The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-26

THE CONSOLIDATION OF ITALY.-N will have
been seen bv .te sdvices received by the City
Of Baltimore that tn exaleation of the popular
mind In Northern and CENTRAL Italy has not
been Gained down by the SUI tanasi victories
1t has achieved. 1t is not suficieLsfo Tor sae ia
iians to have accomplished their indepe.> dence;
they desire to surround II with future gua-an-
tees. They, too, have their questions Of boua.
dairy lines and strategicA positions France
claimed Savoy and Nice as necessity. The
people of Sardinia are clamorous for veneHa,
tn order to strengthen the now kingdom which
they soy has becn weakened by their forced
surrender OF those provinces. They also cast
longing eyes upon Naples, which, they think,
would render their position still more secure.
The excesses daily committed by the govern
ment Of that unhappy kingdom promise to
realize for them, without trouble, this desirable
addition. 1t Is impossible that the policy Of
repression pursued in the Two Sicilies can be
carried on much longer. The King will either
have to make tho fullest concessions 10 his peo-
pie, or he will be driven into exile. The
priests will prevent him from adopting
the only alternative of safety left him
and he will, therefore, soon find himself in com.
pany with the banishcd dukes. Then will
arise another very grave question for Euro
pean statesmen, and one which may lead to
serious complications: Are the Neapolitans to
be allowed to dispose of their own destinies,
or are they again to be MAIDS the victims of a
diplomatic transfer which will leave them in
very little better condition than bcfores
In the event Of the expulsion Of the Bour-
bons, there is very little doubt Of the disposi
ton which the people Of Naples WI make of
themselves. They will vote their annexation
to Sardinia, in the conviction that their incor-
poration with that Kingdom offers the only Sc
curity IN the future for their liberties The
populations of the Peninsula, united, could
hold their own against any single continental
Power; whilst divided, as at present they
must depend upon the strength of their al
liances for protection. The question is whether
France will give her assent to the absorpttcA
of Naples by Sardinia. 1t ia' to be feared thas
she will not. A branch Of thepresent imperia
dynasty has pretensions tc' the Neapolitan
throne which Louis Napoleon will not be slow
in urging when the opportunity presents itself.
Austria would no doubt prefer seeing those
claims realized to allowing Sardinia to profit
by the further accession of strength which the
of Naples would give'her.
What course viii the other European Powers
pursue In the event Of the question presenting |
itself in this shape? Clearly it is the policy of
The Northern governments, as wel"as Of Eng
and, to give to Sardinia all the additional |
weight which the voluntary action cf'the Italian
places within her reacE.s BY doing |
70 they erect q barrier between themselves and |
France which will prove an eff ectual guarantee
against the encroachments of The latter. It Is
70 be hoped that they will hav e the good sense
% zee this, and that they will no longer fool
ably oppose themselves to the march of prin-
,iplee, any further resistance to which, on their
parts, will only lead e-their on n downfall and
ruin.