy by
union, the resolution to convoke the Assemblies fsf
the realization of the measure must have bsen taken
otter and upon occasion Of the Napoleonic letter.
there is no doubt expressed here that the Prince
will accept the Offices TO which be is invited, unless
il be in the case Of the legations. Theoretically,
his acceptance would not ipjuriossly affect the
claims Of the Dukes aud the Pope. Practically, il
may become the most important means of defeating
them.
I here is this Of good, among other things in Ma
pei ons letter, that i he cings, with characteristic
persistence TO HIS old idea of confederation, his
proposed transfer of Parma TO Piedmont and Of
Modena TO the Duchess of Parma is direct attack
upOn, nay, an ignoring of the rights Of the Dukes.
n
and Confederation is denial or ignoring OF the
divine right of Kings and Popes to do wrong. As
pfactical possible plan, hs system of Italian
Confederation as outlined in the letter Of Oct. 20,
has been in theee days pretty freely examined AID
condemned IN France as web as abroad.
The Constitutional has this morning the second Of
its "solenny constituted" loaded semi-demi-offi-
cious articles on the Congress. / have already
given my pOor-decidedly pOor-oplnion Of the
significance of the COnStitntiOHHtrs leaders. This,
however is nOtev orhy perhaps for its quiet tone.
The new and young editOrn-chief of that paper, NJ.
Grande silloi, who is really q very clever man-aud
in a country where there is free press, might b.
a respectable one-argues With only decent ur-
eency in favor of the Imperial scheme and against
the ANTS of the Italians and the wishes of the rst
OF tie world. He makes skillful, but not immode-
rate use of the fact, that in the recent municipal
elections in Tuscany not one-third of the privileged
voters presented themselves Legitimist and cler-
ic0 commentators here make too much Of this
dan sging fact, when they infer that than two
thirds OF the voting population (the reactionary
sntlmeDt of the nOn-y0ting mass they take for
gIanted) is indisposed t. the present state
Of thngs. The fact OF the ease Is
that the Tuscans, like most other Of
the European peoples have not vet acquired
robust political habits. They lack the tough
voting quality which, even in America, after gene
ratioEs of practice, many of respectable be-
walters of NATIONAL State and city malsdministTa-
tion have not attained 90. central dictatOr,bip
wthal, lei it be- never 80 wise and good, is MT
pr,Do,ive of popular political education. Boz j
clpLot be- denied that on the whole the Italians c'
the center are learning-cousidering their adyan-
tages, have made large progress. In the last ten
years enough Of them have grown up 10 the stature
of constitutional mOnsrchists, with u capacity of
working as well as looking forward 10 a united TIA
Ils,la and aia Hon nd
the nation is coming up. Let US rejoice over 20
nnrk MnnarrhY or Reuuhlc-for the nr,.sanf II Is