The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-03

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4a 1avey Annexed 10 France.
tn bavaria brines the exciting, Althoagh
Antteipated, iate1tseace that the savoy ques'
tioa has bssa xetinitively settled, and that that
important proyiuce--important oasy seom aus
/. ,,,eiaknn-.is In future 70 torn portion Of
France. The people Of savoy are said 70 BE-
II fsvor Of annexation By large majority,
ana "A VicroR ExANUEL seems determined to
suru his views entirely to the South and East
or. An other words, 10 be IN ltalian Prince and
nethtag else, We cannot see what right any
foreign power hiss 70 interfere or to fsel ~.
grieved. The whole caas lice Ia nutshell.
ny tss treaty OF Vienna, savoy was taken
from France, 10 which Il had been annexed
daring the wars Of the Revolution, and given
hack 70 the Kisg Of Sardinia. The object In
making this restitution was openly avowsd
Savoy 10 = mountainous country, forming .
strong boundary Tor France on the side Of II.
ally. In the event Of . war, 1t would be DIM
cuit 70 invade France from Italy without
first mas tering this formidable frontier. The
treaty not only deprived France OF 1t, but
lodged il in tho possession of monarch who
was decidedly hostile to France, and was ready,
npon the first approach Of hostilities, not
only 10 place II in the hands of Austria, but
! to unite with her and furnish forces for the
war In such hands, It was regarded BY the
Holy Alliance as = door through which troops
might ut any moment be poured into the heart
Of France. II Is natural that France should
always have been uneasy, with fuch a
standing menace continually before her eyes
In the hands VICTOR ExAxUKL, and those of
his father before him, II did not, it is true pos
sess that character until within the last year
But things have very much changed within
that time. VICTOR ExANUEL, already q pow.
erful monarch by the annexation Of Lombar-
dy, will ia short time, il he be able to hold
his own. be the sovereign OF 12,O0O,OO0 people,
There are no longer five great Powers only in
Europe Sardinia constitutes q sixth, and she
comes into the association with a numerical
strength equal to that Of Prussia, aud with
country Infinitely superior In productiveness
TO that governed by the House of Brand.n.
burg 1t Is natural that the Emperor Of the
French should feel some uneasiness at seeing
The key 10 his dominions in the possession Of
such powerful prince. and that he should
make use OF the strong argument afforded
by the services which he has already rendered
that Prince to obtain a cession of il. This he
seems TO have done with the consent of the
population, who are Frenchmen by descent
and language, and who hold the French slopes
of the Alps
In what respect this very simple matter can
properly affect Great Britain, we are unable
TO understand. Nevertheless, the debates in
both Houses have been long and vehement
upon the subject. In the 10th March, in the
House of Commons, Sir ROBERT PEEL de.
clared that the annexation was wanton out
rage on the public mind of Europe, directed
at England. He dwelt especi-
ally upon the hostility Of Prussia TO the pro-
posed step-of that power which is made up OF
provinces torn by force from other States,
and welded together by military power, into
something like 4 Staie-that power which first
the Acknowledgement Of Poland, and
that trSacherously assisted Russia in crush.
ing the spirit Of independence in the last por.
ton of that unfortunate country which made |
struggle for its rights. 1t must be very edify- |
Ing TO the people of Great Britain, to know |
that such conscientious, self-denying, en-.
lightened, and liberty-lOving power as Prms- |
sia is ready to back her, provided she will |
carry ont the wishes Of Sir ROBERT PEEL |
md Lord MALMsBURY, and make war upon
France. Russia, too, that tenderest of all |
sick nurses, does not allow her attention
tn be so entirely divided between those inter-
esting invalids, the Emperor of China and the |
Sultan, that she can spare no time to look af-
Lar Savoy. She, too, is hugely disguised at the /
proposed annexation. But. according to Sir
RoBERr PEEL, England is more interested
than I'LL The rest of them. To talk of annex
ing anything, is an outrage directed at Eng.
land, upon the same principle, We suppose,
that it is an insult to man whose father has
been hanged, to speak of the gallows in his
presence. Sir ROBEKr PERL concluded his
trade against France by warning the House
hat the annexation of Savoy was the first act
n the conspiracy against the liberties of all
Europe. The father of Sir Robert PEEL
ould see nothing in the Treaty of Vienna, or
he Congress Of Verona, or the invasion of
Spain by French army to restore monarch
by his subjects, that indicated a
conspiracy against the liberties of Europe
III these were the acts of legitimate mOnarchs
of monarchs:born in the purple--of monarchs
Who reigned by the grace Of God, and not bv
he will Of the people, and who, for all these
easOns, had right TO outrage not only public
pinion, but the laws Of humanity, whenever
suited their interests or their caprices. The I
On inherits the politics of the father along with
is estate. He would have allowed Russia to
ave entered upon the estate Of the sick man. |
ad he been In power. He can see nothing
VTong in the annexation Of all Northern Italv
, Austria, probably against the wishes of the |
eople. But the annexation of Savoy is made
nth the consent Of the people, The monarch
rho relinqu ishes it, does so on the condition
lat the people are satisfied. The IN onarch
tho receives it has the misfortune to be a | {
lonarch only by the voice Of the people
here is too much Of Democratical freedom in
Il this, and too littleof arbitrary will. to suit
~ tastes Of Sir Robert PEEL. Luckily for |
he peace Of the world the majority do not
.em TO think with him.
The Legislature.
The Senate yesterday laid ON the table the
III authorizing the Central Railroad 10 con.
ruct branch 10 Lexington. House bill Ia
'crease the efficiency Of the Public Guard
as passed. The pay Of commissioned officer.
as reduced to the former rates, aud that Of ),
% non-commissioned officers, priyates and :.
usicians, slightly raised. by Al amendment :.
The senate. A resolution was adopted au. -
orizing the Governor to inquire into the :,
'opriety of selling the Armory lot, aud Iii. r
citing him 70 report at the next session. The ),
'nate conc urred in the Military Committees a
port approving OF the auditing com M sian | a