The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-04
Pres. En.ls ved.

4 prrss Emsla veas
| 1,no ,,rcss Of Parts has nexrr ~ $3.50
| -..nt instance OF its sinSssh ~ "
....cr than In the rrans wnice - - y '"e
,.,.,e Of viiiafranca. From hrst 70 met tncrs
.s.,,,. 10 have been hntcpc Will In FMnce, and
maj tho will OF the Emperor. When th~ rafncrs
n ! probable rupture with Austria first pre-
vailed, the whole nation was violently opposed
TO the war, and received all Imperial aainsions
10 1t with the most expressive silence. The
colslnv2s WIN whici me bride " Primes IA.
poLEox was received by the people Of Paris,
was evident 10 everybody, and WINS regarded
by every body az significant OF the popular dis
like of the quarrel which the Emperor was
,rnt upon bringing afput. Even the army,
when Ii entered italy, cared nothing for the
cause, its only enthusiasm being tho chance
for glory. Finally, however, the whole nation
WAS rum mad with military frenzy md the ar
nv became Intensely devoted 10 Italian intle-
incidence. when, presto. the scene changes,
Peace breaihes its Spring-like airs over thu
aesola,ion of the hattie field, and swords arr
turued into plough shares and spears into
pruning hooks But. fast as Louis NAPOLEON
can turn. he cannot turn so fast that his sha-
with him. The war was glorious, but the
peace was infinitely more SO.
"The Peace ef viIiafrsnca 3 sa, La Poys ..s the
most glorious that has been si4 ned by French
sovereign. In confirming all legitimate interests
4 secures the repose OF Europe for q long period
exalted policy that could do honor to any age -
any country. The. Emperor .NAroLKoS ILL.,. al
Place SO srea. before posterty that an glory he
comes pale before that which no has acquired The
na sns ea oaea battles. e has how
stop short in his force and has triumph-a virtue
the no could sSes
the world. IL IL worthy OF HIM who SO lately pro-
aeunccd those eloquent and deeply ie!t words )
If people, man asccnds the steps oi throne. be-
Ises BY tho extreme Importance OF his responsible
discussed, aud has for his hrst springs OF action,
lor his Gnsi 'nd.es, God. his conscience, and pos
terity-
In the same sickly tone of adulution speaks
The whole Press of Paris. Not ono of them
breathes line of criticism, much less n word
If censure. Ii NAPOLEON were god, they
could not treat him with more reverence i,
NAV be doubted whether the name of the Al
mighty is as much honored rs that of theil
Imperial master. They dare not hint that tn.
King can do wrong. What contrast the
winnings Of these spanieis, to the deep-mo
ed bayings of the British watch dogs over the
channeE
Inc people Oh FaTis, HOWeNeF, 10 not turn
with the same facility rs their Press. They
are, il is true, mercurial race, fond of show
and theatricals, but their taste has been cult
vated by long practice, and they do not like
such abrupt transitions from tragedy to farce
as these with which the Imperial actor has
Just made in Italy. Villafranca follows too
close upon Solferino. Hence, we are no.
surprised l. learn from a reliable Paris
correspondent of one of the New York Jour-
GALS. that the Parisians cannot now conceal
their regret and apprehension that mat
tiers should have been terminated by this alb
rupt, unsatisfactory ard despotic arrange
ment. Where, they ask, is the promised +" Italy
free from the Alps to the Adriatic, which was
held out rs the tempting, glorious reward of SO
much of eur blood and treasure What has
become of all those "uiterior arrangements
which were to DO agreed upon with the general
consent of Europe, apd especially of thos,
populations who were to be the immediate OBJ.
Jet of them Surely that Austria yield LON
hardy TO France and France hands it over to
sardinia that Austria keeps all Venetia witt
the line of the Mincio, and therefore all tn.
fortresscs Though only typo of them are men
toned by name in the kilograms THAT Flor.
| ence is restored to it's pusillanimous Duke
| Modena given up to its hereditary tyrant-tha
| Bologna and other towns are simply handed
| over again to the Popc--tbat not Il word even
is said about either Naples or Sicily; surel,
! this cannot be pretended to be the carrying
out OF that Imperial programme which was al
| once to establish Italy free and independent
| TO settle the peace of Europe on Il firm basis
| and above ALL disarm every Italian hand thai
/ was lifted against the life of Napoleon III =
l The manner moreover, in which all this has
been transac ted, is rs offensive as the arrange.
| ment itself is short-coming. and unsat isfactory
| 1t has been the simple act of two despotic mil
| itary commanders, who had previously greco,
20 a truce in order to 'sleaye the field open TO,
| negotiations" Yet these .negotiations' do
| not appear to have been shared either by their
| own ministers, or by any of those neutral
/ powers of their representatives who we We're
! so recently told, would be invited to o-op-
| crate in the organization of Italinn indepen.
dence' rs soon as the proper moment arrived
| NAPOLEON III. and FRANCIS JOSEPH have
again treated Italy precisely rs it was treatee;
| by the Congress of Vienna; and there is every
| reason to foresee that the results of the blood
| and treasure which have been expended now
| will lead to no more really satisfactory issue
| than was obtained by that which was expend-
| ed on the same field half a century ago. Such
ire the reflections which, according to an in
telligent writer. now occupy the public mind
of Paris.