The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-05-19
The War in Europe.

on H. ready by his presence to give erect to
the manifesto which he has placed before the
French people. The Austrians 900 strong,
are concentrating along the Sesla and had oc-
cupied Vercelii. Every one is aware of the cir
cumstances which have led to this crisis; Aus,
tria has driven measures to such length that
her ambition knows no bounds, while all the Ital-
ian States so much oppressed and trodden un-
der foot by petty despots, has taken arms to pre-
vent any further disposition of wrongs and has
called upon France, who has been somewhat mo-
Tested on her frontiers, to assist her in her work
of externiinating common enemy That actu-
al hostilities have commenced there can be no
doubt, and that Austria will fare the worst is
equally certain. The latest news from the seat
of hostilities SAYS that several battles have ia
ken place, but the reports have not been con-
frmed. A dreadful panic has been raging in
England occasioned by the excited state of af-
fairs. and large number of stock brokers have
failed but last reports tell us that it is subsiding
and everything seemed quiet in that country, if
we except the military preparations which are
now being carried on in expectation, that ere
long there will be an occasion for the display of
John Bulls powers. What the effect of the war
will be in this country will be hard to conjecture,
rs there is a decided sensation in the breadstuff
market already. Wheat -four in the rural dis
tricts, has advanced two dollars per barrel, al
ready, and all other grain in proportion. The
demand will be more than this country can pos
sibly meet, and we may look forward to an ex-
tensiye advance in the markets, unless peace ne
gotiations are entered into speedily by the con-
ficting powers, which is next to impossible, I'M
less matters are arranged exactly suitable to the
French Emperor. Upon this point the n. Y.
Had the provisional government in France
remained true to the instincts which gave it
birth, there can be no doubt that the movements
of 1S4S would have led to sweeping changes in
the political arrangements of Europe Conduc-
ted, however, by poets, philosophers and suck
ling statesmen, their only result was to adjourn
for while the decision of the struggle that was
then commenced
The present ruler of France comprehends bet
ter the necessities and duties of his position.
A practical statesman, instead of poet and
philosopher, he has early seen the advantages
that were to be gained to French interests and
to his own by advocating the cause of italian
liberty. From the italian revolutionists. or
rather from the red republican portion of them,
arose one of his chief dangers; for so long as he
was supposed to sustain misgovernment in the
no imhf hot fbo a. of
the assassin would be at his throat To crush
out the hopes of the Mazzini party and to rem
der his death yalueless to them as political OBJ
ject, it was obviously his policy to support the
movement for constitutional government in Italy,
which had been fostered and encouraged by Vic
tor Emanuel for his own ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Tn
doing this the Emperor was not of course blind
to the other advantages which war with Aus
tria opened up to his ambition He is no doubt
honest in the desire which he processes to i'm
prove the political condition of the italian peo
ple but if in effectng this object he can improve
the fortunes of his own dynasty. if is not To bo
expected that he will be over scrupulous about
doing so.
AS soon as the arrival of the Emperor is pro-
claimed, and that the proximity of French aid
can be realized by the masses in Italy, we ex
pect that the example set by Tuscany and Par
ma will be instantly followed throughout the Pc
ninsua. The Pope will make his escape if pos
sible, for he can have no great fancy for jour
ney to France under circumstances analogous to
those in which one of his predecessors was
placed. A second trip to Naples VIII scarcely
suit him, as it is likely that the state of things in
that quarter will be as hot and unpleasant as
that which he viii have quilted As for King
Bomba, he has not already taken his departure
for arealm more fitted for him, we should not be
surprised if he were by this time prisoner in
his own palace A system so long maintained
by terrorism requires only the paralysis Of fear
to instantly dissolve it, and if Tuscany's Duke,
who was rather kindly disposed man, has so
promptly got his walking papers, it is not i'm
probable that the Neapolitan despot and his
family are already under bonds to their people to
answer for their misdeeds Thus, almost as soon
as the Emperors foot will have touched the Ital-
ian soil, ne will have found it cleared of most of
ene petty tyrants and oppressors who have so
long reVelled upon the plumber and rejoiced in
Inc groans and tears of its people He will
nave nuch TO answer for, if by heartlessly tnrn-
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