, 1860-09-29

l&1ula Liz Ao1Ao0 Auuo4 Etp1. II.
We hare not had long TO wait for tho decis-
prot1ered to him BY the French semi.otIiciat
press. The troops Of Victor Emanuel hsve en-.
tered the Roman territorieA, aud the war has
begun in good earnest General Cialdini has
taken pesaro, which Was already announced Is
being In 9 state Of insurrection, aud With the
torn twelve hundred Germans and Monseignor
Bella hare fallen into his hands. Orvieoto ha4
also surrendered. This is dashiug beginning
Of the campaign, and a step that cannot be re-
tracted. Sardiuis haa abandoned the tempor-
izing policy which She had adopted since the
armistice OF Villafrauca. She no longer oscil-
lates backwards and forwards, but throws in
her lot with tbs Italian revolution. Policy has
done her work, ali that negotiation. all that
balancing and tenpo1izing could effect has been
effected, and there ia nothing left for it but to
tight it cut manfully to the I&st. We nav
easily imagine the motives that have driven
Sardinia to this decisive step. So long az she
and her King were tue only recognized repre-
sentatives OF the Italian movement the might
feel herself at liberty IL consult her own sa!oty
aud await quietly TIE march Of events; but tho
Italian movement is no longer under the exciu-
siyo direction Of the Ssrdinian government,
Victor Emanuel has in GAribAldi most for
midxble competitions man Of that mould Of
which the successful leaders Of great popular
upr'tings are tnade-a man utterly regardless
meaner notises By which common men are to
be controlled. The coLque1or Of Naples and
Sicily ls quito certain not to arrest his advance
at the frontier Of the Roman States. The mo-
mentum that be has gained seems sufficient to
carry him over al tho Resistance which tbe
States of the Church can offer, and to bring
him With violent shock into collision with the
Austrian power in Venice. For such con-
summation the Sandman government Is not
prepared. It sees plainly that IL things hold
their p.escnt course little longer it will be in
the power Of Garibaldi to drug Piedmont "a
we'll as al the rest Of Italy into couflics with
Austria, and to force her to risk Ill abe has
gained in an encounter where the probabilities
OF sncceBs are against her,
She must, Therefore, at whasever cost or risk,
make herself once more mistress of the reyolu.
tion. She must lend, that she may not be forced
to follow. She must revolutionize the Fapal
States. in order that ehe may put herself ID
position to arrest 9 dangerous revolutionary
movement against Fenetia. There is some res
son to think that in recent interview the En-
peror of the French has been induced to SEQ
things from this poink Of view, and that no dan
ger is sppreheuded on the side Of France.
These motives are amply sufficient 10 aecount
for the DECISIVE movement Of Victor Emanuel
IL lres In revolutionary timer, when aelEnres-
tions, and it would be childiah to apply to his
situation tho uaxims Of international law
which are applicable to periods Of tranquility.
Then there is the intolcrable oppression Of
the pope's government. The best proof of that
oppression is the fact that the Pope dare not
trust his o1n subjects with arms, but places
himse}f, like Dlonysiua Of Syracuse, in the
hands Ct foreign mercena1ics. The spectacle
Of people kept down BY such means, is an out
rage on the civilization Of tho age, aud dan
ger and menace for Ill the rest Of Italy. Til
some government be established in The oen.
ire Of 1tnly which can be maintained With
out len thousand French troops to garrison
the capital, and fye and twenty thousand
foreign nercenaries to sack insurgeut towns,i it
is in vain to hope for peace. }Ye freely admit
that nothing but tho extremity OF the s1il could
justify the step which Sardinia has taken, but
VIC think that step Is juEifed. fhe evil would
not cure Itself. The locusts wonld not depart
while blade Of grass remained for them to de.
vour. and the mercenaries would remain while
wealth, beauty and revenge for the hatred in
which they are bald BY the feople had still
temptations to offer. For Ill these reasons We
think the King IT Sardinia is entitled to tho
sympathy Of Englishmen in the war in which
be has engaged. We wish him cordial success,
md that liz SUCCESS may 30 rapid a veil as
decislve.