Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-07-01
THE CHANGE IN ENGLAND.

mODlu mas udUt Il Elttt NiitLIir- ia 't-'
tone Of the English Government, and in thu
language of the London inns The supporter
of the Derby Ministry had their mouths ful
OF sympathy for Austrla,-of talk about The
sacredness Of the Treaties Of 1915, which
assigned the Lombardo-Y enitian kingdom &c
Austria-of suspicion towards LoIis Napo
leon.-of hints about what could be done
if Germany should move against the French
and Of vague limitations that though Eng
land meant to be neutral, under contingencia,
she might feel obliged to take a side-ev,rv-
body understanding that side t. be that Of
Austria. As for the Italians, they were %
be regarded as an uneasy set Of fellows, who
could not be suited any ways-lnd hardly
worthy If very serious consideration IN com
plrison with preserving the peace Of Europe
With the mass Of the English people there
were evident signs Of a kindly feeling for a
great nation, which, after having been long
ground down under the iron despotism Of
Austria, began to see CLEANS cf hope for
AItcuDlls AulDuEu l4t docloltlllEC bl LIlilct.
and they were willing to hope rather than to
fear from the conduct Of the French Emperor (:
but the sympathies of the gorerhD1ent were
unmistakably shown to be with Austria
But the allied armies, which were first
fneered at for moving 50 slowly, soon showed
avery troublesome activity towald~ their en-
emies, Louis Napoleon, regarded at first as
mere carpet warrior, one who had never
smelt powder in battle, proved himself quit
able to handle great armies in an actual
campaign. Before the London T,nes had
hardly had time TO catch its breath, the bat
ties Of Monticello, Of Palestro, Of Magenta.
of Malegnano were fought and Milan fell into
the hands of the allies. Glrioaldi had pos
session Of all north Of it, and on every hand
the population was breaking out against 1
Austrian rule. In short, not only Sardinia /
which had been invaded, but great pant ,
OF Lombardy is evacuated by the Austrians !
in all the haste possible: and save in the
small district occupied by its 'oIr strong
holds, the Austrian power seems to be about
at an end in the entire peninsula.
The English Parliament all at once rubs
its eyes, declares that it has no confidence (
in the Derby Ministry, which forthwith goes
out like the snuff of candle, and Lord Pa
merston, an open friend Of Italy, one who
had charged the Derby ministry with en-
couraging the Austriaus TO begin the wIr
is placed at the head Of the new Government
with Lord John Russell. another Of like
Eympathies, to help him nnd the claims
md pretensions Of Austria are treated as o 1
no account whatever. The Tunes. which /
when it first heard Of the battle Of Magenta,
did not believe there was going to be much [
Of shower after all-aad sad the Austri- |
ans had only fallen back in order to make a .
cure spring forward,-all at once turns
around, sets down the Austrians as no wise 1
able to cope with the French, and boldly ad-
vises them to clear out ofItaly as quickly as
possible, and to keep out, and to let Italy
take care of Itself. We quote its words
1.-The only advice to he given is that Aus
tria should accommodate herself 70 these
painful circumstances Just Us Engla ad-
mitted the independence of the United States,
and France has twice submitted e. the die
tation of invaders. There can be no glory
gained by stubborn, ani even a victorious
resistance, to the just claims ola great ma
ton, and it is unwiSe b wage a war where
military success lncurs a moral opprJbrium
No doubt this and similar cDnsi.ier ms wall
IN due time be urged upon Ausui BY nc two
Ministers who have undertaken I, .,.,Ide the
Of our foreign relations"
1t says moreover that it believes the En-
peror of the French, when he d claros that
be has no other aim but the liberation Of
Italy
ave must believe that Napoleon when
be has driven tie Austrians from Italy will !
hand over Italy to the ItAlians-wW unite
LDmbArdv with Piedmnnt-will secul.rize
the government of the Roman SEates-win
give back to Naples its Constitution, and ac-
cord guarantees for its continuance. We
mast give our confidence to Russia that when |
She fivOrs this chivIlr US course she also has
no hidden object in view that she also has
sympathy Win Italy, ana, II any otner mo- |
tive mingles with her pity, it Is only a nat
lral desire to pour same slight humiliation
upon the head of Austria, and to eSalt Prus-
STA at the expense OF her rival Il is not to
be su ygested that these State papers should
speak that which is not true. When two
great SDvsreiyns come forward t. prot st b
fore Europe that their policy is of Il c)nserv-
alive and dSinterested character. and that if
they are fighting battles and cJnquering
kingdoms, it is for the pr gress of civiliza-
ton, for the advance of moral Influences.
and not from selfish motives, we are bound
to believe them-not indeed, 10 throw our
selves off our guard but still to believe them.
Such an entire and instant change shows
aow utterly destitute Of honest principle the
aaIential men ia the public allirs Of Eng
and are, if nothing more. And it is anything
but credftable to that great nation that its gov
has turned around, not because there
s any change in the right Of the case, but
imply that it may be on the strongest side.
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