Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-05-19

The Cause of the war-.in a Nut
she'll.
Succinctly stated, the, features of the
present difficulty between France and Aus
tia are these: France came out of the
Russian war impoverished and victorious,
and Louis Napoleon must do something
to appease bis subjects aud employ bis
army. Being deeply in debt TO Austria,
the easiest method to accomplish these
ends and get rid of a rich and powerful
creditor, was 10 go to war with ber.-=The
re-construction of the Danubian Principal
tiles seemed TO offer the desired pretext,
but the election of Prince 1Cauza as Hos
pedar OF the United Provinces, left Napo-
leon, without any cause of quarrel, and
forced him to turn his attention to Italy,
as the only place where he would be likely
to find any excuse for fighting Austria
Her numerous aggressions, her occupation
of the Italian and Papal States, and her
seheming treaties, formed the ground:upon
which Napoleon commenced operations.
Early in the year, he ssigni6ed to the
Austrian Minister, his uufriendliness,y and
in February, appeared pamphlet indica-
ting the Idees Napoleoniennes, withregard
to Italy. This pamphlet declared that
France desired for Rome: u5
EzS1. TO conciliale the regime of the church
with political system legal and regular
in the Roman States.,o7 l-a5 o3s silA -
= 2. To render the Pope independent of
questions of nationality, Ewar, armament
and internal and external defense.as esq
J 8. To establish a national army, and to
subtitute for French occupation an efficient
Italian force. -il q .gst5aod .sd3iid
50 And forItaly generally it averred that
France had desired and Intellectually pro-
posed to Austria gTlts4 ssgi g q
l9al. There shouid be secularization of the
Administrative power, by the formation of
a Council of State composed of hay mem
bers. as eif et atge7Tz8l hgs ci-aE7se5 I
2. Representation Of all the interests
of country in an Assembly elected by the
Provincial Council, or at least chosen by
the Pope Quito aslist of candidates pre-
sented by these Councils, and called on to
deliberate on all the laws and.yote the bud
get -bsT.s ~
{ 8. 70 have an3effectua control exercised
over local expenses by provincial councils
receiving their delegations from municipal
councils, who are themselves to be named
by the electors, conformably to the ledict
of November "a, 1850. % Fsi,o ~ G.s,ii !
4. A judicial reform by the promulga-
ton of leode3.of civil laws, founded op
the Code Napoleon, the LombardosVene-
tiano Code, or that of Naples. ayss5F (
5.lThe regular collection of the public
revenues by the Organization of the system
existing in France.oaf : lid 81 ssega-ls .
so. The reconeiliationzof eallclasses and
all opinionsby the enlightened and spater-
nal exercise of clemency towards alhthose
who may be willing to make theirrespect-
full submission to the Sovereign Pontiff.a
Already thirty thousand Austrian troops
had been matched into the Austrian pro-
yinces of dItaly, and every token of a de-
termination to fight for the sGefman'domi-
nation was gisen.lii Gtsiissw; cd soE
Then came thetoEbghshs ;Malmesbufy
mediation, which after the arrival of bis
lordship in Vienna, was futilized by nego-
tiations between France and Russia, and
the proposition of Peace Congress from
the latter power. u The Congress was to be
composed of France, Austria, Russia, Eng
land and P Prussia.giz ~ T.szsfissl q Lsal /.
The FIVE Powers, however, agreed so far
as 10 adopt the following four points, pro-
posed by Great Britain, and referred toby
Lord Mallnesbury onathe 2sth of March,
inthe House ofaLofds, basis for the
Congress: .TiisisaA !
,ia i. 10 settle the means by which pace
may be lmaintaineds between Austria and
Sardinia. .;giZ-.T /
eea2. 10 ascertain how the eYacuation of
the Roman States by the French and Aus
irian troops could be, best effected. 'ld :
8. To examine if tits advisable to.in-
.troduce reforms into the home iadministra7
5tion of the Roman States, and Of the 9th
Ell Italian States whose administration con-
tains defects which evidently tend to- ere
atea permanent and dangerous condition
of trouble and discomfort, and to- discuss
what these reforms should be.og .yes ysd3 /
4. To replace the treaties between Aus
tria and the duchies by confederation of
Italian States for their mutual protection at
home and abroad i -ss-5 O. = 1sf : T
wo Delays took place through the demand
of Austria that Sardinia should disarm,
and the demand of that kingdom, that she
should be represented. in the peace Con
gress. -diasb |
.eTFrance and Sardinia finally agreed, af-
ter much negotiation and persuasion, to
the principle of q disarmament,a and in
that shape. the question was submitted to
Austria, being sent from London, April19
the same last proposition which Lord
Derby alluded To in his speech of the 18th,
It was as follows - sbGc5i ss3 ot1i ~ 4
- 1.ssTo effecthate, previous to the Com
gress, general and simultaneous diarna-
ment. l-a .FsFE hs7agg s2i1-{ tfE II
-. The disarmament to be settled by
a almilitary or civil commissions independent
of the Congress. This commission to be
composed oflsix commissioners, one for
each1of the great Powers and tho s;xthfor
Sardinia aiia o.l 20 sass s1ssaa aat y 4
ges3 8. AS soon as the commission shall
have assembled and cof,nenceds II tack