New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-15
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

The horizon thickens over Sicily, and the
wonted palsying Intervention of diplomacy is to
stop the onward march of emancipation The five
great European Powers are to mediate between
the crowned butcher of Naples and the Siclian and
Neapolitan people. Under diplomatic blandish.
ments and persuasion, the inhabitants of both
these portions of Italy are to forget recent perse
cutions and blOo6shed, to accept constitution,
and believe the promises of Sc the hereditary per-
"juer," as Poerio, the hereditary patriot and
martyr, has branded him. But if the Neapolitans
should YIELD and accept this involuntary gftat the
hands of Francis H., they cannot fail bitterly to re-
greet it hereafter. Francis H., now stretched on the
rack, submits to the pressure Of events, but he will
Lot change his bloodthirsty and despotc nature;
he will net be born anew; the baptism of constitu
tiOnal liberty cannot wash off the blood of his vic
tins. The winding back stairs of the royal resi-.
dence will always remain open to his former
absolutist sbiri, and to all the bercide influences
which fill the atmosphere Of almost all royalty,
especially of all decrepd royalty Even if, by
some miracle, Francis III. should wish to be sim
cere in his constitutional career, it WILL from the
nature of things, be utterly impossible. AS to the
guarantees of the European Powers for the good
behavior of the King of Naples, they will amount to
as much as those others provided by the treaty of
Paris in behalf of the Turks. The subsequent doom
of the Christians in European aud Asiatic Turkey
should be solemn warning to the Neapolitans.
The more the Neapottan Observation-Disclosures
party promise through Francis H., the more
certain it is that the King and Camarilla will 60
at once to WORK. and, secretly prepare for
bloody revenge. The very intervention, the
mediation and the profered guarantees of
the European Powers should open the eyes of
the Neapolitans ard make them the more sus-
picious. Three cut of the FIVE crowned mediators
are old and well-tried adopts in cheating No reli-
ance can ever be placed on them. England may
stand to her words, and actively support the noble
declarations Of Lord John Russell. Alexander III.
of Russia, too, has a clean record before history
and humanity. He should take warning and be
his guard, lest he stain it by relying on the i'm
possible good faith of an incorrigible perurer. We
know that the imperial family of Russia is bound to
that of the Neapolitan Bourbons through certain
pious regard for the memory Of Nicholas l., to
"ncm reIuinahu VI NdPlcs tune ldtntT oi rancB)
adhered to the utmost during the Crimean war,
and at time when all other Sovereigns gave him
the cold shoulder. But this feeling of gratitude
ought not to make Alexander III. forget that the
voice of humanity speaks louder than that of
personal obligations. When scarcely few days on
his throne, Francis III. rejected the good counsels of
the Grand-Duke Constantine (brother of Alexan-
der), who, at that time visiting Naples, earnestly
and urgently advised Francis to grant Con,titu.
ton, to abandon the treacherous suggestions of
Austria, and heartily to follow the noble example
of his nearest kinsman, Victor Emanuel of Sar-
DINA.
The destinies of all Italy, Of Naples, of Sicily,
ought not to fall into the unclean hands of diplo-
macy But the guardians of Italian liberty, Cavour
aud Garibsldi will be unable to save the cause of
Southern Italy if the Neapolitaus submit to the
advice of the Cabinets or if they are deaf to the
warning voice Of the martyr, Poerio An mmedi-
ATE insurrectiou in Naples oyerthrowing eHpelling